Full FeedImportant Importables: The wonderful Tokyo Game Show
In North America, E3 is the king of video game trade shows. In Japan, it’s all about the Tokyo Game Show. Held every fall, the Tokyo Game Show is the place to see the latest and most anticipated video games in Japan. The 2009 Tokyo Game Show spans four days… Continue Reading »
Japanese Import: Dengeki Girl’s Style, the otome fan’s bi-monthly magazine
Japan is a country that specializes in niches and otome (games directed at female gamers) games are no exception. Since otome games are such a common commodity among the female population of gamers, there’s even a magazine wholly dedicated to it called Dengeki Girl’s Style. Dengeki Girl’s Style finds it… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Idolm@ster
One of Namco Bandai’s most popular series in Japan is a game that will most likely never see a release outside of the country. I’m talking about Idolm@ster, a game which casts players as producers and tasks them with discovering and creating the next singing sensation. The reason it will… Continue Reading »
Final Fantasy XIII is finally its way (in Japan)
There’s finally a light at the end of the tunnel for Final Fantasy fans who’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Final Fantasy XIII. Even better, it’ll be out on the PS3 this year. The Japanese debut is December 17, 2009, and it was announced at the Final Fantasy XIII… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Famitsu
Anyone who’s a serious fan of video games and a frequent reader of video game related blogs or magazines undoubtedly knows the name Famitsu. While it is a Japan-exclusive publication, the magazine is known as one of the premiere in its field. A sort of Holy Grail for those searching… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Pokemon Centers
Wondering where to stop the next time you’re vacationing in Japan? Perhaps a trip to a Pokemon Center is in order. Even if you aren’t a fan of the series, which has become one of Nintendo’s most popular handheld franchises, it’s still a place worth checking out, if only for… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Ponyo movie review
Handdrawn, 2D animation is an endangered art form. Most films are now made with computers and companies have a habit of releasing everything in 3D. Thankfully, Studio Ghibli is still doing things the old fashioned way. The company’s latest film, Ponyo, is among its most beautiful, and is a new… Continue Reading »
Important Importables: Nanashi no Game review for DS
While North American and European gamers have been seeing the typical Square Enix fare recently, that is Final Fantasy ports/spin-offs/entries, the perpetuation of existing series like Kingdom Hearts and the occasional new title like The World Ends with You, Japan’s been seeing more unusual items. Nanashi no Game the first… 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 »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
