And if you pre-order Draglade 2 before it comes out on July 10th in Japan you can get a free set of headphones. A fitting pre-order bonus since Draglade’s deviates from 2D fighting games with custom beat combos. The roster…

We mentioned the awesomeness of Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga before and I’m not changing my tune especially after seeing this preview video. The battle scenes look really similar to Namco X Capcom, which makes sense since…

I’m not sure if this was mentioned or not, but on the bottom of the Summon Night press release Namco Bandai is mentioned as the copyright holder instead of Banpresto.   It reads, “(C) FLIGHT-PLAN SUMMON NIGHT (R) TWIN AGE…

Banpresto is releasing Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land Kachinko Gachinko Daikatsugeki on the Nintendo DS, which is really a GBA to DS port with a few extras.     Action Kamen Shin-Chan is one of them. This mini…

Seven years ago Banpresto developed Super Robot Taisen Advance, which brought mecha from Nadesico and Gundam together for the first time. On June 19th, the Game Boy Advance game is getting is a facelift when it becomes a PlayStation Portable…

Even though Banpresto will be officially absorbed into the Namco Bandai conglomerate they will be publishing Flight Plan’s remake of Summon Night on April 24. The Nintendo DS remake adds obligatory stylus control, but unfortunately no Wi-Fi battles. Perhaps, Japan…

I see some new faces in the concept art for Draglade 2. Rio sits in the center and it looks like he is the protagonist of the sequel. The dual blade wielding hero will be joined by other newcomers like…

Banpresto and Flight Plan, the studio behind Summon Night, are teaming up to release their second PlayStation 2 strategy RPG. However, Poison Pink is quite different from Dragon Shadow Spell; it ditches fantasy for gothic and full motion videos of…

Not all of the Super Robot Taisen games involve micromanaging anime robots on a grid. Banpresto has a real time strategy Super Robot Taisen series too. Earlier this month Super Robot Taisen Scramble Commander the 2nd slipped into stores. The…

Three years ago Banpresto released a Shin-Chan game ripe with movie parodies. Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land no Daibouken is a basic platformer where you take Shin through an action bastard themed first stage and jump on enemies.…

In 2006 Namco Bandai bought Banpresto as a subsidiary. For over a year Namco Bandai allowed Banpresto to do their thing even though they were wholly owned by Namco Bandai. That is about to change because the company who brought…

Ar Tonelico 2 slipped into stores yesterday and videos are beginning to circulate around the internet. Let’s start out by looking at the opening video.       Looking pretty good. You know NIS America has been pretty quiet. The…