Usually, these costumes are just cute, but some, like the witch costume pictured on the right, actually have new skills that you characters can acquire…

DHM Interactive believes Windy X Windam will sell in Europe. They picked up the rights to Ninja Studio’s fighting game which stars the legendary unemployed ninja, Izuna.

Tactics Layer is, of course, totally in Japanese. However, it’s very import friendly. There’s a smattering of English phrases mixed in and anyone comfortable with strategic RPGs should have no problem playing this DS game.

D3 Publisher’s cosplay strategic RPG is definitely one of the games with the most fanservice, but it offers more than that. I’ve just begun playing the game and Tactics Layer is interesting for quite a few reasons.

D3 Publisher is working on a strategy RPG with a cosplay gimmick. Being well dressed means being well prepared for battle in Tactics Layer. The outfits you choose affect your characters skills. Instead of filling stores with strategy RPG staples like plate mail and wizard robes, Tactics Layer has maid costumes and bunny ears [...]

Ninja Studio, the creators of the Izuna games, flirted with the concept of a cosplay system in a strategy RPG with Tactical Guild. Now the idea is being used as the core system of a game. Tactics Layer is a “cosplay tactics simulation” game in development for the Nintendo DS. Dressing your characters increases [...]

Few developers have tried to release a fighting game on the Nintendo DS. Ninja Studio, best known for the series of Izuna roguelike, is about to. Windy X Windam doesn’t have frantic four player fights like Jump Ultimate Stars. Windy X Windam is just two players with two screens. As seen in the video below [...]

The Nintendo DS has fighting games like Jump Ultimate Stars, a fun romp on its own accord with easy to pick up controls. However, the DS doesn’t have traditional 2D fighting games like the King of Fighters where you have to memorize input commands like QCF + weak. Looking over Izuna’s command list in [...]