


A trailer for CyberConnect 2’s current smartphone project “New Order” has unveiled the RPG’s seemingly bland gameplay, boasting turn-based action that may at least resonate with retro gamers – the game apparently also taking inspiration from the .hack franchise, though which elements the game takes after is not quite evident, so generic is all the fantasy involved…
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Jump classic JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has just scored a surprising double hit combo with both a new TV anime, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure The Animation, and a fighting game, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle, having just been announced.
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Furries will be delighted to learn that upcoming RPG “Solatorobo” has apparently been designed exclusively with them in mind.
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Hiroshi Matsuyama, the CEO of CyberConnect2, the company responsible for the .hack and Narutimate Hero series of games, has confessed that he is a Naruto fan of legendary proportions, buying 15 copies of every volume and owning every issue of Shonen Jump published for the past 5 years.
However, unlike the unproductive obsessions of so many otaku, his has given rise to a successful company and a superb series of games, which he says is all down to his consuming love for the story: “The trick to producing an anime game is love for the original work!”
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The latest in the excellent Naruto based Narutimate Hero (or Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, if you prefer) series of 3D action/fighting games has been confirmed as being due for a winter release on the PS3. The game is entitled NARUTO ‐ ナルト ‐ ナルティメットストーム / Narutimate Storm.
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