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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 6/9-6/15

Posted Jun 20th 2008 7:00PM by Candace Savino
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Just as we were starting to get comfortable with the DS coming in third consistently on the Japanese hardware charts, Metal Gear Solid 4 came out and helped push our favorite handheld down to fourth. Fourth! Meaning, it only did better than the PS2 and 360. Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!

DS hardware did get a little boost, though, despite the fact that not much new software made its way into the charts:

Playstation 3: 75,311 (64,455)
PSP: 64,675 (2,659)
Wii: 45,564 (925)
Nintendo DS: 39,201 (4,181)
PlayStation 2: 7,297 (1,018)
Xbox 360: 2,163 (117)

There were some surprises this week, as Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! found itself back in the top thirty (so did Pokémon Diamond). But, you can just see all the hot software action for yourself after the break.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/26-6/1

Posted Jun 6th 2008 11:45AM by Candace Savino
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Two DS games debuted in the top ten this week (Endless Frontier: Super Robot Wars OG Saga and the cutesy spatial puzzler Empty Space Training), but otherwise, DS software had a relatively lackluster performance. Only twelve titles ended up in the top thirty, which is low for Nintendo's handheld. As for hardware, the DS is getting comfortable in third place behind the PSP and Wii:

PSP: 71,986 (7,537)
Wii: 50,851 (1,804)
Nintendo DS: 38,355 (951)
PlayStation 3: 9,169 (98)
PlayStation 2: 7,203 (14)
Xbox 360: 1,959 (12)

Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness is another game that premiered last week, taking twelfth in the charts. If it follows the path of games like Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team! and Glory of Herakles, though, it's likely to drop soon. As for English of the Dead, the game didn't debut in the top fifty, and according to Famitsu it only sold 1,500 copies in its first week.

Click on past the break to see the other software numbers and rankings from 5/29 to 6/1.

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Fresh screens from SRW OG Endless Frontier

Posted Apr 28th 2008 1:30PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Screens

If perhaps a large chunk of gameplay footage and the screens in our gallery below haven't sold you on this game, we really don't know what to do for you. It's okay that something we present not immediately pique your interest; you're going to like what you're going to like.

In case you're receptive to reasons why you should like the game, however, we have several. They're reasons in the form of new screenshots in our gallery below. Outside of that, we really got nothing.

Oh wait, there's boobies! People seem to respond to those, right?

Gallery: Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga

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11 minutes of SRW OG Endless Frontier's elaborate battle animations

Posted Apr 27th 2008 1:30PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Video

As shallow as it might seem, these battle animations are the only reason why we bother watching these SRW OG Endless Frontier clips, or any video for the Super Robot Wars series, for that matter. It's like loading up a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 combo video to watch an intricate series of strikes pile up with no sign of ending anytime soon.

So, here we have eleven minutes of precisely that -- floating HP-damage counts, KOS-MOS's poorly secured top, and team attacks acrobatically combining martial arts and heavy weaponry. What else were you expecting? SRW OG Endless Frontier ships out to stores in Japan this May 29th.

Gallery: Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga

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Heavy mechs and heaving chests: SRW OG Endless Frontier commercial

Posted Mar 27th 2008 2:15PM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Video, Imports

Though we still have two months before Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier ships to stores in Japan, Banpresto already has a commercial for the Monolith-Soft RPG at its official site. The 15-second spot has everything you'd expect from a Super Robot Wars title -- ornate mechas swinging swords and firing giant canons at each other.

Oh, and at some point, KOS-MOS's (Xenosaga) top spills open, exposing her cleavage for no discernible reason. Perhaps it's a special attack? Does it consume SP? We might just have to wait until May 29th comes around to find out!

Gallery: Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga

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Monolith Soft reveals a little more of Super Robot Wars

Posted Jan 18th 2008 4:02PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Screens

When Monolith Soft first announced their Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga, many people scratched their heads in puzzlement. An RPG? What happened to the long tradition of strategy games? Why Original Generation? While these screens -- many of which showed up in those scans, just not as clearly -- might not answer any questions, they do offer a deeper peek at the title. You can check them out in the gallery below.

By "reveals" here, we really mean to say many of the characters are dressed in somewhat revealing outfits.

Gallery: Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga

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Famitsu reveals Monolith Soft's new Super Robot Wars game

Posted Jan 9th 2008 9:45AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Imports

In a vaguely shocking turn of events, Nintendo's newly-acquired developer Monolith Soft has partnered with Banpresto to make a new entry in the long-running Super Robot Wars series of strategy RPGs. Oh, except this one isn't a strategy RPG! Infinite Frontier Super Robot Wars OG Saga is actually an RPG with some action elements. The game features traditional RPG combat, with parties, random encounters, and timing-based attacks.
Since this is part of the "Original Generation" series and therefore contains Banpresto original robots, the licensing issues that keep most Super Robot Wars games in Japan don't apply to this one. Atlus published Original Generation 1 and 2 on the GBA in the U.S. The fact that it's being developed by a Nintendo-owned company doesn't hurt its chances either. Famitsu scans are available after the break.

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Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 6/9-6/15

Another Week in Japan: Hardware and software numbers 5/26-6/1

Fresh screens from SRW OG Endless Frontier

11 minutes of SRW OG Endless Frontier's elaborate battle animations

Heavy mechs and heaving chests: SRW OG Endless Frontier commercial

Monolith Soft reveals a little more of Super Robot Wars