Japan Gaming Guide

Still ahead: the DS of course. A good week for the PS3, which doubled it’s sales off the back of Hot Shots Golf 5. That said, the Nintendo double act are still a long long way in the lead. Here’s how the major consoles fared this week: DS Lite 150,584 (154,459) Wii 77,169 (86,786) PSP […]

Terrible news. The Japan Gaming Guide Xbox 360 passed away for the second time last week. Naturally we’re pretty upset about this, but at least we’ve got our Wii for company (we can’t afford a PS3 yet). Last time it died we returned it to the shop, but this time we figured we’d give Xbox […]

Want to work in the Japanese game development industry? So do lots of people. A game development job in Japan is something lots of people might want, but not many people know how to achieve. GamaSutra recently posted the first of two articles on Game Development in Japan. The article is a great start for […]

Sneaking onto the Wii Virtual Console last week was a game you probably won’t be familiar with, based on a sport you might not have heard of. We try to pick the most obscure titles for our VC reviews, figuring that you can already find reviews of the most popular titles if you look for […]

The DS Lite continues to tower over the Japanese gaming landscape, like a big dual-screened tower. Sales for the DS are up over last week, most of the other top sellers saw slight dips. So what will happen next week? What sane bookmaker would take money on the DS retaining the top spot? DS Lite […]

Forever Blue/Endless Ocean comes out August 2nd in Japan. The diving game scored 35/40 in Famitsu and looks pretty exciting to us. Gametrailers have posted a gameplay video and trailer for the game. The trailer shows off a few things you’ll be doing, swimming with dolphins and sharks, we also see whales pass dramatically overhead […]

The Virtual Console schedule for August has just been announced. A few good games in here, Super Mario USA, Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 are the standouts. We’ll try and check out some of the more obscure titles and let you know how we get on with them later in the […]

Here’s some good news for DS adventure fans. Suspense novelist Nishimura Kyotaro is bringing a new detective game to the DS. The snappily titled Kyoto Atami, Solitary Island of Murderous Traps will put the player in the shoes of a detective, looking for evidence and eventually presenting a case to investigators. Investigations begin on October […]

The world’s most popular robotic cat is about to make his Wii debut. Sega will be bringing Doraemon onto the Wii. The game is expected to be a minigame fest – as often seems to be the case with Wii games. Doraemon Wii: Himitsu Doguo Kettei Sen is coming out this winter. Sega’s other little […]

Shigeru Miyamoto recently gave an interview to Time. The legendary game designer answered 10 fan submitted questions. Topics include a Zelda movie, the relationship between casual and hardcore gaming and advice for aspiring game creators. Naturally, we regard Miyamoto san as nothing short of a God here at JGG. When Super Mario Galaxy comes out […]