Happy New Year!
æãã¾ãã¦ããã§ã¨ããããã¾ãï¼ Yes, "Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!" Hope you all had fun counting down to the new year last night (if you're in the West!) Over here, we had winds blowing over 70mph with rain to go with it so the celebrations in town had to be cancelled for safety reasons....
The Japanese don't really celebrate Christmas and today they continue to work but, they do seem to get more celebrations! At least more than us in the UK anyway! Meanwhile over at my place in the UK, it's completely silent outside. No cars or people walking by just houses lit up. It was still really packed in the town centre this afternoon...
At the concert that's to be held on March 24th next year (in Japan, of course!), Falcom fans will be able to listen to live versions of songs such as... To Make the End of Battle (Ys)
Hoshi no Arika [Where the Star is] (ED6:FC)
Gin no Ishi, Kin no Tsubasa [Silver Will, Golden Wings] (ED6:SC) And also tunes from the latest "Ys Origin". All...
Yes, you can now have the girls on your credit card too if you dare in celebration of Dead or Alive's 10th anniversary. As part of launch campaign, applicants can get a "DoA 10th Anniversary Original Trading Card" featuring the same character as the one they chose for their credit card. As registered users make use of their new credit...
Today, December 17th will mark the 20th anniversary of Capcom's Rockman (Megaman) series of games that started way back on the NES since 1987. On the official JP Rockman site you can download a special wallpaper to join in the celebration! The Ryuusei no Rockman site has also been updated with a new "New Year" wallpaper...
Nintendo Wii
- A console that anyone including adults can enjoy everyday.PS3
- Delivering entertainment that brings emotions.XBOX 360
- Great variety of content and freely selectable online services. I really don't know how the Japanese manage to queue near 4 hours for a shot of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. They either...
Yes, this month will be the "Dead or Alive" series 10th anniversary with the release of "Dead or Alive 4" for the Xbox 360. Now with the upcoming "DoA Xtreme 2", a commemoration event will be held in Akiba this Thursday. The top 3 winners of the Beach Volley Time Attack contest can win themselves some goodies featuring the characters from...
More titles that has the Japanese people queuing early and again, Famitsu took some photos of the queues outside the Yodobashi store in Shinjuku with over 150 people queued up by 9AM. And then of course, there was also the countdown event that was taking place at the Shinjuku Station just before 8AM. 500 people were already waiting in...
And we can't forget about Capcom's own TGS site... Here you'll find screenshots and trailers of the upcoming Gyakuten Saiban 4 and Mega Man Star Force (Ryuusei no Rockman). Looks like Capcom's giving away some mini prizes in draws too including ten Gyakuban 4 postcards and a promotional TGS 2006 DVD....
Capcom is setting up an online gaming portal site "Daletto" (meaning "door" in Hebrew) in cooperation with the network company "Dragon Group". One of the featured MMORPGs will be "Monster Hunter Frontier" for the PC. Not much details have been announced at TGS but, the game will expand on the contents of Monster Hunter 2 which was...