Atlus will release Shin Megami Tensei IV this week in Japan. The Nintendo 3DS game is hotly anticipated and right now it’s the number one best selling game on Amazon Japan.

Felistella which has many former Flight Plan employees made Summon Night 5 which comes out this Thursday in Japan. 5pb also has Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse for PS3 and Xbox 360.

With Japan just getting back to work, there is only one retail import this week. Kud Wafter: Converted Edition is from visual novel maker Prototype. Kirby will bounce on to Wii U Virtual Console with three classics.

Soul Sacrifice makes its debut in the West and so far the game has sold quite well in Japan. Also, Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut comes out in North America, which despite being made in Japan has not been announced for the region.

Square Enix has Tomb Raider slated for release in Japan this week. It’s a month after the Western version, but that’s not that much of a delay. Capcom will publish Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen which adds new enemies and a new area to explore.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf sold extremely well in Japan and Tomodachi Collection for the DS was a steady selling title, which might make New Life a key 3DS release.

Unchained Blades developer FuRyu picked up the rights to Cardfight!! and turned it into a card battling 3DS game with online play.

Tecmo Koei will re-release an enhanced port of Ninja Gaiden 3 this week. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge starts Ryu Hayabusa off with DLC weapons from the PS3/Xbox 360 game, changes the enemy AI so soldiers don’t beg for their life, and ups the level of gore.

Marvelous AQL has Muramasa Rebirth for the Vita scheduled to come out on Thursday alongside Compile Heart’s curry-making roguelike Holy Sorcery Story.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 comes out in Japan this week with added Haki powers and an original story called Pirate’s Log mode.

imageSquare Enix will release Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix in Japan this week. The remastered PlayStation 3 version has Japanese voice acting for Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, revised controls, and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days summarized with a movie.

Soul Sacrifice from Sony Computer Entertainment’s Japan Studio comes out in Japan a week after the PlayStation Vita price cut.

Ubisoft will release Risen 2: Dark Waters, Namco Bandai has their “flight action role playing game”, and Sony will push PlayStation Vita with a price drop.

Konami and PlatinumGames has Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance lined up this week, but in Japan the game is a PlayStation 3 exclusive. While originally announced as a multiplatform title in Japan, Konami canceled the Xbox 360 version for the region.