In a shocking development for Pokefreaks around the world,  Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda appeared on “Pokemon Smash” (a Japanese Pokemon-themed television show) this weekend in order to lift the veil on the next core titles in the Pokemon franchise. Masuda announced that both Pokemon...

My colleague Mike Miglacio discussed the roadblock that Nintendo placed in front of Operation Rainfall this week, and last night on the podcast, Blake, Ross, and I discussed Nintendo’s actions a little further. For those of you who deprive yourselves of listening to our podcast, Ross and I were the...

It’s that time of the year.  Flowers are blooming, rain is falling, and hardcore gamers are once again whipping themselves up into a frenzy over the industry-wide hype train known as E3. Here we go again. This year’s E3 should be interesting for a variety of reasons.  The industry has seen...

Game: Radiant Historia Publisher: Atlus Genre: JRPG Price: $34.99 Verdict: Challenging puzzles in a beautiful setting. Cons: Tired story with little replay value. Acquired via Publisher   I am a sucker for games with the Atlus logo on them. While I know they may only publish a lot of the games...

Welcome to the next generation, indeed. I was fortunate enough to get some hands-on time with the 3DS over the last couple of days, and I came away a little disappointed. Based on the glowing impressions of Nintendo’s new handheld that came out of last year’s E3, I was expecting something...

North America loves to “catch ‘em all”. Nintendo has just announced the early sales figures of Pokemon: Black and Pokemon: White.  These new versions in the long-running series launched on March 6, and managed to sell over 1.08 million units in North America during the first day of...

It took me a long time, as a fan of Japanese games, to accept the direction of the industry away from consoles and towards the portable space. Both Sony and Nintendo have their next-gen portables in the works, with the 3DS launching next month in Japan and the PSP2 rumored to be available at retail by the...

It wasn’t long ago that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick proclaimed that “”Our Spider Man Games Have sucked”. Although he said that he hadn’t played the newest games, he admitted that they got poor ratings because they were bad games. Spider man should be about web slinging, and...

It is with heavy heart that we report this bit of news. The parent company over Atlus has deemed it necessary to dissolve the stellar publisher. Index Holdings, those that own Atlus, have decided it will be best to bring the game division into their direct control. Atlus as a brand name will continue to...

Six games this week from Nintendo: two for the Wii and four for the DSi platform. Nothing’s ringing our bell at this moment, but you or your children may get a kick out of these downloadable games for the DSi and Wii consoles. Keeping you in the loop, that’s what we do here. WiiWare Fantasy...