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Japanese WiiU Sales Drop Below Vita Sales0
by / on February 27, 2013 at 11:40 am / in Featured News, News

Japanese WiiU Sales Drop Below Vita Sales

Nintendo has a strong following around the world, but they have a particularly strong following in Japan. The weekly sales figures have been released and it is not good news for Nintendo. The WiiU sold 9,633 consoles last week, while the PlayStation Vita sold 11,456 units. This is the first time that this has happened, but experts believe that this [...]

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Nancy Pelosi Defends Video Games0
by / on February 11, 2013 at 11:49 am / in Featured News, News

Nancy Pelosi Defends Video Games

As the Video Game controversy heats up, more and more people are making their voice heard. Industry media figures including Adam Sessler to even New Gamer Nation’s own Joe Marchese spoke out on Fox News, but yesterday the focus was on the political response to the debate. It was Nancy Pelosi’s turn to speak on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. Chris Wallace [...]

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Professor Layton And The Azran Legacies Confirmed in Japan0
by / on January 11, 2013 at 4:26 pm / in Featured News, News

Professor Layton And The Azran Legacies Confirmed in Japan

Level-5 has just confirmed Professor Layton And The Azran Legacies for the 3DS in Japan for February 23rd of this year. There are also several pre-order bonuses to choose from including a bronze statue or a gold coin. It was also confirmed that this will be the last Professor Layton game in the series. There is no date for localization to [...]

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News: Tales of Xillia coming to Europe0
by / on July 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm / in Featured News, News

News: Tales of Xillia coming to Europe

Namco Bandai’s next game in the Tales Of series is coming to Europe. Tales of Xillia, the Japanese PS3 exclusive RPG, was released in Japan last September, and the sequel Tales of Xillia 2 is getting released on November 1st in Japan. The series producer Hideo Baba said at the Japan Expo, “there’s a good chance the West will see Tales [...]

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Feature: Top 5 Weirdest Games from Japan1
by / on June 21, 2011 at 2:44 pm / in Features, The Top 5

Feature: Top 5 Weirdest Games from Japan

The Japanese are known for their vast cultural differences from the rest of the world.  Those differences have produced some of the craziest games we’ve ever seen.  It takes a special kind of genius to make us tilt our heads and wonder what is going on but if anyone can do it, its the Japanese.  Here is our list of [...]

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