"Highlights from February include the mind-meltingly mental Half-Minute Hero on PlayStation Portable (PSP). This brilliantly original title fuses classic gaming mechanics with bite-sized thirty-second gaming to create one of the format’s most audacious twists on the Role-Playing Game (RPG) genre. Animal Kororo, a ludicrously cute Puzzle game will also be published on Nintendo DS this month."
The Rune Factory series is set to make another appearance. The next iteration in the franchise will once again be available for the DS some time in Japan this year. Apart from the gameplay elements you'd come to expect from the series, you can now transform into monsters as well once you've obtained the "Transformation Belt" item. Monsters allow more options in the game, whether in battle or talking to townsfolk. Characters will also be using a new AI system that is more realistic. The major ...
With the way things are with the world's economy even the video game industry isn't exempt from feeling the pinch. Marvelous Entertainment is definitely one of those companies who are feeling the heat right now. A staff blog post (presumably by the Managing Director Yasuhiro Wada) states how they feel about their software sales on the Wii. He states how poorly some of their main titles have been selling on the Wii and says that, "I truly have teary eyes. I feel like crying."
However, there...
It's all about the DS this week, fellas, ladies. Sure, there's a few notables for the other platforms (Rune Factory: Frontier on the Wii, Resistance: Retribution on PSP), but none of them can top a whopping six high profile titles, and of such a great variety. Three RPGs, one RTS, one shooter, one racer, and GTA: Chinatown Wars? Never been a better time to be a DS owner than now..
In a press release today, Nintendo has announced release dates for a number of games headed for the Wii and DS in the first quarter of 2009 in North America. Some of the more notable games are as follows:
Wii
D3Publisher
Onechanbara Bikini Zombie Slayers - February
Hudson Entertainment
FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR - Jan. 6
Marble Saga Kororinpa - Spring
Majesco Entertainment
Major Minor's Majestic March - March
Marvelous Entertainment USA
Little King's Story - Feb. 17
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"Rising Star Games have announced plans to release Rune Factory: Frontier in Europe after a well received unveiling at this years E3. The product is part of a stellar line-up showcased by Rising Star Games parent company, Marvelous Entertainment, and XSEED Games (the products North American publisher) at the Los Angeles Convention Centre.
From the creators of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory for the NintendoDS comes the first installment of Rune Factory for a home console. Developed excl..."
In a press release sent out today, Marvelous Entertainment and XSEED Games have announced that they will be co-publishing two more games for North America, as they had revealed in an earlier interview. While one of those games was already confirmed to be Muramasa: The Demon Blade, they have now confirmed the other two games.
Those other two games will be Arc Rise Fantasia for the Wii, and Flower, Sun, and Rain for the DS. Arc Rise Fantasia is a RPG developed by imageepoch, where "contain...
There are some new screenshots for Marvelous's upcoming action RPG/farming hybrid Rune Factory Frontier for the Nintendo Wii, with decidedly a beach motif this go around. This beach/swimsuit event is just one of the events that will present itself as the game is played, as main character Laguna will get to see prospective love interests in beach attire.
Rune Factory Frontier is set to release in Japan on November 27th, and in North America in early 2009. The official site for the game ca...
Straight from the Nintendo Fall Press Conference is the montage reel that was played that showcased the various upcoming Wii games. This is the same reel that announced these games.
The mobile site for Marvelous Entertainment's upcoming Wii ARPG, Rune Factory Frontier, has opened with some of the images and information we've seen in the past couple months, but also now with some new extra screenshots depicting some new characters.
Rune Factory Frontier is the first of the Harvest Moon-spinoff series to appear on a home console. Combining Harvest Moon's farming simulation gameplay with the hack-and-slash dungeon crawling of the RPG genre, the series continues on the W...
The RPGObserver has posted their full interview with XSEED Games PR representative Jimmy Soga, which was previewed with the news that the company will be co-publishing three more titles for North America, with one of which ending up being Oboro Muramasa Youtouden, which was unveiled earlier in the November 2008 issue of Nintendo Power.
The interview centered mostly on XSEED's upcoming Little King's Story for the Nintendo Wii, that gives off more information on the game, including the basic...
Speaking exclusively to RPG fansite The RPG Observer, XSEED Games's Public Relations agent Jimmy Soga confirmed that there will be three additional games that will be co-published by both XSEED Games and Marvelous Entertainment USA in North America: two of which will be for the Wii, and one for the DS. One of the Wii titles will be announced later this month, while the other two remaining titles will be announced for localization at the Tokyo Game Show on October 9th.
The games that are a...
New screenshots for Marvelous Entertainment's upcoming Wii ARPG, Rune Factory Frontier have hit Japanese newssites today. Featured in the screenshots are a new heroine, Udzuki, and more info on the game's battles and what else is available in the game.
Udzuki hails from a country in the Far East in search of her missing brothers, and ends up meeting main character Laguna. Battle-wise, there are many weapons and magic to choose from to vanquish monsters. Weapons can also have elemental a...
The official site for Marvelous Entertainment's upcoming Wii ARPG, Rune Factory Frontier, updated today with comments coming from two of the game's voice actors, along with some official information on the game's preorder bonus, which already has been detailed before. Romi Paku (Edward Elric, Full Metal Alchemist; Loran Cehack, Turn A Gundam; Zidane Tribal, Dissidia Final Fantasy) will be reprising her role as the protagonist Laguna, and Ami Koshimizu (Tenma Tsukimoto, School Rumble; Kallen ...
CESA has released a first list of games [PDF] that will be shown at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show that will be held from October 9, 2008 to October 12, 2008. As per tradition, this is only the first of multiple lists that will be released by the organization for the games that will appear at TGS 2008. A full list of the notable games can be seen in the quote and at the source.
There will be 462 titles at the show, broken up thusly:
Wii - 27 titles
PS3 - 12 titles
Xbox360 - 14 titles
D...
Publisher Marvelous Entertainment announced today that their upcoming Wii ARPG, Rune Factory Frontier, will be releasing in Japan on November 27, 2008. For those in Japan who preordered, you will get a soundtrack/drama CD, along with a packet of turnip seeds. You know, to grow your own turnips.
Rune Factory Frontier continues the game's action RPG take on the classic Harvest Moon gameplay. Players will control the hero Laguna as he cultivates his fields, battle monsters, and make an barr...
One of the games that falls under the co-publishing deal between XSEED Games and Marvelous Entertainment USA is the latest game in the Harvest Moon spinoff series: Rune Factory Frontier, for the Nintendo Wii.
This third installment continues the game's action RPG take on the classic Harvest Moon gameplay. Players will control the hero Raguna as he cultivates his fields, battle monsters, and make an barren environment prosper. The game is heavily open-ended, allowing players to control ho...
"Harvest Moon: Frontier
From the creators of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory for the DS comes the first installment of Rune Factory for a home console. Developed exclusively for Wii, Rune Factory: Frontier features stunning graphics and takes full advantage of the Wiis unique controls to fully immerse players in the Rune Factory universe. Rune Factory: Frontier incorporates an open-ended structure which allows players to choose the type of game they wish to experience. Whether its growing..."
With the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit only three days away, companies attending the event are still releasing their PRs revealing their E3 lineups.
The latest of which are Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games, who in May had agreed to a co-publishing agreement for Marvelous's US titles. Combined, there are seven games in the publishers' E3 lineup, with four fallings under the companies' co-publishing deal, while the last three will be released solely by XSEED Games.
The first...
New screenshots were relased by Famitsu today, showcasing more from the upcoming Wii RPG, Rune Factory Frontier. Depicting item menus and various parts of the environment, these screens continue to show that Rune Factory Frontier is one of the best-looking Wii games to date.
This is the third installment of the Rune Factory series, a dungeon Action RPG spinoff of the ever-popular Harvest Moon series.
Rune Factory Frontier is being developed by Neverland Co., Ltd. [Wiki] and published b...
The recently announced Rune Factory Wii game, Rune Factory Frontier, now has some impressive-looking in-game screenshots attached to the title. Coming off the heels of the Fatal Frame IV screenshots from the other day, are the developers finally harnessing the Wii's graphical power?
Rune Factory Frontier is a part of the Rune Factory series, which is a spinoff of the well-known Harvest Moon series. In addition to your standard Harvest Moon gameplay, the Rune Factory series adds into the ...
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