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Doki Doki Majo Shinpan marketing continues to be out of control

Posted Aug 1st 2007 4:30PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: How-tos, News, Imports

Phone cards and manga were only the beginning -- soon, gamers will be able to touch witches in their beds. SNK Playmore is said to be planning on marketing Doki Doki Majo Shinpan pillow covers at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Considering the game did so well in preorders, we can't say we're too suprised at all the tie-ins ... and we can't help but wonder if there's going to be an entire witch-hunting franchise in the future. After all, witches are insidious. They could be anywhere -- even on your pillow -- so you gotta touch 'em all.

There are also keychains, for those who like the character art, but maybe want something a little less gratuitous.

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No surprise: Nintendo skips TGS again

Posted Jul 31st 2007 3:40PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

It may not be a surprise (despite rumors), but that doesn't make us any less disappointed about a lack of Nintendo as an exhibitor at this year's Tokyo Game Show. We can only hope, when looking ahead to the September show, that lots of DS developers will be on hand to show off their wares. German site GameFront has a full list of exhibitors, and we certainly see a few that get us excited about the coming news. Square Enix has a lot to tell us about remakes, after all, and we hope for new game announcements -- or at least lots of juicy footage -- from several companies. So even without Nintendo (again), we hope TGS will be filled with all sorts of DS win.

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Nintendo at Tokyo Game Show 2007?

Posted Apr 24th 2007 11:00AM by Eric Caoili
Filed under: Rumors

The talk around town is that Nintendo might have a significant presence this year at the traditionally Sony-dominated Tokyo Game Show, going so far as to secure a booth. The video game trade show hasn't made much of an effort to include Nintendo in the past, as the company stuck to the Space World expo and its own events to make announcements. But with the Wii's current momentum and Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Sky set to appear on the Nintendo DS, leaving Nintendo out of TGS just doesn't make sense.

Wired's Chris Kohler has an interesting post on how Nintendo's attendance at the September event will affect the console market in Japan and what the company might present at the convention. Playable DQIX demos of seem given, but we're sure that Nintendo has a lot more planned for the biggest dedicated video game show in Japan. What games and announcements are you looking forward to hearing about?

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FFIII creators talk other remakes on DS

Posted Sep 26th 2006 12:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Interviews

During the pandemonium that was the Tokyo Game Show, Games Radar managed to get an interview with two head honchos on the Final Fantasy III project. In speaking with Hiromichi Tanaka, Senior Vice President of Software Development and Tomoya Asano, Producer, it's revealed that due to the already insane success from the game's launch in Japan, Square-Enix is looking to adopt a strategy of just outright remaking classic Final Fantasy titles, as opposed to just porting them as they did with Final Fantasy IV, V, and VI.

So with ports to the GBA, remakes hitting the DS, as well as brand-new spin-off games, Square-Enix is staking a mighty large claim on the DS. We couldn't be happier, to tell the truth.

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TGS 2006 wrap-up: the DS, videos, and you [update 1]

Posted Sep 25th 2006 5:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Downloads, News, Fan stuff

Now that the Tokyo Game Show has come to a close and you've been assaulted with numerous videos, we can all finally take a deep breath and carefully scrutinize all of this new data following the event. For Nintendo having no presence of their own at the show, the Wii was out in full-force. Before we get into what we liked and didn't like from the show, let's recap on what the show brought us, for both the DS and Wii:

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker in-game footage
A new Bleach trailer
A pretty sweet Elebits booth
Kingdom Hearts creators unveil new DS game
FFXII: Revenant Wings trailer and art
Heroes of Mana animated trailer
New Sonic and the Secret Rings trailer
Best in Show: Elebits
The TGS booth to rule them all
New footage for Q? Entertainment's Gunpey
It's a Wonderful World gets the preview treatment
Lost in Blue 2 trailer
More Final Fantasy remakes on the DS?

So how did Nintendo do? As for the Wii, it had a smaller presence through third-party publishers this year. Konami had the award-winning Elebits on-hand for eager attendees, as well as Sega tossing down the red carpet for their mascot with Sonic and the Secret Rings. Nintendo failing to make a unified presence themselves could've hurt their momentum going into launch, but we aren't worried. If we should be, then why?

We can't forget about the DS, either! Even though the DS was literally bombarded with nothing but RPGs, it still had a great show. A slew of new content will keep the already incredible platform from going stale. Those with an insatiable appetite for turn-based battles and potions will get their fix with Square-Enix's incredible lineup of RPG games to come.

For all of Joystiq's Tokyo Game Show 2006 coverage, click here.

[Update 1: Added in the interview with the Final Fantasy III developers.]

FFXII Revenant Wings site open

Posted Sep 24th 2006 7:00PM by Nikki Inderlied
Filed under: News

We knew that the Force was with us today when we randomly did a search on "Square-Enix Japan." Not only did the search remind us that we lack the correct language skills to read what was going on, we found that the Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings site is up and running.

For a second we stared in awe at the opening animation then hurriedly tried to understand what was being said and shown. Once again, our attempts were thwarted.

We really need to start those Japanese classes ....

Square Enix loves the DS

Posted Sep 6th 2006 3:22PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

At this month's Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix is gonna be all about the DS. Half the playable titles they plan to show are for the Nintendo handheld. Now that's what we call a coup.

Look for lots of news and video later this month from Chocobo no Mahou Ehon (Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book), Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, and Final Fantasy III.

We know you're especially excited about that last, since we never bring you Final Fantasy III news. Ever.

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