
Final Fantasy XIII-2′s first week sales figures reveal it has been outsold by Tales of Xillia, a fact which is being greeted as a massive humiliation and confirmation that Final Fantasy brand now lies in ruins.
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Unexpectedly for a game-based film, the casting of Hiroki Narimiya as Phoenix Wright (Naruhodō Ryūichi) in the upcoming movie adaptation of Capcom’s Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban) series has been meeting with widespread approval online.
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The 3DS version of Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been released and appears to be exerting strange influences over popular blogging idol Shoko-tan…
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Following the illustrious example set by Sweden, Australia’s game censorship board has revoked the rating of Dead or Alive Dimensions, effectively banning it, accusing the game of containing “content not drawn to the board’s attention.”
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Busty 3DS schoolgirl beat-em-up Senran Kagura’s preview is even more jiggly than previously thought, coming so packed with bouncing 3D breast physics that overly excited 3DS fans have already proclaimed that “with this the 3DS will last 10 years!”
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Nintendo’s much trumpeted 3DS increasingly has a Virtual Boy air about it, with buzz and sales having subsided rather too quickly for comfort – Japanese asked why it is they haven’t bothered buying it explain why in this survey.
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Solid Snake fans are lamenting the yawning gulf between the highly promising preview images of Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D(S) and the actual gameplay images.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: May 22, 2011 08:32 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Dead or Alive, Denmark, DS, Fighting Games, Law, Nintendo, Norway, Sweden

Nintendo has cancelled the Scandinavian release of Dead or Alive over concerns that it may fall foul of Sweden’s absurd child pornography laws.
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The hitherto all but untapped erotic possibilities of the 3DS are finally to be exploited, with the release of demi-eroge Senran Kagura.
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The augmented reality features of the 3DS are as usual being put to unexpectedly good use – in this case in order to give Chihaya the frontage she has always sought.
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The augmented reality possibilities of the 3DS seem to be gaining a following for reasons Nintendo perhaps did not foresee.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 3, 2011 01:56 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Disgaea, DS, IdolM@ster, Marketing, Namco Bandai, Otaku, PS3, Statistics

Japanese gamers have been presented with yet another perverse week of game sales – this time with IdolMaster 2 bombing with a pathetic 36,000 sales, but still better than the pathetic reception top PS3 blockbuster Killzone 3 received, with only 26,000.
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