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Why Is Pro Evolution Soccer Going To PSP, And Not The Vita Or 3DS?

Pro Evolution Soccer won’t have Xbox One or PlayStation 4 versions. No surprise there. It won’t have a Wii U version. Even less of a surprise there. It won’t publish on the Nintendo 3DS or the PlayStation Vita either. So why is it still coming out on the PSP?


Here Are 10 Games Japanese Players Recommend

2013 is approaching the halfway point and this year, we’ve already seen several heavy-hitting game releases. Often, it’s difficult to choose a single game to buy out of several when you have a limited budget. The biggest and most influential factor in making a choice is usually other players’ opinions.


What Japanese Gamers Have To Say About The Cheaper PS Vita

The PS Vita is doing much better these days. The game library is still not as robust as I’d like, but I don’t get depressed so much when I check the Vita section of my regular game store these days.


Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment Is Tailor-Made For Fans Of The Franchise

Sword Art Online is a massively popular franchise in Japan. Last year, it was the best-selling light novel series in Japan and in my review of the first half of the anime I called it the smartest anime I had seen in years.


The Game Looked Like A Rip-Off, But Sony Isn’t Suing Over It

In South Korea, Everybody Cha Cha Cha is an incredibly popular social networking game for Android. The objective is to race cars and try to score points. It looks very similar to a racing game in the 2010 mini-game collection Everybody’s Stress Buster. Make that looked.


Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Is Out On PSN Today

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, the second-second game in Atlus’s twisted demonic series, is out on the PlayStation Network today.


The Rarest PSP Game Ever Might Be This Hilton Hotel Employee Trainer

It’s real, and it’s … boring. Back in 2009, we reported that some 500 Hilton hotels created a training video game, and it wasn’t some PC game played on an HR computer. It was a PSP game with its own UMD disc. Well, now someone has gotten a look at its contents.


I Hope Toukiden Has Enough Originality To Stand On Its Own

Toukiden is the new PS Vita game from Tecmo Koei. Originally announced as an entirely new title from the Omega-Force development team (of Dynasty Warriors fame), the game trailer showed a female warrior hacking up and killing a giant creature in a very medieval Japan sort of setting. Well, according to information released to Weekly Famitsu, it looks like the trailer isn’t that far off from the actual game.


Why Monster Hunter Is Only Popular In Japan

The Monster Hunter series wasn’t always the “monster” (heh heh) hit it is currently. Originally released for the PS2, the first game, Monster Hunter, and its sequel, Monster Hunter G, sold less than a million copies each. It wasn’t until the game went hand-held to the PSP with Monster Hunter Portable (Monster Hunter Freedom in the west) that Capcom scored their first million seller with the series.


The Yakuza TV Show Is Action Packed From Beginning To End

The Yakuza franchise has definitely been one of the most popular video game properties in Japan for the last few years. Not only has there been at least one main series game every other year, but there have been several spin-off titles as well (not to mention a live-action movie).


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