Armored Core: Silent Line Portable (PPS, From Software)
Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo)
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3, Sony)
Mario & Sonic at Vancouver Olympics (Wii, Nintendo)
Final Fnatasy: Crystal Chronicle Crystal Bearers (Wii, Square Enix)
Persona 3 Portable (PSP, Atlus)
Metal Fight Beyblade: Gachinko Stadium (Wii, Hudson)
Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (NDS, Square Enix)
Tamagotchi no Narikiri Channel (NDS, Namco Bandai)
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N I N T E N D O D S
- Here are some new images of Taito's Estpolis: The Land Cursed by the Gods [Lufia: The Land Cursed by the Gods] for NDS, a new installment of the Estpolis/Lufia series but the genre has changed to a 3D action RPG....
- Nihon Falcom announced Ys vs Sora no Kiseki [Ys vs Legend of Heroes] for PSP, a four player fighting game featuring characters from the Ys and Sora no Kiseki series. The battles will be in 3/4 perspective of the late Ys games, and confirmed characters include Adol, Dogi and Olha from Ys VI; and Estel, Tita and Joshua from Sora no Kiseki.
- Here are some new images of Sega's PSP four player action RPG Phantasy Star Portable 2, the game will be available in Japan on December 3, 2009.
- Capcom confirmed that Guy, Cody and Adon from the Street Fighter Alpha 3 will return to Super Street Fighter IV.
- Ubisoft announced they have sold 1.6 million units of Assassin's Creed II for PS3 and 360 worldwide since its launch. The weekly sales was 32% higher than the first game.
- UNCONFIRMED: The next episode in Capcom's Biohazard 5: Alternative Edition [Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition], after Lost in Nightmare is called Desperate Escape, which will be released on March 4, 2010.
- Console peripheral manufacturer Datel has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, after Microsoft blocked third party memory devices from working on Xbox 360 after the recent dashboard update. Datel described it as "predatory conduct undertaken to deliberately harm competition with no benefit whatsoever to consumers."
- Square Enix announced they will release two official guide books for Final Fantasy XIII, called Final Fantasy XIII Ultramania Scenario and Final Fantasy XIII Ultramania Battle in Japan on January 28, 2010.
- Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned that he has been increasingly involved in hardware design. In the past he has only limited influence on the hardware design, but since Nintendo DS, he oversees the entire development of the hardware.
- Nippon Ichi of America script editor Nick Doerr mentioned that the US and Europe RPG market, in particular for NDS is over saturated. He thinks the NDS RPG market is declining, some of the budget titles from Japan will probably never come to the market due to oversupply.
N I N T E N D O D S
- Nintendo has sold 104,000 units of Nintendo DSi LL for the first two days after its launch in Japan on November 21.
- Namco Bandai revealed its secret RPG for Nintendo, it is Digimon Story: Lost Evolution, the game will be released in Japan in 2010.
- BBFC reported that Sega will release a Sonic Classic Collection for NDS, which will include 6 classic Sonic games: Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & 3.
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P L A Y S T A T I O N 3
- The story of Sega's Ryuga Gotoku 4: Densetsu wo Tsugu Mono [Yakuza 4] will return to the fictional Kamuro Town in Tokyo; and there will be realistic weather, seasonal and daytime effects in the town. The story will center around four men and one woman...
- Here are some new images of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII, showing more new areas, Crystalium Grow System, Chocobos and Hope's summon beast in driving mode.
- Here are the Media Create console hardware sales for the week of Nov 9 - 15:
PSP - 38,770 [1,779,968]
PlayStation 3 - 38,498 [1,202,749]
NDSi - 33,749 [2,550,932]
Wii - 26,764 [1,233,932]
PSP Go - 6,427 [49,528]
NDS Lite - 5,036 [463,388]
Xbox 360 - 4,124 [330,319]
PlayStation 2 - 2,031 [186,845]
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M U L T I
- Here are some new images of Marvelous and Grasshopper's No More Heroes: Eiyuutachi no Rakuen [No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise] for PS3 and Xbox 360, the game will have a new "Very Sweet Mode" in which you can unlock various new costumes for the female characters....
- Capcom will release Biohazard 5: Alternative Edition for PS3 and Xbox 360 in Japan on February 18, 2010 for 4980 yen. The game will have two new episodes, motion controller support (PS3 only), new costumes, new Mercenaries Reunion Mode....
- LA Times reported that Activision is looking for a third development to work on the Call of Duty series, currently Treyarch and Infinity Ward are working on the series.
- Here are some new images of Capcom's sci-fi shooter Lost Planet 2, the game will have an exclusive Albert Wesker player skin and additional revolver weapon when you pre-order the game at GameStop.
- Sega will release Super Monkey Ball: Athletes for Wii in Japan on February 25, 2010.
- Capcom announced the Gyakuten Saiban [Phoenix Wright] series will be coming to WiiWare in early 2010, Gyakuten Saiban [Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney] will be available in Japan on December 15, 2009, for 900 Wii Points, which includes the first 4 episodes:
- SCE president Kaz Hirai mentioned that the company plans to offer premium content and services on PlayStation Network which require a subscription fee, existing free services and online gaming will continue to be free.
P S P
- Koei announced Shin Sangoku Musou: MultiRaid 2 [Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce 2] for PSP, the sequel to the popular four player action game. MultiRaid 2 will feature both ad-hoc and infrastructure multi-player mode. A new villain character has been revealed, he is the king from the dark world.
N I N T E N D O D S
- Here are some new images of Namco Bandai's Keroro RPG: Kishi to Musha to Densetsu no Kaizoku, the game will feature the Linear Motion Battle System from the Tales series, the story is about Sergeant Keroro returned to town and obtained a mysterious game machine....
- Enterbrain postponed the release date of RPG Tsukuru DS [RPG Maker DS] in Japan from Jan 28, 2010 to Mar 11, 2010, due to tight development schedule.
