Before Square Enix merged with Eidos, Spike also handled Tomb Raider and Kane & Lynch. In a way, Spike was similar to Atlus, Aksys or Xseed – except they localized niche Western games for the Land of the Rising Sun.

How do you pick games to localize? What would you change in 999? And what’s going on with Marvelous?

Aksys got Chunsoft to answer a whole bunch of fan questions about 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons 9 Doors.

Who won Aksys’ 999 popularity poll?

Have any of you reading this blog played the game yet? Today we are here with some information from producer Jiro Ishii and writer/director Kotarou Uchikoshi.

So, finally we would like to present the most popular character.

Now it’s time to see who came in 2nd. Can our heroine still make the top spot?

At last, we’ve come to the top 3. And now, the bronze medal goes to…

At last, we’ve come to the top 4 characters.

We’re already half-way through…

Today, I present to you the character in 6th place.

Today, we’ll announce 7th place.

Today, I’ll announce who’s in 8th place.

Starting today, we will be announcing the top 9 characters. Today’s is the least popular.