This Week in Famitsu

WEEKLY FAMITSU #1189

Cover Story

First of all, we hope the cover doesn't offend anyone. As this week is the Tokyo Game Show issue, they chose the most famous part of TGS to grace the cover: booth babes. If you are unfamiliar with booth babes, they are attractive models, usually found at game shows, that are hired to promote specific games and products. They sometimes dress in outfits from the game they are promoting, or even have demo portable game systems literally hooked to their bodies. They are also usually quite scantily dressed. Similar to E3 in recent years, which has cracked down on what booth babes are allowed to do, and how racy their outfits are allowed to be, Japan also has tried to regulate a dress code, but with mixed success. Regardless, TGS' booth babes are truly...ehem.....out there. For all to see.

TGS is, of course, already over, and the plethora of information released at that game show has already started its rotation around the internet. This particular issue of Famitsu came out the day before TGS started, so it's a preview of what the show would offer, as well as being a vicarious experience for those unlucky enough to have not been able to make it in person.

The theme of this year's show was 'GAME- Dancing Your Heart'. It's quite engrish-tastic. Famitsu helpfully provides not only the dates, location, times, and cost of the show (only about $15 bucks for a ticket day-of, if you were curious), but also a map of the easiest ways to get there by train, and a floor map of the event hall showing where each vendor's display booth was going to be located. It then goes on to list each of the major booths and what games they would be demoing. All the big names were there: Konami, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Koei Tecmo, Square Enix, and many others. It also has a highlight of the goods each booth sold, and the prices of each item, so you could plan out your purchases in advance. It even has a list of some of the freebies each booth gave out, and what you could win in various raffles at the show, so you could plan those out too. Sadly, they did not include a list of what the booth babes were wearing at the individual booths, so attendees had to find the hottest ones all on their own.

PSVita Games

Well, we've finally come to the end of Famitsu's weekly look at the new games coming out for the PSVita, leading up to its newly-announced release date of December 17^th here in Japan. They started out this last week by discussing a perennial favorite: a new Ridge Racer game. Ridge Racer is an insanely popular racing series here in Japan, and has quite the cult following in the States as well. There aren't too many details put out so far about this title, and the coverage Famitsu had was mostly just an interview with the creators. However, they did manage to show off some of the new courses, featuring resorts and night races through cities, as well as some more traditional outdoorsy courses. They also showed one of the new cars that will be available in it. All of this is rather irrelevant, however, since those who like Ridge Racer games will probably ecstatically buy this new iteration, even if there was nothing new in it whatsoever.

Also new for PSVita, but not a new series, is a new Katamari game! Katamari Stretched follows the same formula that made its brothers so successful: as the small, green, Prince of the Cosmos, you roll a ball around gathering up stuff, until it gets bigger and you can gather up bigger stuff, and then you just keep going. Let's just say it's more fun in person than what it sounds like. New to the PSVita version is the ability to stretch your katamari into different shapes, in order to allow for maximum rolling-up-crap capability. As the game is going to fully utilize the PSVita's unique features, such as the front and back touch panels, controlling the katamari should be easier and more fun than ever!

To satisfy your blood-craving, the uber-violent hack-and-slash action series Ninja Gaiden is coming to the Vita, with a port of Ninja Gaiden Sigma. It looks gorgeous on the system, from what we can tell from the screenshots; it doesn't seem to have lost any of the polish and shine it had in the original PS3 version. There is, of course, at least one new special feature to look forward to with this title, beyond the ability to take your ninja habit on the go: the port will utilize the PSVita's touch panels. Various things, from critical hits to Ninjitsu magic, will all utilize touch controls to add to the experience.

Also mentioned in this week's last Vita coverage is a new Ys, the long-running and respected RPG series. While there's not much information out about it yet, Famitsu believes that Ys: Woodland of Celceta is actually a remake of Ys IV, based on its subtitle. As this is the 25^th year since the series first released, it's likely that this will be a very special Ys, but it looks like we have a while to wait yet for its release, let alone any more information.

Famitsu also mentions other PSVita games coming out, in brief, such as a new Formula 1 Racing game, a new DJ Max rhythm game called DJ Max Technika Portable, a sudoku game, and a new bass fishing game called FISH ON. Exciting! The feature ends with what might be our most anticipated game for the Vita, however: Dragon's Crown. Made by Vanillaware (Odin Sphere, Muramasa, Grand Knights History), it's an action RPG you can play with up to 4 players of varying job classes and races. It's sort of like a side-scrolling, gorgeous Baldur's Gate. Famitsu has covered this game before in more depth, so the feature this time is short, but we always appreciate the ability to look at new screens for this gorgeous game.

With that, Famitsu's weekly feature on upcoming PSVita games is finished! We hope it made you hungry for the PSVita's release, December 17^th here in Japan, with an early 2012 release date expected in the States. We know we are excited!

Featured Games

Theaterhythm – Final Fantasy (3DS): Square Enix is releasing a new Final Fantasy game for the 3DS, but it's not quite what you'd expect from the RPG maker. This new Final Fantasy is actually a rhythm and music game, with RPG elements. The game allows you to select from anyone of the thirteen Final Fantasy games and its main character, and play through the games most memorable musical pieces. The game has field scenes set in dungeons and towns, and battle scenes that resemble the side-view battles of old-school Final Fantasy games. However, everything is played like a rhythm game, where you tap the screen in accordance with prompts. The game uses three kinds of musical notes/prompts: red notes you tap, yellow notes you swipe (up, down, left, right, and at diagonal angles), and green notes you hold. Where do the RPG elements come into this game, you ask? Characters attack when you hit notes and deal a critical hit if your timing is perfectly on beat. Miss notes and the HP meter in the top right drops a bit. As you progress through the game you will also gain experience points, allowing your chosen character to level up. So, there you have it, a Final Fantasy music game that's probably exactly like you imagined it would be. If you ever imagined an RPG rhythm game, that is...

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright (3DS): This game takes place in a different universe from both the Professor Layton and Ace Attorney universes, otherwise our universe would explode if these two characters existed in the same place together. Both Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright, along with their respective assistants Luke and Maya, find themselves in a strange and mysterious medieval town known as Labyrinth City. The game has a combination of gameplay from both series, featuring the trademark puzzles of Professor Layton, as well as the trials from the Ace Attorney series. Layton has to solve the mysteries of the strange world, while Phoenix Wright has to defend a client in an actual witch trial. However, unlike the Ace Attorney games, Labyrinth City has an unorthodox legal system: "mob juries", which override the typical rules of court. The game will also feature fully-voiced anime-style cutscenes, a staple of the Professor Layton games but a first for the Ace Attorney series.

Weird Games Found Only In Japan 

Fab Style (DS/3DS): Fab Style mixes fashion store management with a dating sim. In Fab Style, you play as a young female student that has inherited her sister's fashion store. Since you are now in charge of the store, it is up to you to help the customers make clothing, makeup, and fashion choices. Customers will react to you based upon if they are satisfied by your service or not. Throughout the game you will also encounter a bevy of young, hot men, all of which want to date you, and you them. The big selling point of the dating sim part of the game, at least here in Japan, is that these guys are actually voiced by famous voice-actors. So, you too can live out your fantasy of dating a hot young Japanese voice-actor! Squeeee!

Hardware Sales: Week of 8/29-9/4

• 3DS – 55,264 units
• PS3 – 32,969 units
• PSP – 28,921 units
• Wii – 9,931 units
• NDS – 3,205 units
• PS2 – 964 units
• 360 – 830 units

Top 5 Selling Games: Week of 8/29-9/4

• Grand Knight's History (PSP) – 63,672 units
• Monster Hunter Portable 3^rd HD Version (PS3) – 55,346 units
• Sengoku Musou 3 Empires (PS3) – 23,186 units
• Everyone's Rhythm Heaven (Wii) – 21,044 units
• Devil Survivor: Overclocked (3DS) – 18,564 units

Top 5 Most Anticipated Games: Based on survey results from 9/1-9/7

• Final Fantasy: Type-O (PSP)
• Dragon Quest X Online (Wii)
• Persona 4: The Golden (Vita)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
• Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

And it looks like the PS2 outsold the 360 here in Japan for the third week in a row. Someone at Microsoft Japan is probably going to have to commit ritual Japanese suicide over this. That's all for this week's Famitsu, we hope you enjoyed it! Make sure to check back next week!

Submitted by: Aaron McKeever & Sherrie Blackwell

This Week in Famitsu

WEEKLY FAMITSU #1188

Cover Story

By now, many of you have probably seen the new addition to Nintendo's 3DS: the so called slide-pad cradle expansion, with its extra analog thumbstick. Reportedly, the new addition will allow for more control with some of the new games coming out, as well as allowing third-party publishers to more easily port their games between the PSP Vita (which has dual-thumbsticks) and the 3DS. Unfortunately, as you can see from the image below.... it's pretty ugly. It's apparently more comfortable than it is pretty, but there's no denying that the jury is still out on whether or not the slide-pad is a good idea. Since there is such a controversy surrounding it, what better way to smooth things over with the nay-sayers than by releasing a new game for the 3DS that specifically uses it? Especially one of the most beloved game series in Japan?

That's where Monster Hunter Tri G comes in. One of the most popular games on the Wii is being ported over to the 3DS, with new features and additions in tow. According to the article, the new 3DS version will feature 12 weapon-wielding hunter classes, under-water battles, and a new huge monster to hunt. Exciting! There will also supposedly be online components, including local multiplayer. Of course, it is also supposed to utilize a control scheme that will take full advantage of the new nub attachment, and the 3DS' lower screen is ideal for displaying maps and other inventory control menus conveniently. 

Considering the popularity of the Monster Hunter series here in Japan, there's no doubt this will probably go a long way in pacifying Nintendo's Japanese fans. What they will do to pacify the rest of their fans world-wide, who are equally hesitant about the viability and visual appeal of the analog expansion cradle, remains to be seen.

PSVita Games

Famitsu continues on with its weekly in-depth look at the new games coming out for the PSVita, leading up to its newly-announced release date of December 17^th here in Japan.

One of the first things covered in week 3 of Famitsu's special feature is Ragnarok Odyssey, which appears to be an attempt to capitalize on the success of Monster Hunter and God Eater, as it's an open-world action game with online play support. Featuring six different character classes to choose from (Sword Warrior, Assassin, Hunter, Mage, Hammer Smith, and Cleric), it looks to be a fun enough game, if not wholly original in concept.

More exciting and original is Sumioni, literally ink demon. It's a 2D side-scrolling hack and slash game where you play as, surprise surprise, an ink demon! It's absolutely beautiful, with the art style made to resemble Japanese ink drawings. You can also draw new ink lines to help Sumioni in his journey, making new platforming paths for your little ink demon. It's very Okami-esque, what with the art style and the ability to draw new ink strokes. However, that is not a bad thing, by any means.

Shinobido 2, made by the developer of the Way of the Samurai and Tenchu series, Acquire, is another title coming to the PSVita. A single-player action game with ninjas seems like a sure bet for fun. Add in the fact that you will use the PSVita's touch screen capabilities for throwing ninja stars and various other ninja-esque activities, and we're sold.

Also mentioned in brief were Rayman Origins, a port of the new Rayman game coming out; Dark Quest Alliance, a Baldur's Gate style dungeon crawling game; and two music games, Lumines Electronic Symphony and Michael Jackson the Experience HD.

Featured Game

Beyond the Labyrinth (3DS): A joint effort between Tri-Ace and Konami, Beyond the Labyrinth is a new 'Dungeon RPG' coming out exclusively for the 3DS sometime in the future. It's visuals are gorgeous, and the environments seem to give off an almost ICO-like vibe. Also very ICO-like is the fact that you are journeying together with a young girl, but that's where the similarities end. You, as the player, are the one accompanying the young girl throughout her journey, and unlike Yorda in ICO, she isn't very quiet. In fact, she drags you along on the journey with her, sometimes physically changing your point of view to look at something she thinks is interesting. You do seem to have control over her actions in some fashion, and there are enemies to fight in true RPG style, but beyond that, well... we'll have to wait and see. Consider us intrigued by this new game, and if it really is anything like ICO, that'll just be icing on the already very beautiful cake that is Beyond the Labyrinth.

Weird Games Found Only In Japan

Moe Moe Daisensou Gendaiban Plus (PSVita): Moe Moe Daisensou Gendaiban was originally a PC game, that was then ported over to the original PSP, and is now getting an upgrade for the PSVita. It's a strategy simulation game, which doesn't seem all that worthy of making it 'Weird Game' worthy, until you look at what you play with: girls from around the world, who are all actually enhanced with weapons and jet parts. Yes, little jet-girls. You have a choice of girls from around the world, from Japan to America to Germany, and you can then upgrade and attach new weapons onto them to prepare for battle. The game boasts of having three distinctive parts to it, an adventure part, a simulation part, and a communication part. The 'adventure' comes from scenarios and story telling events you can participate in when you are not fighting battles. The 'simulation' is the actual main part of the game, the battles, and the 'communication' part supposedly covers getting to know the girls better.... and also gives you bonus points that you can use in customization. So...yes, we deemed that customizing little girls into fighter jets is 'Weird Game' worthy, and hopefully you agree with us.

Hardware Sales: Week of 8/22-8/28

• Nintendo 3DS – 57,927 units
• PlayStation 3 – 32,235 units
• PSP – 32,066 units
• Wii – 10,479 units
• Nintendo DS – 3,710 units
• PlayStation 2 – 1,028 units
• Xbox 360 – 938 units

Top 5 Selling Games: Week of 8/22-8/28

• Monster Hunger Portable 3^rd HD Version (PS3) – 282,960 units
• Black Rock Shooter THE GAME (PSP) – 108,716 units
• Mobile Suit Gundam: New Giren's Ambition (PSP) – 74943 units
• Sengoku Musou 3 Empires (PS3) – 70,488 units
• Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Special (PSP) – 28,598 units

Top 5 Most Anticipated Games: Based on survey results from 8/25-8/31

• Final Fantasy: Type-O/Agito (PSP)
• Dragon Quest X Online (Wii)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
• Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
• Photo Kano (PSP)

And it looks like the PS2 outsold the 360 here in Japan for the second week in a row. That's really got to hurt bad, especially when they didn't even sell a 1,000 units in the entire country of Japan this last week. Poor Microsoft. In any case, that's all for this weeks Famitsu, we hope you enjoyed it! Make sure to check back next week!

Submitted by: Sherrie Blackwell

This Week in Famitsu

Weekly Famitsu #1186

Cover Story

For the next few weeks Famitsu will be exclusively unveiling brand new PS Vita games in each of their issues, leading up to the Tokyo Game Show. This week's cover story takes a look at four of those games, all of which will be playable at TGS.

Sports fan's rejoice! Sega is bringing its popular tennis series over to the Vita with Power Smash 4, this time taking full advantage of the Vita's gyroscopic and touch screen controls. Additionally, you can also use the Vita's camera to take a picture of yourself and then map your face onto your custom character, so YOU can really play the game.

The Vita will also be the proud home of the latest entry in the still young but incredibly popular fighting game series BlazBlue, with BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend. Extend includes all of the previous Continuum Shift characters and content, including all of the console DLC, as well as a brand new fighter: Relius Clover the Puppeteer. The online mode will have new rule options like 2-on-2, 3-on-3, and even 2-on-4 battles. [EDITOR'S NOTE: It was revealed shortly after the publication of this issue that Extend will also be coming to the PS3 & 360 as well!]

Next up is Malicious, which is going to be a direct port of an upcoming PSN title of the same name. In this game, you are tasked with defeating a group of dangerous monsters, known as ...dun dun dun...the Malicious! The gameplay is a boss-rush challenge, where instead of normal stage progression you start out each area in a giant fight against a boss and their minions. Players use the Cloak of Ash to do battle, which is capable of morphing itself into various forms that can be used for a wide range of up-close and ranged attacks, as well as defensive maneuvers. As you defeat different bosses you gain new abilities; however, since you are free to challenge any boss you want at any given time (just like any MegaMan game), you will have to discover the correct order in which you must challenge the Malicious.

The last of this week's Famitsu exclusive PS Vita game announcements and the game featured on this week's cover is also this week's Weird Game Found Only in Japan...how 'bout that. Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru is what's known as a “Visual Novel.” Just what the hell is a visual novel, you ask? Well, the "gameplay" consists of mostly static graphics (think a painting) supported by text-based dialogue, through which you ultimately solve whatever the central problem of the story is. It's like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” game, if any of you are old enough to remember those books.... The original Kamaitachi no Yoru was released for the SNES in 1994, and told the story of a murder mystery involving Toru and his girlfriend Mari. Since then the series has sold almost a million copies across many different platforms. The brand-new PS Vita game maintains the unique visual style of the original, which showed its characters as blue silhouettes, while introducing a whole new story and taking full advantage of the Vita's abilities. It will also be completely voice acted. Look for this to be a Vita launch title in the States when everyone would rather watch their books than read them.

Featured Games

Gundam Extreme Vs (PS3): Exclusively for the PS3, Gundam Extreme Vs is the first home console version of the INCREDIBLY popular arcade title of the same name. The game plays like Steel Battalion and Street Fighter mashed up with one another. In the arcades, players picked their favorite Gundam from the innumerable entries in the series and proceeded to beat the crap out of each other both locally and online against a multitude of opponents. Yes, online. Arcades in Japan have internet connections, and the games are wired together so players can play each other across the country. The coolest thing about the arcade, which we have seen personally, is that while there is a traditional coin-op cabinet version, there is also the POD. The POD is a giant white spherical cock-pit that is meant to give the feeling of piloting a real Gundam, because one day Japan IS going to build one of these things for real, so they might as well start training pilots now. There has been no mention of a cock-pit home peripheral...yet.

Ni no Kuni (PS3): Ni no Kuni is a collaboration between Level-5 Games, best known for Dragon Quest VIII & Professor Layton, and the beloved animation house Studio Ghibli, creators of My Neighbor Totoro & Spirited Away. The game is an RPG that follows the adventures of an orphaned 13 year old boy named Oliver and his fairy companion, Shizuku, as they travel to the Second Kingdom (you could also translate that as 'Second Country', but kingdom sounds cooler), a world parallel to his own, in search of a way to bring his mother back to life. This game looks gorgeous beyond belief, and if you can believe it, looks just like you are playing a movie made by Studio Ghibli. We absolutely cannot wait to play this one and will definitely be posting a review/hands-on with it when it is released in Japan this November.

Hardware Sales: Weeks of 8/1-8/14

• Nintendo 3DS – 214,821 units
• PSP – 41,790 units
• PlayStation 3 – 19,171 units
• Wii – 18,680 units
• Nintendo DS – 5,562 units
• Xbox 360 – 1,875 units
• PlayStation 2 – 1,050 units

Top 5 Selling Games: Weeks of 8/1-8/14

• Everyone's Rhythm Heaven (Wii) – 129,423 units
• J. League Pro Soccer Club 7 – 127,293 units
• Kirby Mass Attack (DS) – 117, 790 units
• Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village G (PSP) – 102, 963 units
• Super Pokemon Scramble (3DS) – 91, 613 units

This week's sales number encompass two weeks worth of data, as Famitsu is still trying to play catch up from the vacation they took. We hope you enjoyed this week's Famitsu, and look forward to more coming soon!

Submitted by: Aaron McKeever and Sherrie Blackwell

This Week in Famitsu

Weekly Famitsu #1181

Cover Story

This week, we are blessed with double cover stories, as we couldn't in good conscience focus only on Sengoku Basara (the drawing on the cover) when 'PlayStation Vita' is plastered across it in giant, neon-orange letters. Lucky you!

Sengoku Basara is an insanely popular series here in Japan, and the cover story this time is covering their newest iteration for the PSP, called “Chronicle Heroes”. Haven't heard of Sengoku Basara before? Think Dynasty Warriors, but instead of being based in Ancient China, it's in Ancient Japan. Also similar to Dynasty Warriors, most of the characters are based off of actual historical figures, but with one noticeable difference: they made them smoking hot. As all the historical old men have been transformed into long-haired anime pretty boys, it should come as no surprise that the series has a rabid female fanbase, which would ordinarily be unusual considering its categorization as an action-based hack and slash game. Think George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a war game, but instead of being dignified looking old men, George Washington boasted pecs rivaling Arnold Schwarzenegger in his hey-day, and Abraham Lincoln had hair as long and black and flowing as the styling trench-coat the designers put him in, and you'll have an idea of how close this game is to portraying these characters accurately. This newest entry into the series boasts of having 32 characters (including some that might even appeal to men!) and continues the 2 vs 2 fighting system started in the previous Sengoku Basara PSP game, 'Battle Heroes'.

As for the PSVita, for brevity's sake we'll skip over the description of the new system's various features and abilities, even though they do an admirable job of covering it; all that information is readily available in English all over the internet. What isn't readily available, however, is Famitsu reader survey data! Unfortunately, the survey is quite long, too long to cover when there's dueling cover-stories; Famitsu out-did themselves this time. So, we'll just give you a few brief highlights: 31% of readers surveyed thought that the PSVita is a good name, 55% believe the prices of the two different models are reasonable, and 58% of readers plan on buying the Wi-Fi-only enabled model. As for what games Famitsu readers want to see on the console, Monster Hunter ranked as the most desired series, followed by Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid rounding out the top three.

Featured Game

Lollipop Chainsaw (PS3 and 360): Occasionally, Famitsu has the honor of being the first to announce a brand new-game on the horizon, due to the level of respect the gaming press over here has for them. This proved to be the case with this latest issue, as it has a huge reveal on Lollipop Chainsaw, a new game featuring Suda 51 (Killer 7, No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned) as the Creative Director. Boy, does it show. Suda 51 is revered for being a bit of an art-house game creator, meaning that he makes strange, strange games. Lollipop Chainsaw is shaping up to not be an exception to that, as it features a cheerleader by the name of Juliet Staring who murders zombies with a pink, heart-decorated chainsaw. If that isn't unusual enough for you, she also has a young man's dismembered, talking head as a little key-chain tied to her belt. Needless to say, this game should prove to be interesting, and we are looking forward to seeing how it shapes up.

Weird Games Found Only In Japan

The Idolmaster 2 (PS3): The Idolmaster series is a strange beast; with a huge cast of cute female characters, initially viewing any media from it would lead you to believe it's a dating-sim game. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Idolmaster 2 puts you in the shoes of a young female producer who is trying to manage a group of young wanna-be pop-idol girls. As this is actually the second one, your group already achieved success in the first game, but now they've hit a slump and it's up to you, and your god-like managerial skills, to bring them back to the top of the charts. How do you do this? You micro-manage their lives. You choose the venues the girls play at, the commercial jobs they take, and how much they practice for their shows. It's also a music-rhythm game, as during concerts and practices the player pushes a sequence of buttons in time to the music to make the girl group perform well. As mentioned before, though, it is not a dating-sim game. While there are events where you work with the young girls to improve your relationship with them and each other, it is in no way romantic or sexual. There are, however, enough pictures of cute girls who decide to go to the beach together in their bikinis to get the equivalent of a Teen rating. 

 

Idolmaster 2 is coming out for the PS3 this October, but the first one was actually an Xbox 360 exclusive, and one of the few games that actually sold well for that system here in Japan. While this one has more of a chance of coming to the States than some of the other games we've covered before, due to its lack of objectionable content, I doubt there's enough OCD people who feel the intense need to play a manager-sim game enough for it to sell well.

Hardware Sales: Week of 7/4-7/10

• PSP – 25,778 units
• Nintendo 3DS – 23,219 units
• PlayStation 3 – 21,199 units
• Wii – 12,848 units
• Nintendo DS – 7,108 units
• Xbox 360 – 1,911 units
• PlayStation 2 – 1,078 units

Top 5 Selling Games: Week of 7/4-7/10

• L.A. Noire (PS3) – 46,375 units sold
• Infamous 2 (PS3) – 30,266 units sold
• Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3) – 30,224 units sold
• Wii Remote Plus Variety Pack (Wii) – 17,316 units sold
• Danboru Battle (PSP) – 14,691 units sold

Top 5 Most Anticipated Games: Based on survey results from 7/7-7/13

• Tales of Xillia (PS3)
• Dragon Quest X (Wii)
• Final Fantasy: Type-O (PSP)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
• Photo Kano (PSP)

Four out of the five top selling games this week are western games? Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse? Well, if it is, we still hope you enjoyed this week's 'This Week In Famitsu'. See you next time, unless the world ends....

Submitted By: Sherrie Blackwell