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Hayarigami Port Coming to Nintendo DS in Japan

By Roy | Published: April 21, 2009
Were you confused by the title of this game? Does this confusion feel the same as when you downloaded a bizarre bonus character in Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice named Kogure Souichirou? Don’t worry, the two are related. Hayarigami was a horror adventure game first released for the PS2 back in 2004 in Japan.  It [...]
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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Premiere Event

By Roy | Published: April 13, 2009
On April 11th and 12th, Square Enix held a special event for the upcoming release of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete in Ginza.  Members of the press, people in the industry and a few lucky bastards who won a raffle were all invited.  There, the movie was shown in all its reformatted glory.  In [...]
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OMGachapon Toys: Seventh Dragon

By Roy | Published: April 10, 2009
Recently Takara Tomy A.R.T.S unveiled a new line of gachapon toys modeled after chibi versions of various characters in Sega’s Nintendo DS title Seventh Dragon.  Takara Tomy is known for producing a wide array of toys in Japan, most notable perhaps is their line of collectible Pokémon figures. The Seventh Dragon series will be released in [...]
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Square Enix: Packaging Error

By Roy | Published: April 1, 2009
In a huge packaging error on Square Enix’s part, hundreds of copies of Advent Children Complete sent to various media companies for review included full and complete copies of Final Fantasy XIII.  Each copy was intended to include a demo version which featured only some gameplay and a few cut scenes. Of the 372 copies distributed, [...]
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Disgaea 3: The Complete Guide Japanese Revised Edition

By Roy | Published: March 25, 2009
My Disgaea 3 file looks significantly different before and after the DLC that NIS released.  In Japan, where the DLC has pretty much been wrapped up, Ascii Media Works (the company behind Dengeki) has announced that the original guide for Disgaea 3 is being revised and re-released to included the new DLC. The supplemental contents total [...]
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