Nagoshi

Toshihiro Nagoshi (and Other Developers) Comments on the Japanese Gaming Industry

Famitsu recently assembled a panel of prominent Japanese gaming industry names and asked them for their thoughts on the trajectory of the Japanese gaming industry in the near and far futures. One such person interviewed by Famitsu is Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi. Some of the other names polled that our readers may know include Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya, Bandai Namco Entertainment’s Katsuhiro Harada, Square-Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase, and Koei-Tecmo’s Yosuke Hayashi. Nichegamer …read more

Cranky Food Friends

Our Thoughts on Puyo Puyo Quest Being Reskinned as Cranky Food Friends

Puyo Puyo Quest is a fairly successful mobile game in Japan. For the West, the game is being reskinned and launched as “Cranky Food Friends,” with a soft launch that started in Canada and certain European countries. If there is any doubt, compare the featured image with the image below. The similarity in structure of the two games should be immediately apparent. Even if Cranky Food Friends was simply inspired …read more

7th Dragon III Code: VFD Samurai and Fortuner Trailers

The rollout for character class trailers have begun for 7th Dragon III: Code VFD. This first set contains the Samurai and Fortuner classes. The Samurai is an all-rounder, a straightforward pick-up-and-play class. Pretty modern get-up for a Samurai, I’ll say that. Maybe it’s just like Gemini Sunrise from Sakura Wars says, and it’s all about having the Samurai Soul. Anyway, the Fortuner is slightly less straightforward. They have paper defenses, …read more

Sega Reveals the Opening Movie for Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax

Sega of America have posted the opening movie for their upcoming 2D fighting game Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax. The movie shows of the playable and assist characters in the game (excluding the Sega-related characters, which I don’t think have actually been shown in the English trailers so far). The movie is also accompanied by the game’s theme song, “Belief” by Mami Kawada. Be sure to take a look at the …read more

P4AD Nanako Yu

Persona 4: Dancing All Night Nanako and Margaret English Trailers

The English trailers for Persona 4: Dancing All Night featuring Nanako and Margaret are now out. With these two, we’re at the tail end of the character trailers. Nanako is the cousin of Yu Narukami, good-natured and supportive. Margaret’s elegant and coy personality come through in her dance, but keep in mind that she’s available only in the Free Dance Mode and unlocked after fulfilling special conditions in-game. The game …read more

New In-Game Battle Screenshots Revealed for Hyperdimension Great War Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls: Dream Fusion Special

Compile Heart has released a few more images of Hyperdimension Great War Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls: Dream Fusion Special. Shown in the screenshots is a view on the game’s battle system, which shows graphics and overall gameplay that looks very similar to what we’ve seen from previous Neptunia games. That said, the menu on the right does suggest that there’s at least one new gameplay element compared to the …read more

Principality of Gallia

Valkyria Chronicles Mod For Civilization V – Principality of Gallia

The fan content love for Valkyria Chronicles continues with a mod of the PC strategy game Civlization V. The Civilization games are complex games where the player is tasked with a leading a civilization to growth and promoting its survival by managing many facets of its development, while keeping in mind such factors as the resources needed to sustain your civilization and your environment, besides the other civilizations you interact …read more

Neptune VS SeHa Girl

Hyperdimension Great War Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls: Dream Fusion Special Launches in November

Siliconera writes that Hyperdimension Great War Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls: Dream Fusion Special will release in Japan on November 26. Not a bad time too. The game will be available in both standard (¥6,800 pre-tax) and limited (¥8,800 pre-tax) editions. Neptune VS SeHa Girls is centered around two protagonist mascot characters: IF or Iffy representing Idea Factory (bottom-left character on the featured image), and Hatsumi Sega or Segami/Segamin representing …read more