Japan Gaming Guide

Good news for Final Fantasy fans. A special Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core version of the Playstation Portable will be released in Japan. Final Fantasy VII is 10 years old this year and this is part of the celebrations. The special edition model is based on the new Slim/Lite version of the PSP. As you […]

Nintendo just launched the official website for Donkey Kong – Jungle Climber. The forthcoming DS game will come out in Japan on August 9th. As for the plot, it seems Donkey and Diddy are out vacationing on San San island, when they see a giant banana on top of a mountain. Donkey heads off to […]

Let’s face it. Gamers are messy people. Wires everywhere, scattered magazines game cases and discs all over the floor. Do you know what we’re talking about? If the last time you cleaned up was the last level of Super Mario Sunshine then you might want to check out this post on unclutterer.com. It’s a nice […]

Japanese magazine An An have brought a new training game to the DS. Women’s Strength Immediate Up promises to change the lives of it’s players. You can choose what kind of women you want to become and then do exercises to help you achieve your goal. If you play it every day, you can re-invent […]

Anything on tonight? If you own a game console you probably don’t care. It’s not as if you’ll be bored with all those games to play is it? What would you be doing with the time you spend gaming if you didn’t have a console? Writing that novel? Finishing your homework? If you’re honest, the […]

Wii minigame-fest Mario Party 8 is about to hit Japanese stores – the game is coming out July 28th. A pretty nice official site is up, showing off some of the characters and games. It’s got fairly mixed reviews so far – people seem fairly unimpressed with the lack of variety and poor controls. Eurogamer […]

A whole ton of Wii accessories have been unveiled lately. One of the more unusual is this – the Wii Party Station. The party station includes chilled beer cup holders, a chip holder, a hand drying fan and LCD score displays. We weren’t sure about this – but a quick glance at the cans, chip […]

Those disappointed by the lack of booth bathes at E3 might be interested to know that the rest of the world is still using good ‘ol T&A to help their gaming shows go with a bang. Those of you who thought the ban decision was a sign of the industry’s new maturity and respect for […]

Hironobu Sakaguchi, designer of the forthcoming Lost Odyssey for Xbox 360, gave an interview to GameLife’s Chris Kohler. They talk about the differences between this gen and last, and about the differences between Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. It sounds like Lost Odyssey is going to be the deeper of the two games, thanks to […]

Some new screens have gone up for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. The two rivals in the console wars of yesteryear will soon be competing, along with other characters from the Mario and Sonic series. The shots from ComputerandVideogames.com show a range of track and field events. Sonic should have the sprint events […]