The Best 30 Japanese Games Overseas, 2009

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A ranking of the Japanese games which received the most critical acclaim overseas in 2009 seems to indicate the industry is increasingly capable of delivering only handheld games of any great quality, not that this necessarily means bad sales

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  • motaku96 commented on January 4, 2010 11:17

    Not very surprising list. Was expecting most of those titles.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 3, 2010 03:21

    How is Yakuza 3 (ryu ga gotoku 3) ranked so high? I mean, I have the game, but I bought it used.. and it isn't English friendly.... More


The Most Pirated Games of 2009

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A ranking of the most pirated games of 2009 provides a measure of popularity of sorts, and seems to demonstrate that the misgivings publishers have about piracy rates on the PC are not all froth after all.

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  • x0pwsk commented on December 6, 2010 03:41

    There are ways of running ISOs on the PS3, there has been since it was first released. The real reason why no games were pirated is because the PS3 had no games to begin with!... More

  • Anonymous commented on May 9, 2010 11:52

    That's because PS3 has no games to pirate.... More


Top 30 Games of 2009 in Japan

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The 30 top selling games of 2009 amply demonstrate the Japanese market continues to revolve around Nintendo, RPGs and the occasional dash of Sony, with precious little in the way of originality or novelty on display, not that these games are necessarily bad.

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  • OkamiFrenzy commented on January 2, 2010 13:52

    Alright!!! Tales Of Vesperia I knew it was gonna be a hit game ^^ I mean I was one of the first people around where I live to purchase this game and complete all the achievements... More

  • GodOfSpeed commented on January 1, 2010 11:05

    FFXIII go go go!... More


Wii Fit “Doesn’t Make You Fit”

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Medical research appears to have confirmed that Wii Fit and other “sports” games offering apparent physical exertion actually have no positive effect on fitness at all.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 8, 2012 08:16

    They study does successfully show that if you don't use your Wii Fit or exercise, you're not going to get into shape.... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 12, 2010 03:18

    i got running shoes - ran 20 minutes - next day walked 4 minutes - very slow - stopped to smell flowers - they were hanging so i didn't have to bend to smell them... More


Tales of Graces Total Beta Bug Fest

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Fans of Tales of Graces have been pained to discover the title has dozens of bugs, some severe enough to crash the console and other locking players out of various parts of the game; with the game being released on the Wii, which lacks any hard drive, the impact is doubly severe as no patches will be forthcoming.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 11, 2010 05:55

    Tales of graces features DLC costumes. Sure they can patch a few lines of code, this post makes no sense at all.... More

  • kajunbowser commented on December 30, 2009 07:24

    srsly, what do you expect in a beta version? Since I have some QA testing experience, I'm not surprised at this stage having a lot of bugs. Now, if it has more bugs than it... More


Tales of Graces Wii Beta Confirmed?

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Excessively diligent investigators maintain they have proven that the recently released Tales of Graces has a missing character, which is of course exactly what happened with the Xbox 360 beta version of Tales of Vesperia and its eventual perfect PS3 version.

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  • Zappa commented on July 28, 2010 21:09

    The Wii Beta is confirmed: http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6448/togps3.jpg \o/... More

  • TNinja commented on December 21, 2009 05:28

    Devdan's awesome. Lancer in Tales games sounds awesome. (Never played enough Tales games to know about it)... More


Top 10 Games of 2009, According to Amazon

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Amazon.co.jp has revealed its top selling games of 2009 (minus Final Fantasy XIII), and the result seems to confirm the expected carve up of the market between RPGs and casual games, and the PS3/PSP and Wii/DS…

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  • Ryuhouji commented on June 26, 2012 04:18

    I don't care about the list. I just find it funny 360 aint on it XD... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 16, 2011 12:38

    miku`s project DIVA should be released for the west we like vocaloid too :p... More


DS Outsells PSP by 300%

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The latest Japanese console sales figures for the end of November seem to demonstrate some very healthy sales for Nintendo, as well as an embarassment for Sony with the PSP Go now slipping below even the Xbox 360’s dismal sales…

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  • Anonymous commented on July 15, 2010 21:20

    more sales to dsi because ppl with fat hands smashing their touch screen =P hehe jokes... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 9, 2009 06:28

    Listen to anon16:20 for he speaks the truth... More


Super Mario Galaxy, Chinese Style

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China’s unique grasp of intellectual property once again courts controversy with the allegations that “Dinosaur Planet” in fact heavily plagiarises Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy, for the Wii.

Decide for yourself in the below videos:

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  • Ben commented on December 13, 2010 18:25

    I assume the first video was an early version of the game? It's obviously using the same gameplay... though obviously much shittier...... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 5, 2010 05:05

    this is to get back at the Japanese for invading China back then jajajaja XD man they have no shame what so ever.... More


PS3 Gets 3D Glasses Support in Free Firmware Update

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Sony has announced that the PS3 will be getting full support for stereoscopic 3D glasses in a free firmware update.

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  • Anonymous commented on May 25, 2010 05:09

    ps3 camera is crap cant se this working... More

  • Anonymous commented on April 11, 2010 05:04

    um, does project NATAL even count? it's not even on the market yet, therefore doesn't really exist as of yet.so how can you really compare something that doesn't exist to something that's actually here?... More


Wii Doomed? US Sales Shrink 37%

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Aging hardware and a severe lack of quality titles have led to the Wii’s eighth consecutive month of shrinking sales, with US sales now down 37% on a year earlier, even as certain competing consoles enjoy record sales.

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  • Anonymous commented on November 20, 2009 05:44

    I'll say one thing here....sure, Wii's sales may have dropped, but as with all consoles, there comes a point where the sales have to drop because EVERYBODY ONES ONE ALREADY!!!... More

  • Anonymous commented on November 19, 2009 10:46

    To be frank, Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess were inferior to their N64 counterparts.... More


Sony: “Xbox 360 is Dated”

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Sony’s product marketing vice president Scott Steinberg has been busy rubbishing Sony’s competitors as being “dated, dead, dumb terminals,” for whom he has “bad news” in the form of a resurgent PS3…

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  • Anonymous commented on December 14, 2015 08:27

    ^Says another waste of sperm....... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 26, 2012 18:13

    GET A JOB... More


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