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The October 29, 2009 issue of Weekly Famitsu includes coverage of the following games and events in the Japanese marketplace:
» New Super Mario Bros Wii preview which spans 3 pages and gives readers a preview of the story and roughly 20 screenshots.
» Gust is putting the finishing touches on PS3 Ar Tonelico IIIwhich is scheduled to ship on January 28, 2010.
» Famitsu’s reviewers rank NDSGrand Trucker Aniki: Shigoto to Kenka to Koimoyou (4/6/6/5), PS3 Fifa 10 (9/9/9/9), Wii Fifa 10(7/7/8/7), PS2 Fifa 10 (7/7/7/6), PSP Antiphona no Seikahime: Tenshi no Gakufu Op.A (7/7/7/6), and PS3 Forza Motorsport 3(9/9/9/9).
» Continuing coverage from the recent Tokyo Game Show 2009 which looks at many games with more in-depth write-ups and impressions.
» Coin-op feature for Beatmania IIDX 17 Sirius and Tank! Tank! Tank!
» Covergirl Yuka photo spread and short interview.
» PICK UP FOOD scopes out some savory looking burgers. The burger from “Freshness Burger” looks like an alien spacecraft… made of dead cow.
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Another experimentation medley, it’s far from perfect but tried my best lol. Apologies that there is no video to go with it, because I recorded the piano first without any other instruments to make things easier for me. The playlist is as follows: 1. Her Sigh – Miki Higashino 2. Eyes on Me – Nobuo Uematsu 3. Radical Dreamers – Yasunori Mitsuda 4. Metal Gear Solid Sons of Liberty Theme – Harry Gregson Williams 5. Kimi wo Nosete – Joe Hisaishi 6. Mononoke Hime – Joe Hisaishi 7. Suteki Da Ne …
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Hot Japanese Imports: The coverage of Haruhi Suzumiya
Section: Exclusives, Originals, Features, Columns, Japanese Imports, Consoles, PS2, Wii, Handhelds, DS, PSP, Gear, Books, Ads & Media, TV, Genres, 2D, Adventure, Music, Sim
One of the most popular icons and characters in Japan is a brown haired girl with yellow ribbons in her hair named Haruhi Suzumiya. People mimic the opening dance from her anime, dress up like her, collect toys that look like her character, read about her and even play video games where she is the star.
Thanks to companies like Bandai Entertainment, Little Brown Books and Yen Press, people in North America can start to read and watch Haruhi Suzumiya’s adventures. However, no video game publisher has taken a chance on her eclectic games.
Before we look at five video game adventures, lets take a brief look at what Haruhism is all about.
Haruhi Suzumiya’s the star of a series of light novels, manga volumes, anime, movie and video games. The series began in June, 2003 with the light novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Pay close attention to the title, because it’s the start of a trend. All the Haruhi Suzumiya media are titled in a similar manner. Two manga series followed shortly after in the spring of 2004 and winter of 2005. The anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ran in 2006, and was expanded and rerun in 2009. Another manga series began in 2007.
Right now, the new run of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is going on with additional episodes, there’s a new spin-off manga called The Vanishing of Yuki-chan Nagato and a movie, The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya is being prepared for a 2010 release.
Haruhi Suzumiya is an etcentric high school girl with an interest in the extraordinary. In order to find these strange phenomena, like espers, aliens, robots and the like, she creates a school club called the Spreading Excitement All Over the World with the Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade, or SOS Brigade. She convinces/badgers/drags her classmate Kyon, the only person she talks to, into joining. Three other people, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina and Itsuki Koizumi, also end up joining as well. It turns out that the three other people didn’t join because they’re interested in the supernatural.
Instead, Yuki, Mikuru and Itsuki join because they are supernatural. Apparently, Haruhi somehow holds, or developed, the ability to change reality at her will, and the three of them have been sent by different organizations to monitor her and sort-of keep her in check. So, out of everyone, Kyon’s the only normal person. He also tends to be narrator for the events.
So, each form of media deals with a new adventure that Haruhi and the SOS Brigade gets into. Currently, the following Haruhi Suzumiya media is available in English in the U.S.:
Not surprisingly, the success of the Haruhi Suzumiya series has spawned a number of video games. Here’s a brief overview of what’s available, in chronological order. Keep in mind, the games all contain quite a bit of fanservice.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku aka The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya (PSP)
This is essentially a visual novel/adventure game with occasional mini-games thrown in. This game follows the part of the light novel/manga/anime where the SOS Brigade is creating The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina. It’s the only Haruhi Suzumiya video game to not have an original storyline. Mainly it’s a visual novel, but there are some mini-games. Warning to importers: Text heavy!
Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi aka The Perplexity of Haruhi Suzumiya (PS2)
This is essentially a visual novel/adventure game with occasional mini-games thrown in. Haruhi wants to make a video game, and gets the SOS Brigade involved. There are quite a few different games you can make, like an RPG, card game or Princess Maker clone. Warning to importers: Text heavy! Also, the PS2 isn’t region-free, so this only works on Japanese PS2s.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou aka The Excitement of Haruhi Suzumiya (Wii)
Dance along with Haruhi Suzumiya and the SOS Brigade. Haruhi’s found a flier for the dance competition, and has decided that she and the SOS Brigade are entering. There are Story and Free Play Modes. Remember, the Wii isn’t region-free so don’t buy it unless you have a Japanese Wii.
Suzumiya no Heiretsu aka The Parallel of Haruhi Suzumiya (Wii)
Yet another visual novel adventure game. Haruhi’s won a cruise trip, and she’s bringing the SOS Brigade with her. Once they set sail, a number of improbable and unusual adventures take place. Warning to importers: Text heavy! Also, like I mentioned before, the Wii isn’t region-free.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokuretsu aka The Series of Haruhi Suzumiya (DS)
This is an adventure game, along the lines of Lux Pain or Phoenix Wright. Haruhi, Kyou and the SOS Brigade use the summer to investigate the school’s seven, unexplained mysteries. Warning to importers: Text heavy!
COMING NEXT WEEK: Hot Japanese Imports looks at five Japanese gadgets which exist for no other reason than to be absurdly adorable.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Last week Hot Japanese Imports suggested 35 video games you could play on Hello Kitty’s 35th anniversary.
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This year, Domo’s spending Halloween with 7-Eleven
Section: Gaming News, Features, Japanese Imports, Gear, Accessories, Books, Figures & Toys, Ads & Media, Advertisements
About a year ago, Gamertell’s Hot Japanese Imports talked about Japanese mascots who’ve gotten their own video games. One of the mascots was Domo, the Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) network mascot – a big brown, friendly monster whose mouth is perpetually open and says only, “Domo.” Last year, Domo was the Halloween mascot for Target stores. This year, he’s working for 7-Eleven.
The 7-Eleven and Domo collaboration is going to last from October 1, 2009 until approximately November 12, 2009. To make it easier, let’s just say you have until the second week of November to stop by your local 7-Eleven if you want to see Domo or pick up some Domo related goodies. You may only just be noticing the promotion now though – my local 7-Eleven only started stocking the Domo items this past Monday.
Here’s what you can expect to see if you stop by 7-Eleven while the promotion is running. There are going to be lots of Domo display items. Domo’s going to appear on all kinds of coffee and slurpee cups, and there will be special, limited drinks in honor of Domo. There will be little accessories, figurines, collectable straws, the Domo Volume 1 dvd with all of his collected cartoons, volumes of the Domo: The Manga graphic novel and 7-Eleven gift cards with Domo appearing on them. Not all stores may go so far with the Domo love, so if you’re looking for a particular treat be prepared to look in several stores.
The promotion also extends to the internet. If you stop by the Slurpee website, you can watch three Domo webisodes showing his reactions to slurpees, enter to win a stuffed Domo and discover his official slurpee flavor – Fuji Frost Fanta Apple. Well, technically only two of the webisodes are online right now. The third episode will be online October 19, 2009.
No video games though, sadly. You’ll either have to import the Japanese GBA game Domo-kun no Fushigi Terebi or content yourself with the Domo Dance browser-based game at Domo Nation.
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Universal Playstation 3 60 GB.
High Speed Internet to download the actual iso.
Slim American Playstation 2
PS2 Save File Converter for PS3.
PSP
Over 60 DVD Rewritable discs.
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I’m willing to spend a bit to get whatever is needed, but I have two questions rather than one now.
1. How can I play japanese ps2 games on my ps2 or ps3?
2. How can I play downloaded japanese ps2 games on my ps2 or ps3?
Like, what extra things will I need?
I’d rather do number 2, so if you could help me please do and I’ll give you the best answer.
Also, I already know about modchips but is there a way to do this without a modchip?
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