Archive for May, 2008
Nippon Ichi Software has announced to the gaming world that they will be releasing Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (マール王国の人形姫 天使が奏でる愛のうた) for the Nintendo DS in Japan on August 7th. The game was first released in 1998 for the Playstation game console, and then again (in Japan only) as a special edition a year later.
The [...]
May 31st, 2008 | Posted in nintendo ds, nis, ps | No Comments
I officially graduated this week, and tomorrow I leave for America, so I have been pretty busy the past few days. I apologize for my inconsistent posts, and hope that this won’t affect my readers opinions of me or the site… I intend to hit the ground at full speed once I recover from possibly [...]
May 28th, 2008 | Posted in housekeeping | No Comments
It looks like there is hope yet for the promise of a decent Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle. The 80 GB one is on SonyStyle’s website making it official in my mind. More exciting still is that the bundle is available for pre-order at Circuit City.com for the previously announced price of $499.99. I have [...]
May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in action, buy games, consoles, how to, konami, merchandise, pre-order, ps3 | 4 Comments
The official Persona 4 website has been updated with another video available for download. This one is simply entitled Rush Movie. It is similar to the last part of the original Famitsu video, but with a few new parts added in.
Things worth noting:
Mysterious girl appears as a Fuuka-esque figure in the above screenshot. [...]
May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in atlus, persona, videos | No Comments
The third installment in the Furai No Shiren series is getting a cool new weapon development system. You can still find weapons in random dungeons, but now Shiren can activate a “Dragon Pulse” (竜脈) and let his weapon sit for a few turns to develop a new attribute or become stronger.
Finding a Dragon Pulse [...]
May 23rd, 2008 | Posted in nintendo wii, preview, sega | No Comments
Kanji Tatsumi (巽 完二) has been added to the characters section of Persona 4’s official website. Apparently Kanji has had the reputation of being a bad-ass since middle school. And, like the other members who enter Mayonaka TV, his heart holds a strange darkness.
When Kanji appears on a news broadcast the protagonist’s P.I [...]
May 22nd, 2008 | Posted in atlus, persona, preview, ps2, rpg | 1 Comment
Sting has just announced that next installment of the Dept. Heaven series, Knights in the Nightmare, will be given a fancy special edition. The special edition will include the GBA game Yggdra Union as well as the the aforementioned Knights in the Nightmare for the Nintendo DS. Sting decided that the story would [...]
May 21st, 2008 | Posted in japan, merchandise, nintendo ds, sting | 2 Comments
Uniqlo, a popular retail clothes store in Japan, has teamed up with Konami and will be releasing a line of Metal Gear Solid 4 inspired T-shirts. You can take a look at all the different designs here. The shirts go on sale June 12th, so you can have one equipped when you first [...]
May 21st, 2008 | Posted in japan, konami, merchandise | No Comments
Job class: Archer (アーチャー女)
Evility: Accelerated Shot (加速射撃)
Evility Effect: Every square that an arrow flies increases its damage by 5%.
Prerequisite: Cleric and Valkyrie Lvl 15
*NOTE* Must also pass bill entitled “アーチャー女を作りたい”, or “I want to make a female Archer” for 150 mana in homeroom.
Suggested weapons: Spear, Bow
Move: 4
Jump: 25
Counter: 1
Throw: 4
Stats
* Bolded stats are the only [...]
May 20th, 2008 | Posted in disgaea, nis, preview, ps3, rpg | No Comments
Recently the Square-Enix United States branch store updated its merchandise with some pretty cool stuff. The biggest addition is the Play Arts Cloud Strife with Hardy Daytona figure.
This figure has been out in Japan for a while now, but is currently going for over $100. I was surprised to see the price is [...]
May 19th, 2008 | Posted in merchandise, square enix | No Comments