The novelty of banging on a touch screen drum was previously introduced in Taiko no Tatsujin DS and I think most of the Siliconera readers…

And it’s probably Rising Star. Marvelous Interactive who published the Killaware designed game earlier this year and you may have forgotten about Lux Pain by…

Global A Entertainment, who developed the underappreciated Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground, gave their dungeon creator/crawler series another go on the Nintendo DS last year with…

Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable is a lot like a Square Enix themed game of Monopoly. The goal is to buy properties on certain colored streets and make a lot of money. If you happen to own all, or most, of the properties on say, the yellow street, you’ll be able to upgrade the shops on each property and make more money. Isn’t capitalism great?

Like R-Type? Then this awesome looking R-9 figure should appeal to you. Irem, the creator of the Bydo Empire shooting series, gave Atlus a…

I’m not at all familiar with the Soul Eater series, but I’m curious to see which direction Square Enix is going to go with Wiimote…

We all know there is a fighting game with Mario, Luigi and other characters from the Mushroom Kingdom, but the arcade cabinet in Animal…

With so many Bemani brands it’s refreshing to think Konami might be trying something totally new. Actually, they are with Jubeat, which feels like an…

The least talked about game out of the Japanese release schedule has been Mojipittan Wii. Since it’s like a Japanese version of scrabble it’s understandable…

Enbob89 sent a tip (thanks!!) that Hudson is working on a sequel to Fishing Master, which they released last year on the Wii.  The…

Before developing Triggerheart Excelica Warashi released another shoot ‘em up called Shienryu (Steel Dragon). The arcade game was eventually ported as part of Hamster’s Arcade…

Since we’re on the topic of fighting games, Arc System Works released a fighting game with a fantasy setting in arcades last year. Despite being…

Marvelous Interactive, a secondary source for anime games in Japan, hasn’t brought any of their anime games over to date. This might change. The connection…

I think we can all count on Konami to develop new mixes of Dance Dance Revolution. The uncertainty lies in the platform(s) Konami will release…