Japan Gaming Guide

A Tales of Vesperia demo hit the Japanese marketplace a few days ago. I took it for a whirl, and it’s pretty good. The graphics are absolutely phenomenal. The animation looks like 2d animation done in 3d if that makes any sense. It didn’t seem hugely innovative as far as the gameplay went. Click through […]

One of the downsides of the Wii is its draconian region protection. By design, you can’t play games from any other region. That’s a major headache for anyone foreign living in Japan because hardly any Wii games offer a choice of languages. Fortunately Datel’s excellent Freeloader let’s you get round the protection and lets you […]

The PSP is getting Phantasy Star Portable at the end of next month. Set in the world of Phanasy Star Universe the Sonic Team deeloped game will introduce us to new characters Vivienne and Helga. We’ll also get a character editor and local multiplayer. Click through for more screens. [Read]

Band Brothers DX is coming to the DS in a couple of weeks. The DJ sim lets you pick any part of any song to play. You can also sing along via a karaoke mode and can take part in an 8 person multiplayer jam over wi-fi. If you got a Wii you’ll be able […]

Sega Japan have archived their old newsletter, Joy Joy News. The archives are full of cheerful pics and screenshots from the days of the Master System/Sega Mark III. There’s also a load of info about their old consoles from the SC-3000 through to the Saturn. This is a real nostalgia fest, we found a few […]

I just added a forum to the site. It’s the first time I’ve set one of these up so it’s kind of an experiment. Head on over and try it out. [Read]

The official site for the new Wii Baseball title just launched. Some videos show off the characters’ special swings, a fireball shot for Mario and a charmed shot from Peach that nobody wants to catch. You can also see the gestures for swinging the bat (a swinging gesture) and pitching (a downward swipe, but you […]

God of War: Chains of Olympus is finally coming out in Japan next month. The game is the highest rated PSP title on both Metacritic and Gamerankings so is definitely worth a look come July 10th. The hack and slash action features some of the best graphics seen on the PSP to date. [Read]

I just played through the Kung Fu Panda demo on Xbox live. The best way to describe it would be a very very easy, blood free Ninja Gaiden. A nice selection of moves are introduced during the demo, but you can get through all the fights very easily. Having said that a lot of the […]

Nintendo just updated the website for the Wii exclusive Fatal Frame – Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. Details on this have been pretty sketchy until now with rumours that development has passed from Tecmo to Nintendo. There are a few shots on the site which look suitable gloomy and very good quality. Of course the […]