Not exact matches
As if the rumors surrounding the Metal Gear franchise haven't been fueled enough the past few days, now
Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu is teasing a surprise for the fans of the
series.
One of the biggest surprises of last year's E3
gaming expo in Los Angeles was the announcement that home console
series Metal Gear Solid would be coming to
Japanese arcades.
In fact, one of the new teams added to the game was actually the result of polling fans through a handful of
Japanese gaming magazines for characters they wanted added to the
series and all three of them (Billy Kane, Blue Mary, Ryuji Yamazaki) were actually characters from my Fatal Fury
series, which made me very happy.
Packed full of obscure
gaming references, a story so goofy you can't help but love, and characters that are actually as endearing as they are cute, Neptunia is a charming
series of games that hits directly at the core of the things fans of
Japanese games and anime love.
This might be the first time that the Touhou
series has appeared in the West, but it's been a staple of
Japanese gaming for the past twenty years.
Hyperdimension Neptunia is a rather new
Japanese roleplaying
series that takes a play on the console wars that plague the real life game industry, Many of the game's characters are named after — in one way or another — the various consoles released throughout the history of
gaming.
Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has reported that Square Enix will soon create a new title in the Lufia
series.
Regarding the third game's set up, something that
series producer Yoshinori Terasawa told
Gaming Trend that Spike Chunsoft was having trouble with, Kazutaka says that whether a third Danganronpa game will follow the
series» murder mystery visual novel format or go the Danganronpa: Another Episode action game route is unclear at this point, as
Japanese fans have been split in the direction they'd like to see the
series go.
I can say that Yakuza 5 is by far the best game of the
series, not only from a story and gameplay aspect, but a feel for
Japanese gaming and culture.
Like the previous games in the
series, Final Fantasy XV is a very flashy
Japanese RPG experience with larger than life characters, memorable villains, an interesting yet sometimes convoluted story, sturdy combat that when matched with the core
gaming mechanics creates something very entertaining on the PlayStation 4.
In his last column in
Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu,
series creator Masahiro Sakurai has thanked the fans for their love and support for the
series, and mentioned how he's taking a well deserved vacation.
Tomonobu Itagaki, the unfailingly modest creator of the Dead or Alive
series and the upcoming Devil's Third, is currently despairing about the state of the
Japanese gaming industry.
Splatoon will soon get its own anime
series, according to
Japanese gaming news site Ga - M.
The Fire Emblem
series launched in 1990 on the Famicom (the
Japanese NES) with Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, and was developed by the R&D 1 team, which if you're into video
gaming history you should already recognize as the developers of everything from the original Zelda, Ice Climbers and Donkey Kong to every 2D Metroid game ever.
Japanese gaming website 4gamer.net recently interviewed Satoshi Sakai, producer for the Phantasy Star Online
series.
Along with the reveal of a launch date for the Switch's online services, Nintendo also confirmed that the
Japanese gaming giant's next mobile title is set in the Mario Kart
series and will be called Mario Kart Tour.