UFO Interactive is working on Saint, a second shmup for Wii based on the Monkey King legend with art from a Hong Kong comic book. I asked Chong Ahn, Producer, about the partnership and sneaked in a question about Tokyo Twilight Busters.

Wolfteam, known for Sega Genesis games like Arcus Odyssey and Final Zone, made Tokyo Twilight Busters for the NEC PC-98. This fall their adventure game is leaving the platform and heading to the Nintendo DS.

Not much is known about Saint other than its a shooter and based on the Monkey King legend. Starfish delayed the game for over half a year, but it’s finally coming out with a little nod to Space Harrier.

The series of Dungeon Maker games, Class of Heroes, and Dungeon Explorer make the PSP is the system to own for classic dungeon crawling. Add Elminage II to that list. Starfish announced a sequel to the PlayStation 2/Nintendo DS remix is scheduled to come out in Japan this summer.
 
Thus far none of the Elminage games [...]

Daisaiou is another spiritual cousin to the Shin Chuka Taisen, a shooter with a flying monkey. Starfish is back at the helm as the developer and they chose to use art from a Hong Kong comic book with a grittier and futuristic spin on the Journey to the West story. We mentioned the game [...]

Starfish, the team behind Elimage, is resurrecting an NEC PC game for the Nintendo DS. I never played the original Tokyo Twilight Busters, but this shrine makes the adventure game look fairly graphic and borderline NSFW. Wolfteam, the development staff behind Arcus Odyssey for the Genesis and some of Namco Bandai’s Tales games, created [...]

And the award for fastest PlayStation 2 to Nintendo DS port goes to… Elminage! In March the game was released as a PlayStation 2 dungeon RPG. This fall Elminage will be sold as a Nintendo DS dungeon RPG under the name Elminage DS Remix. The interface has changed to pull menus on the bottom [...]

Office Create’s international Cooking Mama series sparked a number of imitators, but most of them lack the iconic character. Panpaka Panya-San makes up for it with a cast of mascot characters. You use a smiling pan, befriend a jovial oven mitt, and slice an unusually happy loaf of bread. The difference between Panpaka Panya-San [...]

It’s summer time. Time for a long vacation. Time for a vacation with dolphins according to Starfish who is releasing Long Vacation: Iruka to Watashi (Long Vacation: Dolphin and Me) on August 7. The official teaser page doesn’t tell much about the game, but after glancing at Famitsu I have a better idea about what [...]

UFO Interactive just released The Monkey King: The Legend Begins on the Wii following a theatrical introduction to the mythological Chinese hero. As most of you know, the game is really a localized version of Shin Chuka Taisen, a shoot ‘em up sequel to a late 1980s arcade game developed by Taito. I speculated [...]