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In this episode, the guys talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic, Trine 2, Pushmo, Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue, Batman: Arkham City, Don't Run With a Plasma Sword, 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure, Grand Theft Auto III (on iOS), DC Universe Online, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, Yoshi's Island DS, the 3DS GBA Ambassador games, and the sales numbers for the PlayStation Vita.
Who doesn't like weird gaming peripherals? Here's the top 10 most awkardly-themed controllers ever. Please don't get offended if you're playing with one of them right now.
"Even with all the fall 2009 releases that were delayed into 2010, it's still been a heck of a year for games. Blockbusters everywhere! You couldn't walk to the bus without tripping over one, it seems. And with all that obsessing over the big-name hits, a huge number of worthy also-rans have gone almost completely overlooked by gamers at large. Well, that just doesn't sit right with us. Sure, we like the triple-A titles as much as the next batch of game-obsessed nerds, but we love the little g..."
"I thought I'd share another list: the top 5 tearjerker RPGs. Here they are according to Oricon:
1. Final Fantasy X
2. Dragon Quest V
3. Final Fantasy VII
4. CLANNAD
5. Mother 2 (EarthBound)"
"For her, it's a matter of life or death.
Japanese film actress Keiko Awaji wants to play new Dragon Quest and pronto. Awaji, who has appeared in over 160 movies since 1949 including Akira Kurosawa's police noir Stray Dog, said this about DQ, "I won't live forever. I'd like to play two more games... I really want them to put out a new game once every two years." Don't we all Awaji-san, don't we all."
Spring and love and all that garbage are in the air, and with that kicks off a solid batch of games this week. The obvious blockbuster is Street Fighter IV, the fighting game for pretty much everyone, really, then the fabulous RTS Dawn of War II (the RTS even for people who don't play RTS), and two titles from equally reputable RPG series': Dragon Quest V and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.
Bon semaine!
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Square Enix remakes Dragon Quest 5 for Nintendo DS. Developer ArtePiazza is tasked with updating the classic SNES role-playing game with fresh graphics and a new isomeric view of the action. Here's an exclusive look at the action."
"For starters, DQV drops the previous game's chapter-based narrative approach. While there are definite divisions within the generally linear story, players follow the progress of a single character rather than a host of heroes. DQV follows the player's character throughout his life, from childhood to fatherhood, and much of the game's appeal lies in the fulfillment of a family legacy -- a process the player takes an active role in. Despite the straightforward narrative perspective, most playe..."
"SquareEnix have today announces that Dragon Quest: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride will be released across PAL territories in Spring 2009, exclusively on the NintendoDS handheld system..."
In a press release today, Square Enix announced two new games that were added to their North American 1st Quarter 2009 lineup. Joining the already-announced Star Ocean: Second Evolution (January 6th) for the PSP and Star Ocean: The Last Hope (March 3rd) for the Xbox 360 are a duo of Nintendo DS games: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume.
Dragon Quest V DS is the fifth installment of the vaunted Dragon Quest RPG series, and the second to b...
Enterbrain/Famitsu has released their data for the first half of the 2008 fiscal year, for the period of March 31, 2008 to September 28, 2008. Overall, sales are down as compared to last year at this point in time, with drops in both hardware and software sales. Leading the way in terms of hardware is Sony's PlayStation Portable, and leading the way in software is Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii.
The numbers:
Hardware:
XX. Name - Year-to-Date (Lifetime-to-date)
01. PlayStation Portable - ...
Siliconera have released a review for the RPG Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. It's release dates are currently unknown.
The review discusses the main character of this new installment, battling and how the remake has made good use of the graphics offered by the Nintendo DS.
Overall, the review is very positive and gives a good impression for this upcoming game.
Japan's game and hardware sales from last week have been revealed, with Rhythm Tengoku Gold, a Ninteno DS game, coming first. One of the newest additions to the Japanese market, Afrika, came in second with 38,000 units sold. Rounding out the top five is J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship for the PS2, PSP Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper for the PSP, and Wii Fit.
Over on the hardware side, the DS Lite sold the most, reaching over 56,000 units! Second was the PSP with 41k new owners, ...
Japanese newssite GPara has just posted the top 30 software rankings for Japanese sales tracker Media Create, with again more new releases breaking into the top thirty, along with some familiar faces still sticking around, and others experiencing some continued strong sales, for the week of August 4th to August 10th.
This week's new releases in the top thirty:
02. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Sword of Light (Nintendo) - 145,000 / NEW
04. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Ba...
As is the standard, Japanese newssite GPara has posted Japanese sales tracker Media Create's top thirty sales rankings for Japanese game software for the week of July 28th to August 3rd.
This week's new releases in the top thirty:
01. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable - (Sega) - 342,000 / 342,000
02. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold - (Nintendo) - 213,000 / 213,000
04. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV - (Namco Bandai) - 75,000 / 75,000
06. [360] Soul Calibur IV - (Namco Bandai) - 35,000 / 35,000
07. [Wii] F...
The latest week of Japanese sales are in, with a bunch of new releases lining the charts, headlined by the latest remake from Square Enix: Dragon Quest V DS.
The top seller this week is the aforementioned Dragon Quest V for the DS, selling a whopping 644k units. Coming in second is the latest Gundam game, Gundam Battle Universe for the PSP, selling 138k copies. Rounding out the top five are last week's top seller, Persona 4 (PS2 - 41k), new ecchi game Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi (PS3...
Square Enix has unveiled some new Dragon Quest: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride screenshots in the Shonen Jump magazine. The game was re-made on the PS2 in Japan and it came out in 2004. After some time, Square Enix then announced that another re-make of the game was coming, this time for the Nintendo DS. ArtePiazza will be developing the re-make for the DS and Square Enix will be publishing it. The game is set to release in Japan in one week. Check out the screenshots on the right and bottom.
The Japanese trailer for Dragon Quest V - the next installment for the series on DS - has arrived, and it shows a couple of interesting features. One, monster charming, and two, brides for the hero.
Famitsu revealed some features of its own: the game will feature a DS-exclusive character named Deborah, as well as Poker, Slots and other mini-games, and the Fight Field. Check that source for many more screenshots.
Square Enix has a North American website which acts as a hub for three games: Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V, and Dragon Quest VI. While two of the three websites are closed, the Dragon Quest IV website has a description of the game as well as a release date. If you go to the About section of the website, SE has told us that the game will be hitting North American shelves on September 16, 2008.
IGN got ahold of some new screens and info about yet another Dragon Quest title. This one will be out July 17 in Japan, so we can probably expect this one (hopefully) in time for the holiday season.
And in case you're confused, the DQ IV remake (also for DS) was released in Japan in November. Gamers here are still awaiting news on a local release, which should be soon. Dragon Quest IX is a brand new title for the DS which developer Level-5 has said it "hopes to finish work on the game some...
"The Japanese role-playing game is a surprisingly important genre for developers to study - both in terms of gameplay and storytelling, and Gamasutra presents an 'Essential 20' explaining and chronicling the top JRPGs of all-time.
Valkyrie Profile: In most RPGs, it's your job to stop the end of the world. In Valkyrie Profile, it's your job to start it.
The battle system is a strange beast, with actions for each of the four party members assigned to a face button. Each character has a numbe..."
In the recent Famitsu issue here are the top 20 games most wanted from Japan's biggest games magazine. It's a really interesting list as what dominates the list in being No.1 is Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS and then followed by Final Fantasy XIII which was at No.1. Third place comes the highly anticipated Resident Evil 5. A list containing top notch games. Too bad only one game from 360 makes it.
It's not everyday that an old PS game get's remade for the DS, and it's certainly not everyday that THREE games get remade. Well that is what has happened, as the scans below show, Dragon Quest IV, V and VI, formally for various consoles are being remade for the DS, with god knows what improvements, however, I'm fairly certain that they will certainly have some additional extra's making them worth buying for all Dragon Quest fan and those new to the series.
![Box shot of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvTmludGVuZG9fRFMvUm9sZS1QbGF5aW5nL0ZhbnRhc3k=/dragon_quest_v_hand_of_the_heavenly_bride_frontcover_small_h5UhytlXDCoctNd.jpg)