Japan Gaming Guide

A ballet game is coming out for the DS this December. Classic Ballet features 4 player action and looks to be a fairly generous title. As well as the expected make up and clothing customisation there are also ballet exercises to perform using the stylus, and diagrams showing proper ballet techniques. There will be a […]

If, like us, you’re starting to tire of running through Wii Fit’s sunny landscapes with your half-baked Mii version of Michael Jackson then here is a treat for you. An extremely clever, and possibly insane Japanese person has written some code that lets you run round google street view using the Wiimote. Google street view […]

Monster Hunter 3 Tri is sure to be a massive hit on Wii. Here are some screens: [Read]

It took a big price cut and a decent RPG to do it, but it seems the Xbox 360 has finally started to make an impact in Japan. 28,681 units were sold in the week to September 14th, more than the Wii and Playstation 3 which have both outsold the 360 for most of its […]

The official site for Disaster: Day Of Crisis is getting a slow drip feed of new stuff. The game, by Xenosaga developer Monolith, is due out on September 25th. The game takes place over 24 hours, with 23 levels. The player has to contend with various natural disasters as well as a terrorist organisation. [Official […]

Pokemon Platinum has, inevitably, gone platinum, almost selling the required million copies within two days of release. The appealing collectible creatures are still hot property, twelve years after the original release of Pokemon red and green. [Read, via Kotaku]

USB keyboards are near must-have accessories for gamers these days. With everything from the Wii browser to Xbox live messenger integration asking for regular text input, using a joypad to slowly select key after key can eat loads of your time. If you want something game themed you could go for this – a space […]

Sega showed off some of their new graphics technology at the recent CEDEC conference. Some impressive screens for Sonic World Adventure were displayed, in both pre-rendered and realtime versions. This is the only shot involving his spiky blueness, but follow the link for plenty of screens showing off the lush Mediterranean style environments of the […]

Shuhei Yoshida is not happy about the state of third party PSP games. Yoshida, the president of Sony Worldwide Studios, told IGN that third party support was ‘disappointing’ and that he’d ‘like to see more’. We can’t argue with that really. The PSP is a lovely piece of kit but still lacks a selection of […]

Here are a couple of pics of Inazuma Eleven. The game is a soccer RPG for the DS from Level 5 software. It has been out a few weeks in Japan and looks pretty fun. You have to find and recruit players to your team. The recruits have different skills and special abilities that you […]