This week, Chrono Trigger DS has been added to the growing list of SNES and NES rpgs Square Enix is re-releasing or porting. How do you feel about this? Do you think that Square Enix should work on some new…

You meet all kinds of comical teachers in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, but Mr. Hosoi is the most memorable. He lectures players on Japanese literature with a hand puppet sort of like early Mr. Garrison. I can’t say for…

If you played Ar Tonelico you have a pretty good idea of what to expect in Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica. Turn based combat with singing Reyvatils in the back row, cosmosphere diving, item synthesis, and vocal music are…

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan started selling first party games at a discount on the PlayStation Store the same day they went into retail stores. Now Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is testing a similar tactic with LocoRoco 2. The game came…

Yes, Cloud and Sephiroth are in Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Anyone who knows anything about Final Fantasy figured out the two characters would be Dissidia way before Square Enix officially announced them. But what do they do in Dissidia? This trailer…

Sega is well on their way to completing Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) and the zillion mini-games within the main game. When you’re kicking back away from the main quest Kiryu Kazuma relaxes by playing golf and visiting hostess…

From Software teased their cinematic action game, Ninja Blade, was coming in “early 2009″. They meant really early 2009 since Ninja Blade is scheduled to come out in Japan on January 29. Don’t go into Ninja Blade expecting Otogi 3:…

Virtual Console releases are getting scarcer every month. Next month Wii owners in Japan can look forward to torturing themselves with Mystery of Atlantis. Sunsoft’s side-scrolling platformer is notoriously difficult even if you know the warp order to get to…

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 takes place in rural Inaba where there aren’t any coffee shops to hang out at night to raise your charm. In the evening phase you’re stuck at home since you don’t have a dog dressed…

Japan gets to enjoy co-op zombie shooting about a week earlier since Resident Evil 5 has been rescheduled to come out on March 5. Since Resident Evil 5 comes out in North America on March 13 there isn’t much incentive…

Koei may be well known now thanks mostly to Dynasty Warriors, but they have been around making historical games on the NES. Since Koei targeted a niche market many of their older games are hard to find and often command…

Level 5’s trilogy of Professor Layton DS games is about to end. Professor Layton and the Last Time Trip comes out in Japan tomorrow, but Level 5 isn’t shelving the franchise. Now that the games are done Level 5 is…