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Somehow, two weeks earlier than expected, the trailer for Dragonball’s been released online, and to nobody’s surprise it looks awful. I still don’t totally get why Mai’s there, but not Pilaf, and everyone who predicted that they’d Hollywood Romance up Goku and Bulma, give yourself a round of applause. See for yourself.

Feels good, man. I honestly wouldn’t have expected anything less (or more, for that matter) from the latest installment in a series that’s always delivered the hardcore goods. The graphics have gotten a nice touch-up since the last installment on PS1, sporting lots of fancy transparency effects.

The triumphant return of the deadly Free Range weapon brought a smile to my face, and there appear to be some additions to the old arsenal: some crescent-shaped bullets showed up, as well as a multi-pronged beam that spouted out from all sides of the ship.

There are also some bosses that look very similar to the ones found in Thunderforce V, like the purple sea dragon. I’ll be looking forward to this title, although there’s still no word of a stateside release. It’s coming to Japan October 30th for the PS2.

[Siliconera]

In this “Europe” trailer we see more gameplay, and get to see how gigantic the new stages really are. You’ll be springing up far above the cityscape, able to see buildings for miles in any direction. Despite the apparent size, the level flow still looks quite linear, with some side-scrolling sections and other over-the-shoulder bits more reminiscent of the Crash series.

There’s a lot of speculation over how much freedom over the gameplay you’ll have. Is it a series of nearly automated quicktime-event-fueled rollercoasters, or a mindbogglingly difficult game where once false move can mean instant death? It’s hard to say what the balance will be, but fans are once again clamoring to praise this game as the rebirth of Soinc. We’ll find out how well it fares “late 2008.”

[Destructoid]

I was getting many a Final Fantasy XII vibe from this trailer. I noted a figure that looked like a Judge, a dude who looked like Basch with a longer hair-do, a young poncey man baring a striking resemblance to Vaan, a girl who looked like a bit like Ashe and a city that I swear blind was Rabanastre. Oh…and the bad British accents. Even the game title reminds me of Final Fantasy. I wouldn’t be surprised if we got The last remnant II, The last remnant chronicles, The last remnant II-2 and The last remnant card battle DS.

The game doesn’t look all that good for a Square Enix developed Xbox 360 game though does it? There were times when it genuinely looked like a PS2 game. Plus, the trailer itself was pretty mundane. It lacks the ‘Wow’ factor, because it has a very ’seen it all before’ quality about it. I’m not sure what it is about Square Enix, but they aren’t bringing it graphically on the 360. Infinite undiscovery wasn’t that much of a next-gen looker neither.

It’s great that Square Enix are supporting the Xbox 360 though. They seem to be coming through on their word that this generation they’ll be supporting every system. And this game is bound to have those dust gathered units on shop shelves in Japan finally get sold.

The last remnant will be releasing on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year.

Here we have a trailer that sheds some light on the many new features coming to Disgaea 3, including a lot of silly-sounding things like “Magichange,” “Skill Merge,” and “Ignition Charge.” Catering to the hardcore crowd, the sheer scope of the game is being touted as one of its greatest strengths (you can reach “A million damage” and “level 9999.” Ha ha oh wow).

Also instead of the geo panels from previous installments there are now geo blocks which can be moved and stacked, making for some insane combos. And that’s only scratching the surface of what looks to be an even larger behemoth of a strategy timesink than I could have ever anticipated.

[Kotaku]

As the trailer showed, breakable armour has been brought to the Soul arena! It’s nothing new, because many fighting fans (Sega ones in particular) will recall Fighting Vipers featuring breakable armour and that was released well over 10 years ago. Plus, characters could be placed at a defence disadvantage by being disarmed in Soul blade. But none the less it’s a cool new addition that will change the flow of fights greatly. The armour system works in the exact same way it did in Fighting vipers: with a character able to lose armour from their top, midriff or lower part of their body and their defence dropping as a result. I’m such a picky bastard that I hope the armour stays on the floor when it’s broken off. None of this disappearing into thin air bullshit. This game is rolling on PS3 and Xbox 360 - it better make use of that extra processing power.

As one of the earlier trailers showed, characters will have critical finishers. If a characters soul gauge gets depleted twice, then they’ll be open to get critical finished like a silly sucka. As if ring outs and after K.O grapples weren’t humiliating enough - you can add critical finishers to the list. I can’t wait to see them all. If Seigfried’s Ice slash, Ivy’s alchemist sword blade rape, Voldo’s sex rolly polly bomb and Kilik’s Phoenix smash (these are not official attack names) are anything to go by, you know they’re going to be over the top, razzle dazzle, pyrotechnic laden smackdowns.

I wasn’t really wowed by this game before, but it impresses me more with each new trailer that gets put out. If Namco really fine tune the characters and give the game some substantial game modes - this could be something special. The jury will be out until this game releases on whether this can better the original Soul Calibur on Dreamcast. Perhaps third time will be the charm…

No longer is it just a rumor. At Ubidays in Paris, Ubisoft has announced that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is not only in development, but looking pretty damn good at the same time. Along with the announcement comes a teaser video showcasing a desert, a broken down car on the highway, Jade staring off into the horizon, and Pey’j napping. The teaser video is said to be made using the game’s graphics engine. If so, BG&E 2 is shaping up to be one incredible-looking game.

As long as the story and characters can hold up the standard set by the first game, this won’t be one to miss. Here’s hoping the next trailer shows some footage of Double-H.

[ Gamersyde ]

Honestly I don’t have much to say about this, but God bless Nintendo’s marketing department.

[GameTrailers.com]

The official Japanese site for School Rumble: Third Term, which we previously announced in here is going to be a straight to DVD production, has posted a streaming teaser of the 3rd season which you can see above. The fact that the video provides no new details, no new characters, not even new music shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans as the series has managed to go on for 48 episodes without any character development, an impressive feat! Nevertheless I will be there first in line when the subs start rolling out.

[Official School Rumble Website]

Opening with a very fancy CCCP-inspired EA logo and the familiar “Hell March” theme, this trailer gives us a glimpse at what the newest installment in the revered RTS franchise will look and play like.

The units and buildings look a bit similar to the Terran ones in recent Starcraft II footage, but the building animations with floorboards and scaffolds springing up and assembling like origami is one of the impressive little touches found in this game’s engine. Some other details are lines of fences falling down dynamically during combat, along with some impressive explosions and water effects.

Other than that the graphics look dated, but for an RTS that’s to be expected. Perhaps the most exciting footage is near the end, where a gravity bomb is set off, and all the units within a huge radius were pulled in and eliminated in a huge explosion.

The game is due out “Red October, 2008.” Heh.

[GameTrailers.com]

Not much is shown that we haven’t seen before, but that said the game looks incredibly slick and I’m digging the funky Uematsu’s composed theme song. As with Versus XIII’s trailer, I’m getting a sense of d�j� vu. Final Fantasy XII stunk of Star Wars and it seems XIII will too. And the whole flipping in the air whilst shooting a pistol gives me flashbacks of Yuna in Final Fantasy X-2. The difference being that XIII’s leading lady looks a heck of alot cooler, not so girly and appears to be a heck of alot more capable. It’s good to have a kick arse female in a Final Fantasy game. There hasn’t been one in an FF game since Tifa in VII. Though she lost major cool points after hanging up the mini skirt and getting punk’d like a bitch in Advent children. (How she lost that fight is still a mystery to me…)

Square Enix has said that their aim with Final Fantasy XIII is to have in game battles that rival the pace and intensity of those in Advent children. If anybody can pull that off it’s Square Enix and the PS3 is more than capable of handling it. But the mind boggles as to how the battles system is going to work. My guess is that the battle system will be some offshoot of Final Fantasy XII’s and that those really cool moves shown in the trailer above are triggered set pieces. Kinda like how the triangle command worked in Kingdom Hearts II. But that’s just a complete hunch.

Of the 3 titles that make up Fabula nova crystallis: Final Fantasy, this will release first. There’s no release date, but my guess is that Japan will see it at Christmas of 2008, whilst North America and Europe are made to sit tight until 2009. I doubt very much neither of the Final Fantasy games are close to completion. With the amount of games Square Enix have in development right now it’s a wonder how they get anything completed at all. I bet Square Enix employees haven’t seen their families since the release of Final Fantasy VII.

[JeuxFrance]

A sequel to Kite, one of my favorite anime movies of all time was announced a while back and even a shorter while back, about a week ago, the trailer was released. This is not news, but the trailer was tyrannously trapped inside the publisher’s website. So I took it upon myself to liberate it from its prison so you fine people could enjoy it without having to do the inhuman effort of clicking a link. So here it is, in all its glory with its crappy video quality intact. And if you haven’t seen kite, shame on you!

Oh yeah anime doesn’t get much better than high school girls kicking ass! Kite Liberator comes out somewhere in the first half of 2008.

*screams like a Japanese schoolgirl* If you have an Xbox 360, then you can download this trailer from the Live marketplace. For those of you who do not own 360’s, we at Dark diamond have got you covered. ;P We have it for you in all it’s glory below. Ooooo!! And make sure you watch it right until the very end.

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This is old news. But I’ve looked around on to other gaming blogs and couldn’t find a lick of this fan made Metal Gear Solid movie. And considering that I’m still waiting on news about the movie, I usually just watch this over and over again… It’s a Taiwanese fan trailer - and a damn good one at that. One of the best I’ve seen yet. So check out the video, you Metal Gear lovers.

Rockstar’s Bully has been rounding up a lot of opinions lately, and with a name like that it was to be expected.The trailer has finally hit the streets and after watching it I was left with the impression that the game follows the same formula of all of Rockstar’s antihero; Meaning that the main character is the lesser of the school’s evils. Lets watch!