Gaming NEWS/VIEWS/REVIEWS Thread!

[ADC]

Johnny just got hard and looked around but found no girls in school uniforms. :evil:

Anyway, here's the re-purposed Gaming Thread. Let us discuss the news of the day, in which President Reggie says, "Yes, wii wiill shiip 4 miilliion Wii uniits bii thii iind of thii yiir. Up yiirs, Sonii."

[jecca-neko]

Let us discuss the news of the day, in which President Reggie says, "Yes, wii wiill shiip 4 miilliion Wii uniits bii thii iind of thii yiir. Up yiirs, Sonii."

Wow, Reggie likes the letter "I". ;)

I'm not really sure this is noteworthy news. Nintendo has been saying all along that they're shipping 4 million units by the end of the year. Hearing a confirmation of this by Reggie today was kinda weird. Nintendo is pretty good about actually meaning what they say.

In other news, what do ya'll here think about the news of the guy who hit 100,000 achievement points on Xbox Live? Stupid Gamespot isn't working right now so I can't post a link.

I personally don't know or care whether he cheated or not, but I think these gamers who are upset about it need to take a chill pill. Who cares what his points are? Isn't the point of the achievement system so you can find people on Live that like the sort of games you do and play around the same gaming level that you do?

[Johnny]

In other news, what do ya'll here think about the news of the guy who hit 100,000 achievement points on Xbox Live? Stupid Gamespot isn't working right now so I can't post a link.

I personally don't know or care whether he cheated or not, but I think these gamers who are upset about it need to take a chill pill. Who cares what his points are? Isn't the point of the achievement system so you can find people on Live that like the sort of games you do and play around the same gaming level that you do?

That's one of the concepts that absolutely baffles me about Live. People buy games just because they have easy Achievements and not because they actually like the game.
Kinda like the Live service is more important than the actual games for the 360.

[Johnny]

Johnny just got hard and looked around but found no girls in school uniforms. :evil:



I remember when I signed up here. No one knew me and I had no reputation of any kind.
Fast forward 3 years and seemingly everyone knows me as a school uniform fetishist (is that even a word?) and purveyor of all manner of gaming news. Not that any of that is innaccurate but still :D

[jecca-neko]

Fast forward 3 years and seemingly everyone knows me as a school uniform fetishist (is that even a word?) and purveyor of all manner of gaming news. Not that any of that is innaccurate but still :D

I know you like schoolgirl uniforms, but instead of that first part I tend to think of you as the object of Loafy's "affections." :evil: And the gaming guy, of course. :)

I dunno what people see me as other than the person with the cute avatar.

[ADC]

Fast forward 3 years and seemingly everyone knows me as a school uniform fetishist (is that even a word?) and purveyor of all manner of gaming news. Not that any of that is innaccurate but still :D
You put the info out there, we use it. :)

I dunno what people see me as other than the person with the cute avatar.
You're a tiger! </austinpowers> Hells, I have no clue what my avatars say about me. I just noticed that Pepper Pete here is the first avatar I've had who doesn't have his cake-hole wide open (Jon Hiren; Rocket).

[Johnny]

I dunno what people see me as other than the person with the cute avatar.


Yeah that avatar is pretty awesome :)

I dunno, I kinda have you down as the DS/Wii girl. You just seem to have such enthusiasm for both (and DDR of course) which is great.
Plus you're a hardcore gaming girl. That's pretty damn awesome in my book :blush:

[jecca-neko]

Hells, I have no clue what my avatars say about me.

I don't pay too much attention to people's avatars really. I don't know why.

To me, you're the gamer with the tastes closest to mine. Yuzu's the guy who dreams of an RPG where all of the characters are cute girls. ;) Chacranajxy is a guy I'm undecided about. Sometimes I agree completely with him on gaming stuff, other times I think he's nuts. Mateo is the other big Pokemon fan. When Zanza decides to visit us I feel sad for him that he couldn't net either a Wii or PS3. His disappointment is almost touching. Magus is my fellow Trauma Center/Phoenix Wright/all things DS buddy.

Sorry to everyone I missed. :blush:

[jecca-neko]

Plus you're a hardcore gaming girl. That's pretty damn awesome in my book :blush:

Yay! I'm awesome! :neko:

Yeah, there's very, very few of us hardcore gamer gals. Honestly, I don't know any others. The ones that I know that do play are casual gamers. It's sad, really.

If I had a daughter, I'd so totally turn her into a hardcore gamer girl. :evil: However, the thought of having kids is frightening at the moment. I like spending that money on games, thank you very much.

[Suwako Moriya]

Yuzu's the guy who dreams of an RPG where all of the characters are cute girls. ;)

Such a wonderful dream that would be. Still at least in the case of some RPGs, I can make my entire party of full of cute girls or at the very least girls I love that are kind of pretty and/or cool as it were. In any case yet another person knows too much about me.

Edit: Heck the cute girls aspect is probably part of the reason, I'm playing Wild Arms: Alter Code F over Wild Arms. Sure I still get the 2 guys to 1 girl thing, but at least on occasion I've had it be 2 girls to 1 guy. Which is an obvious improvement.

[GHardin]

In other news, what do ya'll here think about the news of the guy who hit 100,000 achievement points on Xbox Live? Stupid Gamespot isn't working right now so I can't post a link.

I personally don't know or care whether he cheated or not, but I think these gamers who are upset about it need to take a chill pill. Who cares what his points are? Isn't the point of the achievement system so you can find people on Live that like the sort of games you do and play around the same gaming level that you do?

That's one of the concepts that absolutely baffles me about Live. People buy games just because they have easy Achievements and not because they actually like the game.
Kinda like the Live service is more important than the actual games for the 360.

Seriously. I like achievement points and all, but I'm not going to go out and grab every game and play it to perfection just to get points and call myself a super-duper hardcore gamer. :tired:

I do think that it is kind of sad when people will argue and accuse one person of cheating over some silly number. :nervous:

[Chacranajxy]

In other news, what do ya'll here think about the news of the guy who hit 100,000 achievement points on Xbox Live? Stupid Gamespot isn't working right now so I can't post a link.

I personally don't know or care whether he cheated or not, but I think these gamers who are upset about it need to take a chill pill. Who cares what his points are? Isn't the point of the achievement system so you can find people on Live that like the sort of games you do and play around the same gaming level that you do?

That's one of the concepts that absolutely baffles me about Live. People buy games just because they have easy Achievements and not because they actually like the game.
Kinda like the Live service is more important than the actual games for the 360.

Seriously. I like achievement points and all, but I'm not going to go out and grab every game and play it to perfection just to get points and call myself a super-duper hardcore gamer. :tired:

I do think that it is kind of sad when people will argue and accuse one person of cheating over some silly number. :nervous:

The whole Gamerscore concept as a way of measuring how HARDCORZXE you are is stupid... I've got 610 points which, by HARDCORZXE standards makes me a lightweight... somehow, I I think I qualify as a little more than a lightweight when it comes to gaming.

[Mateo_home]

I guess this is where I do a little gaming blog.

I just beat Yoshi's Island and now I'm going back to collect baby coins I've missed and secret levels.

Final Boss wasn't too difficult. It just took me a little while to figure out how to hit him. :nervous: I've also wondered if some levels in the last one were a little too hard. Well, not Super Mario Bros. 2 hard, just trying to get a 30star clear hard.

And to wrap it up, my favorite baby is baby Mario. I like dashing and one of the few babies whose eggs bounce. :P

[ADC]

To me, you're the gamer with the tastes closest to mine. Yuzu's the guy who dreams of an RPG where all of the characters are cute girls. ;) Chacranajxy is a guy I'm undecided about. Sometimes I agree completely with him on gaming stuff, other times I think he's nuts. Mateo is the other big Pokemon fan. When Zanza decides to visit us I feel sad for him that he couldn't net either a Wii or PS3. His disappointment is almost touching. Magus is my fellow Trauma Center/Phoenix Wright/all things DS buddy.
We do have like tastes, don't we? That's pretty awesome. It's also a first — most of my friends these past 28 years have gone over to the FPSs and MMOs.

In other news, poor Zanza … And after seeing his Christmas list, I worry for him if Santa doesn't come. :D Then we'll wonder whatever happened to Zanza, and someone in the Gaming Thread will notice that he hasn't posted since December 24, 2006, and we'll all be like, Okay. Now I understand.

Being fair to Yuzu, I wouldn't have a problem with a cute-girl RPG, either. (FFX-2, mmm.) But it's kind of depressing to me if you have a cute girl who's also strong as a mule and can't string two words together, much less cast a fire spell. So I have to throw out the whole thing because every game needs a Knight at some point, it seems.

Also, happy birthday to Cha-kun. At least, I think that's a cupcake next to his name … :nervous:

[ADC]

7.9 (http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/finalfantasyiii/review.html?page=1&sid=6162504&part=rss&tag=gs_reviews&subj=6162504), and generally positive. I've only played a few hours because my existence has been swallowed by FF12, but I'm digging it a great deal.

[jecca-neko]

7.9 (http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/finalfantasyiii/review.html?page=1&sid=6162504&part=rss&tag=gs_reviews&subj=6162504), and generally positive. I've only played a few hours because my existence has been swallowed by FF12, but I'm digging it a great deal.

I have a friend who bought it and said it's "hardcore" like the other NES era FFs. He said something along the lines of this: "I found this cave and so, reasonably, I thought I should go in there. Then I get stabbed in the head by skeletons and everyone dies. I soon learned NOT to go in there. God, I love that about the old FFs." :)

[kaiyouske]

Ohhhhh yeah. It's pretty hardcore. Been playing the Japanese version since I imported the FFIII DS Lite with the game and that happened to me a couple of times.

[Kurou]

I've been playing it (FF3) for..about a week now, I guess. Loving it so far..the game says I have just over 20 hours clocked.

I don't mind the difficulty, but there are some parts in the game that are truly (ramdom enemies with a boss' overpowered Lightning spell?) nerve grating.

Also, the random encounter is my least favorite mechanic in gaming period, but since I like JRPGs, I have to deal with it.

[Lovely]

EDIT: Aaah, I'm not sure if this goes here, since it's sort of a mini-review, or if this should go in the "currently playing" thread. I'll... leave it here for now...
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Currently, I'm playing .hack//GU and having a wonderful, wonderful, time. I had almost forgotten how obsessive I am with this series. I just love the whole "mystery" aspect of things .

Also, I just love the "fake" in game message boards, desktop and e-mails. It's a lot of fun. In fact, my first oooooh... two hours of the game was just going through said desktop, boards and e-mails :).

Compared to the first .hack games, there are some basic improvements beyond graphics.
For example, The layout of message boards have been improved to be, well, kind of AoD message board like *laughs*. Basically, the first game only allowed you to look at threads in threaded mode, but in GU you can switch to flat. Flat being what I prefer :).


The dungeons are a bit repetive, but the battle system is simple but fun. My only complaint is that it is SUPER easy to level up. So it's easy to get overleveled for story sequences ^^;. Oh yes, one thing that keeps you from getting TOO strong though is that unike the first game, if you get equipment that is above your level, you can't actually equip them.

Character wise:
Well, first, there is the main character Haseo. A character I've been told I would probably hate, simply because he's a rude ass.
However it turns out... I LOVE Haseo. Oh, he is INDEED an ass, but he's so incredibly over the top about it, that he's actually pretty hillarious and oddly lovable.

It's also pretty funny how the other characters kind of ignore him when he's being bitchy :).


All in all, I'm enjoying the game a lot. Now if only Bandai would release ROOTS someday...

[Fudce]

Johnny just got hard and looked around but found no girls in school uniforms. :evil:

Somebody's going for "Quote of the Week"...


In other news, Kaz Hirai has been promoted!
News Article (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70551)

[SilverLuz]

Yeah, there's very, very few of us hardcore gamer gals. Honestly, I don't know any others. The ones that I know that do play are casual gamers. It's sad, really.


*wave* I'm a hardcore gamer gal too ^_^

[GHardin]

The whole Gamerscore concept as a way of measuring how HARDCORZXE you are is stupid... I've got 610 points which, by HARDCORZXE standards makes me a lightweight... somehow, I I think I qualify as a little more than a lightweight when it comes to gaming.

I like the concept of the Gamerscore, but it's one of those flawed ideas. I've tried quite a few games out, and even though my score says something close to 7299, I don't think I've really completed that many games. I could have probably finished King Kong before I traded it in last year for the easiest of the points...but alas, I didn't. :sad: ;)

But seriously, these scores just aren't the way to judge how much of a gamer one person is...it just determines how much one has devoted to 360 games...god forbid if someone managed to wade through all of the crappy games!

[tuffy]

In other news, Kaz Hirai has been promoted!
News Article (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70551)
And Ken Kutaragi's career is basically over. He'll be "overseeing" the SCE group from a great distance, I expect.

[Johnny]

In other news, Kaz Hirai has been promoted!
News Article (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70551)
And Ken Kutaragi's career is basically over. He'll be "overseeing" the SCE group from a great distance, I expect.

Uncle Ken will always be there, in the background maybe, but he'll be there. Who else can we rely on to put down Microsoft when they think they're doing well or make the sort of analogies usually reserved for those in mental wards? (4D and "the dinner comparison" come to mind) :D

He's a legend though, as is Kaz. Good luck to the both of them :)

[indigo0086]

'twas Kojima that presented the dinner comparisons.

[Johnny]

'twas Kojima that presented the dinner comparisons.

My bad. But what about these other gems?:

“Beating us for a short moment is like accidentally winning a point from a Shihan (Karate master), and Microsoft is still not a black belt. Just like with their operating systems, they might come out with something good around the third generation of their release.”

"This time, Microsoft has stated clearly that it is going after PlayStation. However, they're going not after the PlayStation 3, but the PlayStation 2. They were looking at 2, and that's why Xbox 360 became like that."

“The PS3 will instill discipline in our children and adults alike. Everyone will know discipline.”

Brilliant! :D

[indigo0086]

He would have done well, as a Naval captain in 1940.

[Lego]

He would have done well, as a Naval captain in 1940.

It's a scary thought to imagine Kojima in any sort of leadership position in the military. "Ok boys, put on your boxes!" :)

[Johnny]

Just a couple of new screenshot updates:

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP) (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12144)

Naruto: Shinobi Retsuden (DS) (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12147)

[Soulblazer]

You are definitely right about the dungeons being repetitive and I hear they only add one new dungeon model and one new field model in the second game for a total of 5 basic area models :(.

[Chloe]

I've been playing it (FF3) for..about a week now, I guess. Loving it so far..the game says I have just over 20 hours clocked.

I don't mind the difficulty, but there are some parts in the game that are truly (ramdom enemies with a boss' overpowered Lightning spell?) nerve grating.

Also, the random encounter is my least favorite mechanic in gaming period, but since I like JRPGs, I have to deal with it.

If you want to innure yourself to the random enocunters, I suggest you go and get a GC version of Skies of Arcadia: Legends. What really was a fun game eventually got so bad I have yet to finish it about 50-60% through. It gets to the point where I'm thinking to myself,"Five whole seconds, time for another random encounter. :nervous: " Just bloody awful.

Jecca-neko: You're Tiger Avatar is cute, no argument there, but I kind of liked your old one better. :sad:

[jecca-neko]

Yeah, there's very, very few of us hardcore gamer gals. Honestly, I don't know any others. The ones that I know that do play are casual gamers. It's sad, really.


*wave* I'm a hardcore gamer gal too ^_^

I knew Lovely was but wow. I didn't know you were a girl too. Hooray! :) What kind of games do you play SilverLuz?

Lovely and I seem to have rather different tastes. She likes MMOs, I don't. I love the FF series, she'd rather play other stuff.

[jecca-neko]

Jecca-neko: You're Tiger Avatar is cute, no argument there, but I kind of liked your old one better. :sad:


Which one was that? It was so long ago I forget. I had the Tiger one for a while, then I had no avatar for a while, then I put the Tiger one back on. It's been about 2 years since I used something other than the Tiger. I know because that's when I had my old computer and had Photoshop on it. I never bothered loading Photoshop on this computer.

[Chloe]

Jecca-neko: You're Tiger Avatar is cute, no argument there, but I kind of liked your old one better. :sad:


Which one was that? It was so long ago I forget. I had the Tiger one for a while, then I had no avatar for a while, then I put the Tiger one back on. It's been about 2 years since I used something other than the Tiger. I know because that's when I had my old computer and had Photoshop on it. I never bothered loading Photoshop on this computer.



!!?? Are you sure?? I don't think I've been here two years, maybe I am confusing you with someone else... :sad:

[Kurou]

*snip*

If you want to innure yourself to the random enocunters, I suggest you go and get a GC version of Skies of Arcadia: Legends. What really was a fun game eventually got so bad I have yet to finish it about 50-60% through. It gets to the point where I'm thinking to myself,"Five whole seconds, time for another random encounter. :nervous: " Just bloody awful.

Jecca-neko: You're Tiger Avatar is cute, no argument there, but I kind of liked your old one better. :sad:


I never finished Skies of Arcadia, but I had the DC version. Believe it or not, They toned DOWN the random encounters for Legends!

[Lovely]

Lovely and I seem to have rather different tastes. She likes MMOs, I don't.

Ahaha, well, to be fair, It's hard for MMO's to hold my attention for very long. It's kind of funny how I'll always be about 20 levels behind my other friends XD. (I still hold my own though... at least... I like to think I do ^^;.)

We both like music games like DDR and Guitar hero though :) .

[SilverLuz]

I knew Lovely was but wow. I didn't know you were a girl too. Hooray! :) What kind of games do you play SilverLuz?

Lovely and I seem to have rather different tastes. She likes MMOs, I don't. I love the FF series, she'd rather play other stuff.

My tastes are probably closer to yours: Final Fantasy in various iterations accounts for about half of my rather long 'currently playing' list ^_^ Outside of FF, I like lots of other RPGs - especially tactical RPGs - plus puzzle games and rhythm games.

[Johnny]

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core PSP trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/715-Final_Fantasy_VII_Crisis_Core_Trailer_Emerges.html )

GT HD has now been scrapped and will be available as a free download (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70575) from the Playstation Store on the 24th December

FFXII Revenant Wings DS scan (http://www.jeux-france.com/images0_4_18313.html)

Naruto Wii scans (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18311_naruto-wii-premieres-images.html)

[indigo0086]

He would have done well, as a Naval captain in 1940.

It's a scary thought to imagine Kojima in any sort of leadership position in the military. "Ok boys, put on your boxes!" :)

I meant Kutaragi. Kojima's a hippie

[Suwako Moriya]

At the very least FF7 : Crisis Core looks nice, but beyond that I'm not sure. Although I'd imagine myself reading summaries. I'd comment on the FF12: Revenant Wings Scan, but right now the link is being kind of cranky.

[lostnomad84]

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core PSP trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/715-Final_Fantasy_VII_Crisis_Core_Trailer_Emerges.html )


Now this is what I have been waiting for out of the PSP. Only if more games like this were out for the system.


GT HD has now been scrapped and will be available as a free download (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=70575) from the Playstation Store on the 24th December


I wonder if they will offer additional tracks and courses online to download like they said before. At least now they won't force a whole game's price tag on you in order to just play with 10 cars and a track or two.

[Noodle]

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core PSP trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/715-Final_Fantasy_VII_Crisis_Core_Trailer_Emerges.html )


omg Omg OMG!! *sob* *squee* *swoon*
I am not buying a psp for this... *hopes and hopes to see this ported some day...* Voices made me squrim in glee! looooove.

/fangirl off.

Can't get the rest of the links to open, foo.

[Johnny]

Can't get the rest of the links to open, foo.

Ah, apologies but Jeux France, the site the links comes from, seems to be down at the minute.

[Johnny]

No More Heroes pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12696). For those that don't know, this is the new game from Guoichi Suda (Killer 7) for the Wii.
Definitely one of my most anticipated for the future.

Blue Dragon scans (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12683)
Also, some screenshots here (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_xbox02&page=1&num=14867&main=xbox&find=&ftext=)
And the video that the screens were taken from can be found here (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_xbox02&page=1&num=14863&main=xbox&find=&ftext=)

MGS: Portable OPs pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12682)

Earth Defense Force 3 trailer (http://www.xboxyde.com/stream_3394_en.html). This is gonna be so amazing!

As JF still seems to be down, there are some alternative links to the Naruto Wii scans here (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6314&main=nin&find=&ftext=) and here (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6313&main=nin&find=&ftext=)

Dragon Quest Swords scans (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6311&main=nin&find=&ftext=)
That girl is :bignosebleed: :bignosebleed: :bignosebleed:

[Azumangaman]

No More Heroes pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12696). For those that don't know, this is the new game from Guoichi Suda (Killer 7) for the Wii.
Definitely one of my most anticipated for the future.


Honestly? This is pretty much one of the biggest reasons why I want a Wii.
I couldn't give a hoot about Zelda. Never have, never will.

[ADC]

Dragon Quest Swords scans (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6311&main=nin&find=&ftext=)
That girl is :bignosebleed: :bignosebleed: :bignosebleed:
That's my fetish right there — but only in animé and video games. Goth in real life is made of lose. Having said that, I'll be picking up that game whenever I get around to having a Wii. Still set for after Christmas.

[kaiyouske]

OMG you did not say that. C'mon now. Kate Beckinsale in Underworld/Underworld2. That's win for me.

[Fudce]

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core PSP trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/715-Final_Fantasy_VII_Crisis_Core_Trailer_Emerges.html )


omg Omg OMG!! *sob* *squee* *swoon*
I am not buying a psp for this... *hopes and hopes to see this ported some day...* Voices made me squrim in glee! looooove.

/fangirl off.

Aw... but your avatar fits the look of a fangirl perfectly!

Enjoyed seeing that trailer myself, but maybe that's my inner Aeris fanboy speaking :P

[Johnny]

Dragon Quest Swords scans (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6311&main=nin&find=&ftext=)
That girl is :bignosebleed: :bignosebleed: :bignosebleed:
That's my fetish right there — but only in animé and video games. Goth in real life is made of lose. Having said that, I'll be picking up that game whenever I get around to having a Wii. Still set for after Christmas.


ADC, if you lived closer I'd shake yer hand and buy ya a beer! Good taste in (2D and unreal) girls you got there :D
Course, IRL, goth girls for me are up there at the top of the "most wanted" list but I'm shutting up now as I don't plan to turn every gaming thread into a discussion on the attractiveness of young women. Honest :nervous:

Anyway, yeah the game is a certain for me too. A bit sad it wasn't a launch title but I can wait a little longer if it makes it even better :)

[Soulblazer]

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/ff12reven36sa9.jpg

The designs of Penelo and Van really look different in that picture.

[jecca-neko]

That's my fetish right there — but only in animé and video games. Goth in real life is made of lose.

You just haven't seen good goth then. I mean, I look awesome. :P ;)

Actually though, most goth chicks in real life are too heavy on the makeup and jewelry and even without it, most I've seen aren't really that cute anyway. I dress gothish but more conservatively so, if that makes sense. It's not so heavy that I can get away with wearing it at work but I still toe the line of professionalism, because I can.

Anyway, back on topic, I like the girl's hair, eye makeup, and boots, but the rest of her outfit I don't care for.

[Azumangaman]

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/ff12reven36sa9.jpg

The designs of Penelo and Van really look different in that picture.

Ya, they look pretty awful!

[ADC]

You just haven't seen good goth then. I mean, I look awesome. :P ;)

Actually though, most goth chicks in real life are too heavy on the makeup and jewelry and even without it, most I've seen aren't really that cute anyway. I dress gothish but more conservatively so, if that makes sense. It's not so heavy that I can get away with wearing it at work but I still toe the line of professionalism, because I can.
Okay, you're awesome then. Restrained goth looks good. Overt goth creeps me out. (I admit that I have no problem with Goth-Loli, so long as the Loli part is at least 18 years old. And, having said that, isn't it wonderful that OTF is members-only? Because I talk too damned much for my own good. :blush:)

[ADC]

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/ff12reven36sa9.jpg

The designs of Penelo and Van really look different in that picture.
Ya, they look pretty awful!
When you see Penelo in that costume in CG, though … :bignosebleed: It's very nicely done.

[jecca-neko]

I'm shutting up now as I don't plan to turn every gaming thread into a discussion on the attractiveness of young women. Honest :nervous:


Maybe it's because I've always hung around guys too much all my life but I barely notice when you guys get off topic with this stuff. I just made a comment earlier because I clicked on the picture of the goth girl and agreed that she was cute, even though I didn't care for her dress.

Speaking of that, it's getting more and more to the point where my boyfriend or a close guy friend points out a picture of a girl or a girl walking by and says she's cute and if I agree I'll say so. The implications of this boggles the mind.

And, having said that, isn't it wonderful that OTF is members-only? Because I talk too damned much for my own good. :blush:)

You guys are bringing me to the dark side, I swear.

[Johnny]

Odoru: Made in Wario/Warioware Smooth Moves videos (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12172)

Japanese Wii launch pics (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18315_la-wii-sort-au-japon.html)
And a video of one of the lines (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/7802)

Necro-Nesia intro (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/7803)
Wing Island intro (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/7804)

[Chacranajxy]

Odoru: Made in Wario/Warioware Smooth Moves videos (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12172)

Japanese Wii launch pics (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18315_la-wii-sort-au-japon.html)
And a video of one of the lines (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/7802)

Necro-Nesia intro (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/7803)
Wing Island intro (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/7804)

Good God... the Japanese love them some Nintendo systems.

[Johnny]

Well, I couldn't resist it. I saw Disgaea for £25 new and Phantom Brave for £15 this afternoon and felt the need to buy them.
Not that I should be buying any new RPGs as FFXII, FFIII and Atelier Iris 2 are all still shrinkwrapped and waiting to be played but still :nervous:

So basically I wanna get some opinions on what to start first between Disgaea and Phantom Brave. I know they're both stand alone titles but does anyone prefer one over the other or have any opinions?

[DiGiKerot]

So basically I wanna get some opinions on what to start first between Disgaea and Phantom Brave. I know they're both stand alone titles but does anyone prefer one over the other or have any opinions?

I don't really have a huge amount of preference between the two myself, but I suspect you'll get an overwhelming thumbs-up for Disgaea in general. If nothing else, Disgaeas story is an awful lot more fun that Phantom Braves (which is kind of depressing, at least initially). The gameplay is way easier to get your head around as well, being all grid-based. Phantom Brave has a gridless placement system which takes a while to get your head around, and is generally a lot more headache inducing to get your head around in general.

Personally, I do think Phantom Brave actually plays a better game - I think some of the restrictions it places on you (such as only being able to have characters available for a certain number of turns) makes it an awful lot more tactical, as it means that you can't just rely on a single tank character. I also liked the slidey and bouncy stages. The things I liked about Phantom Brave seem to be the same things which annoyed the hell out of everyone else, though.

To sum up - in terms of writing and entertainment values, the original Disgaea is probably the best thing in N1's SRPG catalogue. In terms of gameplay, I personally think Phantom Brave is the best (honestly, Makai Kingdom and Disgaea 2 were totally steps backwards). I don't think you can go much wrong with either, but you'd probably enjoy Disgaea more.

-edit- Oh, and there are some funny Disgaea cameos in Phantom Brave what you'll totally not get if you haven't played Disgaea first.

[Suwako Moriya]

Personally, I do think Phantom Brave actually plays a better game - I think some of the restrictions it places on you (such as only being able to have characters available for a certain number of turns) makes it an awful lot more tactical, as it means that you can't just rely on a single tank character.

It also forces the player to carefully choose when to summon a Phantom. In some cases you'll want the Phantom out early to even the playing field. While in other cases you'll want to wait until you truly need the Phantom's help. Deciding when to summon each Phantom you create is part of the fun. It's also part of the challenge.

In any case I definitely like both Phantom Brave and Disgaea. However it's also been a long time since I played either game. Still if I had to pick one going by my current memory of each game. I'd choose Phantom Brave over Disgaea.

Sure Disgaea has a fun story filled with some rather interesting moments. Plus Flonne is made of win. However the story structure in Phantom Brave is better. Also I kind of like Marona much better than Larhl. It's not just because Marona is female and Larhl is male. I just felt more for Marona.

In terms of game play, I think the idea of how the Phantoms works make Phantom Brave more interesting than Disgaea. Especially when you get into some of the later phantoms you can make. It's kind of fun to create phantoms, train them, and then decide when/how to use them.

Still ultimately both games like other games made by Nippon Ichi suffer from the level up fest mentality a bit. Especially since you often have various things to level. It's not so bad during the normal game, but during the game extra game stuff it can be insane. It's part of the reason I've barely done any of the side stuff in either game.

Also on a final note while Phantom Brave does have the problem of perhaps spoiling Disgaea. That only will really happen if you try to do the post-game stuff in Phantom Brave. So one idea would to just play Phantom Brave up until the point of defeating the final boss and then play Disgaea. Come to Phantom Brave if/when the time feels right to do the side stuff after one ultimately finishes/drops Disgaea. That's my view.

[DiGiKerot]

Still ultimately both games like other games made by Nippon Ichi suffer from the level up fest mentality a bit.


I don't think Phantom Brave was quite so bad with the levelling during the main game. When I play N1 games, I like trying to play through the story the first time with the minimal amount of leveling - partly because I want to finish the story, and partly because it's more fun to challenge myself. From a limited levelling point of view, Phantom Brave becomes a far, far more interesting game than any of the other N1 games as you need to think about things over the long-term rather than just dealing as much damage as possible as quickly as you can. Phantom Brave had me coming up with lots of weird tactics and ways to abuse the games AI and map properties, which the other N1 games didn't.

[Johnny]

Some new scans:

Bleach Wii (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6360&main=nin&find=&ftext=)
Death Note DS (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nds&page=1&num=10909&main=nds&find=&ftext=)
Dragon Quest Monsters - Joker (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nds&page=1&num=10908&main=nds&find=&ftext=)
It's a Wonderful World (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nds&page=1&num=10906&main=nds&find=&ftext=)

Chocobo DS trailer (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nds&page=3&num=10900&main=nds&find=&ftext=)

More Japanese Wii launch pics (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6358&main=nin&find=&ftext=). Mario and Luigi handing them out and a strange guy dressed up as a remote? Brilliant! :D
Video compilation of some news reports on the launch (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=2&num=6346&main=nin&find=&ftext=)

[Mateo_home]

Some new scans:

More Japanese Wii launch pics (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6358&main=nin&find=&ftext=). Mario and Luigi handing them out and a strange guy dressed up as a remote? Brilliant! :D


That is hilarious (like Luigi being escorted somewhere and then taking off the top of his costume. And kudos to Mario having his picture taken by beautiful Japanese women). Too bad US console launches aren't this creative. We just have people shoot each other for them or break them when their fresh. :P

[Lovely]

...yeah, we're kind of a violent people...

Or, looking at it another way, it's just a different way of celebrating :) .

[Johnny]

Pretty random, but Kotaku (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/vice-city-stories/uk-not-scared-of-vice-city-stories-218853.php) have an article about GTA: VCS ads on the back of UK buses.

Just one thing - what are car registration plates like in the rest of the UK? Those look like Northern Irish plates to me as I think English etc ones differ slightly. They look like our buses too.
Gotta keep my eyes peeled for these :tongue:

[jecca-neko]

I don't know how many people here have Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit, but if you're a fan of Hajime no Ippo/Fighting Spirit and you have a PS2, you absolutely must buy this game.

Story: I finally got my copy in the mail today and just spent the past several hours playing story mode. I only completed 2 acts and there's supposed to be 6 (!). Anyway, story mode is excellent. The first 2 acts follow the anime very closely, though the story is very much centered around the fights so a lot of Takamura's joking around is not there, nor is any of the guys' relationships with women, but there's still really neat stuff, such as Takamura's fight with a certain animal that you actually get to do. I assume that act 3 and beyond continue on where the story did in the manga. Even though I haven't seen volume 15 of the anime, it seems like act 2 ends where the anime does.

Gameplay: There is no life bar but really, you don't need it. It makes the game more realistic to real life and to the world of Ippo itself. The controls feel very natural and it's not complicated to learn, however there is still challenge and strategy. I really love the gameplay in this game. It's very addicting and lots of fun.

Music: It's kinda just there. It's not the anime music, it's new. It's not bad but it's not noticable either.

Graphics: The characters look very much as they do in the anime but 3D really. Everything looks very good except the audience is a bit flat. However, if you ignore them, it's all good.

Go buy, Ippo fans! It's a mere $10! You can't go wrong! After playing it, it's so good I would've paid $50 for it, but I'm glad I don't have to.

[AdyHart]

Pretty random, but Kotaku (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/vice-city-stories/uk-not-scared-of-vice-city-stories-218853.php) have an article about GTA: VCS ads on the back of UK buses.

Just one thing - what are car registration plates like in the rest of the UK? Those look like Northern Irish plates to me as I think English etc ones differ slightly. They look like our buses too.
Gotta keep my eyes peeled for these :tongue:

How ironic would it be if someone stole the bus and blamed GTA for it.
Still Ill have to be on the look out for these see if there is any around my neck of the woods.

OT - The registration plates look the same as they do in England as far as I can see, but I maybe missing a slight defining point that makes them differ.

[gpn]

More Japanese Wii launch pics (http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?table=game_nin02&page=1&num=6358&main=nin&find=&ftext=). Mario and Luigi handing them out and a strange guy dressed up as a remote? Brilliant! :D


So, Ken Kutaragi was promoted to Luigi? :nervous:

[Fudce]

Pretty random, but Kotaku (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/vice-city-stories/uk-not-scared-of-vice-city-stories-218853.php) have an article about GTA: VCS ads on the back of UK buses.

Just one thing - what are car registration plates like in the rest of the UK? Those look like Northern Irish plates to me as I think English etc ones differ slightly. They look like our buses too.
Gotta keep my eyes peeled for these :tongue:

The scariest thing I ever saw was a bus advertising LocoRoco... on all four sides.

They are definitly UK plates, the newer ones are slightly different, but those are the oldstyle ones.

Oldstyle: LNNN LLL
Newstyle: LLNN LLL (bold = year mark)

[Johnny]

More No More Heroes scans (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18324_no-more-heroes-plus-d-images.html)

Famitsu Most Wanted 10-16 November:

1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
2. Blue Dragon (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
3. Biohazard 5 (PS3, Capcom)
4. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3, Konami)
5. Zelda The Twilight Princess (Wii, Nintendo)
6. Summon Night 4 (PS2, Banpresto)
7. Yakuza 2 (PS2, Sega)
8. Seiken Densetsu 4 (PS2, Square Enix)
9. Tales of Destiny (PS2, Bandai Namco)
10. Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
11. Super Robot Taisen: Original Generations (PS2, Banpresto)
12. Furai no Shiren DS (NDS, Sega)
13. Monster Hunter Portable (PSP, Capcom)
14. Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA, Square Enix)
15. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)
16. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (NDS, Capcom)
17. Dragon Quest Monster J (NDS, Square Enix)
18. Higurashi no Naku Kei ni Matsuri (NDS, Alchemist)
19. Gran Turismo HD (PS3, Sony)
20. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, Capcom)

[elmer92413]

I suppose #19 should probable be Grand Turismo 5...
Seeing as Sony canned a full on commercial release GT HD... (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162566.html)
...
..
.

[Lovely]

Saw this link to a thread on Gamebrink (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12192) this morning. Apparently, Sony PS3 games will censor or un-censor games depending on the region of your system.

Of course, I'm not sure how reliable said site is, but still. Rather depressing.
Also, anyone else see the irony of a game having the blood removed in the Japanese version of said game? (You know, considering the Xenosaga3 incident.)

[jecca-neko]

Here's a dumb way to die... Police kill suspected PS3 thief (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162640.html)

The police are probably very much to blame for this, but still... what a dumb way to die, for stealing a couple of PS3s. :roll:

[untoldsorrow]

I don't know how many people here have Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit, but if you're a fan of Hajime no Ippo/Fighting Spirit and you have a PS2, you absolutely must buy this game.

Story: I finally got my copy in the mail today and just spent the past several hours playing story mode. I only completed 2 acts and there's supposed to be 6 (!). Anyway, story mode is excellent. The first 2 acts follow the anime very closely, though the story is very much centered around the fights so a lot of Takamura's joking around is not there, nor is any of the guys' relationships with women, but there's still really neat stuff, such as Takamura's fight with a certain animal that you actually get to do. I assume that act 3 and beyond continue on where the story did in the manga. Even though I haven't seen volume 15 of the anime, it seems like act 2 ends where the anime does.

Gameplay: There is no life bar but really, you don't need it. It makes the game more realistic to real life and to the world of Ippo itself. The controls feel very natural and it's not complicated to learn, however there is still challenge and strategy. I really love the gameplay in this game. It's very addicting and lots of fun.

Music: It's kinda just there. It's not the anime music, it's new. It's not bad but it's not noticable either.

Graphics: The characters look very much as they do in the anime but 3D really. Everything looks very good except the audience is a bit flat. However, if you ignore them, it's all good.

Go buy, Ippo fans! It's a mere $10! You can't go wrong! After playing it, it's so good I would've paid $50 for it, but I'm glad I don't have to.


I picked it up a while back, its a pretty fun game but a little frustrating. I think there's a good learning curve involved but thats just me. I like to play this game in the punch out view, lol. It makes it easier to dodge, block and strike.

[Azumangaman]

A request for a release date:

Does anybody know when Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl is coming to the DS in North America? It's on my top 5 list of anticipated games right now, and I'm dying (waiting for it, that is)!

[GHardin]

A request for a release date:

Does anybody know when Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl is coming to the DS in North America? It's on my top 5 list of anticipated games right now, and I'm dying (waiting for it, that is)!

So far, I don't think there is even so much as a release date for North America. :sad:

[Johnny]

So I got my wireless router and my PS3 successfully recognises it but it's having trouble locating my IP address which I set to "automatic".
Is there any obvious reason for this and if not, how can I find this to enter it manually?

[indigo0086]

So I got my wireless router and my PS3 successfully recognises it but it's having trouble locating my IP address which I set to "automatic".
Is there any obvious reason for this and if not, how can I find this to enter it manually?

Is your router set up to DCHP. If so then it should work, but if you configure all your other devices manually, then you must whether it wireless or not.

[Azumangaman]

A request for a release date:

Does anybody know when Pokemon: Diamond/Pearl is coming to the DS in North America? It's on my top 5 list of anticipated games right now, and I'm dying (waiting for it, that is)!

So far, I don't think there is even so much as a release date for North America. :sad:

Wha? That sucks SO MUCH!
Ever since I heard that you could battle anywhere in the world, I've decided that I must have it!

[Johnny]

Japanese Wii launch figures:

350,358 Wii's sold, 631, 479 games sold:

1. Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 176,167 units
2. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo) - 174,297 units
3. Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Nintendo) - 139,011 units
4. Odoru Made in Wario [WarioWare: Smooth Moves] (Nintendo) - 63,954 units
5. Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo) - 16,908 units
6. Ennichi no Tatsujin (Bandai Namco) - 10,763 units
7. Red Steel (Ubisoft) - 9,392 units
8. SD Gundam: Scad Hammers (Bandai Namco) - 9,226 units
9. Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou! (Bandai Namco) - 8,042 units
10. Elebits (Konami) - 5,791 units
11. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega) - 4,423 units
12. Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (Banpresto) - 4,248 units
13. Trauma Center: Second Opinion [Caduceus Z: 2-tsu no Chou Shittou] (Atlus) - 4,107 units
14. Kororinpa (Hudson) - 2,416 units
15. Necro-Nesia (Spike) - 1,934 units
16. Wing Island (Hudson) - 800 units

Sony Japanese PS3 release dates:

Dec 14, 2006 - MotorStorm
Dec 21, 2006 - Formula 1 Championship Edition
Jan 1, 2007 - NBA 07
Spring 2007 - The Eye of Judgement
Spring 2007 - Heavenly Sword
Spring 2007 - Unknown Realms
Spring 2007 - Lair
Summer 2007 - Warhawk
Summer 2007 - Boku no Natsuyasumi 3
Summer 2007 - Minna no Golf 5
TBA - Afrika
TBA - Shirokshi Monogatari White Knight Story

Virtua Fighter 5 apparently getting a Japanese release on the 8th February.

SNK Playmore will release Garou Densetsu Battle Archive Vol. 2 for PS2 in Japan on February 22, 2007. The game will include Garou Densetsu Real Bout, Real Bout 2 and Real Bout Special.

Burnout Dominator released for PSP and PS2 on 26th March.

New Silent Hill Origins PSP info:

The game is developed by Climax, it was originally planned as a remake of Silent Hill 1.
The story takes place before Silent Hill 1, at the end of story there is a connection to Silent Hill 1
The flashlight and radio elements will be in the game again, with some emerging changes
The laser target has been removed, there is a new mechanism to aim at targets
To manage items, players need to deposit items in crates and return to the same crate to pick up items
Many scenes from Silent Hill 1 will be in the game, except Toluca Lake district
There are additional places to explore such as hospital, hotel, theatre, psychological institute and a meat factory
Composer Akria Yamaoka will provide 15 tunes for the game
The game is 70% completed, and aiming for a February 2007 release
The producer is examining a possible PS2 version of the game

[Johnny]

So I got my wireless router and my PS3 successfully recognises it but it's having trouble locating my IP address which I set to "automatic".
Is there any obvious reason for this and if not, how can I find this to enter it manually?

Is your router set up to DCHP. If so then it should work, but if you configure all your other devices manually, then you must whether it wireless or not.


I got the WEP number sorted and my PS3 update is installing as we speak!
Online Ridge Racer 7 here I come! :D :neko:

EDIT: Got sorted with the address. Downloading me some Motorstorm and F1 demos. Plus, I see that US PSone games are available on for PSP emulation download so I'll be checking some of those out later :)

Anyone here play Ridge Racer 7? I fancy some Ridge action tomorrow. Or what about Resistance? That 40 player online sounds unbelievably good.

[kaiyouske]

Virtua Fighter 5 apparently getting a Japanese release on the 8th February.



That's my queue to get a PS3......

[Johnny]

So, has anyone with a PSP and PS3 used to Playstation Store to download any US PSone games?
I bought Tekken 2 last night but haven't had a chance to stick it on my memory stick yet.
$5.99 is a decent price for the games IMO and I'd say I'll be buying Cool Borders and Crash in the next couple of days.

I like the layout of the store. It's easy to get around and the demos are great (d/l Motorstorm last night which is amazing).

[GetterBeam]

http://www.super-play.co.uk/

Go to the recent additions section and you'll see that some intrepid individual has completed a full run of Triggerheart Excelica.

Figured the SHMUP fans would like to watch this....as well as prolly just about every other vid they have on the site.

[Johnny]

http://www.super-play.co.uk/

Go to the recent additions section and you'll see that some intrepid individual has completed a full run of Triggerheart Excelica.

Figured the SHMUP fans would like to watch this....as well as prolly just about every other vid they have on the site.

Yeah, I love that site. Super Play videos are always great but it's definitely the shmup genre that makes it look the most impressive.

[lostnomad84]

Wow, this is quite interesting. (Full story found here! (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4365&Itemid=2))

To make the full story short:
Interlink’s “Trigger Operated Electronic Device” patent (no. 6,850,221), filed in September 1997 and issued February 1, 2005, describes an “ergonomically effective mouse for operating a computer.”
(Patent can be seen here! (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,850,221.PN.&OS=PN/6,850,221&RS=PN/6,850,221))

When you look at both the Wiimote and the description of Interlink's device, they sound similar. However, the technology inside both devices are different and the Interlink device sounds more of a mouse that doesn't act like the Wiimote much at all. I wonder if this case will hold up much at all in court.

[Johnny]

Wow, this is quite interesting. (Full story found here! (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4365&Itemid=2))

To make the full story short:
Interlink’s “Trigger Operated Electronic Device” patent (no. 6,850,221), filed in September 1997 and issued February 1, 2005, describes an “ergonomically effective mouse for operating a computer.”
(Patent can be seen here! (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,850,221.PN.&OS=PN/6,850,221&RS=PN/6,850,221))

When you look at both the Wiimote and the description of Interlink's device, they sound similar. However, the technology inside both devices are different and the Interlink device sounds more of a mouse that doesn't act like the Wiimote much at all. I wonder if this case will hold up much at all in court.


Yeah, I was reading that earlier. Pretty interesting.
Of course, we won't get the "ZOMG lolol Nintendo suxors and copy everything" like we did regarding the Sixaxis :roll: :tired:

[GHardin]

When you look at both the Wiimote and the description of Interlink's device, they sound similar. However, the technology inside both devices are different and the Interlink device sounds more of a mouse that doesn't act like the Wiimote much at all. I wonder if this case will hold up much at all in court.
Probably not. Why is it that these companies find this crap after a system is released? Talk about cash cow. I really want to say it really sounds vague, but I don't know much about this kind of thing. :nervous:

[Lego]

Talk about cash cow

[tuffy]

Probably not. Why is it that these companies find this crap after a system is released? Talk about cash cow. I really want to say it really sounds vague, but I don't know much about this kind of thing. :nervous:
It wouldn't be an effective submarine patent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_patent) if it was well-known in advance of the Wii's launch.

In any case, the infrared beam specified in the patent and the Wiimote's receiver bar beam travel in different directions, which might be enough to sink any infringement claim.

[Johnny]

Earth Defense Force 3 on the 360 is getting a US release in Spring 2007.

Tekken 5: DR will be available as a PS3 HD (1080p) download from the Japanese PS Store. Jinpachi is also playable.

Latest Japanese game sales:

1 Tales of Destiny PS2 Bandai Namco 269,756
2 Wii Sports Wii Nintendo 176,167
3 Hajimete no Wii Wii Nintendo 174,297
4 Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Wii Nintendo 139,011
5 Final Fantasy VI Advance GBA Square Enix 137,810
6 Summon Night 4 PS2 Banpresto 115,701 1
7 Pokemon Diamond NDS Nintendo 70,190
8 Jump Ultimate Stars NDS Nintendo 66,269
9 Odoru Made in Wario [WarioWare: Smooth Moves] Wii Nintendo 63,954
10 Oshare Majo Love and Berry NDS Sega 60,041

And the latest hardware sales:

Wii 350,358
DS Lite 176,901
PlayStation 3 31,436
PSP 23,917
PlayStation 2 23,115
Xbox 360 4,053
GBA SP 1,572
GB Micro 1,252
GameCube 821
Nintendo DS 140
GBA 22 3,292
Xbox 11 1,716

Dragon Quest Monsters J videos (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/730-3_New_Dragon_Quest_Monsters_Joker_Videos.html)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/727-Final_Fantasy_XIII_Versus_Teaser_Emerges.html)

[Azumangaman]

Happy Birthday GHardin!

[GHardin]

Happy Birthday GHardin!
Thanks. :)
My birthday present? Getting ready for finals. :sad:

Earth Defense Force 3 on the 360 is getting a US release in Spring 2007.

Well, one would hope that this means we'd be getting more obscure games in the US in the future. ;)

Tekken 5: DR will be available as a PS3 HD (1080p) download from the Japanese PS Store. Jinpachi is also playable.
Nice to see that they're putting up more than just PSOne and crummy "original" games. I'm sure that would be a nice little treat. It's surprising to see that it's a little over 800MB, too. :nervous:

[Johnny]

Namco-Bandai Jump Festa 07 lineup:

- Naruto : Narutimate Accel (PS2)
- Naruto : Konoha Spirits (PS2)
- Dragon Ball Z : Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (PS2)
- Dragon Ball Z : Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Wii)
- Dragon Ball Z Card RPG (NDS)
- One Piece : Unlimited Adventure (Wii)
- Tales of Destiny 2 (PSP)
- Tales of the World : Radiant Mythology (PSP)
- Tales of Destiny (PS2)
- Tales of the Tempest (NDS)
- Tales of Phantasia (PSP)

New Naruto Wii scans (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18400_naruto-wii-plus-d-mages.html)

Burnout Dominator pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12791)

Heroes of Mana DS scan (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12782)

Wario DS scan (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12777)

God of War II pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12773)

FF XII Revenant Wings DS scans (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12770)

[Chacranajxy]

I really like how Final Fantasy XII DS is looking. The graphical style reminds me of PS1 games, but in a good way.

[Chacranajxy]

I'm on a vamprie high. I got Hellsing and now I'm ready to start Castlevania: POR. By day, I study for finals. By night, I hunt.

Oh, and I'm listening to the soundtrack bonus that came with the game (that's the only reason I wanted the preorder package)... there's some really good stuff. A couple of the Curse of Darkness songs are fantastic. I've got that game sitting in my closet somewhere, but has anyone played it? I liked Lament of Innocence a lot because despite the repetitive level design, it was really well done... so I'm hoping for something at least on that level.

[Kikaroo]

I really like how Final Fantasy XII DS is looking. The graphical style reminds me of PS1 games, but in a good way.

Yea. I may have to end up investing in a DS after all for this and FFIII >< (Assuming this comes over here that is.)

[ADC]

I really like how Final Fantasy XII DS is looking. The graphical style reminds me of PS1 games, but in a good way.
It does look pretty awesome. So does Heroes of Mana, I think. One of these days I should probably go pick up Children of Mana, now that I think of it. As if I didn't have enough games going on right now …

[Suwako Moriya]

Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/727-Final_Fantasy_XIII_Versus_Teaser_Emerges.html)

I'm sorry, but that trailer is rather average at best. It has a decent start, but then it just starts to drag. The problem is the trailer is lacking in variety. Hopefully a better trailer showing more scenes, more characters and err actual game play is on the way.

[Chacranajxy]

Earth Defense Force 3 on the 360 is getting a US release in Spring 2007.

Tekken 5: DR will be available as a PS3 HD (1080p) download from the Japanese PS Store. Jinpachi is also playable.

Latest Japanese game sales:

1 Tales of Destiny PS2 Bandai Namco 269,756
2 Wii Sports Wii Nintendo 176,167
3 Hajimete no Wii Wii Nintendo 174,297
4 Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess Wii Nintendo 139,011
5 Final Fantasy VI Advance GBA Square Enix 137,810
6 Summon Night 4 PS2 Banpresto 115,701 1
7 Pokemon Diamond NDS Nintendo 70,190
8 Jump Ultimate Stars NDS Nintendo 66,269
9 Odoru Made in Wario [WarioWare: Smooth Moves] Wii Nintendo 63,954
10 Oshare Majo Love and Berry NDS Sega 60,041

And the latest hardware sales:

Wii 350,358
DS Lite 176,901
PlayStation 3 31,436
PSP 23,917
PlayStation 2 23,115
Xbox 360 4,053
GBA SP 1,572
GB Micro 1,252
GameCube 821
Nintendo DS 140
GBA 22 3,292
Xbox 11 1,716

Dragon Quest Monsters J videos (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/730-3_New_Dragon_Quest_Monsters_Joker_Videos.html)
Final Fantasy Versus XIII trailer (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/727-Final_Fantasy_XIII_Versus_Teaser_Emerges.html)

Whoa, didn't even notice the FFVXIII (what the fuck am I gonna do to abbreviate that) trailer the first time. I actually really liked it. Sure, it doesn't show much, but you get an idea fo the setting and I like it. A lot. I can't wait for the PS3 to hit its stride so we can start getting games like this.

[ADC]

Whoa, didn't even notice the FFVXIII (what the fuck am I gonna do to abbreviate that) trailer the first time.
Looks pretty sweet, that FFv13 trailer. ;)

[Chacranajxy]

Whoa, didn't even notice the FFVXIII (what the fuck am I gonna do to abbreviate that) trailer the first time.
Looks pretty sweet, that FFv13 trailer. ;)

That looks like Final Fantasy version 13. And it's not. I think that maybe if it was FF\/XIII, it's get the point across and look 1337 as hell. People would sk337 on j00r f337 over that one.

(Yeah, I have too much time on my hands.)

The sun's gone down so I guess I'll try out Castlevania.

[Suwako Moriya]

Whoa, didn't even notice the FFVXIII (what the fuck am I gonna do to abbreviate that) trailer the first time.

The easy answer is just call it Final Fantasy Versus Thirteen! :evil: In all seriousness perhaps you could try FFXIII-VS or maybe FFVS-13. In short just toss in the abbreviation for versus in there somewhere instead of just using a V. Or use 13 instead of XIII.

[Chacranajxy]

Whoa, didn't even notice the FFVXIII (what the fuck am I gonna do to abbreviate that) trailer the first time.

The easy answer is just call it Final Fantasy Versus Thirteen! :evil: In all seriousness perhaps you could try FFXIII-VS or maybe FFVS-13. In short just toss in the abbreviation for versus in there somewhere instead of just using a V. Or use 13 instead of XIII.

eh, maybe I just won't buy it and refuse to talk about it. I'm lazy like that.

[Mateo_home]

Wario DS scan (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12777)


A January 18th release in Japan. I hope the US will be a least a few months after that.

Am I the only one looking forward to this? :P

[ADC]

Looks pretty sweet, that FFv13 trailer. ;)
That looks like Final Fantasy version 13. And it's not.
Then FFvs13, if it's that big of a deal. Sheesh. Still, I've ditched the whole Roman numerals gig for FF because it's too much of a hassle. Except for FFX-2, which I've always pronounced 'eff eff eks two.' (By the way, I chose 'v' instead of 'vs' because that's how they present legal cases: Brown v Board of Education.)


(Yeah, I have too much time on my hands.)
Quoted for truth. :P (As if I don't …)

[Johnny]

Wario DS scan (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12777)


A January 18th release in Japan. I hope the US will be a least a few months after that.

Am I the only one looking forward to this? :P

Nope, I can't wait for it either :)

[Johnny]

Dragon Quest IX DS pics (http://www.the-magicbox.com/0612/game061212a.shtml)
And also a video here (http://www.gamebrink.com/news/735-Dragon_Quest_IX_First_Gameplay_Footage.html).

More Dragon Quest news:
Square Enix announced a new arcade RPG named Dragon Quest Battle Road, in the game you battle the enemies in teams of three. Akira Toriyama will be the character designer, and Sugiyama Koichi will be the music composer. The game is being developed Rocket Studio, and it will run on Taito's Type X2 arcade system. The game will be released in summer 2007.

Sega announced the PS3 version of Virtua Fighter 5 will be released in Japan on February 8, 2007, the game will be packaged with a bonus game Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary Fukkokuban for PS2, which is Virtua Fighter 4 using the original Virtua Fighter 1 non-textured graphics.
If that's not reason to start saving for a PS3, I don't know what is. Cannot.fucking.wait.

There's also a Virtua Stick being released on the 15th Feb for use with the game.

EDIT: Also, this is how you milk a franchise - Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 announced for PSP (http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/bleach/heat4/index.html). Scheduled for a May 07 release which will make 4 games in around 2 years. I'll still be buying though :)

[kaiyouske]

Pre-Ordered my VF5 and Stick.... now to get a PS3......

[Johnny]

Pre-Ordered my VF5 and Stick.... now to get a PS3......

I'd say you should be able to get one by February. Hope so for your sake anyway. Can't imagine the torment a copy of VF 5 plus stick sitting there unable to be played would cause! :D
I just preordered my copy earlier :)

Also, it's apparently getting a US release (the game, not the stick and probably without the reworked version of VF 4 Evo) on the 15th February for those interested...

[Johnny]

Just a heads up for anyone else with or thinking of buying a Japanese Wii in the future - the VC accepts credit cards with no name/address check. Just stuck 1000 points on mine and bought Donkey Kong Country for the SNES.
Space Harrier II and Street Fighter II among the many others to follow later :)

[Chacranajxy]

Pre-Ordered my VF5 and Stick.... now to get a PS3......

I'd say you should be able to get one by February. Hope so for your sake anyway. Can't imagine the torment a copy of VF 5 plus stick sitting there unable to be played would cause! :D
I just preordered my copy earlier :)

Also, it's apparently getting a US release (the game, not the stick and probably without the reworked version of VF 4 Evo) on the 15th February for those interested...

Phew, I was worried that it'd take a long time for the game to hit the US for whatever reason. I'm thinking that I'll definitely have to get a PS3 then since... I need VF5 and it's not like I had any intention of waiting for a price drop on the PS3 in the first place.

[Johnny]

Phew, I was worried that it'd take a long time for the game to hit the US for whatever reason. I'm thinking that I'll definitely have to get a PS3 then since... I need VF5 and it's not like I had any intention of waiting for a price drop on the PS3 in the first place.

I reckon you should go with the JPN version. Unless of course you aren't fussed about VF 4 Evo which probably won't be included with the US game.
Either way, the is the first "killer app" for the PS3 (personally, I'd consider Ridge Racer 7 and Resistance to be essential but not everyone seems to agree) that will hopefully get a load of people to shut the fuck up and realize the PS3 isn't as dead on its feet as the internet/gamefaqs seems to think.

Plus, you need to get one for online Ridge 7. I've been playing it loads and it is very addictive. I'm ready and waiting ;)

[GHardin]

I'd say you should be able to get one by February. Hope so for your sake anyway.


With a little luck, they should be available by then...I remember having problems getting a PS2; got one around the end of February by sheer luck. The 360 took a while to become more widespread...or so I thought. :nervous:

[Chacranajxy]

Phew, I was worried that it'd take a long time for the game to hit the US for whatever reason. I'm thinking that I'll definitely have to get a PS3 then since... I need VF5 and it's not like I had any intention of waiting for a price drop on the PS3 in the first place.

I reckon you should go with the JPN version. Unless of course you aren't fussed about VF 4 Evo which probably won't be included with the US game.
Either way, the is the first "killer app" for the PS3 (personally, I'd consider Ridge Racer 7 and Resistance to be essential but not everyone seems to agree) that will hopefully get a load of people to shut the fuck up and realize the PS3 isn't as dead on its feet as the internet/gamefaqs seems to think.

Plus, you need to get one for online Ridge 7. I've been playing it loads and it is very addictive. I'm ready and waiting ;)

Yeah, I'll have to see what they're doing for the US version before picking between the two. And Ridge Racer 7 is obivously a day 1 purchase for me as well. Quick question about that though: Is it basically a replacement for RR6? As in, does it have pretty much all the courses that game did in addition to new ones? Or would it still be worth hanging onto RR6 after picking up RR7?

[kaiyouske]

I'm probably going to try and get a Japanese version. I mostly play Japanese PS2 games anyhow and that would be a big plus in my book.

[kaiyouske]

Pocky and Rocky 2 for the PS2 announced. (http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20061212/kiki.htm)

3/2007 GET! @ 6090yen. :)

Brings back memories.....

[GHardin]

Rocky and Pocky 2 for the PS2 announced. (http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20061212/kiki.htm)

3/2007 GET! @ 6090yen. :)

Brings back memories.....
Wow, never saw that one coming. :nervous:
I remember playing the P&R series on the SNES...those were good times. :D

[Leon_Belmont]

Rocky and Pocky 2 for the PS2 announced. (http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20061212/kiki.htm)

3/2007 GET! @ 6090yen. :)

Brings back memories.....

Thought it was called Pocky and Rocky. Either way, damned if there isn't more upcoming title I'm interested in on the PS2 than even the new systems. God of War 2, Fist of the North Star, this, a few others I'm no doubt forgetting, and a backlog I can literally climb for exercise on weekends.

No reason to rush into the next gen at all, but I hope this game is a cult hit like the first was. Fun game.

[kaiyouske]

Fixed. :)

It's funny, when I first saw the picture of Pocky I was like, 'Wow, she sure looks different..." heh.

[Johnny]

Yeah, I'll have to see what they're doing for the US version before picking between the two. And Ridge Racer 7 is obivously a day 1 purchase for me as well. Quick question about that though: Is it basically a replacement for RR6? As in, does it have pretty much all the courses that game did in addition to new ones? Or would it still be worth hanging onto RR6 after picking up RR7?


All the RR6 courses are in it plus more (the new ones are pretty much all amazing).
Most of the same cars too. The only difference is the better graphics (most noticeable on the PS3 exclusive tracks) and fantastic music (seriously, it rivals and possibly betters RR4's).

[Chacranajxy]

Yeah, I'll have to see what they're doing for the US version before picking between the two. And Ridge Racer 7 is obivously a day 1 purchase for me as well. Quick question about that though: Is it basically a replacement for RR6? As in, does it have pretty much all the courses that game did in addition to new ones? Or would it still be worth hanging onto RR6 after picking up RR7?


All the RR6 courses are in it plus more (the new ones are pretty much all amazing).
Most of the same cars too. The only difference is the better graphics (most noticeable on the PS3 exclusive tracks) and fantastic music (seriously, it rivals and possibly betters RR4's).


Fuck. So that's one less game the 360 has to its name. Oh well, I suppose I'll feel better about RR6's uselessness the second I get a PS3 and RR7. Everytime I hear about it, it sounds cooler than before.

[Johnny]

Yeah, I'll have to see what they're doing for the US version before picking between the two. And Ridge Racer 7 is obivously a day 1 purchase for me as well. Quick question about that though: Is it basically a replacement for RR6? As in, does it have pretty much all the courses that game did in addition to new ones? Or would it still be worth hanging onto RR6 after picking up RR7?


All the RR6 courses are in it plus more (the new ones are pretty much all amazing).
Most of the same cars too. The only difference is the better graphics (most noticeable on the PS3 exclusive tracks) and fantastic music (seriously, it rivals and possibly betters RR4's).


Fuck. So that's one less game the 360 has to its name. Oh well, I suppose I'll feel better about RR6's uselessness the second I get a PS3 and RR7. Everytime I hear about it, it sounds cooler than before.


Best Ridge yet dude. Yep, better than the unbeatable number 4. It's hard to separate nostalgia when thinking of 4 (it is for me at least), but when it comes down to it, I'd give 7 the slight edge.
I want to see a story mode in RR8 though like there was in RR4. Let's just hope we don't have to wait until the PS4 to get it...

Oh yeah and on a semi-related note, Ridge 4 (all the Ridge games really, but #4 first) needs to appear on the Playstation Store as a PSP download ASAP!

[Chacranajxy]

Yeah, I'll have to see what they're doing for the US version before picking between the two. And Ridge Racer 7 is obivously a day 1 purchase for me as well. Quick question about that though: Is it basically a replacement for RR6? As in, does it have pretty much all the courses that game did in addition to new ones? Or would it still be worth hanging onto RR6 after picking up RR7?


All the RR6 courses are in it plus more (the new ones are pretty much all amazing).
Most of the same cars too. The only difference is the better graphics (most noticeable on the PS3 exclusive tracks) and fantastic music (seriously, it rivals and possibly betters RR4's).


Fuck. So that's one less game the 360 has to its name. Oh well, I suppose I'll feel better about RR6's uselessness the second I get a PS3 and RR7. Everytime I hear about it, it sounds cooler than before.


Best Ridge yet dude. Yep, better than the unbeatable number 4. It's hard to separate nostalgia when thinking of 4 (it is for me at least), but when it comes down to it, I'd give 7 the slight edge.
I want to see a story mode in RR8 though like there was in RR4. Let's just hope we don't have to wait until the PS4 to get it...

Oh yeah and on a semi-related note, Ridge 4 (all the Ridge games really, but #4 first) needs to appear on the Playstation Store as a PSP download ASAP!

Hhhhnnaaanndattoouu?!?!?

Better than R4?? If I see a PS3 in-store anytime soon, I'm just gonna buy it now. For this.

[Johnny]

Latest Famitsu scores:

37/40 - [9|10|9|9] - Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
36/40 - [9|9|9|9] - Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
30/40 - [8|8|8|6] - MotorStorm
30/40 - [8|7|8|7] - Tales of The World Radiant Mythology
30/40 - [8|7|7|8] - Sonic the Hedgehog
30/40 - [7|8|8|7] - Seiken Densetsu 4
29/40 - [8|7|7|7] - Sonic the Hedgehog
28/40 - [6|9|7|6] - Heisei Kyouikuiinkai DS
27/40 - [7|8|7|5] - Madden NFL 07
26/40 - [7|7|6|6] - Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS
26/40 - [7|6|7|6] - Secret of Evangelion

37 for MGS PSP? Fuck yes. This cannot arrive to my grubby, eager little hands quickly enough!
Awesome Lost Planet score too. Only a month or so til the US version now :)

Dragon Quest IX scan (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12389)
Is it to come on 2 DS carts? (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12353)

Bleach DS 2 pics (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12388)

[Johnny]

Better than R4?? If I see a PS3 in-store anytime soon, I'm just gonna buy it now. For this.

Seriously. For the likes of me and you, this is the first PS3 "killer app". Plus the online mode really does rule.
You know how they advertised it before release as being like a global Ridge Racer community? It really does feel that way. Especially at the minute as there are relatively few people who play and you see the same people again and again. It seems to be about 80% Japanese (seriously, I'm playing in the evening and it'd be like 3-5am JPN time. This is the hardcore we're talking about. Either that or insomniacs!) with the rest being Chinese and American. Spotted a few other Brits there too. Let's hope Sony aren't watching ;)

But as well as that, hero interviews (where if you win certain events against others you can add a little victory speech) and so on make it feel like a real community.

[Johnny]

The DS may have had some great RPG related news yesterday, but the PSP is getting some of its own. Aswell as FFVII Crisis Core, a Final Fantasy Tactics remake has been confirmed as being in production. (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http://www.jeux-france.com/news18443.html&lp=fr_en&tt=url)

[Jarred]

A couple diary videos with some screen footage of Ippo on the Wii.

Video 1 (http://moura.jp/frames/ippo_revolution/round5/flv/ippo01/index.html)
Video 2 (http://moura.jp/frames/ippo_revolution/round5/flv/ippo02/index.html)

[Suwako Moriya]

Heh I wonder what changes this remake will have in store. Hopefully if released in the U.S. there will be a decent translation this time. Also they should do something about the problem of several battles boiling down to gang up on the punching bag.

Still the images give me the hint that at the very least they are inserting anime style cut scenes and stuff like that. So we'll see how this goes. At least now people will be able to *end game spoilers* kill Ajora on the go.

[juliant59]

The DS may have had some great RPG related news yesterday, but the PSP is getting some of its own. Aswell as FFVII Crisis Core, a Final Fantasy Tactics remake has been confirmed as being in production. (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http://www.jeux-france.com/news18443.html&lp=fr_en&tt=url)


Ooh some more RPG PSP love. Now that is gonna rule and it's my fave of the FF series in Tactics :). Can't wait to play this on the PSP and with some new stuff as well. Though I would really like a new Tactics game on PSP but this is better than nothing. Along with this and Jeanne D'Arc, and Disgaea on PSP, RPG's look solid in the future for the PSP :)

[ADC]

The DS may have had some great RPG related news yesterday, but the PSP is getting some of its own. Aswell as FFVII Crisis Core, a Final Fantasy Tactics remake has been confirmed as being in production. (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http://www.jeux-france.com/news18443.html&lp=fr_en&tt=url)
Now I'm ready to buy a PSP. I think I'd have preferred it on DS because its interface lends itself to stylus control, but FFT with (presumably) a new and improved translation … well, let's just say I have a good feeling.

[Azumangaman]

Latest Famitsu scores:


27/40 - [7|8|7|5] - Madden NFL 07

Dragon Quest IX scan (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12389)
Is it to come on 2 DS carts? (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12353)



27/40 for Madden NFL? Thats BS. Total BS. Is that for PS3 or what?

Anyway, the Dragon Quest IX possibility on 2 carts would be a first for the DS, and would be friggin cool.

[juliant59]

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Loco Roco X-Mas Level is out. I played through some of it and it is pretty good. I hope Sony does this more times other than holidays because there are not so many out there :P. If you want to get it, go through the site

Your PSP (http://www.yourpsp.com)

and just pick your country and go to the PSP section and downloads and it's right there. You have to have 3.02 firmware though to get it, so get it :)

[gpn]

The DS may have had some great RPG related news yesterday, but the PSP is getting some of its own. Aswell as FFVII Crisis Core, a Final Fantasy Tactics remake has been confirmed as being in production. (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http://www.jeux-france.com/news18443.html&lp=fr_en&tt=url)

And Final Fantasy Tactics sequel on either DS or GBA.

Googlized Frenchy Link (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeux-france.com%2Fnews18442_final-fantasy-tactics-est-de-retour.html&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8)

[Suwako Moriya]

Well since is it supposed to be Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, I would not be surprised if it was for GBA. I guess if they made it for DS, you'd have the silly idea of an Advance for a DS. :)

[ADC]

And Final Fantasy Tactics sequel on either DS or GBA.

Googlized Frenchy Link (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeux-france.com%2Fnews18442_final-fantasy-tactics-est-de-retour.html&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8)

I wouldn't mind having a Game Servant boy, myself. :D Having said that, a new FFTA/DS sounds like the goods to me. I'm always up for an excursion into Ivalice, whether on GBA, DS, PSP, PSX, whatever. I do hope that the white PSP hits the States, though, to match my DS, iPod, and (eventually) Wii.

On that topic, are the PSPs region-locked? I never knew. And I'm geek-fashion conscious enough to have a personal stake in the answer.

[machineger4]

Latest Famitsu scores:


27/40 - [7|8|7|5] - Madden NFL 07

Dragon Quest IX scan (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12389)
Is it to come on 2 DS carts? (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12353)



27/40 for Madden NFL? Thats BS. Total BS. Is that for PS3 or what?



You have to remember it's a Japanese magazine, the people may not understand the greatness of the NFL just yet. And if they don't like football (or understand the game itself), it would be likely for them not to enjoy the game. So you should pay no mind to a Famitsu review of Madden.

[Johnny]

I do hope that the white PSP hits the States, though, to match my DS, iPod, and (eventually) Wii.

On that topic, are the PSPs region-locked? I never knew. And I'm geek-fashion conscious enough to have a personal stake in the answer.

Just import one from Europe or Japan. It'll probably work out cheaper too.
And yeah, all PSP games are region free. UMD movies are locked most of the time though, not that you'll care.

[Johnny]

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Loco Roco X-Mas Level is out. I played through some of it and it is pretty good. I hope Sony does this more times other than holidays because there are not so many out there :P. If you want to get it, go through the site

Your PSP (http://www.yourpsp.com)

and just pick your country and go to the PSP section and downloads and it's right there. You have to have 3.02 firmware though to get it, so get it :)

It's also on the Playstation Store, for anyone with a PS3/PSP combo.
I got it the other night. It's a nice idea as it stretches an already great game out even more.

[Johnny]

Latest Famitsu scores:


27/40 - [7|8|7|5] - Madden NFL 07

Dragon Quest IX scan (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12389)
Is it to come on 2 DS carts? (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12353)



27/40 for Madden NFL? Thats BS. Total BS. Is that for PS3 or what?



You have to remember it's a Japanese magazine, the people may not understand the greatness of the NFL just yet. And if they don't like football (or understand the game itself), it would be likely for them not to enjoy the game. So you should pay no mind to a Famitsu review of Madden.

Or the game might just be shit...

[CrazyAsano]

Latest Famitsu scores:


27/40 - [7|8|7|5] - Madden NFL 07

Dragon Quest IX scan (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12389)
Is it to come on 2 DS carts? (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12353)



27/40 for Madden NFL? Thats BS. Total BS. Is that for PS3 or what?



You have to remember it's a Japanese magazine, the people may not understand the greatness of the NFL just yet. And if they don't like football (or understand the game itself), it would be likely for them not to enjoy the game. So you should pay no mind to a Famitsu review of Madden.

Or the game might just be shit...
The only good football game ever was Mutant League Football.

[Johnny]

Already cofirmed to be coming to PS3, Test Drive Unlimited is also getting a PSP port (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12891)
New Idolm@ster scans (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12887)

Some new Japanese DS game scans (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12894). Cooking one looks good (although it appears to be just a recipe book judging by those pics), the spot-the-difference one could be fun, the music one looks amazing and I don't know what the bottom one is. Looks like it could be a brain training type game but maybe something like that upcoming stock trader title?

Ippo Wii pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12889)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates scan (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12886)
Ratchet and Clank PSP video (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12880)
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings pics (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18477_ffxii-revenant-wings-plus-d-images.html)

[Azumangaman]

Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings pics (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18477_ffxii-revenant-wings-plus-d-images.html)

Hey! Thats not too bad! This'll be mine come stateside.

[Suwako Moriya]

Penelo looks rather cute in terms of her "avatar" use for when she's speaking in Final Fantasy 12: Revenant Wings. She better have a lot to say then. Also I'm hoping for "larger" screen images of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate.

[ADC]

The only good football game ever was Mutant League Football.
On behalf of Tecmo Bowl, I call bullshit. :P

[Azumangaman]

The only good football game ever was Mutant League Football.
On behalf of Tecmo Bowl, I call bullshit. :P
And Madden...you know I'm going to make a sports video game thread today...and if anybody wants to beat me to it. Go ahead, I'll be late anyway.

[CrazyAsano]

The only good football game ever was Mutant League Football.
On behalf of Tecmo Bowl, I call bullshit. :P
Did Tecmo Bowl let you kill the ref if he got out of line? I think not.

[ADC]

The only good football game ever was Mutant League Football.
On behalf of Tecmo Bowl, I call bullshit. :P
Did Tecmo Bowl let you kill the ref if he got out of line? I think not.
Tec didn't even have a ref. You should have seen all the holding in that game! (Looked kind of like the real NFL in that way …)

[machineger4]

The only good football game ever was Mutant League Football.
On behalf of Tecmo Bowl, I call bullshit. :P


Hey, Super Tecmo Bowl is damn good too. If they only made a version with the current rosters... LT would be more dominating than Bo, that would be freaking awesome. Stupid exclusive NFL license preventing the potential awesomeness.

[ADC]

According to this Wired.com article (http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/12/detroit_pitcher.html), Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya missed three ALCS games with wrist inflammation because he played too much Guitar Hero! Doesn't matter now, as he was healthy while the Tigers got their lunch money stolen in the Series, but still. No word on whether he'll be barred from playing Donkey Konga or Dance Dance Revolution, but it looks like GH and GH2 are offseason pursuits only.

[Chloe]

I know it wasn't a console game, so it might not count in your eyes, but Blood Bowl was quite a bit of awesomeness itself. No, you couldn't kill the ref, just the other teams players... And it had League play! By the start of the third season, the halfling team was usually down to a couple treemen, all the rest of the players would be dead. Real easy to win when you outnumber the other team 3-1. :evil:

[Kikaroo]

Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings pics (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18477_ffxii-revenant-wings-plus-d-images.html)

Hey! Thats not too bad! This'll be mine come stateside.

That might require a DS purchase on my part. I seem to buy all my "new" console stuff for a FF game (like PS1 for 7, PS2 for 10...someday a PS3 for 13!)

[WRX]

It looks like M$ made a few more Xbox games work on the X360. I'm psyched to play Psychnoauts again! :)

http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/121406_xbox360_bc_dec06.x

[Invisible Crane]

It looks like M$ made a few more Xbox games work on the X360. I'm psyched to play Psychnoauts again! :)

http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/121406_xbox360_bc_dec06.x

And I thought Psychonauts would never be included on any update.....still that's cool....although I do have the PS2 version of it

[Johnny]

Good news for any of you that resisted the urge to play Odoru: Made in Wario, Bleach, Necro Nesia and so on this year - Datel have announced they are working on a Freeloader disk for the Wii. (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/wii-freeloader-on-the-way-222054.php)

New Idolm@ster pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12899) (finally, we get some school uniform pics! :bignosebleed: )

First pics of GrimGrimoire (http://www.gamebrink.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12419), the new Nippon Ichi game.

Bleach Wii gameplay video (http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2006/12/14/bleach-wii-gameplay-footage-ichigo-vs-kenpachi-and-orihime-vs-uryu/)

[Randall Flagg]

New Idolm@ster pics (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12899) (finally, we get some school uniform pics! :bignosebleed: )


That's so damn cute I would have to buy a 360 just for that if it ever came out in America.

[Johnny]

Ridge Racer 7 to get it's first upgrade pack on the 24th December. It will be available free from the Playstation Store and contains a decal set for cars and 7 new something or other - the link translates "sept nouvelles épreuves" as seven new tests. I can't remember back to doing French at school but can anyone confirm whether epreuves means tracks or cars or something?

New Eyeshield 21 Wii scan (http://www.jeux-france.com/images0_4_18479.html)

[Chacranajxy]

So I finally got a chance to try out a game on the Wii with component cables and... holy shit, it makes an absolutely huge difference. Metroid Prime looked like a completely different game. I'm glad I waited to play some of the Gamecube games I have because they're going to benefit a ton from stepping up to component cables from composite.

Oh, I guess I'll start GoW now.

[Leon_Belmont]

So I finally got a chance to try out a game on the Wii with component cables and... holy shit, it makes an absolutely huge difference. Metroid Prime looked like a completely different game. I'm glad I waited to play some of the Gamecube games I have because they're going to benefit a ton from stepping up to component cables from composite.

Oh, I guess I'll start GoW now.

Agreed. Gears of War makes it look pretty shitty though. Damn, who'd have thought violence could be so beautiful?

[Johnny]

According to this link (http://www.meristation.com/v3/des_articulo.php?pic=WII&id=cw457890a7afaf8&idj=&idp=&tipo=art&c=1&pos=0), a beta version of the Opera web browser will be available for Wii owners from the 23rd December. Free download with flash support with the final version coming in March.

FFVII Crisis Core pics (http://www.the-magicbox.com/0612/game061214c.shtml)

Criterion Games mentioned that Burnout 5 will only appear on PS3 and Xbox 360, the company is considering to build a custom version of Burnout for Wii, which utilize the unique controls of the console.

RUMOUR - Square Enix is working on two new titles for Xbox 360.

Konami has revealed a complete list of games to be included in Konami Arcade Collection for NDS, the game will have a music player mode for players to listen to game soundtracks, and only 1 cartridge is required when playing the game over Wi-Fi. Konami Arcade Collection will be available in Japan on March 15, 2007:

# Circus Charlie
# Contra
# Gradius
# Green Beret
# Pooyan
# Road Fighter
# Roc 'N Rope
# Scramble
# Shaolin's Road
# Super Basketball
# Time Pilot
# Track and Field
# Tutankham
# Twinbee

Square Enix revealed new details on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates for NDS.

* The protagonists are twins named Yuri and Chierinka
* There are four races, the story takes place in Ivalice
* The game will support up to 4 players over Wi-Fi, one player must be selected as the leader
* The battles will be in 3D; the level of the fields and position of the character affects the battles
* Player has slight advantage standing in higher ground
* There are new jump commands, in addition to magic and attack
* The theme of them game is Family and Fraternal Love
* Crystals will not be in the game
* The game is directed by Mitsuru Kamiyama who worked on FFCC for GameCube
* Character designs is handled by Toshiyuki Itahana (FFCC, Chocobo's Dungeon 2)
* The development is 60% completed

First Dragon Quest IX trailer (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/8038)

Subarashiki (DS) trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?type=wmv&id=15727). Looks like one well worth keeping an eye on.

Anyone else read the statement by a Toys R Us boss? Apparently he let slip the following:

According to a loose-lipped Toys R Us manager, Nintendo has some big plans slated for the Wii. In addition to a $50 price drop, Nintendo plans on rolling out multi-colored Wiis in as little as 3 months. The store manager also referred to a "better system" being on the horizon, but exactly what he meant by that could be anyone's guess.

Obviously this needs to be taken with a pinch of salt as it's all just unconfirmed rumours at this point. Although it's a sure bet Nintendo will release multi-coloured Wii's at some point in the future and it's likely there'll be a price drop at some point too.
That "better system" bit could be the denied-confirmed-denied Wii with built in DVD player rumour too...

[Lovely]

Thought there might be a person or two interested in the following.
It's the opening movie/video of the 5th Wild ARMS game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYu8qmDzPY

Breaking with tradition, it's all CG this time and NOT an anime opening *weep*. The song is pretty catchy though...

[Suwako Moriya]

Breaking with tradition, it's all CG this time and NOT an anime opening *weep*. The song is pretty catchy though...

It also means the the chances of later "scenes" being in anime style are now decreased dramatically. Even so the opening is decent and nice to watch. Also the scene near the end makes me wonder if they've increased the amount of playable characters. Either way way I'm certain the three "new" people will have something to do with the plot even if they are not playable characters.

[Suwako Moriya]

Square Enix revealed new details on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates for NDS.

Okay so in this version we're going to have actual main characters. Ah so yet another Final Fantasy is going to place in Ivalice? Wow that place must be popular. However I'm kind of wondering about the "No Crystals" comment. If that's the case then why call this Crystal Chronicles? Maybe the plot is trying to figure out why Ivalice does not have any crystals? Naaaaaah.

[EmperorBrandon]

Now I'm ready to buy a PSP. I think I'd have preferred it on DS because its interface lends itself to stylus control, but FFT with (presumably) a new and improved translation … well, let's just say I have a good feeling.

FFT definitely needs an improved translation badly. I'm not wanting it enough to where I'd go out and buy a PSP just for it, though. (SquareEnix has got to get out some re-releases of SD2&3. Whichever system gets that, I'll likely buy)

[Leon_Belmont]

Thought there might be a person or two interested in the following.
It's the opening movie/video of the 5th Wild ARMS game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYu8qmDzPY

Breaking with tradition, it's all CG this time and NOT an anime opening *weep*. The song is pretty catchy though...

Eh, with all the rpgs out there I eventually gave up on this series anyway. I love the first, but I don't have time to play all the series, so WA got the ax. Just plain gave up on the couple I've tried since hours in.

[ADC]

Ah so yet another Final Fantasy is going to place in Ivalice? Wow that place must be popular. However I'm kind of wondering about the "No Crystals" comment. If that's the case then why call this Crystal Chronicles? Maybe the plot is trying to figure out why Ivalice does not have any crystals? Naaaaaah.
I don't know. After what happened with Glabados Church all those years ago, and the upheaval in Archadia and Dalmasca now, I don't think I'd want to live in Ivalice. (Unless I could somehow find my way to Eruyt Village, anyway. :bignosebleed:) Still, I'm interested to see how this FFCC turns out. The first one was a bit on the lousy side, but I won't give up on the series.

[Suwako Moriya]

I don't know. After what happened with Glabados Church all those years ago, and the upheaval in Archadia and Dalmasca now, I don't think I'd want to live in Ivalice. (Unless I could somehow find my way to Eruyt Village, anyway. :bignosebleed:)

Sooner or later I'll get around to Final Fantasy 12 and become familiar with those other places. Of course I have other things to concern myself with first before FF12. At least I'm familiar with the Glabados Church, yeah I'm definitely familiar with it.

Still, I'm interested to see how this FFCC turns out. The first one was a bit on the lousy side, but I won't give up on the series.

While I do like the first one, I'd definitely welcome improvements to the series. Just so long as they don't completely betray the feel that the first game established. Either way I'll probably read up on it on occasion for now. Which usually boils down to noticing a post about it on a message board as opposed to actively searching for info since I'm lazy.

[Johnny]

Final Fantasy Tactics PSP video (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12908)

Dragon Quest Swords video (http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/bbs/view.php?id=usernews&no=12907)

[ADC]

While I do like the first one, I'd definitely welcome improvements to the series. Just so long as they don't completely betray the feel that the first game established. Either way I'll probably read up on it on occasion for now. Which usually boils down to noticing a post about it on a message board as opposed to actively searching for info since I'm lazy.
Which is to say, johnny is your sole source for the info. I'm just wondering if there will be an inter-operability feature between FFCC/DS and FFCC/Wii.

Thread drift: That Rydia avatar looks sort of like the Thompson Twins logo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thompson-Twins-Logo.jpg). Either that, or Rydia has a massive growth coming out of her right cheek. (This is why I'm not a fan of Amano's work — it's frickin creepy!)

[Johnny]

While I do like the first one, I'd definitely welcome improvements to the series. Just so long as they don't completely betray the feel that the first game established. Either way I'll probably read up on it on occasion for now. Which usually boils down to noticing a post about it on a message board as opposed to actively searching for info since I'm lazy.
Which is to say, johnny is your sole source for the info. I'm just wondering if there will be an inter-operability feature between FFCC/DS and FFCC/Wii.



Re: the FF Crystal Chronicles info, it came from The Magicbox originally and as they don't set out their news on individual pages, I figured copy and pasting would work better than linking to a page full of all sorts of news.
Just incase any thinks I pulled that stuff out of my ass or anything ;)

[Suwako Moriya]

Either that, or Rydia has a massive growth coming out of her right cheek. (This is why I'm not a fan of Amano's work — it's frickin creepy!)

Actually it could be the way I cropped the image to make the avatar. Still I can say that in general Amano's art is not very avatarable. At least it's easier with younger Rydia than older Rydia. For the record that avatar is of younger Rydia and well this is the source image. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/HolyAjora/4-rydiakid-a.jpg)

[Suwako Moriya]

*Whacks people walking in front of screen while hoping for a better version in the future*. Regardless FFT PSP does look rather nice and apparently they still don't have any noses. Not even in the anime scenes. Make of that what you will.

*Checks out DQ: Swords video just for the heck of it* Well the girl does look rather nice and yeah I like the outfit. Over all it looks decent, but I don't have much to say beyond that.

[Soulblazer]

I noticed that an RPG called Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia is on the list of games still being released for the PS2 with a date in February. Does anyone know if this game is any good? This is the first time that I have heard of it.

[Suwako Moriya]

I've heard of the game myself before. I believe it was actually delayed at least once. It was originally supposed to come out in October. Hopefully it won't be delayed again. I do have an interest in perhaps trying it as a rental if possible in the future. Thus that means I have no real opinion on it yet. Well beyond the blatant "I'm interested enough to consider trying it" opinion.

[Johnny]

Dynamite Deka EX location test video (http://ruliweb2.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?num=21249&table=game_ps04&main=ps)

Mushihimesama II videos (http://ruliweb2.dreamwiz.com/ruliboard/read.htm?num=21248&table=game_ps04&main=ps)

Rumour: new DS coming in 2007? (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18498_nintendo-ds-une-nouvelle-version-.html)
The translation is as follows:

According to last information of some Japanese blogs and forums informed always well, Nintendo would intend to announce a new version of Nintendo DS during the year 2007 in Japan, which would be nevertheless rather exceptional. The screens would be slightly larger: 3.5 and 3.8 inches of diagonal instead of 3 inches on the current version. Nintendo should also leave new colors for its Wii during spring 2007 to Japan. Nothing official for the moment. To follow.

Reborn coming to Wii and PS2 as well as DS (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=fr_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.jeux-france.com%2fimages0_4_18499.html)

Famitsu Most Wanted 1 - 7 December:

1. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
2. Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Capcom)
3. Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3, Konami)
4. Dawn of Mana (PS2, Square Enix)
5. Super Robot Taisen : Original Generations (PS2, Banpresto)
6. Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360, Microsoft)
7. Dragon Quest Monsters J (NDS, Square Enix)
8. Gyakutensaiban 4 (NDS, Capcom)
9. Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas (PS2, Capcom)
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)
11. Monster Hunter Portable 2 (PSP, Capcom)
12. Higurashi no Naku Kei ni Matsuri (NDS, Alchemist)
13. The Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo)
14. Dragon Shadow Spell (PS2, Banpresto)
15. Monster Hunter 3 (PS3, Capcom)
16. Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, Capcom)
17. Shining Wind (PS2, Sega)
18. Sangokushi Taisen (NDS, Sega)
19. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
20. Metal Gear Solid : Portable Ops (PSP, Konami)

DS MMO in development (http://www.mikoishi.com/v5/index.htm) (see banner on right of page, third down)

[Chacranajxy]

I can't read a word on that Mushihime II page, but it is coming to the PS2, correct? The first game was amazing so a console release sometime soon would be great.

[Johnny]

I can't read a word on that Mushihime II page, but it is coming to the PS2, correct? The first game was amazing so a console release sometime soon would be great.


I'm not sure to be honest. It's under the PS3 news section on that site and the phrase "Xbox 360" is also used so who knows.
A PS2 port would be most likely though.

[ADC]

Rumour: new DS coming in 2007? (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18498_nintendo-ds-une-nouvelle-version-.html)
Strange, that they'd make one screen slightly larger than the other. I won't say that this rumor is bogus, but that detail is probably wrong. Taking it for what it is, though, I don't think that I'd replace my DS Lite with the same alacrity with which I ditched the fat DS. There'd have to be an huge bonus to it.

[Johnny]

Rumour: new DS coming in 2007? (http://www.jeux-france.com/news18498_nintendo-ds-une-nouvelle-version-.html)
Strange, that they'd make one screen slightly larger than the other. I won't say that this rumor is bogus, but that detail is probably wrong. Taking it for what it is, though, I don't think that I'd replace my DS Lite with the same alacrity with which I ditched the fat DS. There'd have to be an huge bonus to it.

I'd imagine that if they were to release a new DS, it would feature some sort of Wii connectivity or have at least some sort of Wii tie-in.
Like you said, the screen sizes being different seems odd but who knows what will come of this?

[DiGiKerot]

In a vaguely amusing case of going full circle, Ecole have released a PC trial version of Melty Blood Act Cadenza Ver.B (http://www.e56.info/mbac/index.html). Its worth a look for MB fans simply because this trial version lets you play as White Ren.

[Noodle]

Thought there might be a person or two interested in the following.
It's the opening movie/video of the 5th Wild ARMS game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkYu8qmDzPY

Breaking with tradition, it's all CG this time and NOT an anime opening *weep*. The song is pretty catchy though...

This makes me... sad. I loved the anime openings! I'm behind on my WA games but, still... guess I'll be adding another to the pile. XD

[Noodle]

FFVII Crisis Core pics (http://www.the-magicbox.com/0612/game061214c.shtml)



This board is determined to keep me from working today..... :bignosebleed: :nosebleed: :neko: :bignosebleed:

[Johnny]

In a vaguely amusing case of going full circle, Ecole have released a PC trial version of Melty Blood Act Cadenza Ver.B (http://www.e56.info/mbac/index.html). Its worth a look for MB fans simply because this trial version lets you play as White Ren.

Let's hope for a future PS2 port :)
The original was one of the best PS2 games of 2006 IMO.

[Johnny]

Just a heads up for those who hadn't heard - 3 new Wii Virtual Console games today:

Tennis (NES)
Military Madness (Turbo Grafx)
Space Harrier II (Megadrive/Genesis)

All you need to know is that Space Harrier II is a Sega classic and if you don't already own it in some form you should be buying ASAP!

[Azumangaman]

My latest Nintendo Power came in the mail today, and in the news section, Pokemon Diamond/Pearl was announced for the DS Spring 2007! Fudge YES!

Nintedo Power Said:

Finally! After months of speculation and anticipation, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have been confirmed for North American Launch. The duo of DS games should hit stores sometime this coming spring...While all of the connectivity features are still being ironed out, we do know a few things: First, Diamond and Pearl will utilize the DS's dual slots to transfer Pokemon from the GBA Pokemon games. Also, you'll be able to link up with Pokemon Ranger to access more special content...
Some great news, along with some great sounding features.

Definetly the #1 game I'm looking forward to on the DS right now.
Lots of other interesting DS/Wii stuff as well, if anyones interested, let me know.

[Jarred]

Military Madness (Turbo Grafx)
I've read this is a pretty solid turn-based strategy game, any thoughts? I might give it a whirl.

[Johnny]

Virtua Fighter 5 coming to the US on the 20th February (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/virtua-fighter-5-dated-in-north-america-222802.php) and is confirmed to be a Euro launch title.

Locoroco 2 in development (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http://www.jeux-france.com/news18519.html&lp=fr_en&tt=url). Platform/date etc not yet announced. Here's hoping for a PS3 version with Sixaxis control...

The Wii Weather Channel is available in Europe and Japan now and the US/Canada in the next few days.

Wii Opera Browser info:

On Dec. 22, Nintendo and Opera Software bring the Internet to the living room couch with a free trial version of the Opera Web browser. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can download a free trial Opera browser to activate the Internet Channel of the Wii Menu and begin surfing the Web.

“In addition to providing innovative and exciting new ways to play, Wii also offers further services and entertainment for all the family. This newest Wii Menu Channel is just the latest example of how we are doing this” says Nintendo of Europe Marketing Director, Laurent Fischer. “Wii is the perfect console for everyone to enjoy and this is being reflected in the phenomenal sales across Europe. ”

“Our software brings the power and reach of the Internet to the hottest video game system available,” says Scott Hedrick, Executive Vice President, Devices at Opera Software. “Wii’s unique interface adds a new dimension to our browser, making it a useful tool that the whole family will enjoy operating with ease.”

The final version of the Opera browser will be available at the end of March 2007, and will be free for all Wii owners to download through the end of June. After June 2007, the browser will be available for download in the Wii Shop Channel for 500 Wii Points.

The Internet Channel provides an optimal Web browsing experience on people’s home television. The Adobe Flash-enabled trial version of the Opera browser puts the Internet right onto owners’ television screens and lets them browse with ease, enabling them to check sports scores, plot maps or visit their favorite Web sites. Multiple family members can gather around the television to plan a holiday or make online purchases.

The pointing abilities of the Wii Remote allow users to click on links they want to see or to zoom into any part of the screen through the motion of the controller. In addition, the Wii Remote can be used with an on-screen keyboard to make text entry as easy as point and click.

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

[Jarred]

The Wii Weather Channel is available in Europe and Japan now and the US/Canada in the next few days.

It's actually available now for US, as I noticed the blue light on this morning and did an update and was checking my forecast this morning. :)

[Randall Flagg]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Well, I guess that means I won't be getting a Wii for a while. Since Zelda was the only launch game I really wanted it for, I decided to wait and get it for the GC. Now that Mario and Metroid won't be hitting until late next year, I'll probably go ahead and get a PS2 and some games (definitely God of War and Shadow of the Colossus).

[Johnny]

The Wii Weather Channel is available in Europe and Japan now and the US/Canada in the next few days.

It's actually available now for US, as I noticed the blue light on this morning and did an update and was checking my forecast this morning. :)



You're right actually, yeah. Just got done updating both my US and JPN Wii.
It's a pretty cool feature actually. I'm looking forward to the news channel, whenever it may appear.

[ADC]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)
These three are bad news, particularly the first one. I was looking forward to another traditional Zelda, which the screenshots appeared to present. But! It's not as if the DS will become useless for want of a Zelda game, not when I still have FF3 to work on.

Still, the new year approaches, at which time I'd figured to go out and get my Wii. Those were two titles for which I was planning to buy it.

[Chacranajxy]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Sweet. Metroid Prime 3 went from early 07 to the end of 07... The Wii is now a doorstop until the end of next year unless Nintendo releases Smash sometime soon.

[Mateo_home]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Don't you just love it when NOA waits until the end of the year to release most of their games? :roll: :P

[GHardin]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Don't you just love it when NOA waits until the end of the year to release most of their games? :roll: :P
It's worked for them so far. :nervous: :P

[Johnny]

Latest Famitsu scores:

35/40 - [9|9|8|9] - Pokemon Battle Revolution
33/40 - [9|8|8|8] - Prey
31/40 - [9|7|7|8] - Armored Core 4
31/40 - [8|8|7|8] - Formula One 2006
29/40 - [7|8|7|7] - Yumemishi
28/40 - [7|7|7|7] - Formula One 2006 Portable
27/40 - [8|7|5|7] - Gamics Series Vol. 1: Yokoyama Mitsuteru - San...
26/40 - [7|6|6|7] - HimeHibi: Princess Days

Pokemon doing that well, combined with the sales of Diamond and Pearl means that this is a surefire Wii hit in Japan.
Didn't think it would score that well though...

9 new PSone titles available for download to PSP on the Japanese Playstation Store tomorrow:

- R-Types (Irem)
- Taiyou no Shippo: Wild, Pure, Simple Life (Artdink)
- Migi Hadari U-SA (Artdink)
- Dino Crisis (Capcom)
- Global Force (Sony)
- Gekitotsu Toma L'Arc : L'Arc-en-Ciel vs Tomarunner (Sony)
- Little Princess : Maru Oukoku no Ningyou Hime 2 (Nippon Ichi)
- The Conveni: Anomachi o Dokusenseyo (Hamster)
- Mr. Driller (Bandai Namco)

R-Type and Dino Crisis here I come :)

[Johnny]

Virtua Tennis 3 to be released on PS3 in Japan on 8th March.

Sega announced Sega Ages 2500: Monster World Complete Collection for PS2, a compilation of the Wonderboy / Monster World series. The game will be released in Japan on March 8, 2007, the following games are included:

* Wonderboy (1986, Arcade)
* Wonderboy in Monster Land (1987, Arcade)
* Wonderboy III: Monster Lair (1988, Arcade)
* Monster World II (1992, Game Gear/Master System/PC-Engine)
* Wonderboy V: Monster World III (1991, Mega Drive)
* Monster World IV (1994, Mega Drive)

Japanese multi-format sales 11-17 December:

1. Pokémon Diamond - NDS - 123.573 - (2.119.848)
2. Pokémon Pearl - NDS - 97.409 - (1.766.776)
3. Kirby Squeak Squad - NDS - 92.173 - (557.634)
4. Furai no Syren - NDS - 88.242 - (88.242)
5. New Super Mario Bros. - NDS - 77.761 - (3.617.021)
6. Love and Berry DS - NDS - 72.841 - (608.545)
7. Jump Ultimate Stars - NDS - 71.339 - (349.979)
8. Wild Arms 5 - PS2 - 70.476 - (70.476)
9. Wii Sports - Wii - 69.923 - (318.473)
10. Pokémon Battle Revolution - Wii - 67.607 - (67.607)

[Chacranajxy]

Good evening:

SEGA ANNOUNCES VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 FOR XBOX 360

Premiere Fighting Game Franchise Makes First Appearance on Microsoft’s Next Generation Videogame Console

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (December 21, 2006) – SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that the highly anticipated arcade fighting game, Virtua Fighter™ 5, will make its way onto the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system. Virtua Fighter™ 5 is scheduled for release on Xbox 360™ in North America and in Europe during late summer 2007. The game will also be available for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system on February 20th, 2007 in North America and will be available in Europe simultaneously with the system’s launch in March 2007.

“Those people lucky enough to have already played Virtua Fighter™ 5 will know that it’s laid the foundations to become the clear benchmark for fighting games on all next generation consoles”, said Matt Woodley, Creative Director, SEGA Publishing Europe Ltd. “Bringing Virtua Fighter™ 5 to the Xbox 360™ offers us a platform with power to handle the astonishing visuals, the complex and varied fighting styles of all the customisable characters and will undoubtedly put Virtua Fighter™ 5 into the hands of a gaming audience craving for a highly polished and credible fighting game.”

Virtua Fighter™ 5 features beautifully detailed stages from around the world where players face off in fast-moving martial arts battles against one of 17 characters. Two lively new characters join the elite group of fighters, adding two new unique fighting styles for players to try and master. With more skill and strategy than ever before, players are also given the opportunity to learn and employ the new “Offensive Move” technique to take down their opponents from different angles, adding a new dimension to the game and something for both new and old fans to master. Virtua Fighter™ 5 also includes the ability to customise characters by selecting from four base costumes and a wide range of unlockable accessories and earnable items. As players win more tournaments they will not only earn costumes and accessories, but also prizes and in-game money that will allow them to buy items from the in-game shop.

“The Virtua Fighter™ series from SEGA has one of the most prestigious histories in video games,” said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. “It’s a franchise that has grown an army of loyal fans both in arcades and on consoles worldwide, and is consistently rated extremely high by the media. Fighting game fans have been hungry for Virtua Fighter™ 5 and we can now proudly deliver this game with SEGA to Xbox 360 gamers around the world.”

Developed by the highly renowned Tokyo based development team, AM R&D Development No.2, Virtua Fighter™ 5 for the Xbox 360™ will be available across Europe and North America during late summer 2007.'

It's coming to the 360 then. I'm still picking up the PS3 version myself since I like having the best version of my games, but for anyone who's refusing to buy Sony's system, this is probably great news for you.

[Johnny]

It's coming to the 360 then. I'm still picking up the PS3 version myself since I like having the best version of my games, but for anyone who's refusing to buy Sony's system, this is probably great news for you.

Holy shit. That was unexpected (even though it had be rumoured for ages).
Yes, Sega have always supported the Xbox but I thought this would be a PS3 exclusive for sure.

Like you, I'll be picking up the PS3 version (considering the arcade game was practically built around the PS3 hardware meaning a better conversion) as it's said to be better than the arcade version but it makes you wonder - are those MGS4 on 360 rumours true?
If so, where does this leave 360 games like Dead Rising and Lost Planet? Will they get future PS3 ports? I know Capcom are rumoured to be bringing Dead Rising 2 to the PS3 but considering how well it did on the 360, it'll most likely be multi-platform.
IMO I would prefer for stuff like Dead Rising and Lost Planet to stay 360 exclusive and have the likes of VF5, MGS4 and DMC4 as PS3 exclusives. It's all well and good for developers to stick games out on both platforms, but it'll get pretty damn boring if there are no big hitters exclusive to each console.

[Johnny]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Sweet. Metroid Prime 3 went from early 07 to the end of 07... The Wii is now a doorstop until the end of next year unless Nintendo releases Smash sometime soon.


Unfortunately, that looks like being pretty true. Of course, there are a load of games coming on 2007 that I'm looking forward to that aren't first party Nintendo titles, plus there's the dozens of games that we haven't heard anything about that are in production yet but Nintendo really need their big franchises out there ASAP. Course, we have Zelda which was a smart move but it's starting to feel like the Gamecube all over again. How long can casual/party games keep the hardcore gamer interested in the Wii throughout next year?

It's at this point I'm glad I have a Japanese Wii too (as there are sure to be loads of Japan only games in 07) and feel sorry for anyone stuck with a Euro Wii as this makes it look like 2008 before Mario Galaxy and Met Prime 3 hit Europe.

[kaiyouske]

For the fans of the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors series, Bandai Namco and Koei have announced Gundam Musou for the PS3. Hopefully, this will be a good Gundam game for the PS3.....

News from Game Watch (http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20061221/gunmusou.htm).

[Jarred]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Sweet. Metroid Prime 3 went from early 07 to the end of 07... The Wii is now a doorstop until the end of next year unless Nintendo releases Smash sometime soon.

It's at this point I'm glad I have a Japanese Wii too (as there are sure to be loads of Japan only games in 07) and feel sorry for anyone stuck with a Euro Wii as this makes it look like 2008 before Mario Galaxy and Met Prime 3 hit Europe.
Since that website above is a UK-based news site, could the dates they were told actually be UK dates?

[Johnny]

As well as Zelda DS, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 on Wii delayed until Xmas 07 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=152528&skip=yes)

Sweet. Metroid Prime 3 went from early 07 to the end of 07... The Wii is now a doorstop until the end of next year unless Nintendo releases Smash sometime soon.

It's at this point I'm glad I have a Japanese Wii too (as there are sure to be loads of Japan only games in 07) and feel sorry for anyone stuck with a Euro Wii as this makes it look like 2008 before Mario Galaxy and Met Prime 3 hit Europe.
Since that website above is a UK-based news site, could the dates they were told actually be UK dates?


It could be, but the news has been on US sites so it's unlikely (Euro/UK sites will report US game news but it's rarely ever the other way around).
Nintendo have long ignored Europe so who knows when they'll get round to releasing the games here.

[Johnny]

The list of VC games to be released this Monday in the US has been revealed:

Super Mario Bros (NES)
Street Fighter II (SNES)
Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
Toejam and Earl (Megadrive)
R-Type (TurboGraphx)

And on the 1st January, the following will be available:

Baseball (NES)
Urban Champion (NES)

I still haven't got round to buying Castlevania, SF II and R-Type from the Japanese store so I'll probably pick them up with Mario on Christmas morning :neko:

Also, the game announced as Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire when the PSP Final Fantasy Tactics was revealed has been confirmed as being for the DS (http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2006/12/21/final-fantasy-tactics-a2-headed-to-the-ds/) and not GBA as originally thought.

[Chacranajxy]

I'll get Super Castlevania IV. The others... no.

[ADC]

Also, the game announced as Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire when the PSP Final Fantasy Tactics was revealed has been confirmed as being for the DS (http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2006/12/21/final-fantasy-tactics-a2-headed-to-the-ds/) and not GBA as originally thought.
You know I'll get dealt in on this action. It never really made sense to put it on the GBA, anyway, considering that the DS is the 800-pound gorilla of the industry right now.

[GHardin]

IMO I would prefer for stuff like Dead Rising and Lost Planet to stay 360 exclusive and have the likes of VF5, MGS4 and DMC4 as PS3 exclusives. It's all well and good for developers to stick games out on both platforms, but it'll get pretty damn boring if there are no big hitters exclusive to each console.
As nice as it would be for systems to have exclusives, the companies get greedy and put it on every system possible for the sake of making some extra cash. Though at this rate, it seems counterintuitive to throw exclusives out the door...makes it harder to justify that $600 piece of equipment. :nervous:

[ADC]

Getcha some here (http://www.animeondvd.com/forum/showtopic.php?fid/43/tid/15706/pid/331989/post/last/#LAST), for goddes dignitee.