The Pinky St. figurines have grown quite popular in Japan due to the adorable character designs, customization options and interchangable parts. They’ve even inspired PS2 (Mahoroba Stories) and DS games (Pinky St. Kira Kira Music Hour, Pinky St. Kira Kira Music Night). Some of the most popular Pinky St. releases, however, are versions of popular video game characters.

The PS3 project known as Aqua at Tokyo Game Show is actually a remake of Aquanaut’s Holiday. We mentioned this as a rumor last week and while it is still unannounced Aquanaut’s Holiday is likely to come out for the PlayStation…

Rolando found a piece of promotional art (thanks!!) for Compile Heart’s strategy RPG mashup and it reveals a few more faces. The original image was tiny so it’s horribly scrambled when expanded, but you can clearly see Lilith from Darkstalkers…

The tidal wave of PsOne pachinko games were a prelude to Irem’s first digitally distributed game. Pachipara DL Hyper Sea in the Caribbean is sitting on the Japan's PlayStation Store priced at 2,500 yen ($23). A pachinko simulator might not be…

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.

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…

North America will get a taste of an RPG board game blend in October when Atlus releases Dokapon Kingdom. However, Dokapon Kingdom won’t dominate the niche in Japan. Compile Heart has Sugoro Chronicle: Migite ni Ken wo Hidarite ni Saikoro…

New details on the next Legend of Stafy game, Densetsu no Stafy: Taiketsu Daiiru Kaizokudan, reveal Stafy can transform into a whale and a chicken. In the Kyuugoma suit Stafy can swim fast through the water and ram into other underwater…

There are only a handful of original Xbox Live games developed Japan that aren’t arcade ports or based on a franchise. Yuke’s Double D Dodgeball is one of them and I spoke to Ken Koyama, Product Manager at Yuke’s Corporation…

A friend of mine was fortunate enough to procure a copy of Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru, the DS game starring a selfish princess with quite a bit of will power, and was kind enough to enlighten me as to how her will affects the environment. She has the unique ability to bend her environment, the nature of her world and enemies’ actions in battle, to her liking. This means she can not only determine what an area will be like, but also the level of enemies and battle bonuses.

Natsume, aka North America’s Harvest Moon publisher, isn’t about to forget any game in the series, even if it’s a spin off. Last summer, Rune Factory came out with a quizzical, but fun fusion of fantasy and farming. This year…

During the era of the PsOne Artdink was one of Sony’s biggest supporters. Their unusual games had players control cavemen, direct a walking domino, and dive into the deep blue, before Akria created Everblue. The latter game was called Aquanaut's…