Archive for September, 2008

OMG Toys September ‘08

Some new possessions to burn your hard-earned money on are being released at the end of this month.  Here they are in all of their glory:

Metis 1/7 PVC Figure
$74.90
Orchid Seed makes some damn decent figures, but they do charge accordingly.  Metis first appeared in the highly anticipated Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES.  This was the [...]

Sega Announces Seventh Dragon for Nintendo DS

Recently Sega and the creative forces behind Etrian Odyssey have announced a new Nintendo DS title scheduled to be released in Japan sometime next year. The game is called 7th Dragon, and features some of the damn cutest sprites I have seen in all my years of vidya gaming:

The game tales place in a [...]

Makai Senki Disgaea 3: New DLC Announced

Yesterday new downloadable content was made available for Disgaea 3 at the Japanese Playstation store.  First, and most excitingly is the addition of 3 familiar characters available for download at the price of 200 yen each (around $2 USD).

Pram the Oracle
The youngest of the Overlords in Makai Kingdom.  Rumor has it that among her powers is the ability [...]

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 and Eternal Poison Pre-Order Bonus Announced

Atlus has announced that North American gamers who pre-order their copies of Persona 4 and Eternal Poison will receive a bonus 100-page artbook.
The participating locations are Gamestop, Amazon and EB Games. EB Games will only be offering the bonus in-store. If you don’t want to take a chance (I wouldn’t), then you can get the pre-orders [...]

Knights in the Nightmare: First Step Download

Sting’s newest volume in the Department Heaven series, Knights in the Nightmare, appears like it will have a learning curve as steep as Baldwin Street.  (Sorry, Wikipedia-nerd-humor.)

Ds Station
To help prepare gamers in Japan for the challenge, Sting is allowing them to download a “First Step Experience Edition” (FSEE) to their Nintendo DS.  The FSEE can be downloaded directly from [...]