Nintendo plans to reveal the Nintendo 3DS, a successor to the Nintendo DS, at E3. A key feature about this handheld is it supports 3D games.

We caught up with Atsushi Inaba, Producer at PlatinumGames, and Hifumi Kouno, Director at Nude Maker, to discuss its development.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey takes the demon summoning series in a different direction. There are less cyberpunk elements, more sci-fi tones, and you’re not in Tokyo.

Well, most of them. When we spoke with Motomu Toriyama, Director of Final Fantasy XIII, we brought your questions. In this interview we discuss Japanese voiceovers, the cut content, and lessons learned post development.

Silicon Studio is a middleware company, but last year they started developing video games. We spoke with Takehiro Terada about the decision and brought your 3D Dot Game Heroes questions to the interview.

Square Enix set summer as the launch window for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and sent over a batch of English screenshots.

A few hours ago, Capcom held a Monster Hunter press conference in Japan and put an embargo on all of the news. However, a savvy Twitter user captured the big story – Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.

Mistwalker’s Wii RPG isn’t heavily sci-fi influenced, according to director Hironobu Sakaguchi.

What did Japanese gamers think of Square Enix’s controversial “RPG”?

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony is the fourth version of Lunar. What could Game Arts tweak this time? We asked Masato Dobashi, Producer of the PSP remake, about the changes and his thoughts on the Lunar series.

Final retail build of Arc Rise Fantasia to be dub-only.

Odin transforms into a horse in Final Fantasy XIII, but that wasn’t the only idea on the table. “The idea of transforming summons was always there from the start, but the transformation wasn’t so set,” said Final Fantasy XIII’s Battle Director.

Instead of focusing on gameplay or flashy cutscenes, Aksys’ Mimana Iyar Chronicle trailer is loaded with satire.

Nintendo filed a patent application for a new kind of cartridge, which appears to be for a Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS-like device.