Yes, we, no the world gets Ikaruga on Wednesday and the Xbox Live Arcade version is friendlier than the Gamecube Dreamcast release. For the uninitiated there is a slow motion training mode. A good addition to balance the hardcore nature…

I’m sure this news is everywhere now and some people are very excited about Ikaruga’s impending release. However, the Japanese page citing the April 9th release date has been pulled. I hope this was done to cover the leak and not a…

Packing user created Bangai-O Spirits levels into modem sounds is an unnecessary, but awesome technical feat from the wizards at Treasure. To upload a level via sound transfer you need to get the sound file off your DS and on…

Last year, Sega brought Treasure's 2D Bleach fighter to the DS. Today, Sega has announced that Bleach: Dark Souls, the sequel to The Blade of Fate, will be hitting the US this summer. Of course we all knew this was coming,…

I was thrown into level 30+ of Bangai-O Spirits. As soon as the stage started I dashed forward into a cluster of missiles. Bangai-O had a sword to cut them into 2D explosions, but it was a slow crawl towards…

More specifically, March 19 for Japan care of D3 Publisher. The alliance between Treasure, ESP and D3 Publisher has an added benefit, international localization. Nintendo’s retail list leaked the American branch of D3 Publisher plans to release Bangai-O Spirits in North…

Last year we knew D3 Publisher was publishing Bangai-O Spirits. I was hoping D3 Publisher USA would pick the title up and it looks like they are! Nintendo e-mailed a long line up and Bangio-O Spirits was on there, scheduled…

Anyone who knows my gaming habits knows that I’m a huge of the small developer Treasure.  Heck, the first game I ever bought with my own money was Gunstar Heroes for the Genesis.  Ever since then, every time I hear…

The latest update to the ESRB website reveals some exciting new games that are coming to the Wii's Virtual Console service. First is Bubble Bobble, the classic NES puzzler from Taito starring Bub and Bob, two unbearably cute dinosaurs that…

As I'm sure most of our readers at Siliconera know, the N64 classic Sin & Punishment was recently made available on the Wii's Virtual Console. A good many of you are already familiar with it, whether or not you've played…

While we’re on the subject of value priced video games, Success is going to publish three more titles under their SuperLite Nintendo DS label. One of them is Crimson Room, a flash game, with a simple goal: escape a strange…

I spent sometime playing Ikaruga at Tokyo Game Show, but there wasn’t much to say about the hands on experience. Ikaruga is Ikaruga right? The tate mode is neat, but I don’t think many people are going to flip their…