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- Here are some new images of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XII, three cities and the airship are revealed: The Skycity of Bhujerba, Dalmasca, Archadia and Airship Strahl...

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- Here are some new images of Square Enix's PS2 action RPG Kingdom Hearts II. Besides Yuffie, Cid and Squall; Vivi from FFIX also appears in the game.

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- Here are some new images of Square Enix's PS2 online shooting RPG Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, the game will be released in Japan on January 26, 2006.

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- Tecmo will release Gallop Racer 8: Live Horse Racing for PS2 in Japan on December 8, for 6800 yen. The 8th installment of the popular horse racing series features over 5000 real name horses, a career mode, live narration during the races and a lot of other new features.

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- Capcom announced Capcom Classics Collection Remixed for PSP, the game will be released in March 2006, which 20 classic titles, including 1941, Avengers, Block Block, Captain Commando, Magic Sword, Quiz & Dragons, Street Fighter, Strider, Three Wonders, Varth, etc. Most of the games will support multiplayers over WiFi connection. It is also possible to download game music to the memory stick.

- D3 Publisher will release Simple 2500 Series Vol. 1 The Table Game for PSP in Japan in December 2005, the first game in the budget price series. The Table Game will include 7 games, including Mahjong, Igo, Shogi, Cards, Hanafuda, Othello and Gomoku....

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- D3 Publisher will release Simple 2500 Series Vol. 2 The Tennis for PSP in Japan in December 2005, the game will have 20 playable characters and 4 types of courses; up to 4 players can play the game over WiFi....

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- Here are some new images of Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh GX for PSP, a new card battle game based on the popular anime series. The PSP version will have full 3D graphics.

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- Here are some new images of Taito's New Rainbow Islands for Nintendo DS, a sequel to the classic vertical scrolling action game from 1987. In this game you use rainbows to defeat the enemies, as well as stepping on them to reach higher grounds....

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- Namco announced a new Nintendo DS turn based strategy game called Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier, which is based on the popular collectable miniature game from WizKids Games.....

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O T H E R

- The Console Charts and Japanese Most Wanted Charts are updated.

- Nekkei News inquired 1000 people in Japan, on what they are planning to purchase in the upcoming Christmas holidays, 12.9% said they plan to buy new console system(s), 33% of which are planning to purchase a PSP. Here are the breakdowns:

What new console system are you planning to buy?
1. PSP - 33%
2. Nintendo DS - 22.5%
3. PlayStation 2 - 20.2%
4. GameBoy Micro - 11.6%
5. Xbox 360 - 10.1%

How many games are you planning to buy:
- None - 60%
- 1 to 2 - 32.2%
- 3 to 4 - 5.6%
- 5 to 6 - 1.5%
- 7 to 9 - 0.3%
- Over 10 - 0.4%

- Square Enix revealed software sales for the first half of the 2005 fiscal year (April - September 2005).

JAPAN
- Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song (Apr 05) - 450,000 units
- Hanjuku Eiyuu IV: 7-Jin no Janjuku Eiyuu (May 05) - 90,000 units
- Drag-on Dragoon 2 (Jun 05) - 210,000 units
- Musashiden II: Blade Master (Jul 05) - 100,000 units
- Full Metal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shoujo (Jul 05) - 80,000 units
- Grandia III (Aug 05) - 250,000 units

NORTH AMERICA
- Full Metal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir (Jul 05) - 70,000 units
- Radiata Stories (Sep 05) - 120,000 units

EUROPE
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (May 05) - 200,000 units
- Others - 48,000 units

TOTAL SALES - 2,760,000 units (610,000 units less than the same period of last year)

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- Here are some new images of Mistwalker's Xbox 360 RPG Blue Dragon.

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