News happens in Japan, or so my RSS reader leads me to believe. The problem is, it’s not always headline-grabbing news. Sometimes it’s squid heads for Street Fighter Online or an XNA conference. So it’s not really worthwhile to make each story into its own post, but combined together they’re enough for a Japanese version ofScraps.
So, let’s get into the highlights of what the Japanese sites have to offer:
First up, Square Enixhas announcedseveral new “Ultimate Hits” titles, includingDrakengard,Drakengard 2, andFinal Fantasy: Dirge of Cerberus. These titles are priced at 2,940 yen. Also, the PSP the Besttitles for Octoberhave been announced: Gundam Battle Chronicle and SD Gundam G Generation-Portable.
The finalweekly rankingsfor August are in, withRhythm Tengoku Gold,Afrika, andJ-League Winning Eleventaking the top three positions, respectively.Wii Fithas still managed to stay in the rankings, holding the #5 spot.Battlefield: Bad Companydebuted at #7, selling 26,000 units in its first week.
Take your choiceof calamari for headwear inStreet Fighter Online. Well, this will be a nice addition when it comes to themore… revealing outfitsthat are available. In fact, it’s a promotion betweenStreet Fighter Onlineand Solid Alliance, a maker of squid-shaped USB memory keys. When you buy one of their keys, you’ll get a special code to input toSFOin order to unlock these items.
Not that many of you would care, butthere’s a new PVout for the latestHigurashititle. I’ve never had much of an interest in playing the games, but I’d highly recommend picking upYen+and reading the manga story — it’s fantastic from what I’ve read thus far.
That’s about it for the bits and pieces of news from Japan for today. There are reports coming out of Gamefest 2008, but I’ll gather those separately — they take a little while longer to translate. And if you’re wondering, nokori is Japanese for “leftovers.” I’m so inventive, aren’t I? If you’ve got a better suggestion for this, let me know.
