It shouldn’t came as any surprise that Quantic Dream would doing this after Heavy Rain’s nude scene controversy. In order to keep Heavy Rain from getting banned in other regions of the world, Quantic Dream is censoring the game, said the game’s exclusive producer.

In an interview pushing Heavy Rain towards the Japanese market, Guillaume de Fondaumiere told viewers that although Heavy Rain is designed for the mature audience, it may not be expected everywhere, and for that, the developer will be censoring it for those regions.

“We wanted to have pretty much the same game everywhere, be it Europe, in the United States, or in Japan, of course, with slight adaptions,” he said. “But I don’t think the changes we made will make a big difference; those are real modular things. We felt the need to adapt the content to the culture.”

Heavy Rain is scheduled to launch early in 2010, exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

Update: The reports are incorrect. According to a picture taken of the magazine (click to view NSFW), Beyonetta didn’t actually get that “prefect score”. Instead, Beyonetta manage at total of 38 points out of 40 – 40 being the highest that any game can receive from the magazine.

Original: While we’re anticipating its release here in the United States, over in Japan, Famitsu has handed Bayonetta a “perfect score” – which isn’t a honor handed out freely by the magazine.

Until today, only eleven (well, now twelve) games have ever been given that honor by the magazine. So this kind of a big deal. However, within the last two years [2008-2009] three games have been given this honor, which leaves one to question the scoring by Famitsu.

[Famitsu Awards Bayonetta A Perfect Score via Kotaku]

While we’re still wondering when, or if, the PlayStation 3 version of Tales of Vesperia would be making its way stateside, Namco Bandai is, already, considering a Tales of Verperia sequel, reports Andriasang.

At a The First Strike event, questions concerning a possible sequel for the original Vesperia popped up. Answering the questions, Makoto Yoshizumi, Namco Bandai Games general manager, said that during staff meetings, the staff would ask him, “Will you be making Vesperia 2?” to which he would respond, “Don’t talk like a fan!”.

“It appears that [within the company] there’s a desire to make part 2,” he said. “We’re thinking about it.” With that said, it looks like the Vesperia story is far from finished with the Xbox 360 version, and the PS3 version, which is only in Japan.

Polyphony Digital certainly won’t be winning any races for releasing Gran Turismo 5, that’s for sure. But, the developer has been kind enough to keep us updated with all the soils featured in Gran Turismo 5. With that said, during the Tokyo Game Show, Sony and Polyphony finally attached a release target for Gran Turismo 5.

Announcing that the racer will mostly launch in Japan come in March 2010. And that the game will mostly release in other regains “not that much later”, says series creator Kazunori Yamauchi.

“I don’t think it’s going to be that much later in the US and Europe,” Yamauchi said. “This is based on our production schedule. The reason why the dates for the US and [European] regions are not decided yet is because their marketing is still discussing their issues. It shouldn’t be too far off from [the Japanese] date for the other regions as well.”

[Gran Turismo 5 probably coming to US, EU in early 2010 - Polyphony via GameSpot]

You ever wonder how Ezio looks like as a man? Well, in the latest Assassin’s Creed II trailer from the Tokyo Game Show it features Ezio as a man, not as a assassin.

In Assassin’s Creed II, Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a young Italian noble who will learn the ways of the assassins after his family was betrayed and he looks to seek vengeance. He is a lady’s man, a free soul with panache yet has a very human side to his personality. Through him, you become a master assassin.

Sony has dropped a massive bombshell for PlayStation Portable owners today. During their TGS press conference, Sony announced a miniature version of PlayStation Home called Room – the two “o”s are actually an infinity symbol (”R∞M”).

“PlayStation Room” (shown above) features avatars, live blogs, photo albums and social networking. Along with, Chat, mini-games, and real-time communication. Room is being tested in Japan right now because Room is more inline to what Japanese gamers want, however, we’re fairly certain that it will come to North America, sometime in the future.

In an interview with 1UP, Jun Takeuchi, Resident Evil 5 producer, stated that other developers are happy about Sony’s wand motion controller technology because it’s now possible for Wii games to be ported onto the PlayStation 3.

“Speaking to other developers in Japan, I’ve heard a few of them say they were delighted by the Sony motion controller because they can just port over their Wii titles to the PS3,” Takeuchi told 1UP. However, this doesn’t confirmed that Capcom’s working on a Wii-to-PS3 port, but this opens the room for a No More Heroes port on PlayStation 3.

Team Ico’s Project Trico recently – I mean that in no sense of the word - received a name face lift, and here’s the reasons as to why. According to Kotaku, Yasuhide Kobayashi, SCEE senior vice president, stated that The Last Guardian (Project Trico) was given a English title so that it would appeal more to the US and European markets.

“There are so many issues we have to solve, and the biggest challenge is that the market in Japan is shrinking — they key is gaining success in the US and Europe,” stated the exec. “At the time of the original PlayStation the Japanese market was one third of the global market, and production costs weren’t that high — so we were able to generate profit from that market alone.”

“But now we’re in the era of the PlayStation 3, and the Japanese market is only one fifth of the global market — when it comes to production costs, those are swelling, so it means that unless we gain success in the overseas market our studio will go bankrupt,” said Kobayashi. “It’s a crisis we recognize.”

During the Final Fantasy XIII premiere party, Square Enix announced the Japanese release date for Final Fantasy XIII, which is this December the 17th. However, we’re located  in America, and we want to know when we’ll be able to get our hands on the game. So here’s the question Square, what’s Final Fantasy XIII’s North American release date?

Answering the question, Yoichi Wada, president and CEO of Square Enix, told the press that they’re aiming for an “international release [next] spring”. But, seeing that he said “international”, not American. This gives hope to the Europeans that they may actually see the game at the same time as Americans, which is a very good thing. Once again, the game has been confirmed for a December 17th release in Japan and goes on sale at about ¥9240.

Announced in Japan last month, Sony Computer Entertainment America announced their newest installment to the growing list of “Entertainment Pack” bundles for the PSP, the Limited Edition Gran Turismo Entertainment Pack for North America.

The limited edition entertainment pack includes a “Mystic Silver” PSP-3000 system, Gran Turismo PSP on UMD, PlayStation Network downloadable movie voucher (title to be announced), a 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, and a music voucher good for 10 downloadable songs from Sony Music Pass. The Entertainment Pack will release on October 20 for $199.99 in North America.

“Gran Turismo is one of the most successful gaming franchises in history, so what better way to mark Gran Turismo’s premiere on the PSP system than by offering it with the only portable device that can deliver its rich, true-to-life graphics and unrivaled driving experience,” said John Koller, Director, Hardware Marketing, SCEA.

Like if you needed more of a reason to watch all of the information that will be coming out of the Tokyo Game Show this year. According to the Examiner, Capcom, one of the biggest game publishers and developers to date, has been teasing on it Twitter of the new titles that it will be revealing at the Tokyo Game Show this year.

“Hard at work on Tokyo Game Show plans,” said the publisher via its twitter feed. “Several new games to be announced in Japan, lots of new content for [Lost Planet 2], [Tatsunoko vs. Capcom], [and Dead Rising 2]. Exciting!” Tokyo Game Show 2009 will be held from September 24 to the 27.

Speaking at a Press Conference in Tokyo last week, Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada stated that a release date for long-awaited Final Fantasy XIII could be revealed in a matter of weeks.

Anyway, Wada told the Japanese press that he would make “an announcement in a few weeks”. However, if you look at the stated time, this could mean that Square Enix is announcing the game’s release at the Tokyo Game Show – scheduled for late September.

The title is due out in Japan this winter, with its Western debut, on PS3 and Xbox 360, expected sometime in 2010. However, we’re hoping to see more on the title at Tokyo because Square has confirmed that the tile will certainly be in attendance.

Donating sales in Japan, Dragon Quest IX has yet to see the bread its success, but if you had yours eye fixated on when you’ll see the game in North America, I have some very important news for you. According to the president of Square Enix, Yoichi Wada, they’ll being looking into bringing Dragon Quest overseas sometime next year.

This news comes when talking about the company’s performance in the first period of the new financial year. However, Dragon Quest has never been an overly popular franchise in North America. It looks like with all its success in Japan, Square Enix may seems to spark interest in North America.

Square Enix has revealed some very shocking info about the development of the 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII. However, it seems to be coming along nicely, considering that it has only been in development for two months.

“Up to the trial demo version that was released [in April] in Japan, [FFXIII] was PS3-only in terms of development,” producer Yoshinori Kitase told Giant Bomb. ”The Xbox 360 version is definitely following after the PS3 version, but [we] were finally able to come to a point in the PS3 development where some of the staff could take their hands off and start programming the 360 version.”

Kitase and fellow producer/designer Motomu Toriyama gave an on-stage demonstration of FFXIII for Xbox 360 during Microsoft’s E3 conference. The pair promised a Western release of spring 2010.

Valkyria Chronicles has seem to have hit gold within the month of April with a huge sales jump from its predecessor month March, skyrocketing the game into best-seller lists, off of store shelves.

In the month of April alone, Valkyria Chronicles sales in North America increased by over 400% from, once again, March.

Half a year after a game is out, being able to say that sales doubled is a fantastic thing – that sales suddenly tripled is even more rare, said SEGA.

The burning hot sales can be attributed to community contests, DLC and the temporary price drop to $30.

During the Sony Keynote in Los Angeles, Jack Tretton of Sony confirmed the development of Final Fantasy XIV: Online, which he revealed will be coming “exclusively” to the PlayStation 3 from the developers over at Square Enix.

Along with that, he also revealed that the game will be releasing in 2010.

If you didn’t know, Square Enix is still developing Final Fantasy XIII - also when at the event.

The much anticipated Capcom title Dead Rising 2 wouldn’t be making an appearance at this years E3 because of the recent Swine Flu outbreak in Osaka, Japan.

“Our Capcom guys are not coming to E3 because of the Japanese government restrictions,” said Capcom’s Chris Kramer, Senior Director of Communications and Community, to kotaku. “The company is taking the advisory very seriously.”

According to Kotaku, Kramer said the company, which is headquartered in Osaka, laid in a supply of surgical masks and hand sanitizers a month or so ago, to try and cut down on possible illness in the company. However, Japan currently advises its citizens to restrict international travel, but people can still travel if they want to. The country has closed more than 4,400 schools, colleges and kindergartens for the week. The first case of the flu in the country was reported in Osaka.

While Dead Rising 2 will no longer be at the show, all of Capcom’s other expected video games will be there, Kramer said. The decision to not show Dead Rising 2 was driven by the fact that Capcom’s Keiji Inafune and other developers based in Japan will not be making the trip.

“Dead Rising 2 is the only game we won’t be able to showcase at E3, because it’s at an early stage of development and the team is not comfortable having anyone else demo the code,” Kramer continued.

Update: Capcoms Chris Kramer has confirmed that this is no rumor and that Tatsunoko vs Capcom will be making it’s way to the U.S.

Original: It’s about time. According to a Nintendo Power article scan, it looks like Capcom is finally ready to bring its crossover fighter Tatsunoko vs. Capcom to United States. A paragraph in the top right corner of the article reads:

“They said it couldn’t happen, but it is! Fighting extravaganza Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is coming to North America.”

As you can see, the scan doesn’t reveal much information about the release, but Capcom has previously stated they wanted to bring the game across seas.  ”The rights holders for Tatsunoko in Japan are one company, but in the U.S. it’s…13 companies – and some are very attentive and some are not,” Capcom community manager Seth Killian recently said.

However, for now this is just a rumor, but with E3 coming up you can never know.

Despite former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki having previously stated that Ninja Gaiden II would be the final entry in the series, in an interview published today on Kikizo, the new leader of Tecmo’s elite Team Ninja development studio, Yosuke Hayashi, revealed that they do have plans to add another title.

“What the gamers are looking for is going to be the next chapter – the future of an outstanding series. We feel that we’re in a position of being able to make that call… That calling is already there – we feel it,” Hayashi stated.

In addition, he revealed that they are thinking of shipping the sequel, or whatever, for as a dual-platform, meaning for both the 360 and PlayStation 3.

Hayashi stated that after Sigma 2, rather than do a 360 version of it, “we’re going to have to push ourselves to the next level, and we are better off giving both audiences an entirely new game. ”

In collaboration of the recent announcement of the North American version of the game, the newest White Knight Chronicles trailer reveals a forgotten secret, which really isn’t a secert thanks to the games title.

White Knight Chronicles begins in the kingdom of Balandor, where a princess’s coming-of-age banquet is raided by an evil Corporation called “Wizard”. A boy called Leonard grabs the princess’s hand and leads her to safety in the castle cellars, where he finds a strange suit of armour that transforms him into the White Knight – an ancient warrior with the strength to defeat the Wizard corporation forces.

As it was revealed in last weeks episode of the Japanese Pokémon television show, it seems that Pokémon Gold and Silver will be remade for the Nintendo DS.

The tenth anniversary remakes will be called Pokémon Heart Gold and Poké Soul Silver – much like Fire Red and Leaf Green Gameboy Advance remakes of Pokémon Redand Pokémon Green.

Originally released on the Gameboy system in November of 1999, expect the DS remakes this autumn in Japan with new elements added.

Today, at the Xbox 360 Spring Press Conference in Tokyo, Yoshihisa Kanesaka of Namco Bandai took the stage to revealed their upcoming game, Magna Carta 2 – which is only releasing on the 360.

Along with the reveal of the game, he also showed the first game play for the game (located below). Magna Carta 2 is expected to release in Japan on 8/6/2009, and Japanese pre-order-ers will get a special visual book for doing so.

However, no word has been given on if we’re going to see an American release, but it’s likely that we are going to be getting one.

Update: We have just been informed that it could be coming  October 2009, which was stated by the games SCEE game page.

Original: When we first gained news that Devil May Cry director Hideki Kamiya was heading a hardcore action title at Platinum Games, we then and there started jumping for joy. But, for the longest time we weren’t sure when and were they were going to release it.

Now, however, we have been informed that at a SEGA press event recently in Japan it was said that Bayonetta will be giving enemy’s big kicks in the face this fall. And here’s were it gets interesting, according to information giving at the event, its do for a ”simultaneous worldwide release for Fall 2009″.

[【セガ新作発表会2009】∞クライマックスアクションここに誕生『BAYONETTA via Inside-Games]

In the shadow of the dating and pricing of the DLC, it now seems that Sega would like to continue the story of ‘Valkyria Chronicles’ in the form of a sequel.

In a report by PS3center, it was revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly, that the games producer Nonaka Ryutaro was ecstatic that Valkyria was embraced by the Japanese public in the way it was. He was also excited about the  anime’s debut, explaining that the anime served as another means to further develop the IP.

However, in light of the recent popularity, Ryutaro told the magazine that he really wanted to do a sequel to the game, and he was adamant about not leaving the game at just one title.

Final Fantasy XIII has been a long time coming and, as you know, Square Enix’s title has a huge burden on its shoulders. With five years of hard work along with time and money invested, the latest full chapter of the Final Fantasy series needs to deliver on all levels.

“There is an unusual sort of pressure on Final Fantasy XIII,” said producer Yoshinori Kitase when speaking to Edge Magazine. “I’d say we need this game to have ten times the success of these smaller titles.”

“But I don’t think that means we’ve compromised in terms of the game design or creativity in any way. Indeed, the development of the game has very much followed in the tradition of the previous titles in the series, welcoming input from the full range of development staff.”

FFXIII has been in development for about five years now. The demo will be out in Japan later this month.

[EDGE Magazine via EDGE]

Besides Sony’s claims that “nobody will ever use 100 percent of [the PlayStation 3's] capability.” It now seems that Square-Enix producer, Yoshinori Kitase, claims that Final Fantasy XIII has maxes out all the capability of the system.

In an interview with Japanese magazine Dengeki PlayStation 3, Kitase, when being asked about how much power the Final Fantasy XIII demo uses, he had this to say.

“Doesn’t the demo use about 50 percent of its power? Of course, I think the retail version will make use of nearly 100 percent,” he told the magazine.

He went on to say that the game will make use of all the PS3’s hardware power much like Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X made use of the PlayStation and the PlayStation 2, respectively. Kitase added that there won’t be any disc swap issues due to Blu-ray and the PS3’s hard drive.

This news only makes one wonder, what does this mean for the 360 version of the game?

["Final Fantasy XIII Uses Nearly 100 Percent of PS3 Power" via Kotaku]

It makes prefect sense that we’d be getting the sequel to one of the best DS games of last year, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, it was just about a matter of time until the announce it for our regain.

At the Game Developer Conference, Level 5 head of publishing Akihiro Hino told the audience, when being asked, he wants all six Layton games to eventually come out in the U.S. and Europe. If we do the math, this means that there are six Layton games in the works – one of them being the recently revealed Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute.

Ending on that statement, he also revealed that the are currently working on on the localized version of Diabolical Box, and they hope to release it in the next six months.

Update: Well,  the games producer, Toshihiro Nogashi, revealed on his personal blog that the game has sold over 300,000 units in its first week.

Original: Well, it looks like the game is a true success in Japan because Enterbrain, the publisher of Famitsu, has revealed that Yakuza 3 has sold over 232,000 units in Japan on its first day.

This means that it’s between Metal Gear Solid 4 (465,000) and White Knight Story (207,000) when it comes to first day sales. Also, the series spin off, Yakuza Kenzan, sold only 181,000 copies during its first week on the marketing, meaning that this game has surpassed it.

[[MAJ] Yakuza 3 : c’est déjà un succès via Jeux-Actu]

Update: This is only for the European version of the game. There’s no word on if the other versions will be getting the same treatment.

Update 2: It’s still very unsure which version of the game this is for, but we all know it’s not the US version, sigh.

Update 3: This is for the Japanese version of the game following the release of the game on February 26. We are sorry about that, we had though for a second that the game was already released Japan.

Original: The game hasn’t released in the United States, yet, but it seems that SEGA has the downloadable content all figured out. When speaking on the games DLC, SEGA has confirmed its plan for releasing the future downloadable content for Yakuza 3 in a very elaborate manner.

Starting March 5, Sega will offer eight consecutive weeks of extra content for the game. Over the eight week period a total of 29 pieces of content, ranging from special missions to item packs, will make it out to players.

Recently announced to be headed towards North America, Level-5 has informed us that additional content for White Knight Chronicles will be available in Japan tomorrow.

According to them, the content will be entitled “Futatsu no Hôgeki” and it is the second online content made for the title.

After revealing a some other important information about the game, they revealed that it is recommended for players of a level 9 and 46 minimum, along with that  they also say that the pack is completely free

Some of us already knew that it was coming, but it is never good to jump the gun, even if many of us are hasty to babble, “I knew it”. “But, with time, comes great reward.” A great man once told us, and it’s about time that we gain our reward.

In a recent interview with GameTrailers, CEO and president of Level 5, Akihiro Hino, revealed that White Knight Chronicles will indeed be headed to North America. But, he wasn’t quick to give out a release date, or target.

He also said that American gamers may get the chance to play with Japanese gamers online. “We haven’t decided,” he said samply when asked about the possibility of it being region free.

But, one the other hand, if news of the games low scores in Japan spread like wild fire, they may have a problem with selling the title in the North America.

Probably one of the most under-appreciated titles in 2008 – it even won many “Most Overlooked” Awards – it makes sense that the title would be getting a re-release in the part of the world that RPGs are most dominant. After all, there were many reports that the game was not selling well in North America.

Now, however, it looks like Sega is scheduling a budgeted re-release of Valkyria Chronicles in Japan on March 5, and the game will include the Edie Nelson mission(s), which is currently only available via download on the Japanese PlayStation Store. The price has also dropped down to 3,990 yen, which is just about $44 U.S, give or take.

There is no word on if the title will re-release in North America, but there is a strong change that they will benefit from such a move. This will also help the popularity of the title in Japan, but this time let hope that they advertise the game better.

The Nintendo Wii is the fastest selling video game console ever made and still is continuing to grow, sale-wise, but it looks like the Nintendo Wii, itself, isn’t finished growing. As you may already know, Nintendo’s plan for its console is to generate more revenue from content.

And to help it’s reach its goal, Nintendo is planning to launch a TV program on its console called Wiinoma in Japan by the end of this year. Along with it, comes plans for an international expansion.

The program will be available to those with both a Wii console and an internet connection, and will feature cartoons, cookery programs, brain-training quizzes and lifestyle shows. The company has plans to make most of the content free, but there will also be some pay-per-view content via Wii Points.

As you can probably see, this is going to cause some worries between Japanese television executives because this is just a next step in the Wii becoming, “the centre-piece of the living room”.

For the past 15 months, or so, Famitsu, a popular gaming magazine in Japan, had polled its readers on which game they are anticipating the most.  For a long Fifteen months Final Fantasy XIII (13) dominated the results, that is until now.

According to PSU, the beloved, once Sony exclusive, Final Fantasy XII’s number one spot has been hijacked for a much, apparently, more beloved Japanese franchise for its upcoming game, Dragon Quest IX, which is on the Nintendo DS.

However, PSU says that PlayStation 3 holds 6 of the 15 spots, which is almost half of the titles on the list. So basically, the system has more titles anticipated in Japan then any other system.

But, one would come to think that this is because of the game “system hopping” onto the both the PS3 and 360, but because its lead was for so long, even after they had made the announcement, it has to be something else.

So could this mean that the Japanese public is sick of Final Fantasy, and it’s a sea on barely any information?

Update: We have been miss informed, apparently the original shipment was 250,000 copies and the game only sold about 132,000 copies.

Original: This is a real reason why Level-5 should be celebrating. After almost a super disappointing review score by popular Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, it seems that the Japanese public really knows what it wants.

According to a Japanese sales list, White Knight Chronicles has sold almost 100K copys in Japan in just one day. And because of the games popular demand in Japan an emergency shipment has been ordered.

However, because it is the holidays, Retailers have been reminded that because it the end of the year sale will most likely be slow.

As you probably can see, this is a really big marking point in the console war - mainly because games really don’t sell by that much in Japan in one day. Which makes this a very strong entry in Japan for Sony in the New Year.

Ninja Blade has always been about action and, lucky, for all its fans in Japan, they will be getting the chance to sample that action very soon.

Today, FROM Software has announced that Ninja Blade will be getting a demo, or as they like to call it, a free trial in “sequential” delivery on December 29 on the Japanese Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

The demo start off in a modern-day version Tokyo called the “SHINE-MATIKKUA-KUSHONGEMU stage”, as it was translated. At the being of the sage players will take the role of the main character, which swoop down from the high-rise buildings and fights the enemy in “dive-action”.

Anyway, there was on information given on a North American version of the demo, or any onther version of the demo.

Many of us already know the true power of Nintendo in the gaming market, but what was a real shocker, was the amount that Nintendo DSi, the newest model of the Nintendo DS, sold by in Japan. So this news should come as no shocker.

Today, in the pages of Enterbrain, the publisher of Famitsu, we learn that the Nintendo DSi has already passed more than a million units in Japan, after making it market debut on November 1.

The company, Nintendo, reveals the numbers to the point, according to them the DSi has sold about 1,062,416 units so far, compared to the DS Lite which has sold about 17,348,252 and the DS which sold 6,449,206 to date.

Normally, Dragon Ball games have a generic fighting system and they do not seem to differ with their predecessors. But, that looks like if it’s all about to change on the DS, once again.

Following in the same steps as Dragon Ball: Origins, a Dragon Ball game for the DS (not Dragon Ball Z), Namco Bandai have revealed, in the pages of Shonen Jump, the return of Goku on to the DS.

Dragon Ball Z Story: Saiyajin Raishû, as it called in Japan, is a RPG which you meet all known heroes from the Dragon Ball Z seires – Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Krilin, and Yamcha.

Anyway, even if the scenario has not yet been official announced, we know however that it opens in a martial arts tournament. And judging by the artwork, first revealed by the Japanese magazine, it will be held during the first of the serie. Release scheduled is for next spring in Japan.

Rumors have been circling around as of late that Nintendo has a WiiHD system in development and has been showing it off to a few select people. After all the speculation recently increased when analyst Michael Pachter said that he is “absolutely convinced” that the system is out there. Shigeru Miyamoto was recently interviewed by 3sat and the topic of discussion was about the rumored Wii HD console. Here’s his comments on the rumored Wii HD console:

“…I’m afraid we cannot confirm what we are doing today. But the fact of the matter is that technology is evolving all the time and in Japan, for example…All the analog broadcast will be stopped and shifted into the digital broadcasting. So many things are taking place and we are working in terms of the changes of the technologies all the time.” said Miyamoto.

[Miyamoto comments on Wii HD rumors via Nintendo Everything]

The system many not be that popular in the eye’s of some North America people, but in Japan it just shows how key Nintendo is to them. Today, according to the popular Japanese gaming website, Famitsu, Nintendo DSi sold over 170,779 in about two days of the system being released in Japan. They go on to report that the first shipment sold in just a number of minutes. And that by comparison Nintendo DS and lite sold in total domestic sales 23,624,419 units and by the introduction of Nintendo DSi, Nintendo looks to add to that munber.

[ニンテンドーDSiが発売2日間で17万779台を販売（エンターブレイン調べ） via Famitsu]

As it was stated in many reports over the last week, Street Fighter IV will not be spending this holiday season, in Japan, under a tree. In a press event held in Tokyo, Capcom release its plans to reveal Street Fighter IV in Japan in February of ‘09 on both on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The direct release date for the game is still waiting to be know in the United States, but still we can’t wait to play the game in the U.S. This news was released to the public in a fighting game press event by Capcom in Tokyo, just for you guys that missed it in my other article.

As many of us may know, it’s a holiday in Japan and Capcom as held a little gathering for their fans for a big fighting event in Tokyo’s Shinagawa area. At the event the company revealed the return and embodiment of Viewtiful Joe. According to them, the classic GameCube hero will return as a playable as a Wii character in Tatsunoko VS. Capcom. Well, that’s what Capcom confirmed during a special stage event for the title, which was stated in a report from Dengeki Online. Capcom also announced two other newcomers for the Wii version Saki from Quiz Nanairo Dreams and Ippatsuman.

[ビューティフルジョーやイッパツマンも参戦決定！ 『タツカプ』SPステージレポ via Dengeki Online]

Update: Here’s something that I would hope would keep you happy (click on text).

The game is yet to release in North American stores, but yet it has been in Japan for sale for the pass few months. And recently, a new chapter of Valkyria Chronicles hit the PS3 network in Japan. The update focuses on Servelia, one of the games main characters, leading an Imperial force into Gallian territory. The pack is available in Japan of the price of 800 yen and it is going to be preceded by two other optional updates, Operation Edie for 600 yen and the Hard EX mode for 300 yen. The game was original set to be released in October, but because of SEGA changing their mind the game will be releasing this month.

[New Content for Valkyria Chronicles via RPGamer]

We all could have seen this one coming from a mile away, but it was all just about the matter of timing and that time was at TGS. Today, at TGS at Microsoft’s keynote, they confirmed that Sony’s hit fighting game Tekken will be making a landing onto the Xbox 360 sometime next autumn for the games sixth installment, Tekken 6. Also like I said before it’s all about a matter of time and by the way things are looking you can only wonder what other game will be making it’s way on to the Xbox 360.

Whether on Xbox 360 or Wii Dead Rising remains the same and knowing Capcom they just can’t ever leave their fans empty handed. That’s why according to the latest issue of the famous Japaneses mag, Famitsu, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop will make an appearance on the Wii in February 2009 in the land of the Rising Sun, which just happens to be Japan. The game was recent announced to feature 100 enemy’s on screen, which isn’t as much as the 360 version. This is because, as you may already know, the Wii can’t push as much as the 360 can but this is only graphic-wise.

It’s about time, when the Wii was released back in 2007 it was like hell to get your hands on a Wii, and you know what, it still is. According to Kotaku, during their press conference in San Francisco this morning Nintendo assured that the Wii and DS Lite would be in ample supply this holiday season.

“We have new games and new experiences for every kind of player this holiday season, and that will certainly fuel increased interest in Wii and Nintendo DS,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “While there’s no way to gauge total demand for our hardware systems, we’re trying to satisfy as many of those players as possible.”

The Wii has always hard to get a hold off main because everyone wants a Wii because of it’s motion sensibly and super fun games. Also the Nintendo DS was mainly always in ample supply and with this announcement it looks like it will be pretty easy for you to get your hands on DS this holiday season along with a Wii.

From Software has confirmed in the pages of the popular gaming magazine Famitsu this week with it’s plans to unveil a new project based on the license Tenchu. According to Famitsu, the game will be released on October 8 at the cost of 800 Microsoft Points. This game was rumored sometime back to be a multi-platform I’m unsure how this rumor was put down, but seeing since there isn’t much information our sources state that this is mostly true. Tenchu is a popular stealth action ninja game that is a hit in both Japan and America.

Alright. On Thursday, Capcom released a shareholder report, which stated that they will no longer be willing to make anymore platform exclusives for all three of the system that are right now out on the market. I know it was hard to believe at the time, but… Yeeah, you get the point. Now, once’s again thanks to the guys over a Nintendo Everything we can sleep happier. According to them, Capcom doesn’t want you to worry about the shareholder report and what was stated from it.

“Relax. I think the materials pretty much speak for themselves and we’re continuing to support all consoles with appropriate content,” said Capcom’s Christian Svnesson. “It just means things that in the past would have been timed exclusives to a single platform will no longer be exclusive to a single platform. It’s just better business decisions at play. I don’t think fans have anything to worry about. That said, I know nothing I say will keep people from freaking out, screaming ‘the sky is falling, OMG!’ So feel free to carry on assuming the worst. I suspect you’ll be pleasantly surprised if you do so.”

According to a report by EFluxMedia, in 2003 Microsoft closed a deal with Immersion concerning business and IP licensing arrangements. According to the terms of the sub-license agreement, Microsoft was entitled to at least $15 million from any Sony payment over $100 million, plus 25 percent of any amount over $100 million up to $150 million.

Because back in 2002, Immersion filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and Sony over Xbox and PlayStation game controllers, which Microsoft agreed to pay $26 million at the time in order to settle the lawsuit. But, last year Sony was forced to pay to pay a total of $121 million to Immersion.

“We entered into a binding licensing agreement with Immersion and are seeking to have that agreement honored,” - Said Microsoft at the time the arrangements where made.

I think it’s time to stop jumping around. According to a live blogging thing over at IGN , Square Enix exec Shinji Hashimoto said that “they will complete the PS3 version in Japan, then start a localization for the US and Europe while they start development on the 360 version.”

Many people many not understand that this means, it means a longer wait time in the U.S., not even a so called delay, it more feels like a super delay if you ask me. So why did they announce the game this early in it’s development? Because they think it’s a good idea for you to wait until the game comes out so that they can build the hype up.

According to a scan revealed by Jeux-France, the development of Final Fantasy Versus XIII is currently at a stand by because Square Enix’s PlayStation team where sent to work on Final Fantasy XIII.

[Final Fantasy Versus XIII en images via Jeux-France]

Mistwalker has announced the date for the next set of downloadable content for the Japanese version of Lost Odyssey. The DLC is set for availability on April 10, the 89 megabyte download will give players access to a new dungeon.

The new dungeon takes place in the remains of an underground test facility and involves Kaim and his buddies mortal and immortal seeking out the nature of the top secret research that had been going on there. Those who explore this dungeon, who’s entrance requires a trip under the sea, will find a new boss character and some rare accessories. This third piece of download content for the RPG epic will run players 400 Microsoft Points.

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