Tower of Shadows

Tower of Shadows is an action platform game where you control an invisible boy’s shadow. You moves along the environment shadows solving puzzles and defeating enemies. A rather cool concept but too bad its for the Wii.

[Related link]
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/08/27/a-tower-of-shadow-trailer/

Greetings! « PlatinumGames Inc.

PlatinumGames Inc has a new community website on WordPress.com VIP hosting servers. Hideki Kamiya has writted a long blog post on the main female character in Bayonetta. I am excited that they are doing all they can to reach a wider international audience. I am looking forward to Bayonetta and Madworld.

Nintendo Winter Games 2008 Japan

Gamekyo has posted a bunch of trailers for the upcoming Winter games catalog for Nintendo Wii and DSi.

Some Games of interest:
Wii:

• Let’s Tap
• Tsukano vs Capcom
• 428
• Happy Dance Collection
• Wii Fit

DS / DSi

• Professor Layton
• Tales of Hearts
• Chrono Cross

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nintendo-japanese-winter-wii-software-catalog-2008-part-1.html
nintendo-japanese-winter-wii-software-catalog-2008-part-2.html

TGS2008: Yuji Naka Shows Lets Tap

Dailymotion Video Let’s Tap

Here is one final update for TGS 2008 a little late. Let’s Tap is an interesting Wii game from ex-sega sonic creator Yuji Naka for the Wii that even Penguins can play! (Offcial Site)

TGS 2008: Let’s Tap – Yuji Naka

Yuji Naka unveils his latest game at Tokyo Game Show "Let’s Tap" the game that even penguins can play. Check out the video at Gamekyo.

http://gamekyo.com/videoen13364_yuji-naka-unveils-let-s-tap-part-1.html

[TGS 2008] Day 2 Updates – Game PV

SONY PS3

White Knight Chronicles Press Conference

View More White Knight Videos:

Streming Video: http://gamekyo.com/videoen13314_white-knight-story-press-conference-at-tgs-2008.html

via NeoGaf

Conference videos

http://cdn.jp.playstation.com/tgs08/…irokishi01.wmv
http://cdn.jp.playstation.com/tgs08/…irokishi02.wmv
http://cdn.jp.playstation.com/tgs08/…irokishi03.wmv

Official website updated:
http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/shirokishi/

 

Ryu-Gagotoku 3 – 20 Min Presentation (Yakuza3) 

Kiriya is back to kick ass again in the underworld. Lots of Cool mini-games like Golf (My Favourite) and even Hostess Customisation!

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41278.html

 

Wii / DS

No More Heroes 2

SUDA51 No more Hereos Video Announcement

Streaming Video: http://gamekyo.com/videoen13311_no-more-heroes-2-the-video-announcement-by-suda-51.html

 

Ninokuni First Video!
Streaming Video: http://gamekyo.com/videoen13312_ninokuni-first-video.html

 

Suikoden Tierkreis

Konami RPG for DS!

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/41306.html

[TGS 2008] Day 1 Updates – Game PV

Small update for TGS 2008 lots of great titles announced. 1 thing I noticed is that some of the Japanese Games trailers are made with western audiences in mind. Meaning they will be released overseas. Japanese Game companies do have to appleal to a wider audience now.

[TGS 2008] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echos of Time

A new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Game, named ‘Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echos of Time’ for Wii and DS by Square-Enix. View the trailer at Gametrailers or the offcial Square-Enix site. Cute Character designs and such. The Game utilises the internally developed Pollux Enigne for cross platform development for Wii and DS.

[ext links]

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ffcc/eot/

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40901.html

LEVEL5 Vision 2008 – Wrap up [Report]

Here is a wrap up of the LEVEL 5 Vision 2008 Event. Kind of a Bummer that ROIDS is a virtual Console.

Sky Crawlers Wii – [PV]

Check out this PV video on YouTube for the upcoming Wii game based on Mamoru Oshii’s latest anime film the Sky Crawlers. I like the music already.

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YouTube

Tecmo Autumn Press Briefing 2008

Tecmo held its Autumn press briefing and state that team ninja is working on 3 new games perhaps more info at TGS? They also showed off some of the current titles coming out soon Nostalgeo, Nishimura 2 and Rygar (Wii).

[via Watch Impress]

[http://www.gpara.com/pickupnews/news/080903_tecmo/]

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テクモのホームページ
http://www.tecmo.co.jp/
「ノスタルジオの風」公式サイト
http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/nostalgeo/
「DS西村京太郎サスペンス2 新探偵シリーズ『金沢・函館・極寒の峡谷 復讐の影』」公式サイト
http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/nishimura2/
□「アルゴスの戦士 マッスルインパクト」公式サイト
http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/argus_mi/

Sonic Unleashed e3 2008 Video

Speed burst in for video

Shiren Wanderer 3 Wii

Shiren Wanderer 3 Wii

Youtube Shiren Wander 3 Trailer
[不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン3からくり屋敷の眠り姫 紹介ムービー Wii] Wikipedia

Check out the Wii game Shiren Wanderer 3 by Chunsoft and Published by sega

Suzumiya haruhi Wii

More screens of the Wii version of Suzumiya Haruhi, Looks like there is a dancing Mini-game. screems from famitsu

Capcom Removed Clover studio Credits List – Okami Wii

I am appalled and disappointed with Capcom (not Ready at Dawn they did a good job of the port) for Removing the original Staff credits of Clover studio for the Wii version of Okami. Hideki Kamiya in his latest english blog post confirmed and was saddened with the Wii version having his name and staff Credits removed after the ending.

I really love this game its different and kicks every other games in visuals, story and leaving a lasting impression. As an artist I saddened this has happened. For me Okami is best played on the original system it was launched on the Stellar PS2! If you really want to respect the artists and staff that have worked had for this game, do yourself a favor and get the PS2 version to play. I am sure its cheaper than the Wii version.

Kamiya here.

The other day, I was surfing the net looking at some sites and I was a bit shocked and disappointed by what I found… Apparently, in Okami for the Nintendo Wii, released last week in the US, the staff credits after the ending have been cut from the game. The fan comments that I read were in English, so I wasn’t sure if I was misunderstanding things, but our localization staff checked into the issue and confirmed it as fact.

I don’t know the details behind why the staff roll was cut… But what do you all think about the issue? I’m not disappointed because my name was removed from the game. Of course, we all have pride in our work; we all want to stand up and say “I made this!” Yet more importantly, I find it extremely regrettable that the omoi that went into the staff roll is gone from the game as well. (Translator’s note: The Japanese word – 想い – omoi – is best defined as a combination of thoughts, emotions, and messages. I’ve left it in Japanese as I feel it better suits Kamiya-san’s intentions.)

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