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Half-Minute Hero has rather humble beginnings. It began life as a brief, 1mb freeware game by developer UUE. Marvelous Entertainment saw the potential for a full game there, expanded it and turned it into Yuusha 30. The Hero 30 mode is nearly identical to the original game, and additional Evil… Continue Reading »

Good news for Ignition Entertainment! Marvelous Entertainment has once again given the company the opportunity to bring a stunning new Wii game to North America. Ignition has just announced that it will be translating, localizing and releasing Arc Rise Fantasia, a RPG from Luminous Arc creators Image Epoch, in summer,… Continue Reading »

Good news for farming fans, another Harvest Moon DS game is in the pipeline. Never mind that North America still hasn’t gotten Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands or Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar (Bokujou Monogatari: Youkoso Kaze no Bazaar e), that can’t keep us from getting excited about Harvest… Continue Reading »

Rune Factory Frontier is a direct sequel to the original Rune Factory DS game. Thankfully, having played Rune Factory isn’t crucial to players’ enjoyment of Rune Factory Frontier. All you really need to know is this - in the DS game Raguna was an amnesiac who came to the town… Continue Reading »

One of the most highly anticipated Wii games of the year, Muramasa: The Demon Blade is receiving an extravagent release party. On Saturday, September 5, 2009, from 12-3pm, the Nintendo World Store at 10 Rockefeller Plaza is all about Muramasa. Everyone’s invited to the release party, but try to make… Continue Reading »

The DS seems tailor made for adventure games, given the touch screen control options, and yet very few have been made available for the system. Sure, there are titles like Trace Memory, Time Hollow and Lux-Pain, but releases like that are infrequent. Thankfully, XSEED has stepped up to the plate… Continue Reading »

If you were worried about Muramasa: The Demon Blade after hearing that Vanillaware’s game was no longer going to published by XSEED, worry no longer. It turns out that the game’s US release hasn’t been axed. Marvelous is just working with another publisher. The game has changed hands and been… Continue Reading »

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Visual novels haven’t really caught on in North America and other regions like they have in Japan. The genre, which is a bit like playing a video game choose-your-own-adventure novel, is quite popular overseas, but the so far the Phoenix Wright games are the only ones to find success outside… Continue Reading »

What do you get when you combine the action and puzzles of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Zelda, with the collection elements of Pokemon and the socializing from Harvest Moon or Persona 4? Avalon Code. And that isn’t even mentioning all of the mini-game aspects. Matrix Software, Marvelous Entertainment and… Continue Reading »

There’s an influx of DS RPGs coming. It started this month with Blue Dragon Plus and Dragon Quest V, and is going to continue throughout the next few months. The next game in the surge is the March 10, 2009 release Avalon Code, from Matrix Software, Marvelous Entertainment and XSEED… Continue Reading »