Category Archives: japan

Hero 30 Gets Web-Manga and Ranking System

By Roy | Published: June 30, 2009
Despite being released over a month ago in Japan, Hero 30’s campaign of adding extras to the game and official site is going strong.  The site now features a collection of classical, 4-panel manga inspired by the game. You can find the collection here.  They are obviously all in Japanese, but I figured some of [...]
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Pokémon Soul Silver and Heart Gold Gets Japanese Release Date and Packaging

By Roy | Published: June 26, 2009
Nintendo and Pokémon have finally announced a release date for their highly anticipated Nintendo DS titles Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver.  The date is September 12th in Japan and the price with the bundled Poké-Walker is 4,800 yen (~$48.00 USD). This is about the standard price for a new Nintendo DS title in Japan, which [...]
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Valkyria Chronicles: Edy Detachment’s Challenge Trailer

By Roy | Published: June 22, 2009
A trailer has been released concerning the new Valkyria Chronicles DLC on the topics page for the game.  The trailer gives a bit of information on the 6 new missions given to the player from the Edy Detachment, as well as reveals some combat from each mission.  Here is what I was able to establish [...]
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Valkyria Chronices: New DLC: Edy Detachment’s Challenge

By Roy | Published: June 20, 2009
To those of you eagerly anticipating a Valkyria Chronicles sequel (although I think it will be a prequel) it looks like we will be getting one more piece of downloadable content to hold you over.  This particular DLC will be available June 26th in Japan for 300 yen and is being called Edy Detachment’s Challenge. Included [...]
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OMG Toys: Jiraiya Plush and Celga

By Roy | Published: June 11, 2009
The second Persona 4 themed plush being produced by Atlus finally hit the D-Shop.  Like its cousin Izanagi, Jiraiya goes for 2,980 yen, or around $30 USD.  His points of interest are the number of shuriken all over his body, as well as his flowing red “hero” scarf. When I made the last post concerning the [...]
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