Japan Gaming Guide

We don’t cook much here at Japan Gaming Guide. We rely mostly on pizza and ramen for sustenance. Cooking games however are a whole different kettle of fish. We’re big fans of Cooking Mama and are looking forward to the 4th game in the series, which comes out December 1st. This time around we’ll get […]

Capcom has released the first picture from the upcoming movie based on the Ace Attorney series of games. The Japanese title is Gyakuten Saiban, and it is scheduled to be released in February of 2012. Hiroki Narumiya will be playing the part of Ryuichi Naruhodo (Phoenix Wright), and he’s definitely got the character’s look down. […]

Capcom’s Monster Hunter website will be live streaming the grand finale of the Monster Hunter Festa on Sunday, October 2nd, from 1pm. The event will feature gameplay from Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (including the HD PS3 version) and coverage of the show taking place simultaneously in Tokyo. The stream can be found here, and will […]

Great news for expats and importers – Vita has been confirmed as region free by Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida. Vita follows the precedent set by PS3 and PSP which are both region free for games (though not movies or online content). Vita is due for release on December 17th in Japan. [Read, via Edge]

Kojima Productions were showing off Metal Gear Solid HD Collection at the Tokyo Game Show. The premium version comes with this cool figurine. More pics here.

Capcom were showing off Asura’s Wrath at the Tokyo Game Show. The game is looking pretty spectacular and will be out early next year. Here are a couple of pics, find some more here.

Some video footage to accompany our pics of Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Tekken fans looking to catch up with their favorite franchise have reason to celebrate, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has hit Japanese arcades. The gameplay remains true to the original, two teams of two fighters go head-to-head, the first to get knocked out loses the round. Combos and team attack mechanics will be familiar to anyone […]

Looking for the next Monster Hunter? Own an Android? Give Iruna Senki (Military History of Iluna) a try, it could become the best MMO-RPG on the platform. Still in alpha, Iruna Senki features PS2-level graphics, large environments, and great music. Character creation options and customization are limited, and combat tends to be simplistic melee grinding, […]

Few things go together like beer and video games, so imagine our uncontrollable excitement when we heard about Space Station – a new video game bar in Osaka. Yes that’s right – a video game bar. Beer and games at the same time. Space Station is kitted out with damn near every major console from […]