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‘Tsuki no Akari’ a highlight of Final Fantasy IV DS

By Jeriaska . July 20, 2008 . 9:34am

When the musical score for Final Fantasy IV debuted in 1991, videogame audio was at a turning point in Japan. The game's inclusion of a theme of love attempted to approximate an emotional moment on the newly released 16-bit hardware.…

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Will the Idolm@ster be another Xbox 360 hit in Japan?

By Spencer . December 20, 2006 . 9:02am

  You saw how Blue Dragon boosted the Xbox 360 and Lost Planet might create another bump in 360 sales. Microsoft isn’t stopping their releases, in January 2007 Gears of War and Viva Pinata come out. However, the real big 360…

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Utada Hikaru defeated at Nintendo’s Tetris challenge

By Spencer . August 14, 2006 . 9:55am

A while back Nintendo of Japan held a contest where people could either get tickets for her new concert Utada United 2006 or challenge the pop singer at a game of Tetris DS. She’s been playing Tetris everyday since she…

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BoA appears on the Lumines II soundtrack

By Spencer . May 15, 2006 . 9:02am

Music plays an integral part of Mizuguchi-san’s titles In Lumines works from Mondo Grosso like Shinin’ (the opening track), Shake Your Body and Lights were featured in the game. Lumines II will have new songs from Mondo Grosso like “Everything…