Finally, Jaleco announced a platform for WiZman’s World. Their RPG with limited user input is coming to the Nintendo DS. Yeah, for more portable RPGs?

As you may recall, a while ago Jaleco announced a contest to let fans design monsters for its upcoming game, WiZman’s World. One of these monsters is now a 2Ch poster.

While the video game media was focused on E3, Ougon no Kizuna developer Jaleco was teasing something. Their countdown clock expired early in the morning revealing The: RPG.

Jaleco’s pencil shaded action RPG Ougon no Kizuna (Bonds of Gold) is almost done. This trailer gives us a good look at it and its like… Dynasty Warriors meets Shadow of the Colossus.

Before Disgaea DS and Rhapsody were even announced for Japan NIS America jumped to publish Nintendo DS games starting with Puchi Puchi Virus. I played a build of the US version a year ago, but the match-three-make-a-triangle puzzle game still hasn’t arrived in stores. What’s the deal?
 
We spoke with NIS America about the status [...]

Good to see proof Ougon no Kizuna development is still going A-OK. While this new trailer doesn’t tell us anything new, it’s good to finally see some ingame footage. The development blog has also been updated with a tiny bit of…

Last month Jaleco Holdings sold off their video game business to Game Yarou who “bought” the company in the loosest sense of the term. In reality Game Yarou assumed all of Jaleco’s liabilities. Ouch.
 
Is this decision going to kill Ougon no Kizuna (Bonds of Gold) which is currently in development at Jaleco? Nah. Recently, [...]

After reading about RozenQueen’s plush Prinny capsule bonus for Puchi Puchi Virus I started wondering where is the game. When I got a playable build way back in March the documentation included with it stated May 2008 as the release window. RozenQueen says we’re not going to see it until July.
 
To clear things up I [...]

Remember Puchi Puchi Virus? It’s a puzzle game developed by Jaleco and the first Nintendo DS title handled by NIS America. After catching a delay, Puchi Puchi Virus missed its original February target. I just got word that Puchi Puchi Virus is now scheduled for May 2008 sporting NIS America’s warm & winged casual games [...]

Dekotora (slang for Decoration Truck) is a hobby in Japan where autophiles deck out big rigs with neon lights and extravagant paint jobs. On February 28, 2008 Jaleco is bringing truck art to the Wii with Zenkoku Dekotora Matsuri. Players get to design their own trucks by adding disco lights and custom paint jobs. [...]