Famitsu - July 7 2009

[xfactor]

scans thanks to king zell



Review
[DS]Awatama (Soul Bubble) 7,7,7,7
[DS]Harry Potter 6,6,4,6
[DS]Mame Goma 8,6,6,7

[PS3]Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 10,9,9,9
[PS2]Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 9,8,8,8


Review (Dengeki)
[PS3/PS2] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 80,75,95,70
[PSP] Ys 1&2 Chronicles 75,80,90,70
[PS3] 50 Cent 80,70,75,80
[PS3] Katamari Tribute 95,80,90,85
[PS3] The King of Fighters 12 70,60,70,85


New Title/Info This Week

[PS2/Wii]SD Gundam G Generation Wars
- Appearing mobile suits & scene introduction

[PSP]FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
- Oct 15
- 75% completed
- Preorder special "Alchemist card collection"

[PSP]Hymn Princess of Antiphona - Angel's Musical Score Op. A (unofficial translation)
- RPG
- develop by Nippon Ichi
- Marl's kingdom series
- Oct release
- Tenpei Sato, the composer from the Marl Kingdom games, is working on the music
- full voice acting

[DS]4 Warriors of Light
- Fall 2009
- a new evolution of FF
- A world of magic, crystal and swords
- appearance changes with equipment change

[DS]Tingle

[DS]The Idol Master Dearly Stars

[DS]Love Plus
- talks about the character " Rinko Kobayakawa"

[DS]SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu - Goddess of Destiny
- character growth by eating meat...

[Wii]Monster Hunter Tri
- Introduce new monster: Ice Fang Dragon Beliolos
- Attack with moves like rush, bite, tail attack, low flight attack, ice breath and more
- new place: an ice snow land (near mountaintop, coniferous forest etc)
- network play screen is also shown

[Wiiware]Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- production is completed
- July 21 release

[PS3]Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081
- require HDD space 3500 MB

[360]Gears of War 2

[PSP]Soul Calibur Broken Destiny

[Wii]Calling
- Horror (survival) game
- first person view, using wiimote to navigate
- uses a phone in the game, you can receive text message, record audio and video, transfer
- 70% complete
- mystery girl, mystery old man and high school girls trio
- schedule for release 2009
- main characters are Shinichi Suzutani and female lead Rin Kagura
- they access a countdown web site name "The Black Page" where visitors can occasionally enter a chat room
- they may hear a signal there which doom them to an eternity between life and death

Interview for:
[PSP]hototogisu Ran
[DS]Windy X Windam
[Wii]Kizuna
[PS2/PSP]Sengoku Tenka Touitsu

1st half of 2009 Sales:
1 Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (647844)
2 Monster Hunter 2nd G PSP The Best (595348)
3 Yakuza 3 (485739)
4 Biohazard 5 (472261)
5 Wii Fit (465838)
6 KH 358/2 Days (462453)
7 Rhythm Tengoku Gold (398069)
8 Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid (383326)
9 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky (357271)
10 Wii Sports Resort (353817)[/quote]

Overall Software Sales:
2008 1st Half (31,910,000 titles)
DS - 35.9%
PSP - 16.3%
Wii - 26%
PS3 - 7.8%
PS2 - 11.5%
360 - 2.3%
Others - 0.2%

2009 1st Half (25,610,000 titles)
DS - 41.4%
PSP - 17.9%
Wii - 17%
PS3 - 11.8%
PS2 - 7.8%
360 - 4.4%
Others - 0.4%

[BlazingDarkness]

Look forward to FF 4 Warriors of Light stuff

[distantmantra]

If you're going to include the SD Gundam G Generation Wars article as a highlight, might as well list Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 (PS3).

[Tutomos]

Why couldn't Konami make an realistic MLB game.

[BlazingDarkness]

4 Warriors scans are out
looks niceee

[lupin23rd]

WTF is that a dude on the cover of Famitsu? Worst issue ever.

[Jonnyram]

Why didn't you mention the new Layton game? :baffle

[VegaShinra]

Why didn't you mention the new Layton game? :baffle

Nice

[inner-G]

Hope we get some juicy Katamari info

[lupin23rd]

And is that a Shiren game for.... cell phones? Ugh.

[B.K.]

4 Warriors of Light looks interesting. Wish the scans were larger though.

[BlazingDarkness]

Looks like new stuff for FFIV The After Years

[xfactor]

Why didn't you mention the new Layton game? :baffle

You mean Professor Layton and the Devil's Flute on the index? the scan isn't out yet and I cant tell if there's anything worth mentioning ~_~

[SolidSnakex]

Why couldn't Konami make an realistic MLB game.

Because 2K Games has the MLB license. The only reason Power Pro was released here is because there was a deal made between 2K and Konami. I can't see them doing the same with Konami's realistic baseball games.

[Kagari]

4 Warriors of Light looks interesting. Wish the scans were larger though.

The art style looks really good.

[Hero of Legend]

Looks like new stuff for FFIV The After Years

Or the unveiling for Japan, the WW version was unveiled first in NA at GDC.

[Nirolak]

And is that a Shiren game for.... cell phones? Ugh.

I eagerly await the toaster port of Shiren The Wanderer.

[TreIII]

No interesting BASARA-related announcements this week. Aw, poo...better luck next week...

[AranhaHunter]

Because 2K Games has the MLB license. The only reason Power Pro was released here is because there was a deal made between 2K and Konami. I can't see them doing the same with Konami's realistic baseball games.

What deal?

[BlazingDarkness]

Or the unveiling for Japan, the WW version was unveiled first in NA at GDC.

Ah i wouldn't know, don't follow it at all

[Y2Kev]

WHOA

[Hero of Legend]

I eagerly await the toaster port of Shiren The Wanderer.

Don't forget the calculator port, but a toaster port = day 1.

[Quazar]

WHOA

whoa

[SolidSnakex]

What deal?

2K Games published Power Pro in the US.

[RurouniZel]

More Monster Hunter 3 info stat!

[Guled]

Japan gets another Pro.Layton game :( how many is that now 5? and #2 aint even out here yet. At least the other games were semi-confirmed on prof. layton twitter a couple days ago

[king zell]

CALLING (Wii) the horror game from Hudson is back

[VegaShinra]

CALLING (Wii) the horror game from Hudson is back

Is that Grudge like one?

[BlazingDarkness]

Is that Grudge like one?

looks like it yeah

FMA PSP scans are out too

[Pai Pai Master]

whohahahaAHAHAHAhhoooah.

[Allan Holdsworth]

[DS]Awatama (Soul Bubble) 7,7,7,7

Deserves straight 8's.

[schuelma]

On a scale of 1-10 whoa's this is a 2.

[TheChaos]

Hey, Beatmania IIDX Empress for PS2. I guess they didn't make the jump after all.

[BlazingDarkness]

looks like a new handheld RPG is teased?

[Gunloc]

Looks like new stuff for FFIV The After Years

Can anyone tell if they are actually adding anything new to the Japanese WiiWare version compared to the North American version?

[VegaShinra]

Tingle scans

[RevenantKioku]

[Wii]Final Fantasy IV: The After Years - production is completed - July 31

Unf, unf, unf.

WHOA

Hey, I figured they would ignore the Wii for FFIV: The After on the account of cellphone makes them more monies. But since this captures other monies (and repeat monies ><;) then yay all around for monies spending.

[jj984jj]

looks like a new handheld RPG is teased?

From NIS, with 16:9 screens...

[Hero of Legend]

From NIS, with 16:9 screens...

Ah so for the Wonderswan then!

[VegaShinra]

looks like a new handheld RPG is teased?

Looks like a PSP game to me.

[jett]

Okay what's the deal with the covers? For several weeks it's been photos of average-looking girls.

[Maxrpg]

Hmm, FF Gaiden looks to be the trial game to get people to like the idea of switching weapons to switch jobs like in FFXIV...

[xfactor]

that new RPG is confirmed to be a PSP game

anyone up to translate the title?

Hymn princess of Antiphona - Angel's Musical Score Op. A?

[Abel]

Hymn princess of Antiphona - Angel's Musical Score Op. A looks very similar to the Marl series...

I wonder if there is a connection

[B.K.]

that new RPG is confirmed to be a PSP game anyone up to translate the title? Hymn princess of Antiphona - Angel's Musical Score Op. A?

A new entry in the Marl Kingdom series?

[Shadow780]

How come there's no DQIX score?

I thought the cover girl's pretty cute.

[VegaShinra]

A new entry in the Marl Kingdom series?

It's definitely a NIS game. So it could be.

[SailorDaravon]

Wait, what's up with the FFIV: After Years info? It says Wii, is this new DLC, or some sort of disc package?

[sprsk]

How come there's no DQIX score? I thought the cover girl's pretty cute.

DQ reviews don't come out till after the game is released.

[Hero of Legend]

Wait, what's up with the FFIV: After Years info? It says Wii, is this new DLC, or some sort of disc package?

WW games also go under their Wii label in the magazine.