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Important Importables: Shin Megami Tensei
When people think of the Shin Megami Tensei series started by Atlus, they probably first think of the PlayStation versions of Revelations: Persona or Persona 2 as the start of the series. It isn’t their fault, really. After all, for people in North America, that was probably their first encounter with Shin Megami Tensei. However, the series has been along for much longer than that. It all began with Megami Tensei, which eventually underwent a…
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Black Friday 2009: Half Price Books promotions
Half Price Books may not have any specific sale deals, but it is offering a number of Black Friday 2009 promotions based on when you come in, what you purchase and how much you purchase.
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Important Importables: 100 interesting games you must import to play
Important Importables celebrates its 100th column by listing 100 interesting games you can only play if you import them from Japan or Europe. Each game is accompanied by a brief description.
Console Classix relaunch results in more gaming options for users
If you’re without a Wii, it also means you’re without Virtual Console, one of the few means of playing classic video games you may not be able to play anymore. Fortunately, websites exist online where you can subscribe to get access to these games and play via your computer, and… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Celebrate Hello Kitty’s 35th anniversary with 35 Hello Kitty games
On November 1, 2009, Hello Kitty celebrates her 35th birthday. Funny, she doesn’t look that old. It’s also her twin sister Mimmy’s birthday too, but she’s not the famous one so nobody really cares about her. She’s just part of the entourage. Anyways, in honor of Hello Kitty’s 35th, Important… Continue Reading »
The 5 best Tales Of… games ever released stateside
Namco Bandai’s Tales of series hasn’t been developed in North America, Europe and other regions the way it has in Japan. We’ve never seen any of the DS entries (Tales of Tempest/Tales of Innocence/Tales of Hearts), didn’t catch the Game Boy Advance Narikiri Dungeon or Summoner’s Lineage spin-offs and weren’t… Continue Reading »
Getting in the 9/9/09 mood with nine appropriately titled games
Today is one of those special days. It’s September 9, 2009. Seems ordinary enough, unless you look at it like this: 9/9/09. People are throwing special parties, the movie 9 opens in theaters today, Apple’s releasing the Beatles’ music catalog digitally today, Beatles Rock Band debuts and a select number… Continue Reading »
A look at the allure of Harvest Moon
The Harvest Moon games are something special. They’ve developed a devoted cult following, which people who have never experienced the games may not understand. Especially since, on the surface, each game seems to be pretty much the same. Natsume obviously gets it, as the series is probably it’s best known… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Sugar Sugar Rune games
When manga or anime series become popular, they’re almost guaranteed a video game release. When a series is incredibly popular, they’ll spawn multiple games. Since many of these series don’t achieve the same level of recognition outside of Japan, this means that people in other regions of the world will… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Angel Collection: Mezase! Gakuen no Fashion Leader review for GBA
When you look back on a one of your favorite games from the past, fondness and memories are bound to make it seem better than it really was. Thankfully, that’s only partially true for Angel Collection a Japanese Game Boy Advance game for girls that was one of the first… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 review for GBA
Many people get caught up with the region-free DS and PSP games, but often forget that Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games are region-free as well. Since the DS is backwards compatible with GBA games, that means a whole extra library of import games is available.… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: bit Generations
Even if you think you know nothing about bit Generations, those who have played the recent Art Style games through WiiWare have already been introduced to the series. Nintendo has taken inspiration from those earlier games and retooled/recycled them as Art Style WiiWare and DSiWare games. The original bit Generations… Continue Reading »
10 GBA series that make the DS’s GBA slot worthwhile
Those of us with an original DS or DS lite have probably been focusing solely on DS games lately. It’s understandable. It seems like there’s are at least five new, great games released for the DS each month. But the GBA slot deserves some appreciation as well. After all, the… Continue Reading »
Black Friday 2009
Black Friday is almost here! Gadgetell's got you covered with all the latest news on who's offering the best deals. Dangerous crowds? You're on your own.
Live Coverage of E3 2009
The Gamertell team brings us live coverage from the E3 Expo.
Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.







