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Japanese Hardware Sales Tally
Tally ho! So to speak. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has released hardware sales figures for Japan. More »2009's Top Five Selling Games in Japan
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Japan's biggest gaming publication, Famitsu, has polled a handful of readers (and retailers) about what news they thought made the most substantial impact during last year. More »Tetsuya Nomura Working On Two Unannounced Titles
Talk about a busy guy. Tetsuya Nomura worked as main character designer on Final Fantasy XIII, director and designer for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and ditto for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. More »Final Fantasy XIII Gives PS3 Its Biggest Week In Japan, Passes 1.5 Million
Looks like Square Enix's newest numbered Final Fantasy is off to a good start, giving the PlayStation 3 a not-too-surprising surge in sales in Japan, according to early figures from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. More »Dead Or Alive: Paradise Brings DOA Girls To PSP
According to word from the latest Famitsu magazine, Tecmo will be bringing the Dead or Alive series to the PlayStation Portable. Great news... if you like everything but the fighting and volleyball portions of past Dead or Alive games. More »Time To Examine Famitsu's Top Tier Scoring Trend
Japan's most famous magazine Famitsu has four critics review games on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best. The critics write very brief remarks along with their score. The scores are then tallied up to forty. More »This Is How Famitsu Interviews Booth Babes
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This year, Japanese magazine Famitsu has awarded a perfect 40/40 score to four games: Dragon Quest IX, Monster Hunter 3, Bayonetta and New Super Mario Bros. Years-in-the-making and eagerly-anticipated Final Fantasy XIII did not. More »Modern Warfare 2 Came *This* Close To A Perfect Famitsu Score
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In the latest issue of Famitsu, Level-5 honcho Akihiro Hino reveals the first bits of info about upcoming Professor Layton game. More »DSi LL Selling Faster Than PSPgo
Famitsu Awards New Super Mario Bros. Wii A Perfect Score
Joining last month's Bayonetta 40/40 score, this month's New Super Mario Bros. Wii has been given a perfect score from Japanese game magazine Famitsu. More »Rumor: No More Heroes Coming To Xbox 360, PS3 [Update]
Grasshopper Manufacture may finally be making the leap to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with a new No More Heroes game, rumored to have been revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine [Update - yup, it's in there] More »Ready To Smash Up Cars In Super Street Fighter IV?
The upcoming SSFIV is bringing back the Street Fighter bonus stages of yore: car destruction. More »Let's Peek At The Bayonetta Photobook
We were right! The Bayonetta photobook does feature high quality photos like this. More »Bayonetta's "Perfect" Famitsu Score - There's A Catch
PlatinumGames' sexy shoot 'n' kick fest Bayonetta made headlines earlier today for securing a "perfect" 40 out of 40 score from the editors of Japan's Famitsu magazine. That's kind of a big deal. But there's a footnote worth mentioning. More »Famitsu Awards Bayonetta A Perfect Score
Japanese game magazine Famitsu has four separate critics score games on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best score. The four scores are then tallied, and 40 is perfecto. More »Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Dated, Priced By Famitsu
Konami's still-to-be-officially-announced exhumation of Game Boy classic Castlevania: The Adventure will arrive in Japan on October 27, according to details from the latest crappy cell phone shots of Famitsu magazine. More »Japanese Market Continues To Experience Shrinkage
More bad news for the Japanese game market. According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the domestic market shrunk by 10.5 percent in the first half of fiscal 2009. More »Let's Learn About American Otaku
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