Shortly after I posted NIS America’s plans for their Disgaea games I got an e-mail with a concrete release date for the Nintendo DS version of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure. A portable Puppet Princess comes out on September 23, the same…

Despite her selfish nature, the princess star of Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru has no problem finding friends. From the cockatiel on her shoulder and the guard assigned to watch in her shadows (who is repeatedly impressed by the princess’ abilities) to a random little slime who decides to follow her, the princess is undoubtedly popular. As I mentioned before, my friend purchased the game, and he not only answered my questions about the environment altering features, but also the princess’ traveling companion.

Late last Friday, Square Enix revealed the box art for Infinite Undiscovery and in the top right hand corner there is a Live mark. The logo is not an Xbox Live stamp, which means Infinite Undiscovery will not have online play.…

Remember the create-your-own RPG PlayStation 2 games? We haven’t seen a new console version since 2005 when RPG Maker 3 came out on the PS2. I thought Enterbrain would transfer the series, known as RPG Tsukuru in Japan, on the…

PlayStation 3 firmware 2.40, In game XMB, and trophies is scheduled to come out on July 2. Unfortunately, the trophy feature will not extend far into the existing catalog of PlayStation 3 games. Only three games will retroactively include trophies…

Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice isn’t the only strategy RPG to add scenarios with downloadable content. Sega is running a similar business model with Senjo no Valkyria, better known as Valkyria Chronicles internationally. In August, Sega will patch Japanese copies…

Similar to the Naruto license in North America, rights to make games with Haruhi Suzumiya are fragmented between three parties. Namco Bandai gets to make PlayStation and PSP games. Kadokawa Shoten, a company known the Sega Saturn Lunar games, makes…

This week is a holiday week in the USA and Nintendo’s shopping channel is slowing down with only two new games on the virtual storefront. Magentica Twist (aka Actionloop Twist aka Minna de Puzzloop) is this week’s WiiWare morsel and…

We know NIS America will release Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice sometime in August and Disgaea DS will be in North American stores this in September. The release targets are more descriptive than saying “you’ll get it in 2008”, but…

Before Street Fighter IV feasts on 100 yen coins in Japanese arcades on July 18, you can play Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes. The catch is you have to be around Tokyo and visit Akihabara Hey or Ikebukuro…