Ace Combat: Assault Horizon isn’t your typical Ace Combat game. “For us, this is a rebirth of the Ace Combat series, and a chance for us to take the series in a completely new direction,” said Kazutoki Kono, Producer at Project Aces, said last year That direction is populated with games like Battlefield and Modern…
Cue the Riiiiiidge Raaaaacer jokes! Namco’s racing series is bound for the upcoming PS Vita. Details are scant, but Namco did release a single image in an official statement The Ridge Racer title is being developed jointly by Cellius, the start-up created by Ken Kutaragi, the Father of the PlayStation. Cellius is owned by Sony…
Inversion might look like other cover-based shooter, but it’s attempting to turn the subgenre on its ear. Literally. The game is Gears of War meets gravity. Check out Kotaku‘s Inversion impressions from this April.
On June 6 (in the US, June 7 elsewhere), the Nintendo 3DS is getting a system update to stabilize the system and add the 3DS Shop. According to Nintendo, Ridge Racer 3D owners “may experience a disruption in their gameplay experience under certain conditions”. This issue will be resolved later this month with an additional…
This August, fishing game Family Fishing will reel in players for the Wii. It has a peripheral. An odd looking one! This is it. Nice to see that the Dreamcast isn’t the only home console with very specific fishing game contraptions—though it’s not as cool as the Dreamcast Fishing Controller. Nothing is. Nothing. (0601)[(Wii)ファミリーフィッシング]、さおコン対応で新登場! [ファミコンプラザゲーム最新情報ページ]
They’re pirates in space. But they’ve got more than guns and swords. They’ve got cell phones and groovy collars. Arrgh! Earlier this year, the 35th Super Sentai show debuted on Japanese television. In the West, the Super Sentai series is known as Power Rangers and features a “sentai” or “battle squad” of color-coded super heroes.…
Kotaku‘s already posted the game’s Western box art—it looks nice. The game’s Japanese box art looks nice, too. Maybe, even, nicer? It’s tasteful, that’s for sure.
According to the latest Famitsu, the development team want at least 26 characters, including unconfirmed guest characters. The game will have unspecified gameplay changes, too. It’s due for 2012 and currently only 10 percent completed. [Siliconera]
China loves Gundam. But China doesn’t always love copyright law. That can be a problem! Bandai Namco, owner of the Gundam toy license, took China’s Hongli All Toys to court in 2009 for knocking off the famed Japanese mechs. Even before the lawsuit’s final ruling, Gundam clones continued to pop up in the Mainland. Copyright…
The recently revealed Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011 (temp. title) is an upcoming fighting game for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It’ll be out fall 2011. This is what it looks like!
Namco Bandai doesn’t only make video games. It’s Bandai arm has toy and game licenses for iconic Japanese institutions like Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman, as well as new favs like One Piece and Haruhi Suzumiya At an Akihabara showcase, Namco Bandai displayed the latest entries in its high-end collectibles range. The end results are…
Currently unnamed, a new Dragon Ball Z is headed for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this fall. According to Japanese reports from last week, Namco Bandai is readying a new title called Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011, which sounds like a temporary title. That game will center around 3D fighting. [Eurogamer]
May is the month that Nintendo is taking off. Only five games are coming out for Nintendo platforms. No, wait. That isn’t true anymore. Now there are only four games. Tales of the Abyss, which was a 3DS port of a PS2 game, was slated for release on May 19, but is being to delayed…
Professor Layton is the star of a series of puzzle-solving adventure games. Featuring beautiful animated cutscenes, they feature Layton and his young sidekick, Luke. They are hugely popular in Japan, which means one thing: other game companies are now ripping it off. Shamelessly. First there’s — no, wait. First there was Professor Layton, then, there’s…
In summer 2009, Bandai Namco constructed an enormous, life-sized 59-foot-tall Gundam statue in Tokyo, following with an updated version earlier this year. China is working on one of it’s own, but don’t tell Namco Bandai. Apparently, a theme park in China’s Szechwan is constructing a slightly smaller Gundam-type statue of its own, in glorious orange.…
In late September, an incident involving a Chinese fishing vessel caused a strain in Sino-Japanese relations. Even as tensions still run high, one thing brings them together. That thing is Gundam. Recently, animator Yoshiyuki Tomino gave a speech at the elite Peking University, which was attended by over 500 Chinese students. It was just over…
Next February, a new Dragon Ball title will be shooting beams in to arcades across Japan. The game is called Dragon Ball Zenkai Battle Royale. It’s a four player networked game that seems similar to Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team In Dragon Ball, Zenkai, as the Dragon Ball Wiki explains, is a genetic ability…
Popularity is a fickle thing. Some people are loved, adored. Some are not. Most never become accurately aware of what the masses think of us. Shizuka Oya did earlier this month. AKB48 is not only Japan’s biggest girl group, but one of the biggest groups in Japan. The outfit’s most recent single, released on October…
This Sunday, 75-year-old Yoshinobu Nishizaki, co-creator of 1970s animated series Space Battleship Yamato (imported to the West as “Star Blazers”), fell from his 485-ton boat “Yamato” at an island port in southern Tokyo. Nishizaki produced other nautical-themed anime like Space Carrier Blue Noah, Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight and Yamato 2520. The other co-creator of Space…
During the 1980s, Japan saw trends like Hello Kitty-type character products and brand-name fashion. The 1990s gave birth to Tamagotchi, Bandai’s portable game character, as well as sticker picture machines and even Windows 95 fever. Now? Now, Japan has eco cars and “fast fashion”, which are clothes from cheap chain stores. Not very exciting! As…
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