“For us, if you look at the course of what we’ve done last year, we’ve narrowed our slate to really good titles. We focused on less is more,” said Carlson Choi, Vice President of Marketing at Namco Bandai, in a Siliconera interview.

Take a good look at Level 5′s next big franchise.

The “watch” in Youkai Watch’s title is meant to be taken literally.

Level 5 announced a new game at their Level 5 Vision conference today.

Level 5 have cancelled plans for their Vision 2011 event and instead, plan to hold an event named Level 5 World in October.

“Level-5 IA will not only release games developed in Japan, but we are also planning to create original content for the U.S.,” says Level 5 president, Akihiro Hino.

Yasumi Matsuno says that his style of games won’t change even though he’s employed at Level 5 and working on smaller games.

Known for his work on Vagrant Story, Tactics Ogre, and Final Fantasy XII, Yasumi Matsuno began talking with Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino about making a game for them.

Announced with Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, a new Gundam anime series scheduled to air this fall, was a new Gundam video game from Dragon Quest IX developer Level-5.

Active Gaming Media were initially based in Tokyo until 2008, after which they shifted their main headquarters to Osaka, in Japan’s Kansai region.

Ni no Kuni can definitely be classified as a hit, according to Level 5 CEO, Akihiro Hino.

Remember when we mentioned Level-5, creators of Studio Ghibli project Ni no Kuni, was opening an office in Santa Monica? It’s open and currently has five employees working on games for the North American market.

Level 5 CEO, Akihiro Hino, says to expect around 20 titles to be discussed at their Vision 2011 event.

5.3 million copies of Dragon Quest IX have been shipped worldwide as of December 31st, 2010.