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 don’t need a lengthy introduction explaining how to play the game. You tap the drum…

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 now. Maybe you never heard of it. This trailer should help get you up to…

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 Dungeon Maker: Mahou no Shovel to Chiisa na Yuushya. The title is something like Dungeon…

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 bunch of the R-9 figures pictured above. Until they run out, you will get one when…

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 controls. Are they going to have motion controlled swinging or a button layout with a…

We all know there is a fighting game with Mario, Luigi and other characters from the Mushroom Kingdom, but the arcade cabinet in Animal Crossing: Wild World doesn’t show Super Smash Brothers. As seen in the photo above, the faux…

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 evolution of Pop ‘n Music.   Speaking of Pop ‘n Music I thought Konami might…

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 why Mojipittan hasn’t been sitting in the spotlight. However, it does have microtransactions and it…

Enbob89 sent a tip (thanks!!) that Hudson is working on a sequel to Fishing Master, which they released last year on the Wii.  The follow up is called Mezase!! Tsuri Master Sekai ni Challenge! (Aim to be!! Fishing Master World Challenge!)…

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 Hits collection on to the PsOne. Today, it’s available as an emulated game for the…

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 2.5D and running Taito Type X2 hardware Battle Fantasia didn’t get much media attention.  …