[Jonnyram]

(thanks to duckroll/creamsugar for scans and stuff)

Famitsu reviews:
DS | Dinosaur Monster 6, 5, 5, 7
DS | Hitman Reborn! 6, 4, 6, 6
DS | The Zero Yon 7, 6, 7, 6
DS | Elemental Monster 8, 9, 7, 7
DS | Deltora Quest 8, 6, 8, 8
PSP | R-Type Tactics 8, 9, 7, 7
PSP | Burnout Dominator 8, 8, 8, 9
PSP | MGS Portable Ops+ 8, 9, 9, 9
PS2 | Burnout Dominator 9, 8, 8, 8
PS2 | Princess Concerto 6, 6, 5, 5
PS2 | Madden NFL08 7, 7, 6, 5
360 | Madden NFL08 7, 7, 6, 5
Wii | Mario Strikers 7, 8, 8, 6

New games:
PS3 | Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (aka Yakuza 3)



Sega
Spring 2008
- Set in Edo period in 1605
- fighting styles are bare fists, one blade, two blade and big blade
- Miyamoto Musashi is in it, but not the main char?
- heat action has turned into special moves

PS3 | Trusty Bell
Bandai Namco
Spring 2008
- Crescendo and Serenade will be playable
- can change clothes

Wii | Let's Play Together! Namco Carnival
Bandai Namco
December 2007
- Galaga remix, Rally X remix, Pac Motos, Wani Wani Panic remix, Pac n' Roll remix
- multiplayer mode can use Miis

DS | Power Pro-kun Pocket 10
Konami
6 December 2007
- wi-fi play
- dictionary mode included for beginners

PS3/360 | Rainy Woods
MMV
2008
- player is a young recruit in FBI, investigating a murder in a quiet rural town
- game has a morning-day-night cycle and the people of the town change with this cycle
- there is something in the town that is not from this world, apparently

PSP | Bumpy Trot Beagle Battle Tournament
Irem
2008
- multiplayer VS possible
- Bumpy Trot 2 in development for PS3 also mentioned

DS | Space Invaders Extreme
Taito
February 2008
- feature mode and fever mode included
- sounds a bit like what Namco did with Pac-Man CE, i.e. a powered up remix.

PSP | Hajime no Ippo Portable
ESP
This winter
- story mode features illustrations from the manga
- more than 40 characters make an appearance

DS | Bangaioh Tamashii
ESP
This winter
- 4 players via wireless play
- stage editor included

[traveler]

Edo period?!?!? Whoa.

[klee123]

OMGZ!

[Community Forum]

No.

[Vyse The Legend]

New games: PS3 | Ryu ga Gotoku 3 Sega Spring 2008 - Set in Edo period in 1605 - fighting styles are fists, one blade, two blade and big blade - heat action has turned into special moves

That's very quick. Didn't Part 2 come out last year?

[Crushed]

- Set in Edo period in 1605

What.

[traveler]

That's very quick. Didn't Part 2 come out last year?

And it's for PS3 as well. Hmm... That is an unusually quick development period.

[Vic]

Edo period?!?!? Whoa.

.

[PG2G]

Edo period... this could be awesome.

[TreIII]

Heh, I guess my original thought that RGG was trying to be like a "modernized" Downtown Nekketsu Kunio-kun (River City Ransom) was on point after all...NOW they're basically copying off of Technos Samurai for RGG3. :D

[SailorDaravon]

PS3 | Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (aka Yakuza 3) Sega Spring 2008 - Set in Edo period in 1605 - fighting styles are fists, one blade, two blade and big blade - heat action has turned into special moves

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Anyway, we already got fucked on 2 in the US, so whatever.

[evlcookie]

Woo yakuza.

We need scans!

[grandjedi6]

Ryu ga Gotoku 3 in the edo period. Well thats interesting. Does that mean the 3rd game could be released in NA without any story related problems since the 2nd one never came over?

[Community Forum]

Wow, PS3.

Maybe there will be "enough room" this time for a fukkin JAPANESE LANGUAGE AUDIO TRACK.

That is, assuming it gets localized. Hmmm...

[ethelred]

Setting RGG 3 in the Edo Period is awesome. Nice going, Nagoshi!

Decent scores for Elemental Monster and R-Type Tactics.

[Vyse The Legend]

And it's for PS3 as well. Hmm... That is an unusually quick development period.

Yeah, that's what scares me. I doubt it has been in development long, so I imagine it's going to be very ugly/not-so-next-gen.

[icecream]

PS2 | Princess Concerto 6, 6, 5, 5

When will Broccoli learn...

And wow for Yakuza 3, a nice way to turn around the setting and pace.

[inner-G]

Edo period?

Sounds intriguing! Will have to check this one out.

[Jonnyram]

PS3 | Trusty Bell
Bandai Namco
Spring 2008
- Crescendo and Serenade will be playable
- can change clothes

Wii | Let's Play Together! Namco Carnival
Bandai Namco
December 2007
- Galaga remix, Rally X remix, Pac Motos, Wani Wani Panic remix, Pac n' Roll remix
- multiplayer mode can use Miis

[grandjedi6]

That's very quick. Didn't Part 2 come out last year?

There was only a years difference between the 1st and 2nd one too

[sprsk]

Edo Jidai for the mother fucking win.

Also LOL at Madden scores.

[icecream]

PS3 | Trusty Bell Bandai Namco Spring 2008 - Crescendo and Serenade will be playable - can change clothes

And there we go.

[Bo130]

Famitsu reviews: DS | Dinosaur Monster 6, 5, 5, 7 | 23/40 DS | Hitman Reborn! 6, 4, 6, 6 | 22/40 DS | The Zero Yon 7, 6, 7, 6 | 26/40 DS | Elemental Monster 8, 9, 7, 7 | 31/40 DS | Deltora Quest 8, 6, 8, 8 | 30/40 PSP | R-Type Tactics 8, 9, 7, 7 | 31/40 PSP | Burnout Dominator 8, 8, 8, 9 | 33/40 PSP | MGS Portable Ops+ 8, 9, 9, 9 | 35/40 PS2 | Burnout Dominator 9, 8, 8, 8 | 33/40 PS2 | Princess Concerto 6, 6, 5, 5 | 22/40 PS2 | Madden NFL08 7, 7, 6, 5 | 25/40 360 | Madden NFL08 7, 7, 6, 5 | 25/40 Wii | Mario Strikers 7, 8, 8, 6 | 29/40

Added final score. Pretty good for a few games, nothing mind blowing.

[sprsk]

PS3 | Trusty Bell Bandai Namco Spring 2008 - Crescendo and Serenade will be playable - can change clothes

Oh...

[shuri]

They don't fuck around when they said it was going to be a prequel

[tanod]

Aren't there sales figures in Famitsu as well?

[drohne]

whoa -- there's a twist. i've just gotten around to reading the last couple volumes of blade of the immortal, and i'm completely down for games in that kind of setting. plus its non-relation to yakuza 2 improves its chances for a us release! plus bd means they'll have no excuse to cut the japanese language track!

[klee123]

PS3 | Trusty Bell Bandai Namco Spring 2008 - Crescendo and Serenade will be playable - can change clothes

Heh

[rollingstart]

Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 will be like next gen Way of the Samurai, except better and more hot blooded manliness.

[Wario64]

Another minigame collection for Wii. WOO. Fuck Yakuza 3, this is the megaton

[Barakov]

PS3 | Trusty Bell Bandai Namco Spring 2008 - Crescendo and Serenade will be playable - can change clothes

*shrugs* This means nothing to me. But the Yakuza 3 news is quite glorious.

[Izzy]

PSP | R-Type Tactics 8, 9, 7, 7 PSP | Burnout Dominator 8, 8, 8, 9 PSP | MGS Portable Ops+ 8, 9, 9, 9

Nice - will go down a treat with the new PSP model. :D

[Father_Brain]

Namco Carnival was already announced in the States as Namco Museum Remix.

[inner-G]

damn Japan, Burnout > Mario strikers???

[ant1532]

Oh my goodness. Kinda wished to have it in modern day Japan on PS3 since that would just look damn amazing, but I'm sure Edo period is going to be hella good too.

[lupin23rd]

Yakuza 3 news > anything

Very nice!

[traveler]

I can't tell if those R-Type Tactics scores are good or bad. :lol

[grandjedi6]

Wii | Let's Play Together! Namco Carnival Bandai Namco December 2007 - Galaga remix, Rally X remix, Pac Motos, Wani Wani Panic remix, Pac n' Roll remix - multiplayer mode can use Miis

Isn't this the Namco Museum Remix game that we already knew about?

[Crushed]

Another minigame collection for Wii. WOO. Fuck Yakuza 3, this is the megaton

It sounds more like a classics collection.

[TreIII]

C'mon, 2channers...the Treasure DS game has GOT to be featured in this issue! Don't let me down, now! :D

[Vic]

PS3 | Trusty Bell Bandai Namco Spring 2008 - Crescendo and Serenade will be playable - can change clothes

Betrayal

[sprsk]

/me waits patiently for Treasure news.

[Snaku]

Edo period? Fuck. I was hoping for a Yakuza Papers type setting, right after WWII.

Not that I'll ever get to play it anyway.

[Jonnyram]

DS | Power Pro-kun Pocket 10
Konami
6 December 2007
- wi-fi play
- dictionary mode included for beginners

[Bo130]

DS | Power Pro-kun Pocket 10 Konami 6 December 2007 - wi-fi play

:D

[Crushed]

C'mon, 2channers...the Treasure DS game has GOT to be featured in this issue! Don't let me down, now! :D

/me waits patiently for Treasure news.

Bullet Brain Assault confirmed, each bullet that hits you forces you to answer a math question.

[ethelred]

C'mon, 2channers...the Treasure DS game has GOT to be featured in this issue! Don't let me down, now! :D

Seriously, though, it's probably just going to be another anime license. So sad what's happened with this company lately. :/

[Chromax]

I want scan! =(

and I guess I'll grab Eternal Sonata too. :D

[sprsk]

Seriously, though, it's probably just going to be another anime license. So sad what's happened with this company lately. :/

I don't care if its a baby training game, whatever it is, it's going to be a Treasure game.

[Ether_Snake]

New games: PS3 | Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (aka Yakuza 3) Sega Spring 2008 - Set in Edo period in 1605 - fighting styles are fists, one blade, two blade and big blade - heat action has turned into special moves PS3 | Trusty Bell Bandai Namco Spring 2008 - Crescendo and Serenade will be playable - can change clothes

Yes! And Edo period is surprising. I would have preferred modern day, a sort of Dead Rising do-anything kinda game.