Japan Gaming Guide

Fans of shmups will want to keep an eye on Blast Works. The abstract side scrolling shooter is a Wii port of Tumiki Fighters, a freeware PC game, available here. Siliconera interviewed the game’s creator, Kenta Cho – follow the link if you fancy reading it. [Read, via WiiFanboy]

We found a ton of new screens for Devil May Cry 4 on this Japanese website. The latest game in the Devil May Cry series features Dante’s brother Nero taking over as the lead character, although Dante will still be playable at some point in the game. They look pretty similar at first glance, although […]

Hudson are going on a tour of Japan, and they’re taking their caravan with them. The caravan will be stopping at major Japanese cities from July until September. If you’re lucky enough to catch one of their stops you can buy limited edition goodies, and get your hands on Otodamaster, a game for DS and […]

Tired? Lethargic? On death’s door? All common problems – hard to solve in real life but very easy to deal with in the mystical realm of videogames. Take Final Fantasy for example – all you need to do to recover from a near deadly attack from a giant Cactuar is take a quick swig of […]

If Nintendogs whetted your appetite for all things canine, you might want to check out Pet House DS. The new digital doggy simulator lets you choose from 47 breeds, including Poodles, Siberian Huskies, Dachshunds and Chihuahua. The emphasis seems to be on re-creating your real life pets, as well as creating new ones. Judging from […]

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released in Japan this October, and will be shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show. There’s now an official website for the game, featuring screenshots and a video. Apparently the game is going to feature some kind of Playstation Home interactivity, but we don’t know the details of that […]

This is awesome! Somebody has actually built a real Transformer, it can change from a robot into a four wheeled vehicle and back. Wonder when these will be available in toy shops? [Read]

We found this great coin catcher in Osaka’s Namco City arcade. Donkey Kong Banana Beat features a coin dropper with swinging bananas sweeping the coins left and right, making it a bit more challenging than usual. There’s also the usual Pachinko style screen in the background, where you can win bonus coins and special play […]

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 […]