From Famitsu to Dengeki to smaller publications like Dorimaga, Japan has lots of videogame magazines. MAG RECAP This section of Gaming Life in Japan takes a look at what's big in the latest game magazines from Japan. Turn the page for the latest magazines from Japan. The pages make a note that the games can be played on the DS. GBA is pretty much dead, except for these releases. Game Boy Advance saw a few titles at the end of the catalogue, but Nintendo was sure to make a note of compatibility with the DS.Ĭlick on these images for larger versions. Pink, Cooking Navi and Final Fantasy III seem to be the key terms, but Nintendo also made a note of the success of the Touch Generations lineup, listing sales figures next to each game. The DS lineup now includes three 3 million sellers (Animal Crossing and the two Brain Age games), two of which crossed the mark during the hot summer season.Ī quick look at Nintendo's summer retail catalogue ought to tell you what the company has been pushing. And unlike software for a certain other portable system, DS games are keeping pace with the hardware. Which brings us to this week's mini feature: scans from Nintendo's DS summer catalogue! Turn the page for that, and read on further for the latest magazines, headlines and commercials from Japan.ĭS SUMMER '06 The DS Lite has been the big hit of the summer in Japan, selling in the neighborhood of 200,000 units a month. That's Christmas-level numbers during the middle of the year. The only bright spot in this slow summer gaming season has been the DS, which continues to sell out in the neighborhood of 200,000 units a month. The biggest news story might not have been a news story at all: a Bloomberg report on a Nikko Citigroup prediction of a 19,800 yen Wii price earlier this week quickly disappeared without a trace (except for here at IGN Wii). The biggest game was The Maid Outfit and The Guns, a Simple 2000 title where you equip and control an android made named Yuki, using guns and knives to defeat your foes. Famitsu didn't publish this week, leaving us without a flying-get Wednesday. With everyone back in their home town these past couple of weeks, the game community grinded to a near halt. Summer in Japan isn't in June - it's in August. Instead of sitting in front of their favorite console, they head back home for the annual Obon festival, where they attempt to revive the dead in order to create an army to populate the next Dead Rising game. In Japan, people don't play games in the summer.
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