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« Reply #15 on Jun 6, 2005, 7:56pm » | |
Dear members,
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD April 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang. From this issue onwards the DVD's now feature an extra 20 mins of stuff - thats 2 hours and 20 minutes of games footage and game related features.
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD April 2005 [Total length: 2 hrs 20mins]
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1) Rumble Roses Interview [Length: 10 mins]
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An interview with 2 guys who helped make the game - well, its more about talking about (and admiring) the girls from the game than a proper interview!
Rumble Roses was out in Japan on 17th February 2005
2) Gamer King [Length: 9 mins]
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A Challenge for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder.
3) New section [Length: 11 mins]
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Bose and co. try to play level 1-1 from Super Mario Bros on the SNES before a Bobomb toy (?), with a timer, blows its top!
Another challenge includes trying to get as far as possible on level 1-1 again, but this time they are blindfolded!
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 13 mins]
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The usual 2 FW guys are joined by Ozma (the FW guy who always wheres a cop cap and shades) and AD Kim to play Classic Capture The Flag on Halo 2, on the XBox.
5) Metal Gear Solid 3 [Length: 9 mins]
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Part 2 of FW's Survival Manual. Tips on how to beat some of the bosses, including The Pain, The Fear, The End, Volgin and The Boss.
6) Interview [Length: 9 mins]
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This month the Japanese DJ interviews some guy.
7) (Jap) Or Die!! [Length: 11 mins]
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Yet another hot Japanese model plays against a guy on a NES Sumo Wrestling game, by Tecmo in 1987. The loser of each round has to take off an item of clothing!
8)Shin Sangokumusou 4 [Length: 2 mins]
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This is a Playstation 2 game by Koei, which was out in Japan on 24th February 2005. Another hack'n'slash samurai game.
Also available is a special edition "Treasure Box" version featuring some cards, with the pictures of the main characters on them, and a bonus CD (with music from the game?).
9) Shadow Of Rome [Length: 3 mins]
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This is a trailor for the game, by Capcom, which is set in the days of the Roman Empire.
This was out in Japan on 10th March 2005.
10) Tekken 5 [Length: 9 mins]
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Using his Tekken Net ID Card (for use on the arcade machine) NKT, a pro gamer, is driven around Tokyo by Ozma (the FW guy always seen in a cop cap and shades) to various places to play Namco's Tekken 5 arcade game in order to beat 100 (human) opponents.
11) Dead Or Alive Ultimate [Length: 6 mins]
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Tips for DOAU, on the XBox, on how to make the best out of combo's on the double-team mode.
12) Viewtiful Joe 2 [Length: 8 mins]
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Viewtiful Joe 2 was out on both the Playstation 2 and Gamecube in Japan on 16th December 2004. It was developed by Clover Studios for Capcom.
Some tips on how to beat the bosses.
13) Enthusia: Professional Racing [Length: 8 mins]
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Tips for this Konami racing racing game which was out o the Playstation 2 on 17th March 2005.
http://www.konamistudio.co.jp/enthusia
14) Killer 7 [Length: 6 mins]
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Shinji Mikami and Hiroyuki Kobayashi present Killer 7, by Capcom, which is out on the Playstation 2 and Gamecube sometime in 2005.
This is a first-person shooter (FPS) game with a unqiue (and often colourful) graphics. From what I have seen, I plan to get this on the Gamecube as soon as it comes out in the UK.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/killer7
15) Winning Eleven Japan Grand Prix [Length: 10 mins]
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The WE Japan Grand Prix was held on 16th January, with contenders playing World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 (Pro Evolution Soccer 4).
Both NKT, a pro gamer, and Ozma, a FW guy, both took part and lost.
16) Wave Choice [Length: 3 mins]
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- A Playstation 2 game, out in Japan on 24th March 2005, by ESP.
- A Playstation 2 RPG, by Sega, which was out in Japan on 24th March 2005 also.
- Another Playstation 2 RPG, by Sony Computer Entertainment Interactive, which was also out on 24th March 2005.
- Meteos, for the Nintendo DS, by Q Entertainment and Bandai, which was out on 10th March 2005.
http://planetmeteos.com
17) Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone [Length: 5 mins]
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A Dungeons & Dragons based game by Atari, which was out on 24th March 2005. You can fight against the bad guys using either a sword or sourcery.
18) Deco-Tora x Geijutsu-Den [Length: 2 mins]
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A racing game by Spike and Jaleco, featuring various types of trucks (no cars, or motor bikes from what I saw) racing along streets and race tracks.
19) VUG Station [Length: 8 mins]
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Vivendi Universal Games presents VUG Station.
This time, a Japanese model (21 year old Sayuri Anzu) plays the teacher while some of the FW crew play the students in a bizarre question and answer session with the "teacher" about Red Ninja - which was out on the Playstation 2 on 3rd March 2005.
Thats it for another issue... catch-up week this week. I *will* post up the report for the May 2005 issue by the end of the week.
Regards,
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« Reply #16 on Jun 15, 2005, 8:23pm » | |
HI all,
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD May 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang. From this issue onwards the DVD's now feature an extra 20 mins of stuff - thats 2 hours and 20 minutes of games footage and game related features.
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD May 2005 [Total length: 2 hrs 20 mins]
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1) Tekken 5 [Length: 16 mins]
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Tekken 5 was out in Japan on the Playstation 2 on 31st March 2005.
An interview with the series creator, which also features clips from Tekken (December 2004), Tekken 2 ver. B (August 1995), Tekken 3 (August 1997), Tekken Tag Tournament (July 1999) and Tekken 4 (August 2001)
2) Gamer King [Length: 11 mins]
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Challenges for various levels on Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.
3) New Section [Length: 12 mins]
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Bose plays an old puzzle board-game with the creator of Meteos, whilst the other 2 FW guys play Meteos on the Nintendo DS.
http://planetmeteos.com
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 13 mins]
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The usual FW guys are joined by another guy and a gal to play Monster Hunter's 4 Player online mode on the PS2.
For loosing they had to eat something, which they clearly did not like! (Chile sauce anyone?!)
5) Capcom Trailer [Length: 3 mins]
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Beat Down, by Capcom and Cavia, is a game in which you have been framed for a crime. After escaping , you become a vigilante (anyone recall the late 80's/early 90's Vigilante game?? - kinda like Streets Of Rage) on the streets and recruit allies to help you fight rival gangs. You earn (or rather, steal) money which allows you to get new costumes and alter his appearance in other ways.
Out sometime in 2005 on the XBox and Playstation 2.
Basara, by Capcom, is a samurai fighting game for the Playstation 2. Out sometime in 2005.
6) Berwick Saga [Length: 4 mins]
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Berwick Saga: Lazberia Chronicle Chapter 174 (long title, huh?) is an action RPG by Enterbrain. It was due out on the Playstation 2 on 26th May 2005.
7) Interview [Length: 10 mins]
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The female Japaneses DJ interviews some guy.
8) Tekken 5 [Length: 16 mins]
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Part 2 of NKT's challenge from the last issue, section 10.
9) Hitman: Contracts [Length: 12 mins]
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Tips on how to complete the game in the fastest time possible - all 12 missions in 24 minutes 34 seconds!
Out now on Playstation 2 and XBox.
10) Namco X Capcom [Length: 2 mins]
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Over 200 characters from both Namco and Capcoms game history - spanning over 2 decades - are featured in this action-RPG.
This was due out on the Playstation 2 on the 26th May 2005.
11) Toy Box Of Videogames! [Length: 10 mins]
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A new female FW presenter is joined by someone dressed as a chicken while they demonstrate secrets and unexpected events from Resident Evil 4, on the Gamcube.
If anyone wants an email with all the spoilers, then email me at:
aliensrcooluk@yahoo.co.uk
12) Gran Turismo 4 [Length: 10 mins]
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How to master Mission Hall challenge 34 - One Lap Magic at Nurburgring Nordschloife - and get to 1st place by r the end of the lap after giving the leader a 2 minute headstart!
13) Rumble Roses [Length: 6 mins]
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Tips for this great looking (women only) wrestling game, which was out in Japan on 17th February 2005.
14) Wave Choice [Length: 4 mins]
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- Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighbourhood, which was out on the Playstation 2 on 7th April 2005.
- (jap) ~ Lonely Idol ~ is a Japaneses kareoke game which was out on the Playstation 2 on 28th April 2005.
- A 3rd-person war game by Pandemic Studios and LucasArts. Also out on the Playstation 2 on 28th April 2005.
- Demento, another horror game from Capcom where you control a girl trapped in mansion. This was out on the Playstation 2 on 21st April 2005.
- Nintendogs, for the Nintendo DS, is a tamagotchi-style game where you train, feed and raise your very own dog. This was out in April 2005 and proved quite a hit in Japan (especially with the female gamers).
- Far East Of Eden III: Namida is another RPG for the Playstation 2 and was out in Japan on 14th April 2005.
15) Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone [Length: 5 mins]
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Tips for mastering fighting and beating some of the bosses.
16) VUG Station [Length: 2 mins]
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Advert for Crash Bandicoot 5: Eeee Crash the Cortex no yabou?!? (or in the west simply CB5: Twinsanity).
17) Enterbrain Advert [Length: 3 mins]
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Typhoon! DVD available now - a DVD filled with nutty mayhem with 3 guys.
Thats it for another issue. Phew!
Report for the June issue coming soon....
Regards,
Lonewolf10
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« Reply #17 on Aug 21, 2005, 10:06pm » | |
Dear members,
Sorry for the delay in posting this one up, I forgot to post it here when I posted it to various yahoo groups.
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD June 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang (links at the end of this report).
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD May 2005 [Total length: 2 hrs 20 mins]
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1) Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song [Length: 9 mins]
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An interview with 2 members of the Square Enix staff behind this Playstation 2 role-playing game (RPG), which was out in Japan on 21st April 2005.
2) Game Tips [Length: 10 mins]
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Tips for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for the Extreme difficulty level.
Also tips for Gran Turismo on the Playstation and how to send your cars sky high in the 2 player mode!
3) King Gamer Final [Length: 11 mins]
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The guy that impressed the FW crew the most, by getting a hole in one on every course in Everybody's Golf 4, was handed a special award.
4) New Section [Length: 13 mins]
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Bose and co. playing Winning Eleven 8 (aka Pro Evolution Soccer 4) on the Playstation 2 against the computer.
5) Laugh & Game [Length: 14 mins]
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Kaz Hirai and his FW colleague are joined by 2 guys and play around with Pictochat on the Nintendo DS before moving onto Mario 64 x 4, also on the Nintendo DS.
6) Interview [Length: 9 mins]
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The Japanese female DJ is at the JJ Club 100 with one of the guys that did some of the voices in Final Fantasy X.
The club is full of arcade games and a few others games aswell, including an over sized snooker table where the b***s are the size of soccer b***s!
7) Basara [Length: 3 mins]
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A samurai fighting game, by Capcom, with a difference - the main characters are unique in design, such as the little girl wielding a large mallet!
This is due out on the Playstation 2 in Japan soon.
8) Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams [Length: 3 mins]
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A trailer for the 4th game in the Onimusha series.
9) Sakura Taisen 5: Episode 1, Farewell My Love [Length: 2 mins]
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The next game in the series, by Sega and Red, was out on the Playstation 2 on 7th July 2005. It features 6 main characters including Gemini Sunrise (isn't that just a cool name?), Taiya Shinjiro, Rikaritta Aries and Diana Caprice.
10) Front Mission Online [Length: 4 mins]
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A Playstation 2 action role-playing game (RPG), by Square Enix, featuring mechs (giant armoured machines, with a single person inside operating it). It also features online modes via the PS2's Broadband unit.
This was out in Japan on 12th May 2005.
http://www.playonline.com/fmo/
11) Demento [Lenth: 9 mins]
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A behind the scenes look at how they did the motion capture for Capcom's action-horror game, which was out on the Playstation 2 on 21st April 2005.
12) Monster Hunter [Length: 13 mins]
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This Capcom adventure game for the Playstation 2 was out in Japan on 20th January 2005, but you can now get an Encyclopedia DVD for the game!
13) Toybox Of Videogames [Length: 11 mins]
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Ms. Rie presents tips for beating some of the bosses in Devil May Cry 3, to achieve an overall rank of S.
Plus, some behind the scenes footage of how they did the motion capture for some of the cut-scenes.
14) Shin Sangokumsou 4 [Length: 8 mins]
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Tips for this Playstation 2 samurai game, by Koei, which was out on 24th February 2005.
15) Far East Of Eden III: Namida [Length: 6 mins]
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Tips for this Playstation 2 role-playing game (RPG), by Hudson Soft and Red, which was out on 14th April 2005.
16) VUG Station [Length: 10 mins]
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A couple of the FW guys got to a local school and see what the kids make of Crash Bandicoot 5: Eeee Crash to Cortex no Yabou?!? (aka CB5: Twinsanity) whilst the other guy tries to tempt them away from the game with snacks and cuddly toys to no avail!
17) Enterbrain Advert [Length: 2 mins]
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Advert for the Final Fantasy XI DVD players guide.
Page 28 of the mag has a small feature on the hot model Kasai Nana. More info here:
URL: http://www.g-time.jp/
Web TV: http://tandm.tv/
Thats it for another fun packed issue! Hoepfully I can squease in time to get July's done short, inbetween playing Killer 7 (on the Gamecube) and Trizeal (on the Dreamcast) among other things.
Regards,
Lonewolf10
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« Reply #18 on Sept 4, 2005, 8:21pm » | |
Dear members,
Sorry about the last post, b***s = B@LL$
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD July 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang (links at the end of this report).
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD July 2005 [Total length: 2 hrs 20 mins]
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1) Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams [Length: 8 mins]
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Trailer for the 4th game in the Onimusha series, from Capcom, for the Playstation 2.
2) Yarikomi [Length: 12 mins]
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Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube) - Mercenaries high score challenge (demo on the Castle level - max combo: 179, score 215740 (yes it is possible, they included video footage of how it was done as proof).
Playstation 1 challenge on a Tetris/Baku Baku Animal clone.
Winning Eleven 8 Challenge on the Playstation 2 to create a character that looks like you!
3) New Section [Length: 14 mins]
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Bose and co. interview a guy and demonstrate some wierd peripherals to be used whilst gaming - Orc Commander (vibrator thing to stick on your finger to try and help you with button-bashing games), Shock C (a device that can be attached to 2 fingers for picking up crisps etc. during gameplay) and Obache-Break (a device you squeeze to make a noise and distract opponents in multiplayer modes!) among others.
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 14 mins]
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Carrying on from last issue, 3 guys play against 3 gals on Sega's Baku Baku game for the Nintendo DS. After some more pictochat fun the guys get to meet the gals face to face.
5) Interview [Length: 11 mins]
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The Japanese female DJ is still at JJ Club 100 with the guy from last time and end up playing a baseball pitching game (not an electronic game) and Sega's Exciting Speed Hockey (which is kinda like the Beyond Good Or Evil sub-game found in the bar) among others.
6) Genji [Length: 2 mins]
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Game Republic and Shirogumi Inc. (for animation and special effects) present Genji for the Playstation 2. Another ninja/samurai fighthing game based on a famous Japanese book that 1300 pages long, which was written in the 11th Century.
7) Basara [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for this weird Playstation 2 Samurai fighting game from Capcom, which was due out in Japan on 21st July 2005.
8) Soul Calibur 3 [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for the game which is due out on the Playstation 2 sometime in 2005. New characters include Setsuka (female), Tira (female) and Zasalamel (male). You can create your own character from a huge list of alternative costumes etc. and it includes a new mode where you fight through a series of areas, similar to Onimusha.
http://www.soularchive.jp
9) Summon Night [Length: 3 mins]
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BanPresto and Flight-Plan present a new RPG for the Playstation 2, due out on the 4th August 2005 in Japan. It has some cool anime style graphics and full-motion-video (FMV) cutscenes.
http://www.summonnight.net
10) Enthusia: Professional Racing [Length: 8 mins]
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Tips for this racing game and an interview with some of the programmers.
11) Winning Eleven 8: Livewire Evolution [Length: 10 mins]
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The FW guy and Moby (the puppet) demonstrate how to set up the game with your PC, via the Broadband unit for the new online modes.
http://game.konaminet.jp/we/we8le/
12) Tekken 5 [Length: 10 mins]
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Tips for the sub-game in the Playstation 2 fighting game from Namco.
13) Monster Hunter [Length: 14 mins]
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Hunters Diary - part 2, more tips for the game.
14) ? [Length: 9 mins]
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Spike presents a wierd advert - a comedy sketch - for a Playstation 2 game.
15) Oz - Rythmical Combination [Length: 4 mins]
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Konami presents Oz, a hack'n'slash adventure game for the Playstation 2, which was due out on 30th June 2005.
http://www.konami.jp/oz
16) Metal Saga [Length: 2 mins]
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A Playstation 2 RPG, by Success and Crea-Tech, largely focused around tanks. It has very cool anime full-motion-video sequences and uses the broadband unit.
This was due out in Japan on 9th June 2005.
17) Shadow Hearts: From The New World [Length: 3 mins]
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Aruze and Nautilus present a Playstation 2 RPG which was due out on 28th July 2005, in Japan.
http://www.shadowhearts.net
18) VUG Station [Length: 3 mins]
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Vivendi Universal Games presents Robots, the game, for the Playstation 2, Gamecube, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance. This was due out in Japan on 28th July 2005.
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« Reply #19 on Dec 25, 2005, 10:18pm » | |
Dear members,
Apologies to all for getting behind in my postings.
My Inbox is now down from 450 emails to 300 emails and hopefully over the next few days I shall have the time to get ontop of things.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD August 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang (links at the end of this report).
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD August 2005 [Total length: 4 hrs]
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Disc 1
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1) Fatal Frame 3 Interview [Length: 9 mins]
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An interview with the games creator, plus clips from the previous games.
Fatal Frame 3 (aka Project Zero 3) was out on 28th July 2005 in Japan.
2) Yarikomi Tour [Length: 11 mins]
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GTA: Vice City (PS2) - A no damage challenge was set on some of the games levels.
Biohazard 4 (aka Resident Evil 4) (GC) - A reminder of the challenge they set (170 combo on Castle level for the Mercenaries missions), followed by a CD-ROM video of a reader getting a 202 combo and scoring 239,670!
3) New Section [Length: 13 mins]
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Bose and co. play Nintendogs on their Nintendo DS's, then try out their skills on real dogs!
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 13 mins]
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Kaz and his FW colleague are at Square Enix playing Front Mission Online (a mech game for the Playstation 2), against Ozma and 2 other people. Includes instructions on how to set it up for a PS2 LAN network.
5) Interview [Length: 13 mins]
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The Jap female DJ interviews a chef (?!) and they end up playing a bizarre game, made by Sony, on the PS2. The last few minutes has him giving us cooking tips.
6) Basara [Length: 2 mins]
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A trailer for the ninja-based game, from Capcom, which was out on the Playstation 2 on 21st July.
7) Armored Core: Last Raven [Length: 3 mins]
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A Playstation 2 game, from From Software, which was out on 4th August 2005.
http://www.ACLR.jp
8) Medal Of Honor: European Assault [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for the Playstation 2 and Gamecube game which was out in Japan on 11th August 2005.
9) [Japanese] 3 [Length: 3 mins]
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A strange Playstation 2 game featuring the little monkey fellows found in Metal Gear Solid 3. This was out on 14th July 2005.
10) Monster Hunter Interview [Length: 7 mins]
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An interview with 2 of the people behind the game, with preview footage of Monster Hunter 2, due out next year for the Playstation 2, and Monster Hunter Portable, due out sometime in 2005.
11) Hunters Diary G [Length: 14 mins]
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A guide to Monster Hunter on the Playstation 2.
12) Killer 7 Interview [Length: 13 mins]
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An interview with the creators of the game, Shinji Mikami and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, which was out in Japan on 9 th June 2005 for the Playstation 2 and Gamecube.
13) D3 (Denki Denki Denki) [Length: 18 mins]
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A big event in Japan like E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in the US, except this is about games and related items that are already available!
Games, posters, artwork, food and drink (anyone recall Enemy Zero curry from the late 90's? It was delivered to your door by Kenji Eno, the head of Warp) are among the items found at D3.
Clips of Psi-Ops: Mind Conspiracy (PS2), Playboy: The Mansion (XBox), Alien Hominoid (PS2) and Fugitive Hunter: War On Terror (PS2) were shown, along with rare Super Famicom (aka SNES) games.
One of the FW crew had a play on a PSP capsule toy unit and won himself a free PSP!
Also at D3, there was a small massage parlour where you could get a massage by women dressed in French maid outfits!
14) The 3rd Arcadia Cup Tournament (Japan Battle Opera) [Length: 10 mins]
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Footage from the event, which pits beat'em gamers against each other in a bid to see who's the best of the best of the best!
Further footage from the event can be found on 3 special DVDs:
Arcadia '05 Super Battle DVD Vol. 1
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Footage from the battles on Guilty Gear XX: Reloaded and the King Of Fighters: Neowave.
Arcadia '05 Super Battle DVD Vol. 2
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Footage from the battles on Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned and Tekken 5.
Arcadia '05 Super Battle DVD Vol. 3
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Footage from the battles on Capcom Fighting Jam and Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike.
15) Final Fantasy XI: Online [Length: 7 mins]
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Trailer for the game and an advert for the XBox version coming to a FW DVD/Magazine near you!
Disc 2
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1) E3 2005 [Length: 31 Mins]
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One of the FW guys is at E3 and features the PS3 design, Genji, Ratchet: Deadlocked, Urban Rights (PS2),
Soul Calibur III, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, The Godfather (the game), Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness, the Square Enix women in bikini-esque outifts with fox-ears (?!) from Final Fantasy XI, some of the ot
her E3 women, the XBox 360, Shadow The Hedgehog (PS2, XBox, GC), Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, PC), Tecmo
's "Our Girls Are Better Than Yours" poster, Dead Or Alive 4 (XBox 360), Fatal Frame III (PS2), Dead Ris
ing (Xbox 360), Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams (PS2), Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC).
2) E3 Game Trailers [Length: 1hr 21 mins]
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Capcom [15 mins]
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Beat Down: Fists Of Vengeance (PS2, XBox)
Final Fight: Streetwise (PS2, XBox)
Okami (PS2)
Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams (PS2)
Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
Eidos [5 mins]
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Hitman: Blood Money (PS2, XBox)
Tomb Raider: Legend (PS2, XBox)
Lego Star Wars: The Game (PS2)
Electronic Arts [4 mins]
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Burnout Revenge (PS2, XBox)
The Godfather: The Game (PS2, XBox, PC)
Koei [1 min]
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Winback 2: Project Poseidon (PS2, XBox)
Konami [14 mins]
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Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness (PS2, XBox)
Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3)
Microsoft [2 mins]
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Ninety-Nine Nights (Xbox 360)
Namco [9 mins]
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Frame City (XBox 360)
Soul Calibur III (PS2)
Tales Of Legendia (PS2)
Urban Reign (PS2)
Nintendo [9 mins]
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Animal Crossing DS (DS)
Mario And Luigi 2 (DS)
Mario Kart DS (DS)
Metroid Prime: Hunters Tournament (DS)
New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Battalion Wars (GC)
Kirby (GC)
Odama (GC)
Zelda: Twillight Princess (GC)
Sega [3 mins]
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Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, PC)
Shadow The Hedgehog (PS2, GC, XBox)
Sony Computer Entertainment [4 mins]
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Genji (PS2)
Ratchet: Deadlocked (PS2)
Square Enix [8 mins]
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Code Age Archives (?)
Code Age Brawls (Mobile Phones)
Code Age Commanders (PS2)
Tecmo [3 mins]
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Trapt (PS2)
Kagero II: Dark Illusion In Japan (?)
Ubi Soft [4 mins]
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Ghost Recon 3 (XBox 360, XBox, GC, PS2, PC)
Prince Of Persia 3 (XBox, GC, PS2, PC)
3) Grandia III [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for the Playstation 2 game, by Game Arts and Square Enix, due out in Japan on 4th August 2005.
4) Winning Eleven 8 [Length: 8 mins]
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Moby and his usual FW sidekick talk about more football tactics and techniques.
5) Demento [Length: 8 mins]
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Tips for the game, which was out in Japan on 21st April 2005.
6) Breakblow [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for this Playstation 2 fighting game by ESP.
7) VUG Station [Length: 4 mins]
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A special report from E3 about 50 Cent: Bulletproof and Scarface: The World Is Yours, both games are by Sierra and published by Vivendi-Universal Games.
Thats it for another fun-packed issue... and what alot of typing it was... time to lie down and munch on some Christmas choccies 
Merry Christmas,
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« Reply #20 on Jan 8, 2006, 9:23pm » | |
Dear members,
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD September 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang (links at the end of this report).
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible. Most (if not all) the DVD content is in Japanese, so please remember that before buying the Magazine.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD September 2005 [Total length: 3 hrs 8 mins]
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Disc 1
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1) Basara [Length: 13 mins]
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An interview with the creators of yet another great Capcom game.
2) Yarikomi Tour [Length: 15 mins]
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Monster Hunter (Playstatin 2) - tips from the pro's on beating one of the games bosses.
Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (Nintendo 64) - A challenge at the shooting gallery in Kakiriko Village - how many times can you hit all the targets in a row? Some of the FW guys had a go and managed 4 times, but a pro gamer managed 113 times!
3) New Section [Length: 14 mins]
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Bose and his 2 FW colleagues play on one of the educational games for the Nintendo DS that have become rather popular.
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 14 mins]
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Carrying on from last time, Kaz and co. are still playing Front Mission Online on the Playstation 2.
5) Interview [Length: 14 mins]
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Carrying on from the last issue, theres more cooking fun and mishaps.
6) Shadow Of Colloseus [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for the Playstation 2 game, by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., which was out in Japan on 27th October 2005.
7) Sakura V [Length: 4 mins]
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Trailer for the Playstation 2 game, by Sega and Red, which was out on 7th July 2005.
http://sakuraV.com
8) Let's Make A Pro Baseball Team! 3 [Length: 3 mins]
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Sega's acclaimed baseball game now has a 3rd game in the series. Create and manage your teams, play in the games and much, mcuh more!
This was out on the Playstation 2 on 28th July 2005.
http://www.yakyutsuka.com
9) Medal Of Honor: European Assault [Length: 4 mins]
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Another World War 2 based first-person-shooter (FPS). The game, by Electronic Arts, was out in Japan on 11th August 2005 for the Playstation 2 and Gamecube.
10) Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children [Length: 3 mins]
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A very impressive trailer for the CGI film based on the Final Fantasy series. It has visuals that surpass the original Final Fantasy movie (which I liked).
Out on DVD and UMD (PSP format) in Japan on 14th September 2005.
11) Armored Core: Last Raven [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for the mech game, by From Software, for the Playstation 2. This was out on 4th August 2005.
http://www.ACLR.jp
12) PawaPuro 12 [Length: 4 mins]
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PowaPuro 12 is a baseball game, with cute bomberman-esque characters, for the Playstation 2 and Gamecube.
The game, by Konami, was out on 17th July 2005.
http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/pawa/12
13) Capcom trailer [Length: 2 mins]
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Breath Of Fire 3 is a role-playing-game (RPG) for the Playstation Portable (PSP). It was out on 25th August 2005.
Dash is an action-RPG also for the Playstation Portable . It was out on 4th August 2005.
Disc 2
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14) (Japanese) [Length: 14]
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Ichirou Mizuki (famous Japanese music star) presents a reader with some game related prizes for SupaRobo, including some cool artwork. SupaRobo was out on the Playstation 2 on 28th July 2005.
http://www.suparobo.jp
15) Monster Hunter Diary G [Length: 14 mins]
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Tips for Episode 4 of Capcoms game.
16) Final Fantasy XI: Online [Length: 10 mins]
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Ozma (the FW guy that is always dressed as a cop!) is locked in a room and has to set up a Playstation 2 in order to play FF XI, via the broadband unit, whilst some of the FW crew play FF XI!
Final Fantasy XI: Online is also available for the PC.
http://www.playonline.com/ff11/index.shtml
17) Killer 7 Interview [Length: 14 mins]
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An interview with 2 of the people behind this unique game, by Capcom and Grasshopper, for the Gamecube and Playstation 2.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/killer7
18) Interview [Length: 5 mins]
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A short interview with the FW guy that does the cartoons of the FW crew which appear in the magazine.
19) Genji [Length: 8 mins]
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Tips for beating the games bosses.
20) Kagero II: Dark Illusion [Length: 11]
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Tips for the game, by Tecmo, including a trap-setting masterclass.
21) Summon Night [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for this action-RPG, by Flight-Plan and Banpresto, for the Playstation 2. The game was out on 4th August in Japan.
http://www.summonnight.net
22) Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow [Length: 2 mins]
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Castlevania, by Konami, for the Nintendo DS. For those unfamiliar with the Castlevania series, it is essentially a 2D platform game usually based at Dracula's (or is it Alucards? I haven't actually been fortunate enough to play any of the games over the past decade) castle.
This was out on 25th August 2005 in Japan.
23) Shadow Hearts: From The New World [Length: 4 mins]
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Tips for the game, by Nautilus and Aruze Corp., for the Playstation 2. This was out on 28th July 2005.
24) Gladiator: Road To Freedom ~ Remix [Length: 3 mins]
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Tips for this action-RPG, by Ertain Corp., for the Playstation 2. This was out on 1st September 2005.
25) VUG Station [Length: 7 mins]
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An interview with the creator of Robots (the game) for the Playstation 2, Gamecube, GameBoy Advance (GBA), and Nintendo DS.
Thats it for another issue. The report for the next issue coming soon...
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« Reply #21 on Feb 6, 2006, 10:40pm » | |
Dear members,
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD October 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang.
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD October 2005 [Total length: 2 hrs 24 mins]
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Disc 1
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1) Dead Or Alive 4 [Length: 5 mins]
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Trailer for Dead Or Alive 4 which is exclusive to the XBox 360. It has various XBox Live features and supports both HDTV and 5.1 Dolby surround sound.
http://www.tecmoinc.com
2) Yarikomi Tour [Length: 8 mins]
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A challenge is set for Demento, by Capcom, on the Playstation 2. On Hard Mode complete the game as fast as possible with a Dog level ranking of A, 0 critical hewie injuries and Type ranking as Top Breeder. The target time is 1hr 13mins 47 seconds!
3) New Section [Length: 15 mins]
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Features some footage of Ozma at WIRE05 playing Wipeout Pure for the Playstation Portable (PSP).
Also, Bose and co. play Winning Eleven 9 (aka Pro Evolutin Soccer 5) in a team against Ozma (all on his own!).
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 13 mins]
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Kaz plays Fatal Frame 2 (aka Project Zero 2), on the Playstation 2, in a specially darkened room while his FW colleagues try to scare him by coming out of secret passages and throwing things at him!
5) Interview [Length: 13 mins]
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The Japanese female DJ meets up with a guy and they go shopping for food. Eventually they end up in a music store where they try to play on some of the instruments!
6) Rumble Roses: Double [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for the XBox 360 game. This time the girls can fight 2 on 2, so you can have Dixie Clemets team up with Reiko Hinomoto to battle it out with the others.
7) Frame City [Length: 2 mins]
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Xbox 360 game, by Namco, which uses the Unreal Engine 3. This was due out in Japan in 2005.
8) eNCHANT arM (or eM) [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for this XBox 360 role-playing-game (RPG), by From Software, which was due out in Japan in 2005.
http://www.em-game.com
9) Viewtiful Joe beat'em up! [Length: 2 mins]
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The characters, created by Capcom and Clover Studios, from the first 2 games have been thrown together in a Super Marios Bros. Melee style fighting game.
This was due out on the Gamecube in Japan on 29th September and on the PSP shortly afterwards.
10) Shinobido Imashine [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for the Playstation 2 game, by Spike/ACQUIRE, which appears to involve lots of martial arts based fighting - either hand-to-hand or weapon based.
11) Fighting Evolution: Rebirth [Length: 4 mins]
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Beat'em up, by BanPresto, for the Playstation 2. It features various characters - mostly giant monsters - which do battle in various locations, usually in the middle of cities!
This was out in Japan on 27th October 2005.
12) Square Enix trailer [Length: 5 mins]
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Media Vision Entertainment Inc., How Full's and Square Enix present a strange beat'em up for the Playstation 2, which was due out in Japan on 1st September 2005.
Square Enix presents Code Age Commanders, a role-playing game (RPG), for the Playstation 2. It was due out in Japan on 13th October 2005.
Disc 2
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13) Rogue Galaxy Interview [Length: 13 mins]
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Rogue Galaxy is a new role-playing-game (RPG), for the Playstation 2, by Level 5 and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. This features an interview with one of the guys behind the game, plus a cool trailer.
The game was due out in Japan in December 2005.
14) Hunters Diary G [Length: 15 mins]
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More tips for Monster Hunter, by Capcom, on the Playstation 2.
15) Interview [Length: 7 mins]
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Behind the scenes action at Victor Studio/Flair Mastering where they recorded the music (such as "Memoro de la Stomo") and speech for Final Fantasy XI, by Square Enix.
Also features an advert for The Star Onions CD, which contains music from Final Fantasy XI.
16) Recommended Games [Length: 14 mins]
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Killer 7 and Metal Saga, both out on 9th June 2005, are among the recommended games in this feature from Famitsu weekly magazine.
Suot! (or Suom! - the stylised text is hard to read) is a wierd GameCube game, that was out on 23rd June 2005, which has you controlling a character that looks like a whistle! The aim of the game is to clean up the house and make the family happy, using various items at your disposal.
Other recommended games include Genji, for Playstation 2, and Coded Arms, for the Playstation Portable (PSP).
17) Toy Box Of Videogames [Length: 13 mins]
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Ms. Rie presents help to find all the monkeys in the Playstation 2 game,by Konami, that features those funny little monkey creatures found in Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater.
It also contains a spoof game of MGS called Mesal Gear Solid: Snake Escape - think MGS but with those funny monkey characters instead!
18) VUG Station [Length: 7 mins]
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Vivendi Universal Games presents World Of Warcraft, by Blizzard Entertainment. Choose your race - Human, Night Elf, Dwarf, Gnome, Orc, Troll, Tauren or Undead - and roam the huge world, team up to battle monsters and much more.
Regards,
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« Reply #22 on Mar 19, 2006, 9:50pm » | |
Dear members,
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD November 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang.
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD November 2005 [Total length: 3 hrs 12 mins]
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Disc 1
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1) Rumble Roses: Double [Length: 10 mins]
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2 guys dressed in erm... Panda outfits (one is black & white, while the other is all pink) are interviewed on their opinions about the game, for the XBox 360. Thats followe by a short trailer for the game.
2) Yarikomi Tour [Length: 9 mins]
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Burnout 3: Takedown challenge on the Playstation 2 version. On the mode with the damage challenge, select the bridge level. If you land exactly ontop of the left oil tanker you will get sent sky-high! So high that you can see the entire level and end up landing on the mountains!
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater challenge, on the Playstation 2. Use the camera (the in-game camera) to take sily poses of the guards! (e.g guards doing a handstand by shooting them and quickly changing to camera to take photo)
3) New Section [Length: 14 mins]
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Bose and his 2 FW colleagues pay a visit to the Princess Prin bar ( see www.princessprin.com ). You go in and pay for food and drinks and play boards games (eg. Pirate Pete) with the female waitresses, who are dressed up in french maid costumes!
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 16 mins]
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Carrying on from last time, it is now Kaz's FW colleague that has to play Fatal Frame 2 in the dark room, whilst Kaz and other FW colleagues try to scare him!
5) DJ Challenge! [Length: 11 mins]
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The female DJ has to wear a fake mastouche and complete various challenges without it falling off. The challenges include going shopping and riding a rollercoaster!
6) Siren 2 [Length: 3 mins]
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This is the trailer to a horror game, by Sony Computer Interactive Inc., which was due out on the Playstation 2 in February 2006. The original game, Siren, was out in November 2003.
7) Phantasy Star Universe [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for the game, by Sonic Team, which is coming soon to the Playstation 2.
8) Metal Gear Ac!d 2 [Length: 2 mins]
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A trailer for the game that was due out on 8th December 2005.
9) Capcom Trailer 1 [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for Monster Hunter 2, for Playstation 2, followed by the trailer for Monster Hunter Portable, for the Playstation Portable (PSP), due out December 2005.
10) Capcom Trailer 2 [Length: 5 mins]
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The trailer for Call Of Duty 2: Finest Hour, by Activision and published in Japan by Capcom, due out for XBox and Playstation 2 on 27th October 2005.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/cod/fh/
The trailer for Psi-Ops, by Midway and published in Japan by Capcom, out for the Playstation 2 on 10th November 2005.
http://www.capcom.co.jp/psi/
The trailer for God Of War, by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. and published in Japan by Capcom, for the Playstation 2 was out on 17th November 2005.
11) Capcom Trailer 3 [Length: 21 mins]
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This contained the following trailers:
Resident Evil 4 for the Playstation 2, in either 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound or normal sound, out on 1st December 205.
Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams, for the Playstation 2.
Beat Down, for the Playstation 2 and XBox.
Okami, for the Playstation 2.
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition, for Playstation 2 and PC.
Viewtiful Joe: Scratch!, for the Nintendo DS.
Ghohmakaimum (Ghouls 'n' Ghosts), for the Playstation Portable (PSP).
Rockman Dash 2 (aka Megaman Dash 2), for the Playstation Portable.
Rockman Rockman (a puzzle game featuring Rockman/Megaman), for the Playstation Portable.
Rockman: Irregular Hunter (aka Megaman: Maverick Hunter X), for the Playstation Portable.
Street Fighter: Zero 3 (aka Street Fighter: Alpha 3), for the Playstation Portable.
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble (fighting game similar to Super Mario Bros. Melee!), for the Playstation Portable.
Disc 2
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12) Shinobido Imashine [Length: 3 mins]
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Trailer for the Ninja fighting game, by Spike/ACQUIRE, for the Playstation 2 which was out on 10th November 2005. This looks like a good game and is recommended by Famitsu Wave magazine.
13) Frame City [Length: 2 mins]
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Trailer for the Xbox 360 game, by Namco, which uses the Unreal Engine 3.0. It was due out on 10th December 2005.
14) All About Level 5 [Length: 15 mins]
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Level 5 was formed on 10th October 1998. They have produced several games including Dark Cloud (PS2), an RPG that was out 14th December 2000 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Dark Chronicle (PS2) which was out 28th November 2002 and Dragon Quest VIII (PS2) which was out on 27th November 2004 and published by Square Enix.
Their latest game is Rogue Galaxy, a role-playing-game (RPG), which was due out for the Playstation 2 in December 2005.
This section contains an interview with several members of Level 5.
15) Gore in games [Length: 13 mins]
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2 guys discuss the gore in games, particularly the games made by Midway. This includes footage from various Mortal Kombat games and War Gods (from 1996), and takes a look at the various finishing moves.
16) Hunters Diary G [Length: 15 mins]
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More tips and action from Capcom's Monster Hunter game for the Playstation 2.
17) Ballista Royale [Length: 12 mins]
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Famitsu Wave held Ballista Royale event on MMORPG game Final Fantasy XI, on the PC. We see 2 teams battling it out.
18) Famitsu Weekly: Recommended Games [Length: 17 mins]
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Recommended games from Famitsu Weekly include:
Lego Star Wars, for the Playstation 2.
MVP Baseball 2005, for the Playstation 2.
Sakura 5, for the Playstation 2.
We Love Katamari, for the Playstation 2.
Star Wars: Episode 3, for the Playstation 2.
Naruto, for the Nintendo DS.
Shadow Hearts, for the Playstation 2.
Mario Superstar Baseball, for the GameCube.
This also includes some of the Famitsu Weekly crew playing Sakura V, by Sega and Red, and We Love Katamari.
19) Winning Eleven 9 [Length: 11 mins]
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Ozma, the puppet (sorry, have forgotten his name) and a FW colleague take a look at Winning Eleven 9 (aka Pro Evo Soccer 5), particularly taking free kicks near the goal.
20) Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30 [Length: 1 min]
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Trailer for the war game, by UbiSoft, which was out for the Playstation 2 and XBox on 15th September 2005.
21) VUG Station [Length: 4 mins]
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Vivendi Universal Games presents a trailer for Crash Bandicoot: Gatchanko World, which was out for the Playstation 2, GameCube and Playstation Portable on 1st December 2005.
Regards,
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« Reply #23 on Jun 20, 2006, 9:56pm » | |
Dear members,
Here is my report about Famitsu Wave Magazine/DVD December 2005, which I bought from Lik Sang (links at the end of this report).
Remember that to view the DVD you need a region 2 compatible DVD player and both DVD player and TV need to be NTSC compatible.
The original Famitsu magazine was started by Nintendo, with the word Famitsu coming from the two words Famicom and tsushin (communications) or Famicom-tsushin.... shortened to Famitsu.
Thanks to Kalin Fetvadjiev for that.
Any typo's are purely accidental and any mis-spellings of peoples names and/or game titles are unintentional.
Also, unless otherwise stated, any release dates given are the Japanese release dates.
Famitsu Wave DVD December 2005 [Total length: 3 hrs 47 mins]
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Disc 1
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1) Rogue Galaxy [Length: 16 mins]
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Playstation 2 role-playing-game (RPG) that was out in Japan on 8th December 2005. This has an interview with the games creator at the Tokyo Game Show 2005, aswell as footage from the game. The game by Level 5, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., has anime graphics.
2) Yarakomi Tour [Length: 11 mins]
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A guy has sent in a video of him beating a challenge set from FW February '04. Aswell as showing his video, there is also an interview with him.
Another challenge was beaten on Fatal Frame 2 (Playstation 2), which was to get an S rank as fast as possible on one of the levels.
3) New Section [Length: 13 mins]
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Continuing on from last time, Bose and co. are still at the Princess Prin (PP) cafe. It is now the last guys turn to play a game against the PP girls. However, Ozma ends up joining in and it becomes the 2 FW guys against the 4 PP girls, as they play a card game.
http://www.princessprin.com
4) Laugh & Game [Length: 14 mins]
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Kaz and colleague are joined by Ozma and another guy to play Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistences multiplayer mode, with the 4 of them up against a female pro gamer.
5) DJ Challenge [Length: 10 mins]
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Continuing on from last time the Japanese female DJ has to do more challenges with a fake moustache on!
These include riding a rollercoaster, a ghost train and a find the game-cartridges in a pile of boxes challenge.
6) Grandia III [Length: 8 mins]
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Tips for Grandia III on the Playstation 2. Game is by Game Arts (who made Alicia Dragoon on the Megadrive/Genesis) and was published by Square Enix.
7) Tokyo Game Sagatmiko [Length: 14 mins]
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2 of the FW crew go to a place where they have loads of old arcade and pinball games - not electronic games, but coin-based ones (such as Fire Dragon) and even a car driving game where you drive a model car over a "road" (basically a rolling mat).
8) (Jap) 4 [Length: 10 mins]
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Capcom detective game for the Nintendo DS.
9) Hunters Diary G [Length: 16 mins]
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Part 7 of the on-going help with Capcoms Playstation 2 game.
10) (Jap) [Length; 2 mins]
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Strange samuari/ninja game with a half wolf half human character. This is a cool anime trailer for the game, by Genki, that was out on 24th November 2005 for the Playstation 2.
11) Castlevania [Length: 1 min]
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Trailer for another Castlevania game by Konami. The Playstation 2 game was out on 24th November 2005.
Disc 2
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12) Tokyo Game Show 2005 [Length: 14 mins]
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This includes information about the Xbox 360 launch in Japan (10th December 2005), various Playstation 2 games including Metal Gear Solid 4 and Winning Eleven 10 among others.
There is also footage of Rumble Roses: Double (X360) and Boys & Girls Online (PC), plus an interview with a guy from Team Ninja (Tecmo in-house development team) about Dead Or Alive 4.
13) Games From Tokyo Game Show 2005 [Length: 1 hour 7 mins]
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- Playstation 2 cop game by Atlus
- Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams (PS2) by Capcom
- PS2 dating game by Capcom
- Rockman (aka Megaman) 6 for the Game Boy Advance, which was out on 23rd November 2005.
- GI Jockey 4 (PS2), a horse racing game from Koei, which was out 22nd December 2005.
- Dynasty Warriors 4: Special (X360), by Koei, which was out on 22nd December 2005.
- Ni-Oh (PS3), a ninja warrior game from Koei, is due out sometime in 2006.
- Boys & Girls Online (PC) , from Konami.
http://tokimemo-online.konami.jp/
- Metal Gear Ac!d 2 (PSP), from Konami, was out on 22nd December 2005 in Japan.
- Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3) trailer, from Konami.
http://www.konami.jp/kojima-pro/
- Rumble Roses: Double (X360), from Konami, was out on 10th December 2005.
- Front Mission 5: Scars Of The War (PS2), from Square Enix, marks Front Missions 10 year anniversary. The game was out in Japan on 29th December 2005.
- Chrome Hounds (X360), by From Networks (designer), From Software (developer) and published by Sega.
- Shadow The Hedgehog (PS2,Xbox,GC), by Sonic Team (Sega's in-house development team), was out on 15th December 2005.
- Sega Rally 2006 (PS2), by Sega, is out sometime in 2006.
- Dabitsuku! 5 (PS2), is a horse racing game out soon.
- Siren 2 (PS2), by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., was out in February 2006.
- Jewel Summoner (PSP), an RPG by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
- (Jap) 2000 (PSP), by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., has lot's of mini-games with characters that closely resemble Nintendo's Mario and Luigi characters!
- (Jap), a strange puzzle game for the PSP by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., which was out on 20th October 2005.
- Dead Or Alive 4 (X360), by Team Ninja (Tecmo's in-house development team), which was out on 10th December 2005.
- Monster Farm 5: Circus Carravan (PS2), by Tecmo and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., was out in Japan on 8th December 2005. This is a very cool animated trailer, with awesome anime visuals.
- Urban Reign (PS2), from Namco, is a 3D beat'em up that was out in Japan on 29th September 2005.
- Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PS2), from Namco, is due out sometime in 2006.
- Soul Calibur III (PS2), by Namco, was out on 23rd November 2005.
http://www.soularchive.jp
- Tales Of The Abyss (PS2), by Team Symphonia and published by Namco, was out on 15th December 2005.
- Far East Of Eden: Zina (X360), Hudson Soft and Red, is due out sometime in 2006.
- Bomberman: Act Zero (X360), by Hudson Soft, is due out sometime in 2006.
- (Jap) 15 (PS2), by Hudson Soft, was due out on 8th December 2005.
14) Famitsu Weekly [Length: 11 mins]
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With the help of a Famitsu Weekly female presenter/writer, here are some tips for Final Fantasy XI on the PC.
Plus footage from the Summer Carnival 2005, a videogame and music event.
15) Famitsu TV [Length: 16 mins]
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Recommended games include Grandia III and Medal Of Honor: European Assault, plus tips for MOH: EA and Tales Of Legendia.
16) VUG Station [Length: 4 mins]
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Crash Bandicoot: Gatchanko World (PS2,GC,PSP), by Radical Entertainment and published by Universal Interactive, which was out in Japan on 1st December 2005.
Regards,
Lonewolf10
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