Dragon Quest VI Remakes Massive DS Success In Japan [Sales Get]

It was a big, big week for the role-playing game in Japan, with the release mdash;and immediate success mdash;of Dragon Quest VI for the Nintendo DS and, to a lesser degree, Sega's latest effort End of Eternity. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi debuted to more than 900,000 copies sold in Japan this week, according to Media Create. Its nearest competitor was Sega's aforementioned futuristic RPG End of Eternity (known as Resonance of Fate around these parts) with more than 145,000 copies sold ...

http://kotaku.com/5464418/dragon-quest-vi-remakes-massive-ds-success-in-japan

Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Finds New Home At Grasshopper Manufacture [Silent Hill]

Akira Yamoaka, famous for his musical and directorial contributions to Silent Hill, recently ended his longtime employment at Konami. That publisher's loss is quirky developer Grasshopper Manufacture's gain, as Yamaoka has signed on with Goichi Suda's studio, according to Famitsu. According to 1UP's account of Famitsu's interview with Suda and Yamaoka, the musician will be put to work on the horror game Grasshopper is developing for Electronic Arts, the one headed by Resident Evil creator Shinji...

http://kotaku.com/5463449/silent-hills-akira-yamaoka-finds-new-home-at-grasshopper-manufacture

Zelda, MGS And More, Japanese Game Creators Talk 2010 [Famitsu]

This year could be a huge year for video games. That's what folks say every year, and that's what we are saying about this one. In the upcoming issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu, some of the industry's biggest names talk about their current projects and hinted at things to come. Let's have a look: Konami bull; Hideo Kojima: He thinks that 3D televisions will become the norm. Kojima declare this year the "Year of Peace Walker". He also mentioned the desire for Kojima Productions to make a t...

http://kotaku.com/5463062/zelda-mgs-and-more-japanese-game-creators-talk-2010

What's Happened To Nintendo's "New Play Control"? [Let's Fantasy]

When first announced, Nintendo's line of "New Play Control" games seemed like a great idea. Repackage games from the criminally unloved GameCube, then sell them onto a massive audience that missed them first time around. So what's happened? It's been over a year since the first "New Play Control" title was released in Japan, and since then, only a handful of games have been "updated" for the Wii with new features like Wii Remote compatibility and 16:9 visuals. And not many of them are any good. ...

http://kotaku.com/5461905/whats-happened-to-nintendos-new-play-control/gallery/

What's Happened To Nintendo's "New Play Control"? [Wii]

When first announced, Nintendo's line of "New Play Control" games seemed like a great idea. Repackage games from the criminally unloved GameCube, then sell them onto a massive audience that missed them first time around. So what's happened? It's been over a year since the first "New Play Control" title was released in Japan, and since then, only a handful of games have been "updated" for the Wii with new features like Wii Remote compatibility and 16:9 visuals. And not many of them are any good. ...

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