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Now For A More Mysterious DS Game From Atlus

By Spencer . December 1, 2008 . 8:28am

Steal Princess was an easy game to identify since it is using the same name as its Japanese counterpart. The Dark Spire is more elusive. Like Steal Princess it’s for the DS and the ESRB says Atlus is publishing it.…

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Atlus Publishing Steal Princess In North America

By Spencer . December 1, 2008 . 7:30am

Marvelous is co-publishing most of their games with XSEED, but Atlus still seems to be taking care of some Marvelous titles. On top of Luminous Arc 2 Atlus picked up Steal Princess, Climax’s spiritual successor to Landstalker. Not entirely unsurprising news…

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Pit Crew Panic Stops Off With Space Invaders And Metal Slug

By Spencer . December 1, 2008 . 7:06am

Finally, Space Invaders: Get Even is out in North America. This twist on the Space Invaders series has players control a UFO with the analog stick and shoot invaders at Earth’s defenses by pointing with the remote. But, beware just…

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Siliconera Speaks Up: Square Enix Remakes

By Louise . November 30, 2008 . 9:14am

This week, Chrono Trigger DS has been added to the growing list of SNES and NES rpgs Square Enix is re-releasing or porting. How do you feel about this? Do you think that Square Enix should work on some new…

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Persona 4’s Homage To South Park

By Spencer . November 28, 2008 . 3:02pm

You meet all kinds of comical teachers in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, but Mr. Hosoi is the most memorable. He lectures players on Japanese literature with a hand puppet sort of like early Mr. Garrison. I can’t say for sure…

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An Ar Tonelico 2 Trailer Sings For North America

By Spencer . November 28, 2008 . 1:45pm

If you played Ar Tonelico you have a pretty good idea of what to expect in Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica. Turn based combat with singing Reyvatils in the back row, cosmosphere diving, item synthesis, and vocal music are…

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Sony Speeds Up Digital Distribution For LocoRoco 2

By Spencer . November 28, 2008 . 11:15am

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan started selling first party games at a discount on the PlayStation Store the same day they went into retail stores. Now Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is testing a similar tactic with LocoRoco 2. The game came out…

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Cloud And Sephiroth Spar In Dissidia: Final Fantasy

By Spencer . November 28, 2008 . 9:08am

Yes, Cloud and Sephiroth are in Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Anyone who knows anything about Final Fantasy figured out the two characters would be Dissidia way before Square Enix officially announced them. But what do they do in Dissidia? This trailer…

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Yakuza 3 Finished In February

By Spencer . November 28, 2008 . 8:25am

Sega is well on their way to completing Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) and the zillion mini-games within the main game. When you’re kicking back away from the main quest Kiryu Kazuma relaxes by playing golf and visiting hostess bars.…

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Ninja Blade Cuts Into January’s Xbox 360 Lineup

By Spencer . November 28, 2008 . 7:05am

From Software teased their cinematic action game, Ninja Blade, was coming in “early 2009″. They meant really early 2009 since Ninja Blade is scheduled to come out in Japan on January 29. Don’t go into Ninja Blade expecting Otogi 3:…