namako team linklog

Thu, January 31 2008

Atlus bringing Arcana Heart to the US

Mon, December 17 2007

Sega Ages 2500 Phantasy Star Complete Collection is dated: 3/27/08

Fri, December 14 2007

NiGHTS for PS2 includes Christmas NiGHTS, and here are screens

Mon, November 26 2007

Kiki Kai World is now Heavenly Guardian, and has a new cover

Mon, November 19 2007

Famitsu news: Raiden Fighters to 360; NiGHTS to PS2

Fri, November 9 2007

Koei bringing Nobunaga's Ambition back to the US in February

Thu, November 8 2007

Tori no Hoshi's official site has been updated (and revamped)

Thu, September 20 2007

Yakuza 2 coming to the US after all

Fri, August 31 2007

Kikikaikai 2 coming to PS2 after all! (standard-issue CYA from UFO within)

Mon, July 30 2007

Sega's Galaxy Force II compilation site now has comparison shots between the arcade and Neo Classic

Thu, July 26 2007

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns coming to US and Europe, from Agetec

Famitsu.com has a preview of Sega Ages 2500 Virtual On - with lotsa screens

Fri, July 20 2007

Tori no Hoshi ~Aerial Planet~'s official site has been filled with info and media

Fri, July 13 2007

Something new from Nippon Ichi: Tori no Hoshi - Aerial Planet (genre: SF Sky Adventure)

Mon, June 25 2007

GAME Watch has a detailed feature on Suchie Pai IV

Fri, June 22 2007

Suchie Pai IV has been announced for PS2, and famitsu.com has a rundown of the new characters

Wed, June 13 2007

Kikikaikai 2 cancelled

Thu, June 7 2007

Unintended consequences of localization: Velkom zu our Aryan utopia

Fri, June 1 2007

How to sell a remake: Tomb Raider vs. Tomb Raider Anniversary

Wed, May 23 2007

Sega's official page for Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition is up

Fri, May 11 2007

Atlus bringing Growlanser V to the US

Mon, May 7 2007

NIS America's Grim Grimoire site is up

Thu, May 3 2007

English screenshots of Persona 3

Wed, April 25 2007

Simple 2000 Series: The Genshijin coming to the US as "Adventures of Darwin!"

Mon, April 16 2007

Machi-ing Maker 2 coming to the US as Metropolismania 2 (from Crave)

Tue, April 10 2007

Taito Legends 2 really, really coming to the US

Mon, March 12 2007

Paleface wrote up Simple 2000: The Jokouppichi Torimonochou - and the results aren't good

Thu, March 8 2007

NCS Game Notes on Monster World Complete Collection

Wed, February 28 2007

Odin Sphere's official trailer is up

Fri, February 16 2007

Gross! eg has a four-page preview of Simple 2000 Series: The Overwhelming Hell

eg has an extensive (Japanese) preview of Grim Grimoire

Wed, February 14 2007

The official US site for Odin Sphere is (already!) up

Mon, February 12 2007

Odin Sphere's official site is live

Sat, February 10 2007

New, clean Odin Sphere scans

1up has a preview of Odin Sphere

Fri, February 9 2007

Famitsu has a preview of Odin Sphere (with pretty pictures)

Thu, February 8 2007

Sega's Monster World Complete Collection site has been updated - English versions are included!

Official trailer for Sega Ages 2500: Monster World Complete Collection

Wed, February 7 2007

Another Odin Sphere magazine scan

Odin Sphere has finally (officially) surfaced: here's a magazine scan

Odin Sphere promotional video

Mon, February 5 2007

Interview with D3 Publisher USA on upcoming titles, Simple Series

Wed, January 31 2007

An extensive thread on gameplay changes and new goodies in Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI

'Roboto-chan' column on super robots, real robots, and the mechafest ACE games

Mon, January 29 2007

Arika cans PS2 Ketsui after three years of work, due to technical issues. Here's the sum-up

Taito Legends 2 coming stateside?

Fri, January 26 2007

D3 does The Sims? Simple 2000 Series vol. 115: The Roomshare Lifestyle

Mon, January 22 2007

GAME Watch has a preview of Kenka Banchou 2: Full Throttle

Sun, January 21 2007

Natsume talks about Chulip and explains the delays

Fri, January 19 2007

Famitsu scans on Seaman 2 (this time, with a caveman)

Fri, January 12 2007

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires' official English site is live

RTK XI's official site is live

Order Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI online and get the game's soundtrack

Rogue Hearts Dungeon, a new 2D roguelike (natch) for PS2

Fri, January 5 2007

Preview of Raw Danger (Zettai 2), with localization details

Wed, December 20 2006

GAME Watch has a Grim Grimoire preview up

Thu, December 14 2006

Famitsu has a preview of Simple 2000 Series vol. 114: The Edo Female Detective Story

Tue, December 12 2006

Agetec bringing Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 2 to the US as "Raw Danger"

GAME Watch has a feature on Kikikaikai 2

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires announced for US; arrives Feb. 27

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI coming to the US on February 6

Fri, December 8 2006

Kikikaikai 2's official site is live

Thu, December 7 2006

Kiki Kaikai 2, Shin Chuuka Taisen, both 2D, coming to PS2 in March?

Tue, December 5 2006

An ode to Sandlot

Screenshots of Taito Memories 2 Joukan/Vol. 1

Fri, December 1 2006

Grim Grimoire's official site is live

Wed, November 22 2006

Sega Genesis Collection: entirely unnecessary

Wed, November 1 2006

Data East's Trio the Punch and Konami's Thunder Cross getting Oretachi Geisen Zoku releases

Armordyne: mecha action/sim from Omiya Soft and Yasunori Mitsuda

Tue, October 31 2006

More Dragon Shadow Spell scans

Mon, October 30 2006

Promo video of Dragon Shadow Spell, from the latest Famitsu Wave DVD

Hi-res 2D ahoy: Dragon Shadow Spell

New copies of ZOE2 available from konami.com for $20

Wed, October 25 2006

Taito Memories 2 announced

Sun, October 22 2006

Ibara to receive a cheap rerelease next January

roushimsx wrote up some nice impressions of Star Trek Encounters (with video!)

Fri, October 20 2006

No reviews are in sight, so here are fan impressions of Star Trek Encounters

Thu, October 19 2006

eg has a preview of Sengoku Musou 2 Empires

Wed, October 18 2006

Hacker deduces FFXII's engine optimization through model analysis

Fri, October 13 2006

Metal Slug Anthology coming to PS2 after all

Wed, October 11 2006

Bully: a high school sim, not a GTA clone

Atlus bringing Growlanser V to the US?

Wed, October 4 2006

Video and impressions of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

Mon, September 25 2006

Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit (Hajime no Ippo All Stars): $9.99, 10/31

Sat, September 23 2006

Interview with Kawazu on FFXII: cut scenes restored for US version, dirt dished on Matsuno's departu

Fri, September 22 2006

NCS game notes on Simple 2000 Series vol. 108: The Japan Special Forces

New on the Sega Ages 2500 lineup: Phantasy Star I-II-III-IV, Fantasy Zone II DX

New screens of Soul Cradle over at GAME Watch

Wed, September 20 2006

King of Fighters 2006 (KOF:MI2)...with Japanese voice intact! For $30!

Don't Panic! Human - Seaman 2

Sat, September 16 2006

Another Star Trek Encounters interview

Star Trek Encounters: a promising (?) $20 arcadey shooter with over 60 playable ships

Fri, September 15 2006

Sega Ages 2500 site updated with Monster World Complete Collection and Virtual On

Thu, September 14 2006

Screens and art from Soul Cradle, Nippon Ichi's next SRPG

Wed, September 13 2006

IGN have an interview with Punchline on Rule of Rose up

Mon, September 11 2006

tri-Ace describe the graphical tricks they've used in their PS2 games (with English)

Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse is getting a budget rerelease

Sat, September 9 2006

Famitsu scans of Nippon Ichi's latest game, Soul Cradle

Thu, September 7 2006

English Devil Summoner (Raidou vs. etc.) screenies

Sun, September 3 2006

NIS America's Steven Carlson on Localizing Disgaea 2

Wed, August 30 2006

Tidbits on Ryu ga Gotoku 2, from Famitsu

Tue, August 29 2006

1up's Yakuza cover story

Wed, August 23 2006

Sega of Europe are posting the live-action Yakuza preview, subitled, in episode form

Mon, August 21 2006

Pink PS2 for Europe

Fri, August 18 2006

Budget rerelease of Homura coming Nov. 30

Exclusive officers in PS2 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11

Mon, August 14 2006

Ar Tonelico delayed until February 07 (thank goodness)

Thu, August 10 2006

NCS game notes on The Let's Make a Robot!

Details on Sega Genesis Collection (game list herein)

NCS game notes on The Maid Uniform & Machine Gun

Wed, August 9 2006

Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams budget rerelease announced

Tue, August 8 2006

GAME Watch has a feature on The Japan Special Forces

Mon, August 7 2006

Game Watch has a listing of eeeevery Simple-series game for PS2, with high-res screenshots

Rideon's official site for The Maid Uniform & Machine Gun is live

Screens and cover for Simple 2000 Series vol. 110: The Escaped Prisoner

Screenshots and cover scan of Simple 2000 Series vol. 109: The Taxi 2

Fri, August 4 2006

Game WATCH preview of Simple 2000 Series Vol. 104 The Let's Make a Robot!

ITmedia's got a new feature on The Maid Uniform & Machine Gun

Thu, August 3 2006

The official site for Simple 2000 Series vol. 108: The Japan Special Forces is live

Wed, August 2 2006

Famitsu has a preview of Simple 2000 Series Vol. 110: The Escaped Prisoner

US Rule of Rose cover = JP Rule of Rose cover

NCS game notes on Simple 2000 Series vol. 102: The Infantryman

Tue, August 1 2006

Video (with gameplay) of The Maid Uniform & Machine Gun

Thu, July 27 2006

NCS Game Notes on Earth Defense Force Tactics

Wed, July 26 2006

Valkyrie Profile 2's intro, with English dub

Valkyrie Profile 2 producer interview (with spoilers)

Tue, July 25 2006

Blood+ One Night Kiss movie

Thu, July 20 2006

Here's some information that's been dug up on Sengoku Musou 2 Empires

Wed, July 19 2006

Metal Slug 6 coming to PS2 in September

Tue, July 18 2006

Preview of Okami in English

Sat, July 15 2006

And here's a video of Honoo no Kakutou Banchou

ITmedia has a big feature on Simple 2000 The Honoo no Kakutou Banchou

The official site for Simple 2000 Series: The Let's Make a Robot! is open

Wed, July 12 2006

duckroll is delivering Persona 3 impressions

Mon, July 10 2006

Simple 2000 Series: The Japan Special Forces & The Honoo no Kakutou Banchou @ ruliweb

Thu, July 6 2006

Scans of Simple 2000 Series vol. 107: The Honou no Kakutou Banchou

The official Earth Defense Force Tactics site is live

The US Final Fantasy XII site is live

Wed, July 5 2006

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires announced

Wed, June 28 2006

New scans of Yggdrasil Labyrinth and Persona 3

Final Fantasy XII will receive a collector's edition in the US

Famitsu.com has screens of Simple 2000: The Japan Special Forces

Mon, June 26 2006

GAME Watch has a preview of PS2 Sangokushi 11 (tasty celshading ahoy)

Sun, June 25 2006

Genesis Collection coming to PS2 and PSP

Fri, June 23 2006

PS2 Sangokushi 11's (Romance of the Three Kingdoms 11) Japanese site is live

Thu, June 22 2006

Parish reviews Hamster's Haunted Castle emu-pack, emulation glitches in tow

Wed, June 21 2006

Famitsu scan featuring Simple 2000 v106: The Block Kuzushi and vol. 108: The Japan Special Ops

New Persona 3 scans from Famitsu

Tue, June 20 2006

...and here's the official site for Vol. 28 (which will include the unreleased Megadrive Tetris)

Preview of Sega Ages 2500 vol. 28: Tetris Collection @ Famitsu

Mon, June 19 2006

Sengoku Basara 2 preview with chara profiles on Nobumasa Asai, Oichi, Mitsuhide Akechi, Ranmaru Mori

Fri, June 16 2006

Yakuza's voice cast announced

Thu, June 15 2006

Valkyrie Profile 2 Japanese preview with lotsa screens, systems information, etc.

Atlus USA reviews Steambot Chronicles reviews

Wed, June 14 2006

D3 Publisher's product information booklet for June (full-color 3MB PDF)

Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 28 is Tetris Collection (Sega Tetris, Flash Point, Bloxeed)

Mon, June 12 2006

Import review of Shinobido Imashime

Sakimoto alert: Wizardry Gaiden coming to PS2 in August

Sun, June 11 2006

Gunslinger Girl Vol. 2 written up at GameSetWatch

Fri, June 9 2006

EDF2 coming to PAL territories as Global Defence Force

Wed, June 7 2006

Interview: Why Rule of Rose may be 2006's most controversial game (surprise!)

Tue, June 6 2006

PS3 reported to include the PS2's core chipset for backwards-compatibility; SCEA responds

duckroll reviews Simple 2000 Series Vol. 99: The Genshijin

Mon, June 5 2006

Sengoku Basara 2 character blowout with lotsa screens

Fri, June 2 2006

Parish meets Kawazu, Yamada, Maehiro, Watanabe on FFXII - plus, the OST LE

Thu, June 1 2006

Blood+ One Night Kiss hitting Japan on Aug. 31

Wed, May 31 2006

An ongoing thread covering 2D games on PS2 and how they're presented

Impressions of Oretachi Geisen Zoku: Akumajou Dracula

Fancy a bit of blur? Game Watch has PS2 KOF XI screenshots

Yakuza's US cover art surfaces; game is due out Sept. 26 (Sept. 29 for PAL)

Tue, May 30 2006

Raiden III and The Red Star up for preorder at buy.com for $13 each

Kitsune and qt3 on Metal Saga, Steambot Chronicles, and Japanese nonlinearity

Cavia/Banpresto soccer lifesim Soccer Life II coming to Europe

New Persona 3 trailer

Why you should buy Okami

Tue, May 23 2006

Steambot Chronicles 1up review

Mon, May 22 2006

XS Games acquires The Red Star, plan to release Raiden III in North America

Fri, May 19 2006

Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria Famitsu scans

Thu, May 18 2006

The lowdown on FFXII's localization

Sun, May 14 2006

Tokobot Plus preview

Shinobido: Soul of the Ninja hands-on (!!!, due out in fall)

Sat, May 13 2006

Super Monkey Ball Adventure hands-on

Fri, May 12 2006

Video: Discussion with Yakuza's US localization producer

Devil Summoner hands-on

Persona 3 Japanese website live

Thu, May 11 2006

Rule of Rose hands-on and developer comments

Persona 3 hands-on

Far East of Eden Ziria 360 coming to US via Hudson

New English Chulip screens (yes, it's still coming)

Impressions of Atlus's lineup, plus Princess Crown successor Odin Sphere

Ar Tornelico and Shiki Gensou: Spectral Souls II Unlimited Side to US from NIS

Yakuza English videos

PSP Lemmings coming to PS2, with Eyetoy support

Wed, May 10 2006

Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 trailer, with game listing (BLACK TIGER)

Devil Summoner high-res character art and screens

Primus in Guitar Hero II

Rule of Rose officially announced

10Tacle Studios AG reminds us all about Black Buccaneer

Lumines Plus screens

Capcom Classics Colletion vol. 2 announced; no games mentioned

Persona 3 Famitsu scans

Tue, May 9 2006

Konami announces E3 2006 line-up

Valkyrie Profile 2 Silmeria E3 2006 trailer

World of Mana E3 2006 trailer

Fri, May 5 2006

Sensible Soccer 2006 hands-on

Thu, May 4 2006

No Japanese voice track in Yakuza; will be English-only

Wed, May 3 2006

Ape Escape: Million Monkeys screens and video

Rogue Galaxy impressions

Tue, May 2 2006

Blood+ One Night Kiss screenshots

Sun, April 30 2006

Ape Escape Million Monkeys on PS2

Fri, April 28 2006

Koei's E3 lineup announced

Tokobot Adventure coming to PS2

English Yakuza trailer

Brave Story (PS2 and PSP) screens

Thu, April 27 2006

Tales of the Abyss E3 Prelook

World Pool Championship/Challenge 2007 for PS2 and PSP

Wed, April 26 2006

Battlestadium D.O.N. (Dragonball, One Piece, Naruto) for PS2, GC

Killer7's Grasshopper and Suda51 developing Blood+ One Night Kiss

Buena Vista Games: Lumines II, EEE, Lumines Plus PS2, Meteos: Disney Ed.

Tue, April 25 2006

Rogue Galaxy pre-E3 hands-on

.hack//GU Vol1 new trailer

SCEA's E3 website

Mon, April 24 2006

Sensible Soccer 2006 trailer