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When Square Enix put up their teaser website for Chrono Trigger, many fans worldwide wet themselves. Now we’ve got the trailer, I’m sure many fans have wet themselves a second time. It’s now a reality that the world well get to experience Chrono’s adventure all over again.

I thought Square would’ve done the graphics up and updated it as they have a couple of their handheld Final Fantasy adventures. But we’ll be getting a faithful port of the SNES classic, which I’m sure is no bad thing for many. I only played the beginning of this game around 5 years ago, so I’m keen to give the game a through play through and see what the fuss was about and why many hold this game in such high regard. Square Enix haven’t indulged on any details about this game. So it’s unknown as to whether Europe will get a release, if it will feature stylus control or if indeed the final version of the game will feature some enhanced graphics.

Between Blue Dragon’s emergence on the Xbox 360 and now Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger making a revival, Akira Toriyama must be receiving some nice pay cheques for his character designs and artwork. Not that he’s strapped for cash or anything.

IGN today revealed exclusive information regarding the oh so rumored and discussed Guitar Hero game for the Nintendo DS. The game uses a peripheral called the Guitar Grip, which connects to the GBA port and has a strap for holding the DS with the palm of your hand like a book. The peripheral also comes with a nicely designed pick-shaped stylus to strum the guitar chords as your notes appear on screen.

This is as good as I can imagine a portable Guitar Hero being, the peripheral is actually portable, dispelling fears of a portable guitar. But on the downside you’ll look even more ridiculous than when you wail your little toy guitar around, lets just hope it delivers on the fun factor. The game comes out this summer loaded with 20 songs and enough in-game advertising to choke a cow.

[IGN]

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Not ones to forget the female audience of DS owners, Konami are have released their latest entry into the Tokimeki memorial series! Originally the game had the player step into the shoes of a young man to kick some game amongst some lovely ladies, but the DS version has spun things around and has the gamer now stepping into the shoes of a young lady on a mission to snag a man…

You take control of a girl newly enrolled at a high school. Being the new hot young tottie on the block, you’re pursued by a bunch of guys and your aim is to woo them, have them woo you, play a little hard to get and win over their affections in order to get one of them to confess their love to you. Players can spruce themselves up, hit the gym, get some beauty sleep, participate in extra curricular activities to boost their appeal to the opposite sex pick before heading out to get that all important love confession. During conversations you’ll get a bunch of possible answers, with how you answer determining how much that guy will like you. Everything you do with affect the love meter of your potential boyfriends. Your aim overall is to keep the meter high. If you don’t, you can kiss your love confession goodbye. Guys will get fed up if you date them infrequently, give silly responses in conversations and don’t stroke them enough with the stylus. These guys will also spread the word and f**k things up for you, dropping the love meter for all of the potentials in the process. Damn. It’s just real life!! You’ll also come across girls on campus with whom you’ll converse with, but there’s no option to chat these girls up and engage in some girl on girl action. Neither is there an option to beat a girl down for checking your man.

This game was released in Japan on February 15 and I doubt very much it will get a western release seeing as the Tokimeki memorial has been exclusive to Japan for over 10 years now. I think it was considerate for Konami to think of the Japanese female gamers though, as well gay Japanese guys who wanna kick it with some kakkoii boys. Plus, the DS is the perfect platform for games such as these, so the series is right at home on the system. Dare I say it, this game sounds kinda fun! It sure as hell beats Face training.

Hit the link below to check out an interview where the pretty, but slightly scary looking actress Natsuki Kato declares her love for the game.

[Famitsu]

This game is old by our standards (and those who picked up the game in Japan 7 months ago), but only now have Square Enix given the game a North American and European release date. Known as It’s a wonderful world in Japan, the game will release in North America and Europe as The world ends with you in April.

The game is an RPG produced by Tetsuya Nomura and centers around a hip young boy named Neku who finds himself in the mi?{???m1dShibuya and the sudden ability to read the hearts and minds of those around him. He also finds out that he’s part of some twisted game that prevents him leaving Shibuya and will have him removed from existence if he doesn’t play along. )Bummer. And I thought I having a shit day). During his ‘game playing’ he will team up with other young Shibuya dwellers: Shiki, Joshua, Beat and Rhyme - who undoubtedly will have some ties to the ‘death game’ and aid in convoluting the plot something chronic. Players will be able to take control of these characters during battles (all of whom are have unique attacks) and utilize the DS’s touch screen to lay the hurt on enemies.

The world ends with you is different to many of Square Enix’s past efforts in that it seems to not only be set in a real life location, but is very much saturated in current pop culture. The characters are all dressed in hip casual wear and the game trades Hitoshi Sakimoto and Yoko Shimamura soundtracks for funky Hip-hop and Techno numbers, along with tracks contributed by vocal artists. The game also looks as though it draws many parallels to Kingdom Hearts, undoubtedly because of Nomura’s involvement. Neku’s style is quite similar to Sora’s and the enemies in the game could pass as heartless with their floaty blackness and hostility. Enough words. Check out the trippy intro to the game below…

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Nomura’s funky DS RPG to hit the west

A new service will hit the DS by which movie’s and lots of other content can be downloaded to the Nintendo DS! The technology and system will be known as DSvision. Naughty folk on the homebrew and flash card scene have been putting movies, music and downloaded DS games on their DS’s for years - but at least now there is a legal option.

DSvision will be made available really soon and the DSvision pack will come with a microSD card, as DS cartridge adapter and a USB adapter. When the service launches, users will be able to setup an account and purchase content from the site which can then be transferred to the DS. It’s looking like this is a Japan only thing. But given the DS is region free I’d assume you could just import ya DSvision and go nuts. And if DSvision takes Visa and you own a Visa card, you’re good to go!!

I think it’s great the DS is being made to showcase it’s greater potential. The gaming scene on the DS is pretty much safe sailing and Nintendo and third parties have that scene completely covered - so why not push more life out of the DS by allowing movies to be played off of it! If this really takes off and Nintendo play up the Wi-Fi capabilities and also work in some DS to Wii connectivity, they could really put some extra pressure on Sony’s PSP and give folk yet more reasons to go and buy themselves a DS lite.

DSvision was announced back in November and I only heard about it today?! Damn. I guess I need to show my DS more love. It has been sat in a drawer with a dead battery and near un-played copy of Phantom hourglass since last November.

Official website: DSvision

[Slashgear]

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If we get a nice bit of forum activity we will arrange Wi-Fi matches and the like. But this depends on you and can only be done if you register in the Dark Diamond forums and share your Friend codes. So chop chop! Get to it.

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Yeah i know, MTV no longer plays music videos except in the wee hours of the morning, and well, its all rap music anyways.

A popular video on the Japanese MTV is one from Final Fantasy 4’s remake for the DS. Unfortunately its coming out later this month in Japan, but there is no news for a stateside release, lets all cross our fingers!(Editor note: Rosa is hot!)

If I ever needed a reason to buy a DS again, this game would be it. Nostalgia City.

[Joystiq]

For DS owning fellas who weren’t content with the intimate female groping of Doki Doki Majo Shinpan!, can now get it on with an all female pro-wrestling game on DS! You pick a busty female wrestler, take to the ring and then pick cards to initiate attacks. Not the full on grappling action some of you may have been hoping for - but you can bet there will be non animated pictures of busty females sliding across the screen, with the odd in-game squeal of ‘Dame desu!’, ‘Kimochi’ and ‘Yamete!’. The game currently has no confirmed title. So in the mean time I’ve titled it Super femme pro-wrestling: Ultra card battle.

I’m assuming cards will be displayed on the touch screen, whilst the top screen shows 3D representations of the ladies duking it out. Because watching stationary ladies just stand there whilst your cards flip over and an energy gauge depletes would make for the crappiest female wrestling game ever.

Having a female wrestling game on DS where by the stylus is only used to select cards and options seems like a wasted opportunity to me. No bouncing breasts, no grapples on floors, no arses sticking up in the air, no stylus gestured attacks = no fun.

[Famitsu]

EA will be releasing a Bartending game which will be making its way to DS later this year in Japan. Wow! EA actually coming out with something original!? Now THERE’S a first.

To say the DS has a varied library of games would be a massive understatement. With software on how to train your vision, train your face, learn stocks and arithmetic having made their way to DS - we can hardly be surprised at the arrival of a bartending game. Bartender DS isn’t that much of a game really, but more a bartending encyclopedia. Complete with information on 850 cocktails, pictures of what they look like and interviews with Japanese bartenders. Definitely one to pick up if you’re applying to work behind a bar. 

Those interested in this game can rest assured that this game will be T-Pain free and his hit singles ”Bartender” and “Buy U a drank” will be absent from this game.

[Famitsu]

Spanish developer, Tragnarion Studios, recently announced their latest project called Doodle Hex. The game is a puzzle battle game where aspiring magicians fight magic battles by casting rune spells. And yes, you guessed right! Players doodle the rune figures into the DS touchscreen.

The game graphic style is very trendy with post-anime character designs sure to catch the eye of the little mall goths / emo kids that hang around Hot Topic when they are not playing Neopets. Yet as harsh as I may sound on this game, I’m hooked on the main character, Fey, and her spiked-collar wearing bunny. Man, I can almost see the hoards of teens wearing them on T-shirts already.

[Tragnarion Studios]

I fell for the Ace attorney series big time and loved every second of Hotel Dusk. So I’m stoked that Kyotaro Nishimura’s new detective series pretty much takes these two games, fuses them together and throws a J-idol and a cute woman in a kimono as main characters.

I’d usually take one look at a game like this and swear up and down it would never release outside of Japan. But given how well the Ace attorney series and Hotel Dusk were received in the West, it’s not out of the question for Tecmo to release outside of Japan.

And ‘Yes’ - you read correctly. Tecmo. A game developed by Tecmo and not a bouncing titty or a bikini in sight. Though the leading lady could always open her kinomo robe in a Ninja scroll-esque moment and urge the main man to “Take me now!”

Very little is known about this game. But who needs info when Famitsu have a big old batch of screenshots for us to look at!

Kyotaro Nishimura’s new detective series screenshots @ Famitsu

Another Japanese game with a title that manages to squeeze in every letter of the alphabet with a 7 word minimum. I can’t be bothered to keep typing and or copy and pasting the title ’Super Nekketsu high school Kunio-kun dodgeball club’, I’m going to refer to this game as Dogdeball DS.

Dodgeball DS is a sequel to the original ‘Super Dodgeball’ which released on the NES in 1988. Back then it was a simple 2 on 2 affair, with the aim of the game being to pelt the opposition in the face with a big ol’ dodgeball until their health hit zero and they were KO’d. The same goes for the DS version, except the action has been ramped up a few notches: More players on the field, power up’s, charge shots and the ability to run up to a random player and smack ‘em in the face. Seems fun! Though it seems there is a loose emphasis on the dodgeball itself. Every screenshot of the game has players duking it out on the playing field whilst the ball just rolls around on the floor. There’s no word on a release outside of Japan (story of our lives), but hopefully it will at the very least get a North American release. The original NES version was treated to such, so hopefully the DS version will be too.

This looks to be just the kind of game I need right now. Some quick, pick up and play action. The game will support up to 8 players over a Wi-Fi connection, but there’s no confirmation if the game will be playable online. Check out the screenshots via the link below.

[the magic-box]

Akira Amano’s Katekyo Hitman Reborn! is getting the handheld treatment and will be appearing on the Nintendo DS. For those who don’t know, Reborn! is a Japanese manga and anime about a little 1 year old Italian hitman who trains a a high school student to be a mob boss. Don’t try to make sense of it. Just look at the screenshots and think of the prospect at how cool this game could be.

There’s little to no info on this game, but judging from the screenshots it looks as though this may play similar to Jump super stars and possibly support 4 players over a Wi-Fi connection.

I doubt very much that this game will see the light of day outside of Japan. But the DS is 100% region free. So if you fancy some handheld Reborn! action, you can always import it.

Console gamers can also get in on the action, as Reborn! Dream Hyper action battle will also be releasing for the PS2 on August 30, with a Wii version set to follow shortly after.

[Famitsu]

Fresh off the back of Dragon Quest Swords’ mammoth success and breaking of records in Japan - Square Enix recently announced that remakes of Dragon quest IV, V and VI will be appearing on the Nintendo DS! The remakes will be in full 3D, feature an updated soundtrack and will undoubtedly spread the action across the DS’s 2 screens and feature stylus control. The ports will be handled by Artepiazza, who are no strangers to the series having developed several Dragon Quest remakes in the past. I’ve never played a Dragon Quest game before, so I’m definitely looking forward to this. If there’s one system that can sell a game to me, it’s the DS.

At this rate I wonder if Square Enix will have any games left to remake by 2008.

Official website: Dragon Quest 4 to 6

[Advanced Media Network - DS]

The DS is playing host to a better and wider range of RPG than current gen consoles at the moment isn’t it?! The next game in the Crystal chronicles series will be the DS outing Ring of fates. This game promises to be much more plot driven, have a stronger narrative and be less repetitive than it’s GameCube predecessor.

The original Crystal chronicles shouldn’t have been released on the GameCube in the first place. What Square Enix were trying to achieve with that game was always going to be better suited to a system such as the DS. I’m sure some gamers out there had 3 friends who each had a GameBoy Advance and a link cable, but I sure as hell didn’t.

Still. Better late than never. Check out the link below to watch an extensive video of the game in action. It looks hawt!

Witness the sexiness: Final Fantasy Crystal chronicles: Ring of fates

Ring of fates is released in Japan on August 23 and will release in the US sometime in 2008. Which means it probably won’t see the light of day across Europe until 2010. 2009 if European gamers are lucky. We all know that Japanese developers are in no rush to get games out to Europe. *rolls eyes and then frowns*

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