Author Archives: Julius

Indie Time: Gundemonium Collection Review

Rockin’ Android had setup their camp tucked away in a narrow hallway somewhere in the back-end of E3’s South hall showroom. For the uninitiated, Rockin’ Android is an American-based company that deals with the importing and localization of Japanese doujin games. They’ve already opened up a few of the most cherished games to come out [...]
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Nippon Ichi Looks to the Future, New Disgaea Announced

The official Nippon Ichi company site posted the above image today to show its fans that they’re planning a new Disgaea title for the PS3.  It’s part of their new strategy to help make up for some serious company losses that were shown by NIS a little while ago. For those not in the know, Nippon [...]
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Chimera: Pokémons and Phoenix’s Mobile Desk

Capcom’s dropped fighters I’ve really been enjoying the latest Japanese fighter to hit American shores, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. Of course, with every new fighter, there’s that given moment after its release to lament what could have been.  For a game on such a massive franchise-scale as Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, the number of characters you would want [...]
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Level-5 Vision 2009

Level-5 held their annual conference, dubbed Vision 2009, earlier today. Did it turn out to be the major event I was hoping it would be? It’s a bit hard to say. I was hoping for an announcement concerning a new Dark Cloud title, or for more info about their upcoming RPG, Ushiro. Sadly, both titles [...]
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OMG Toys: Two New Odin Sphere Figures On The Horizon

First up is this incredibly beautiful figure of Velvet. She was originally a garage kit crafted by legendary figure sculptor Bubba! and was presented way back in 2007 at Hobby Complex 07. Figure producer Yamato announced earlier this week that they picked up Bubba!’s sculpt and will be mass producing it. Yamato is also the [...]
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