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 why [...]

The Pomona based publisher first came on my radar when they released Raiden III. I really started to keep a close eye on them when we discovered GameFly listings for The Monkey King and Kiki Kai World. Fast forward a year and Heavenly Guardian (aka Kiki Kai World) is half out the door. The PS2 [...]

With a name change and a temporary absence from UFO Interactive’s homepage it’s hard to keep track of Heavenly Guardian. We won’t have to scour for release dates much longer since UFO Interactive is releasing the Nintendo Wii version on April 22th. The PlayStation 2 release? Yeah, that was scuttled out the door silently months [...]

After vanishing from UFO Interactive’s page I thought the Wii version of Heavenly Guardian (better known as Yukinkoto Daisenpuu in Japan) got the axe. Chris over at Cosmos Gaming informed me (thanks!!) this is far from the case. UFO Interactive has Heavenly Guardian on track for a Q2 2008 release in North America. Heavenly Guardian [...]

The story of Kiki Kai World has been a long journey stemming back to a cancelled sequel. Since Starfish couldn’t secure the official rights, Kiki KaiKai series they had to go with a spiritual sequel for the Wii and the Playstation 2. The Wii version is scheduled to arrive in Japan this December as a [...]

Starfish, the team that is working on Kiki Kai World, has a dungeon RPG in development too. Elminage: Yami no Fujo to Kamigami no Yubiwa puts six warriors in your hand and throws you into a dungeon. The style of Elminage has a classic feel, sort of like a modern version of old PC RPGs. [...]

I hate to disappoint anyone counting down the days until Shin Chuka Taisen: Michael to Meimei no Bouken comes out for the Wii, but it’s been delayed. Starfish who is the developer of the tilt controlled shmup had the release window set for August. It’s September and there is no sign of the game in [...]

I’m making a guess here, but Gamefly has a listing up for Monkey King: The Legend Begins as a Wii game. This looks like it might be a localized version of Starfish’s upcoming, tilt screen Shin Chuka Taisen: Michael to Meimei no Bouken. UFO Interactive, who is acting as the US publisher already has a [...]

After the success of Nintendogs a few other companies took their hand at making pet sims with boring house pets. Starfish, who is known for making the Super Black Bass games, is going slightly off the beaten path with their portable pet game. I Love Doplhin gives players a chance to raise their own dolphin [...]

Insert credit has been following the development of a Chuka Taisen remake since 2006 and screenshots for a Wii remake just surfaced on Famitsu. I doubt many people have even heard of Chuka Taisen before, it is a shmup made by Taito that appeared in arcades in the late 80s. The Wii remake, Shin Chuka [...]