Office Create’s international Cooking Mama series sparked a number of imitators, but most of them lack the iconic character. Panpaka Panya-San makes up for it with a cast of mascot characters. You use a smiling pan, befriend a jovial oven mitt,…

It’s summer time. Time for a long vacation. Time for a vacation with dolphins according to Starfish who is releasing Long Vacation: Iruka to Watashi (Long Vacation: Dolphin and Me) on August 7. The official teaser page doesn’t tell much about…

UFO Interactive just released The Monkey King: The Legend Begins on the Wii following a theatrical introduction to the mythological Chinese hero. As most of you know, the game is really a localized version of Shin Chuka Taisen, a shoot…

The Pomona based publisher first came on my radar when they released Raiden III. I really started to keep a close eye on them when we discovered GameFly listings for The Monkey King and Kiki Kai World. Fast forward a…

With a name change and a temporary absence from UFO Interactive’s homepage it’s hard to keep track of Heavenly Guardian. We won’t have to scour for release dates much longer since UFO Interactive is releasing the Nintendo Wii version on April…

After vanishing from UFO Interactive’s page I thought the Wii version of Heavenly Guardian (better known as Yukinkoto Daisenpuu in Japan) got the axe. Chris over at Cosmos Gaming informed me (thanks!!) this is far from the case. UFO Interactive…

The story of Kiki Kai World has been a long journey stemming back to a cancelled sequel. Since Starfish couldn’t secure the official rights, Kiki KaiKai series they had to go with a spiritual sequel for the Wii and the…

Starfish, the team that is working on Kiki Kai World, has a dungeon RPG in development too. Elminage: Yami no Fujo to Kamigami no Yubiwa puts six warriors in your hand and throws you into a dungeon. The style of…

I hate to disappoint anyone counting down the days until Shin Chuka Taisen: Michael to Meimei no Bouken comes out for the Wii, but it’s been delayed. Starfish who is the developer of the tilt controlled shmup had the release…

I’m making a guess here, but Gamefly has a listing up for Monkey King: The Legend Begins as a Wii game. This looks like it might be a localized version of Starfish’s upcoming, tilt screen Shin Chuka Taisen: Michael to Meimei…

After the success of Nintendogs a few other companies took their hand at making pet sims with boring house pets. Starfish, who is known for making the Super Black Bass games, is going slightly off the beaten path with their…

Insert credit has been following the development of a Chuka Taisen remake since 2006 and screenshots for a Wii remake just surfaced on Famitsu. I doubt many people have even heard of Chuka Taisen before, it is a shmup made by…