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December 11th, 2009 at 02:10am
Under PSP
It seems Naruto is well on his way towards becoming a football announcer. Namco Bandai’s games based on the anime franchise continue their proliferation. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 is coming to PSP and it continues Naruto’s inability to save his friend Sasuke.
The big new features for this third iteration of Shippuden are four-player battles, a new story mode and an expanded roster of characters (Namco Bandai is promising over 50). In addition to the usual fighting modes, a new cooperative ad-hoc feature will let three players connect with each other and play through the adventure mode. While the enhancements sound promising, we wonder if fans haven’t grown tired of these annual iterations yet.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes gets a third game release originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: anime, cyberconnect2, namco-bandai, naruto, naruto-shippuden
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December 10th, 2009 at 06:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Do you like airplanes? Do you like anime stereotypes? Then The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces is what you’ve been waiting for! XSEED released the above trailer, featuring lots of awesome planes, and lots of inexplicably young people flying them. Well, not inexplicably — though the details may constitute a spoiler, there is a really weird explanation for everyone’s age. Beyond “it’s anime.”
The Sky Crawlers will be one of the first Wii releases of 2010 — it’s due out on January 5.
Prepare for takeoff with this Sky Crawlers trailer originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 10th, 2009 at 03:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Have you been hoping, nay, dreaming of snagging one of the Tekken 6 arcade stick bundles but have been hesitant to plunk down the $150 asking price? This post is for you then, as Amazon has positively slashed the price of the bundle on both PS3 and 360 version, knocking them down to a paltry $78. Seventy-eight bones! That’s only $18 bucks more than your average game and it includes the Tekken 6 Hori arcade stick to boot.
If you, or the digital pugilist in your life, haven’t picked this up yet, it probably won’t get much cheaper than this.
[Via Dealzon]
Tekken 6 arcade stick bundles on sale for $78 originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 25th, 2009 at 06:47pm
Under Xbox 360
If there’s one thing Dragon Ball has, it’s a giant, sprawling cast of unique characters. Namco Bandai understands this, so it will be offering new downloadable characters for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast every two weeks from now until April of 2010. Best of all, the downloads will be free. Each pack will include “customized versions of popular characters, each with different powered-up abilities.” In other words, if the initial lineup of characters just wasn’t enough, soon you’ll have remixed versions on top of the current cast.
Check out the full DLC schedule after the break. Unless otherwise noted, the DLC will release simultaneously on XBLM and PSN.
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Namco prepares a Raging Blast of Dragon Ball DLC originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 24th, 2009 at 09:30pm
Under PSP
Producer Katsuhiro Harada commented to UK.PlayStation.com that more Tekken 6 content is likely to be on the way via DLC, adding to the retailer-exclusive Cardboard Tube Samurai outfit. But we can’t groan about Namco Bandai using DLC for the popular fighter as a cash machine, because the company doesn’t intend to charge for it. Harada said there was a “strong possibility” of additional downloadable content for the game — possibly for the PSP version as well, since he didn’t specify. “However, even if we were to do so, it would be free to the end user.”
Of course, this is the same company that released paid Star Wars DLC for Soul Calibur IV after the director said there wouldn’t be. So don’t go empty out your Tekken 6 DLC fund just yet.
[Via Siliconera]
If Namco releases more Tekken 6 DLC, it will be free originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 01:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Game Watch has posted an image of the full contents of the Japanese Tales of Graces bundle, revealing … that it’s pretty much the least remarkable Wii bundle yet. The included Wii hardware is the plain white model, and the Classic Controller Pro (also white) doesn’t have any fancy design on it. It’s just a Wii, and a Classic Controller Pro, and the game. In a box. The box looks pretty cool, we suppose. And it’s not like we have the Classic Controller Pro here at all.
New screens show off the rather silly swimsuit costumes that can be equipped in-game, including a delightful Speedo and life vest outfit for Malik. More dignified: a costume based on a stage outfit worn by singer BoA, available as a bonus with a “Tales of Graces Edition” release of BoA’s single “Mamoritai ~ White Wishes ~.”
Tales of Graces bundle is underwhelming originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 19th, 2009 at 03:50pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Namco Bandai declined to publish The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces in North America, licensing the game out to XSEED instead. However, the company is handling the game itself for the European release, due in February. The game is a flight action game developed by Ace Combat dev Project Aces, and based on both the novel and the Mamoru Ishii-directed anime film of the same name.
In addition to the game, the movie is planned for a DVD and Blu-Ray release in PAL territories at an unspecified future date (”coming soon”). That seems like a good idea — licensed games probably work better when people know what the source material is.
Sky Crawlers landing in Europe this February originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 18th, 2009 at 11:30am
Under DS
Update: The entry period has come to a close. Keep an eye on your email’s inbox to see if you won!
Namco’s just unleashed its first two Dragon Ball games after wrestling the license back away from Atari and we’re looking to gift one of you Super Saiyan wannabes with the above prize pack. The gotta-have-it item is obviously the Instant Anime Character Costume, which features an orange t-shirt, blue wristbands, hair gel and completely ridiculous Namco employee pose cover art. Oh, if only our legal department would let us keep it!
- Leave a comment telling us who your favorite character from the Dragon Ball series is (full list here)
- You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec)
- Limit 1 entry per person per day
- This entry period ends at 11:59AM ET on Tuesday, November 24
- At that time, we’ll randomly select one winner to receive Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo for Wii ($50 ARV), Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans for DS ($30 ARV) and an Instant Anime Character Costume ($20 ARV)
- For a list of complete rules, click here
Joyswag: Super Saiyan prize pack [update] originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 7th, 2009 at 06:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
[Update: Abyssal Chronicles has updated their story, reporting that Mr. Koyama has updated his original blog post with the following clarification: "When I mentioned being on sale for the Wii, I meant Tales of Graces, and not Tales of Vesperia! I truly apologize to everyone for the misunderstanding!!!!" Well, we can see how that would be confusing. You'll find our original post below.]
Lock the doors and board up the windows, folks. Considering the seismic backlash to the announcement that the (formerly) 360-exclusive Tales of Vesperia would be coming to the PS3, we fear for what might happen when this story gets out. Japanese voice actor Rikiya Koyama, who provided the voice for Vesperia’s pseudo-antagonist Duke, recently mentioned on his blog that, “Tales of Vesperia is coming out on one thing after another: Xbox 360, then PS3, and now upcoming, goes on sale even on the Wii.”
While this may deeply excite RPG-loving Wii owners, keep in mind that it’s entirely possible Koyama meant to say Tales of Graces, the franchise’s next installment which is, in fact, coming to the Wii. Just think about that before you start snapping the pieces of your already-snapped 360 Vesperia disc in protest. Those edges can get pretty sharp.
[Via Kotaku]
Tales of Vesperia voice actor says game is coming to Wii [update: Oops! He meant Tales of Graces!] originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 6th, 2009 at 01:40pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Namco Bandai has reported a net loss of ¥6.04 billion ($66.7 million) for the first half of its fiscal year, which began in April. During the same period last year, the company posted a net income of ¥1.28 billion ($14.14 million). Despite this year’s first-half hiccup, the publisher still expects to earn ¥8.5 billion ($93.6 million) in net income by the end of its fiscal year (ending March 31, 2010). After all, there are those 2.5 million copies of
Tekken 6 waiting to be sold.
Namco Bandai’s software sales for the period were led by the Ben 10 franchise, as Alien Force and Protector of the Earth combined to sell approximately 810,000 units (not exactly Guitar Hero numbers, eh?). Even with Tekken 6 in its second-half roster, Namco must be pulling for a miracle. But then, the holidays are a magical time.
Source – Financial Highlights [PDF]
Source – Consolidated Financial Report [PDF]
Namco Bandai posts $66.7 million loss for first half of year originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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