

The creators of the new Tomb Raider game, which features a new-look Lara Croft who is some combination of the adjectives “gritty,” “realistic,” “macho” and “filthy,” have spoken of trying to reduce her sex appeal – the perfect recipe for commercial success, and one quite familiar to Square Enix watchers.
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Japanese asked which PlayStation era games they would like to see updated and remade for the PS3 give a list unsurprisingly dominated by JRPGs, although the title which narrowly edged in at the top may well be something of surprise…
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Ghost in the Shell is finding itself in dire need of a shorter title with the announcement of a 3D remake in the form of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society 3D, to be presented in stereoscopic 3D, whilst One Piece is actually getting a fully CG edition.
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Anime watchers asked which eighties giant robot anime they’d most like to see remade give a set of response sure to prompt nostalgia and bemusement in equal measure.
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Quality eroge maker Overflow is set to release an upgraded version of its classic bugfest School Days, “School Days HQ,” a high definition remaster of sorts. However, it has already announced the first delay in release…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 19, 2010 14:33 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Comparison, Eroge, Leaf, PS3, Remakes, Retro, Visual Novels, White Album

From its 1998 debut to its just released 2010 remake, some quite impressive evolution is evident in White Album – 2ch provides the usual scrupulous comparison above.
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Warner Brothers have announced that popular eighties cartoon ThunderCats is to be revived, and Japanese animation studio Studio 4°C has been tapped to animate the series.
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Square Enix’s CEO has claimed that a remake of Final Fantasy VII would be a difficult proposition indeed, which by his estimation could take 10 times the development time Final Fantasy XIII took.
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Top Final Fantasy designer Tetsuya Nomura has rebuked fans of the series hoping for a PS3 remake of Final Fantasy VII, telling them he thinks the project won’t happen and that they should count themselves lucky if Cloud is recycled as a guest character in future titles.
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Persona 3 Portable, for the PSP, has attracted note for having introduced an apparent sex scene event for the newly introduced female protagonist.
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Mustachio anime Full Metal Alchemist’s remake has attracted much unwelcome attention with the release of TV ratings which show a collapse in ratings, especially compared to the much loved but totally divergent original:
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The rereleased “remastered” version of Sakaki-san manga Azumanga Daioh caught no small amount of attention with its distinctly oppai-centric additions in the first volume, as well as having substantially redrawn portions, and it appears this direction continues in the later volumes…
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