Japanese Imports
Important Importables: Marvelous Entertainment
Every once in a while, it’s nice to look back at a developer or publisher to learn more about them and acknowledge the good they’ve done in bringing people worthwhile games to play. A major player in Japan is Marvelous Entertainment. Surprisingly, people may not realize that Marvelous may have even had a hand in more »
Ace Attorney live-action movie will be released worldwide
If you haven’t been paying attention to the Ace Attorney live-action movie adaptation, you may want to start. It turns out it won’t be trapped in Japan. Takashi Miike, the director, was on hand when the movie was shown at the Netherlands International Film Festival Rotterdam and said that it will be released worldwide. Granted, more »
Japan Import: A Magician’s Night: Witch on the Holy Night demo released
Good news for Type Moon fans, it’s time to test out A Magician’s Night: Witch on the Holy Night! That’s the latest Type Moon visual novel. An updated version of the demo has just been released and is waiting to be sampled
Japan Import: Denpa Ningen RPG needs a worldwide release
Japan is getting a really awesome 3DS eShop game on February 8, 2012 and I think it’s exactly what the North American and European eShops need. It’s Denpa Ningen RPG (Radio Wave People RPG), an AR game that makes good use of the 3DS cameras and is also an RPG. Intrigued? It gets better. It’s more »
Square Enix’ next game is Gunslinger Stratos, uses Orochi Engine
The Summer 2012 arcade release of Gunslinger Stratos is getting close, which means more details about the game’s abilities and development process are trickling out. Square Enix and Byking just revealed a pretty interesting tidbit today, in fact. It turns out this arcade shooter was made using the Orochi Engine developed by Silicon Studio. It more »
Japan Import: Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Box covers DS and 3DS games
The Kingdom Hearts cash-in continues. Did you know it’s almost been 10 years since Kingdom Hearts was released on the PS2 on March 28, 2002? Square Enix did, and Square Enix isn’t a company that’s about to let an opportunity like that pass it by. Especially since Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS more »
Important Importables: GP2X handhelds
Gamepark Holdings had an idea. It wanted to create a handheld device that could be used for gaming and other means, but also had no restrictions. The company was made up of workers from GamePark who had originally developed a handheld device of that nature called the GP32, and GamePark Holdings wanted to continue that more »
JTT 3DS battery may be worth importing
There’s one consistent problem that plagues 3DS owners. No, it isn’t lack of worthwhile games, as that was remedied in the second half of 2011. It’s the battery life. If you’re still playing with the stock battery, you’re probably feeling lucky if you’re able to play for four hours without recharging. It’s disgraceful. Thankfully, third more »
Japan Import: Kingdom Hearts 3D gets a custom 3DS bundle
Prepare yourself, as the march of limited edition 3DS units is about to begin. The DS was known for all of its assorted incarnations in Japan, since many major game releases also had custom, limited edition bundles released alongside them. It seems the 3DS will see a similar situation. The first custom 3DS units included more »
Important Importables: Finding nifty Japanese drinks
January’s a great month to sit at home and relax, enjoying the various presents you received back in December and staying in out of the cold. Granted, winter this year has been pretty mild, but the sentiment is still the same. It’s a month to kick back and start planning what you want to do more »














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