Trailer for Youkai Watch (Ghost Watch), a promising new “cross-media franchise” (games/anime/manga) from Level-5. I am sooo hyped for this. Check out the ghost cat! The ghost kappa! The ghost old-lady-beard thing!
The publisher hasn’t revealed an expected release date or even a platform for this yet — maybe PS3, PS Vita, Wii U, or…. 3DS? Checking out the seven seconds of game footage around 1:14, it looks maybe too advanced for a handheld? There’s always hope that, like Ni no Kuni, there will be a portable version, at least (and, hopefully, unlike Ni no Kuni, that one would released outside of Japan.).
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tags / youkai watch / ghost watch / level-5 / imports / gaming / level-5 vision / ec / nintendo 3ds / 3ds / ps vita / ps3Gaijin Games’ brainstorming session for Runner 2, its new Bit.Trip Runner follow-up! … for XBLA and PSN.
I hope you’ve got an Xbox 360 or PS3 because Bit Trip Presents: Runner 2, Future Legend of Rhythm Alien expands on the original awesome game with HD graphics, 10+ new abilities for Commander Video (and other playable characters), unlockable outfits, difficulty modes and checkpoints, and more. Hopefully Anamanaguchi will make a return on the soundtrack, too?
You can follow Runner 2’s development and see its concept art (very different style from the Bit.Trip series!) here.
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tags / bit trip / bit.trip / bit.trip runner / runner 2 / aksys / gaijin games / xbox 360 / ps3 / xbla / psn / gaming / ec
Anyone out there playing Fret Nice? I’ve been waiting for the guitar-driven platformer for quite some time now, but because it’s for the PlayStation 3, and all my Rock Band gear is for the Xbox 360, I’ve yet to experience the final product. An XBLA version has been promised, though no release date has been given.
tags / psn / ps3 / fret nice / tecmo / guest / fort90
Minna de Spelunker Black for PS3. Apparently the first PSN Spelunker game wasn’t frustratingly unfair enough, so IREM came up with a sequel in which you can’t see shit.
The sequel has the same four-player split-screen mode as before, so now you and three friends can each not see a portion of the screen!
tags / spelunker / ps3 / irem / minna de spelunker / minna de spelunker black / jcWonderful Katamari Forever trailer. I love just about everything about this trailer (except that it’s for a PS3 game, and thus a cruel taunt against people with normal amounts of money), but I think what I love best is that there was someone at Namco producing little animal puppets and stages for this, and rolling a little Prince around. That was somebody’s job.
[Via Famitsu]
tags / ps3 / jc / katamari forever / katamari damacy tributeKatamari Damacy Tribute trailer. What’s more notable than the PS3 game itself is that it features cover versions of the original Katamari soundtrack from a bunch of cool artists. Check out that snippet of “A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic” by YMCK!
Also, the talking animal pictures. I love it!
tags / katamari damacy / katamari damacy tribute / ps3 / jc
The PlayStation Cho Aniki game, Cho Aniki: Kyukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko, is now available on the Japanese PSN, making me really wish I had a damn PS3.
Saikyou Otoko isn’t anywhere near as good a game as the other Cho Anikis, but it manages to be even more of a bizarre novelty due to its use of digitized graphics. That’s right, all the sprites have been replaced by grainy photos of nearly-nude dudes. It’s even more hilariously off-putting in motion than in screens. Check HG101 for more screens, and click here to see the intro sequence.
tags / cho aniki / ncs / playstation / ps3 / jc
Irem has announced that they’re working on a downloadable 20th anniversary Spelunker remake for the PlayStation 3. I just think the idea of somebody purchasing and playing Spelunker is hilarious.
It has to suck or the Japanese audience will reject it as inauthentic!
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