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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King is now available on the Nintendo WiiWare service for 1500 Wii Points, which is exactly fifteen dollars.
Marvelous Entertainment, the publishers of the Harvest Moon series, has announced a co-publishing partnership with XSeed. In a win-win scenario, Marvelous gets more games published in North America, and XSeed gets more games to publish. The first fruit of this new partnership will come this fall when Valhalla Knights 2 for PSP hits North American shelves.
Source: Kotaku
Japan is that country that brought us the idea that several big robots could combine to make a giant robot. Compile Heart’s Agarest Senki staff has taken the idea and applied it to RPGs to form Cross Edge, a PS3 collaboration between Capcom, Namco Bandai, Nippon Ichi, Idea Factory, Gust, and Compile Heart. The team from Compile Heart responsible for Agarest Senki is leading the development. (more…)
Some new details regarding the plot of Persona 4 have come to light. The game is set in Yasogami High School where a strange string of murders has been taking place. There is also an odd rumor going around the town about something called “Midnight TV.” Apparently, if you stare at the screen of a turned-off TV at midnight, you will see the face of the one you’re destined to meet. When the heroes go to investigate the rumor, they discover the gateway to another world on the far side of the screen.
Persona 4 will be released in Japan on July 10 for 7329 yen. So far, no announcement of a North American release has been made, but the series has had amazing luck getting localizations as of late.
Source: Famitsu
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Nippon Ichi Software recently released a patch for Disgaea 3, the first game in the series to appear on the PlayStation 3. The patch will allow players to recruit the ‘ten gentlemen” to their party, but only if two conditions are met. The player must get the normal ending, and Mao, the protagonist, must be at a higher level than the gentleman he intends to have join his party. If both conditions are met, then one gentleman will join Mao for each full trip through the game.
Disgaea 3 hit Japanese shelves on January 31, and is due to invade our shores in August.
Source:RPGFan
Neku Sakuraba is a boy with a bit of a problem. He just woke up in the Shibuya’s scramble crossing, the busiest street crossing in the entire world, and he has no idea how he got there. In fact, he doesn’t remember anything other than his name. His only clue is a strange black pin with a skull on it. It’s not much to go on, and before he can figure things out, he is bombarded by peoples’ thoughts. Neku doesn’t even like other people, and yet, now he can hear everything they are thinking. If things weren’t going badly enough, he also got the strangest text message on his phone. “Get to 104. Fail and face erasure.” Despite his best efforts, Neku is unable to delete what is obviously some crazy spam message. And that’s when the frogs started attacking him. This is not a good day at all. In fact, it’s leading up to be a bad week. (more…)
Some of the plot details for Sega’s recently announced World Destruction have come to light. Though nearly every other RPG in the history of the genre seeks to save the world, this game is actually going for the opposite, which isn’t exactly shocking considering the game’s title. (more…)
For those of you still playing Lost Odyssey, some new downloadable content is hitting the North American Xbox Live Marketplace. For 200 points, players can purchase the “Killer Machine” ring, an ultra-powerful ring; “The Memory Lamp,” a device that lets you see any of the game’s many cutscenes at will; and a new dream exclusive to North America titled “The Shattered Beyond.”
Source: Destructoid
Since saving the world is apparently cliche these days, Sega has announced World Destruction for the Nintendo DS. Details of the plot have yet to trickle in, but most of the important people behind the game are known. The game is being developed by Ryoei Mikage from Image Epoch. (more…)
Since the debut of the ESRB rating widget, it has become one of the best ways to dig up information about unannounced games. A recent search shows that Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia for the Nintendo DS has been rated “T” for Teen and features blood and fantasy violence. At this point, very little about the game is known. Konami has trademarked both the title and logo, but everything else remains a mystery. We’ll go out on a limb on this one, but it’s safe to say that Dracula will somehow pop up again with yet another castle to explore only to be stopped by a new vampire hunter. Either that or it’s about petting cute fuzzy bunnies. Only time will tell.
Source:ESRB
Three games are hitting North American shelves tomorrow. Usually such bounties are reserved for the third week of November, but come Tuesday, gamers are going to be presented with plenty of options. (more…)
While the prospects of Dragon Quest IV being released in North America look better with each passing day, in the Land of the Rising Sun, the Dragon Quest V remake is not only confirmed but has a solid release date. Titled Dragon Quest V: Tenku no Hanayome, it will hit shelves July 17 for 5490 yen. On top of improved graphics, the remake will also have some new features not found in the Super Famicom original.
Source: Magic Box
The cast of the upcoming Persona 4 for PS2 has gained a new member. Her name is Yukiko Amagi, and her Persona is Konohana Sakuaya. Aside from their names, nothing about them is yet known.
Source: Magic Box
Though not an official confirmation that the DS remake of Dragon Quest IV is North American bound, a recent trademark filing by Square Enix protects the title “Chapters of the Chosen.” (more…)
Japan just can’t show enough love for giant robots. To this end, Banpresto has announced Super Robot Taisen Z for PlayStation 2. This newest game in the long series of SRPGs will feature characters from Gundam SEED Destiny, Overman King Gainer, Gravion, Gravion Swei, Baldios, Orguss and more. For those unfamiliar with the series, Super Robot Wars are crossover games were mecha from several anime come together in one world. The story will be in a world similar to that of Super Robot Taisen Alpha Gaiden and will have a new and improved squad system. The game is currently 60% completed.
Source: Magic Box
Japanese pop star BONNIE PINK will be performing the theme for Namco Bandai’s upcoming Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360 when it releases later this year. This marks the first time in the series’ history the same artist will be doing the doing both the Japanese and English versions of the theme. The song is titled “Ring a Bell” and is now available for download at the iTunes download store.
In yet another series first, this will be the first installment to be released simultaneously in both North America and Japan.
Square Enix has announced Ellark, yet another mobile game for Japan. It is described as a “free multiplayer RPG.” Unlike most other Square Enix mobile games, this one will be available on all three major cellphone networks in Japan this June. Other than that, the only other known fact is that it probably has a 0.000000001% chance of seeing light on non-Japanese soil.
Source: Kotaku
Atlus has announced that it is time to bring Izuna out of early retirement with Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns. Like the original, the game will be a dungeon-crawler for the Nintendo DS that features a unique blend of amusing dialog with a healthy dose of exploration. (more…)
PS3 owners wishing to pick up Valkyria Chronicles will find that SEGA has given them the choice between fifteen-second load times or a 3.3 gig hard disk install. Considering some other recent PS3 games require the install, it is nice to be able decide if you’d rather spend your loading time before the game begins or in fifteen-second intervals throughout.
Valkyria Chronicles is currently a PS3 exclusive and is set to hit shelves this fall.
Source:Kotaku
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