Japan Gaming Guide

We’re deviating from games for a bit to tell you about a book. Confessions of a Chatroom Freak is written by none other than Mr. Biffo, of digitiser fame. Digitiser, for those of you that didn’t religiously monitor British teletext during the 90’s, was a video game news service that went way beyond what you’d […]

Fans of classic Dreamcast shooters now have another reason to celebrate. Hot on the heels of Rez, Ikaruga is coming to Live Arcade. Ikaruga is a treasure developed vertical shooter that sees you swapping between light and darks ships to avoid corresponding coloured enemy attacks. Not only that, but Ninja Gaiden 2 has now been […]

The dreamcast classic Rez is on it’s way to XBLA according to Kotaku. The on-rails shooter will feature beefed up HD visuals and 5.1 sound. Expect to see it around Q1 of next year. [Read]

The mystery game being developed by Treasure has been revealed as Bangaioh Tamashii – a sequel to the dreamcast classic Bangai-O. We’re pleased as punch that our cries for a Bangai-O sequel have been answered. The game was kind of a twin stick shooter, but with only one stick and a d-pad. The best thing […]

Hudson have announced they will be bringing six games to the imminent Tokyo Game Show, but have only named five of them. Siliconera are speculating it could be Wii Crossword, or a console Dungeon Explorer game. We reckon it might be Star Soldier R, as seen on Hudson’s caravan tour. The games announced so far: […]

An online petition calling for a remake of Final Fantasy VII was submitted to Square Enix recently. Over 20,000 people lent their support to the cry for a new version of the Playstation classic. There have been some rumours that the remake was already underway, particularly as this year is the game’s 10th anniversary, and […]

Fans of legendary developer Treasure should keep their eyes on the linked page. A new game is on the way for the DS, and an announcement is just days away.. [Read, via DS Fanboy]

Here are the latest figures. Nintendo’s sales have fallen quite sharply in recent weeks. Is this the beginning of the end? We doubt it somehow, although with the PSP Slim launching soon, could we see it taking the number two spot from the Wii? DS Lite 94,339 Wii 39,371 PSP 22,196 PS3 18,068 PS2 14,280 […]

He’s-a-coming. Oh yes! The pipe diving one is on his way to Wii in Super Mario Galaxy, which now has an official Japanese release date of November 1st. The game is the true sequel to Super Mario 64, and will allow a second player to join in the action by manipulating on-screen objects with the […]

The recent global trend for restricting software sales has finally arrived in Japan. The Osaka prefectural government has decided to prevent minors from buying ‘cruel and violent’ games. The regional government have previously banned just two games, including Postal 2. It seems other titles are soon to follow. Witch-touching games will probably be unaffected, but […]