Japan Gaming Guide

Castlevania Dracula X is due out tomorrow in North America, with other versions following in November. Famitsu just posted a load of information about the new game. It’s a PSP remake of an old Japan only PC-Engine title with upgraded graphics and a load of extras thrown in – including a port of Symphony of […]

Welcome to Chimptron! This is an all new video game blog. It’s basically a relaunch of JapanGamingGuide.com, which I’m leaving behind, mainly because I wanted a host that could support WordPress. JapanGamingGuide was hosted on Freewebs Premium, which was all well and good, but used their own blogging system which was fairly limited. Hopefully now […]

Our favourite crazy genius has just won another game design award. Nintendo’s flamboyant designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, has been handed the Economist magazine’s Innovation Award for Consumer Goods.The award reflects Miyamoto’s pioneering role in the games industry and his influence on products from the Mario series through to the Wii. [Read]

October 15th is Blog Action Day. Its time for us to take a step back from the non stop diet of videogame news and consider the wider effects of what we’re doing. The topic for this year’s Action Day is the environment. We’re going to consider the impact of our hobby on the world around […]

Yes, we know there have been a lot of Wiimote peripherals lately, but we like this one. You can never have too much Wii Sports, after all, and with Wii Fit around the corner we need all the exercise we can get. [Read]

All aboard! This is aimed at the kids, but we really like the look of this Shinkansen simulator from Tomy. The standalone game connects straight to the TV and lets you play at driving Japan’s high speed bullet trains in your own living room. The unit features a driving mode and a selection of minigames. […]

Wiimote accidents. We’ve all had them. Some people bash them against walls, some hurl them into televisions, windows and loved ones. Some smash them in anger when the batteries fail in the middle of Wii Sports tennis. The list of dangers is endless. Fortunately, Nintendo love and care about you! They’ve already given us more […]

Wireless devices, including the Nintendo DS and the PSP are now banned on Japanese airlines. This means you’ll now have to content yourself with watching the array of inflight movies and enjoying the wide selection of beverages available to make your journey a pleasant one. Just switch that DS off! [Read]

Little did Nintendo realise what they started when they married cell-shaded animation to the Zelda series. One gaming couple decided to celebrate their love with this Wind Waker cake. Resembling one of the islands that Link explores on his nautical travels, this is one of the finest expressions of nerdom we’ve seen. [Read, via 4ColorRebellion]

Bungie won themselves a few Japanese achievement points this week as Halo 3 took the top spot in Japan’s weekly sales chart. That’s good news to Microsoft, who saw a jump in Xbox 360 sales as well. Here’s the top 5 selling games: Halo 3 58,672 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Toki 55,438 Final Fantasy VII: Crisis […]