Japan Gaming Guide

The latest game in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime 3 has received a perfect score in Nintendo Power Magazine, according to Infendo. Although Nintendo Power is a Nintendo owned magazine, they have a history of objective reviews, and they don’t hand out 10/10 marks easily – Twilight Princess didn’t get one, and neither did Ocarina […]

A strong rumour is going around that Ninja Gaiden 2 for Xbox 360 will be shown at the Tokyo Game Show. The game may appear on PS3 as well, but is debuting on the 360 due to Team Ninja’s good relationship with Microsoft. The news has appeared on Gamespot Korea, although the English sites we […]

The official Super Smash Brothers website has been updating regularly with snippets about the game. The latest update shows off Link’s special moves. These include his sword spin attack as well as several equipment based attacks using the bow, clawshot boomerang and bombs. You can also use the clawshot to recover if you fall off […]

There are a few good demos knocking around Xbox live marketplace at the moment. Blue Dragon, Stranglehold, Beautiful Katamari and Harry Potter are all downloadable now. If there’s one demo you absolutely have to check out at the moment it’s Bioshock. Bioshock is going to be a really strong candidate for game of the year. […]

As we mentioned in an earlier post, there are plenty of demos doing the rounds on Xbox live at the moment, so we thought we’d post a very quick round up of them. Bioshock See the post below. This is one of the best demos we’ve seen in a long, long time and we can’t […]

More good news for DS owners, Majesco have announced that Cooking Mama is getting a sequel. Dining with Friends will up the ante somewhat – this time arround you have a bunch of dinner guests to keep happy. They’ll all let you know what they think of your cooking and are sure to have their […]

The latest Chocobo game is on the way – you’ll soon be able to guide your feathered friend through randomly generated dungeons and explore the City of Forgotten Time. If you want to hear all about it (in Japanese) follow the link for some video footage and an interview with a couple of the devteam. […]

  Star Soldier R on Wii was the real crowd puller at Hudson’s Caravan tour of Japan. The game will be instantly familiar to series fans with the level design and enemies matching previous titles closely. The designers have gone out of their way to make a hardcore shoot-em-up, eschewing the idea that gamers need […]

If you enjoyed the surreal magic of Ouendan and the adventuring of Phoenix Wright, you might want to keep an eye on 13 Sai no Hello Work DS. You have to travel through time to help people that have become disillusioned with their jobs. The hapless career people in need of assistance include a soccer […]

  The Hudson Soft caravan came to town yesterday. In a blaze of yellow the team showed off their latest titles such as Otoda Master for the DS and Star Soldier R for Wii. Flamboyant company president ‘Master’ Takahashi was on hand to introduce Star Soldier R, acting as MC for the high score competition. […]