"Rising Star Games have announced plans to release Rune Factory: Frontier in Europe after a well received unveiling at this year’s E3. The product is part of a stellar line-up showcased by Rising Star Games’ parent company, Marvelous Entertainment, and XSEED Games (the product’s 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 exclusi..."

"Nintendo Wii

Arc Rise Fantasia
From Marvelous Entertainment and Image Epoch, the same tandem that created the highly lauded Luminous Arc, comes Arc Rise Fantasia, an epic RPG exclusively developed for the Wii. Arc Rise Fantasia is a product of old and new, combining gorgeous graphics with modern gameplay while bringing classic Japanese high fantasy role-playing action involving airships and dragons, exclusively to the platform. Arc Rise Fantasia Wii is being co-developed by Image Epoch a..."

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.

• Wii Music / Nintendo / Oct. 16, 2008
• Animal Crossing: City Folk / Nintendo / Nov. 20, 2008
• The Melancholy of Haruhi / Kadokawa Shoten / Nov. 27, 2008
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes / Capcom / Dec. 11, 2008
• 428 ~The World Doesn't Change Even So~ / Sega / Dec. 4, 2008
• Samba de Amigo / Sega...

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...

"Marvelous Entertainment's Little King's Story for the Wii isn't your standard RPG. More of a simulation title, you take command of a boy named Corobo who, with the help of a magic crown that lets him beguile any person and make them obey any command, becomes king.

The game's release is quickly approaching, so we tracked down Xseed PR representative Jimmy Soga and had a discussion about Little King's Story, unannounced games Xseed and Marvelous have in their arsenal, and several other topics."

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 ...

"Arc System Works
- Lair Land Story (PSP)
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (PSP)
- Guilty Gear 2 Overture (Xbox360)

Acquire
- New title
- Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono (PSP)
- Tenchu 4 (Wii)
- Samurai 3 (PS3)

Interchannel
- 2 new titles

SNK Playmore
- KoF 2002 Unlimited Match (PS2)
- KoF '98 Ultimate Match (Xbox360)
- ADK Spirits (PS2)
- Samurai Spirits Rokuban (PSP)
- Kimi no Yuusha (DS)

EA
- Boku to Sim no Machi Kingdom (Wii/DS)
- Fifa 09 World Class Soccer (PS3/PSP..."

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...

"Fact Sheet:

Venture into the wild frontier. Cultivate the land and a town will begin to grow. With settles will come new neighbors, love interests, and dangerous creatures...

• The makers of Harvest Moon and Rune Factory for Nintendo DS bring you a new title designed exclusively for the Wii, with unique, intuitive controls.
• Interact with lively characters in your town. Your behavior determines if they will become your friends or move on to greener pastures.
• Breath life into the barren ...

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"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 Wii’s 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 it’s growing c..."

"Avalon Code DS
From the creative minds behind Rune Factory and Harvest Moon with the development studio responsible for the Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV DS remakes comes Avalon Code, an action RPG boasting incredible graphics, a deep and engrossing story, and innovative game play mechanics. Using the main character’s ‘Book of Prophecy’, players can modify the rules of engagement during battle as well as weapon and monster attributes. The player even has control over the story as it..."

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 ...