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"Rising Star Games has announced the appointment of a new columnist at their Hoshi Club – the online destination for videogame fans to find out the latest details on Rising Star Games’ videogame releases and insight into Japanese culture. Following the signing of ex-Edge deputy editor, David McCarthy, Alex Sim-Wise shall have her own personal space to write about videogames, Japanese culture and pretty much anything she wishes."
"Rising Star Games have become synonymous with those quintessentially Japanese videogame treats that otherwise may have never made their way to European shores. The sweet, inviting world of the classic Harvest Moon series and pleasing guilt involved in commanding your loyal (or perhaps, not so loyal) followers in Little King’s Story is regularly contrasted with the dark, grimy labyrinths of JU-ON: The Grudge or the under-appreciated Nintendo DS First-Person Shooter, Moon."
From weird commercials to wacky celebrities to sexy models to using Gackt (;-D), there's no denying Japan has many unusual ways of promoting video games.
So how is the upcoming Wii game Little King's Story being promoted over there? With burgers from Burger King, a guy dressed as royalty, a bunch of bananas, and a transsexual of course!
...I guess it kind of makes sense.
Little King's Story might have just been released in North America last week but according to producer, Yoshiro Kimura, he's already in the idea phase for a sequel. Speaking with Siliconera, he stated that they are indeed planning on making a sequel but are currently looking for people to fund the project. So, if you haven't done so already, go out and buy Little King's Story and make this a possibility!
This week is terrible!
Aside from Little King's Story (for which Neoseeker has an interview and preview) and those down with the Rock Band Country Track Pack, there are just two other titles, one we dare not mention by name, and the other which isn't really that great (The Watchmen), if reviews are to be believed.
See you next week!
XSEED Games is usually good with their customer relations; you can send them questions and for the most part they'll be happy to answer. NeoGAF user Hero of Legend sent a bunch of questions XSEED's way recently, and received a response, gaining the following information:
"Thousands of gamers, anime fans and cosplayers of widely varying quality descended on ExCel, an exhibition centre in London, for one of the biggest events in the collective industrys’ calendar today, the 15th MCM Expo. Running for two days, 23rd May and 24th May 2009, those few Electronic Theatre readers who managed to miss today’s show may just have enough time to organise the necessary travelling arrangements, and grab that Bomberman outfit they’ve been saving for a special occasion."
"Rising Star Games will also be demonstrating upcoming titles including Avalon Code, Luminous Arc 2, Angel Cat Sugar and Happy Party with Hello Kitty & Friends, as well as conducting battle challenges on Valhalla Knights 2 and hands-on walkthroughs of the critically acclaimed Little King’s Story."
"In a move rarely seen for a new Japanese IP, the title will be released in PAL territories first, emphasising the growing importance of the European market.
Little King's Story is a unique collaboration between the games industry's most prodigious talents. Boasting a team of legendary designers whose portfolios include a range of highly-acclaimed and much-loved titles such as Harvest Moon, No More Heroes, Final Fantasy XII and Super Mario RPG Little King's Story is a funny, charming a..."
The latest post on Marvelous Entertainment's Tokyo Game Show 2008 blog has a post written by Louis from their License & Localization Group, who handles games overseas. In the post (which is available in both Japanese and English), Louis announces that there will be a new unannounced game that Marvelous will reveal on the first day of the show. This is game also unknown to the Japanese press, for a full-on new game announcement. He also states that it is from a "charismatic Japanese creator...
With E3 rolling around in a week, IGN's Matt Casamassina received more info from publisher XSEED Games about the upcoming Little King's Story, that will also make an appearance at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit.
As you can imagine, the kingdom that you will be building up while controlling the young Corobo Bred isn't the only one in the world of Little King's Story. There are seven other kingdoms in play, all with their own respective king that aims to strike you down before you beco...
![Box shot of Little King's Story [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvTmludGVuZG9fV2lpL1NpbXVsYXRpb24vTGlmZQ==/little_kings_story_frontcover_small_4KcKcxYaSXLec3C.png)