News by Shaan J. Capcom has recently announced that a new Ace Attorney game is under development for the Nintendo 3DS, though it isn’t a direct prequel or sequel to any of the other games in the series. According to Tiny Cartridge, the new game will take place at the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 launched two days ago in Japan, and has sold 320,000 units in those two days. This number is significantly better than the launch of the PlayStation 3 (less than 90,000 in its first two days), and it’s worth noting that Japan is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The PlayStation 4 is just about to launch in Japan, and Famitsu has done its reviews of the first batch of PS4 games. The three games with the highest scores? Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, Yakuza: Ishin, and Tomb Raider. Meanwhile Nobunaga’s Ambition: Creation got the…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. You would think that with all the popularity of the likes of Smash Bros that the Jump heroes version of the character mash-up would be a shoe in for the west. And yet it’s not, and that’s a pity. For those that aren’t aware, Jump is…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny is the imaginatively-titled sequel to the Super Nintendo’s The Firemen. It’s also a game that has never been released outside of Japan, until now. I love and have played almost every firefighting game there is (weird genre to be a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It amazes me that the sequel to Conception is getting localised. It did sell well in its homeland, but its a game about having children with anime girls and sending them into dungeons to do battle. I’m actually not making that up. The goal of the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. As all of our readers know, we’re big fans of Japanese games, so it only makes sense that we also do some direct coverage from Japan as well. So, I’d like to briefly announce that Digitally Downloaded has launched a Japan blog, where we’ll be translating…
Read MoreescapeVektor, which recently won Digitally Downloaded’s Australian Game of the Year by reader vote, is finally releasing in Japan. The game is to be published by Arc System Works on both Vita and 3DS (the same publisher that looked after Persona 4 Arena and Blazblue), for ¥700 ($7, give or take…
Read MoreThank you to everyone that has participated in the Japanese games research survey so far! It closes at the end of this weekend, so if you haven’t participated yet, this is your last chance. But of course, we want to give back, so we’ve got a bunch of games to…
Read MoreSony pulled no punches with its Japan show. It’s not just the the announcement of a new Vita model, nor was it the announcement of the Vita TV. Sony unveiled a load of Japanese-developed games for the PS4 (much of which is exclusive), and it’s that software support that could…
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