In a first for a Microsoft gaming franchise, Viva Pinata will have new installments on the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo DS out in North America this September. THQ hasn’t announced a concrete date for Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise, but…

As with the previous title in the series, the spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, subtitled "Grimoire of the Rift," finds a school-aged boy transported from a familiar earthbound existence to a magical setting of swords and sorcery.  In…

The Pinky St. figurines have grown quite popular in Japan due to the adorable character designs, customization options and interchangable parts. They’ve even inspired PS2 (Mahoroba Stories) and DS games (Pinky St. Kira Kira Music Hour, Pinky St. Kira Kira Music Night). Some of the most popular Pinky St. releases, however, are versions of popular video game characters.

If I pre-ordered the DS Vision Starter Kit I would have been disappointed. Instead of exploding with libraries of manga and TV shows to download, there are only a total of 31 items ready for launch, 10% of the proposed…

Initial D: Extreme Stage just came out in Japan and Sega isn’t wasting anytime selling downloadable content. Five volumes of digital manga are online, priced at 320 yen ($3) a piece. However, the collaboration between Sega and Japanese manga publisher…

Namco Bandai hasn’t said much about Dragonball DS other than it isn’t based on the Dragonball Z license. I’m satiated with the existing Dragonball Z fighting games anyways. Dragonball DS revisits the origin of the series with Goku as a…

I picked up Bokura no Telebi Game Kentei expecting Wario Ware with old Namco Bandai arcade games. Bokura no Telebi Game Kentei isn’t far off from that idea, but unlike the Wario Ware series Bokura no Telebi Game Kentei is…

The picture of the Transformer known as Wheelie is completely unrelated, but since we have nothing on Wheelie Breakers yet I thought the human-robot friend deserves a nod. Konami recently trademarked the name for use with “video game software; video…

At this point Sony Computer Entertainment hasn’t pulled any pre-E3 surprises yet. Their first party line up consists of tested franchises like Resistance, Buzz, and Motorstorm. Little Big Planet is the new IP of the bunch this holiday season. XAM’D:…

More Tales games? I can’t believe it! In addition to Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World and Tales of Vesperia we know about two portable Tales games coming out in Japan this year thanks to magazine clippings by…

Nintendo Power got the scoop on Mega Man 9, but the Blue Bomber isn’t limited to WiiWare. The USK disclosed Mega Man 9 will at least come to the Xbox 360 too. Xbox 360 Fanboy points out that the genre listed…

The existence of Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty is a well documented rumor that we finally have solid confirmation for. The USK (the German ESRB equivalent) gave the game a rating for 12 and it up.  Since Ratchet & Clank:…