Arcade business is down. Way down, but Sega believes they can reactivate the market globally.

Valkyria Chronicles 2, even though it’s on a handheld, is faithful to its PlayStation 3 predecessor. The PSP game may not be as gorgeous, but the gameplay is the same.

End of Eternity (aka Resonance of Fate) has friendly features like a battle retries instead of game over screens and text you can read with a SDTV.

The back of Bayonetta’s box says “infinite climax action” and it’s an accurate description. Everything in Bayonetta explodes with flair and builds up from one slick action sequence to the next.

Nintendo is working on a lot of “last” things in Japan. We discovered The Last Story in September. Now, the Big N trademarked Last Window which sounds related to it.

And to think all of this could have been avoided had Platinum Games simply not chosen to include that odd notice at the end of the Bayonetta demo.

In Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll players guide AiAi through winding mazes with the balancing board and become “monkey ninjas”.

Madworld will be the first 18 and up CERO Z game on the Wii and the third game with that rating to appear on a Nintendo console. Check out the Japanese version and see if you notice any changes.

If you can wait until January 5 you can get Bayonetta and an exclusive pre-order item. Bayonetta will go on sale in Europe a few days later on January 8.

Sony is celebrating PSPgo’s launch in Japan with samples of future PSP games.