Welcome to this week's Games Update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.
Interesting products that came in this week are mostly RPG and strategy games. The Tales of series has made its debut on the third generation consoles via Tales of Vesperia [
standard and
Super Premium pack version].
With a new upgraded real-time battle system and HD graphics, you can experience the old school RPG in a refreshingly new way.
Transform yourself into a summoner wherever you are via your Nintendo DS in
Summon Night 2. Summoners have brought chaos to a once utopian world, and your people are now wary of your special powers. Through your journey, show the world that you are using your powers for the good of the people and not for corruption.
Fire Emblem is also revived on Nintendo's newest handheld system. Prince Marus made himself famous for being one of the strongest player characters in Mario Smash brothers and redirects some of the attention he recieves to his own series which has been laying low for a long while.
Make use of your Nintendo DS functions to plan out how to reclaim your country, in the revival of this completely new game.
Start out by reclaiming your lands in
Fire Emblem and move on to conquering the whole continent in
Spectral Force 3. At the death of the late emperor, you are entrusted with leadership and the fate to unify Neverland under yourself.
Since this week is largely about military strategy games, we cannot miss Sangokushi Taisen Ten [
standard or
bundle pack versions].
The card game is based on its arcade predecessor and this portable version comes with new card(s) drawn by famous illustrators or manga artists such as Clamp.
Learn how to direct military matters from the warriors and highly acclaimed strategists from the era of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Everybody starts off their journeys at some point and
Marl Oukoku no Ningyou Hime is a good point to start your journey in RPGs. The battle system is simple and the game eases you gently into its fun through its use of music. Take a break from the excitement and just relax to the beat of the songs.
A good RPG excel in all sorts of elements aside from gaming and strategy, and Final Fantasy, one of the best RPG series in gaming history has it all. The music producer Nobuo Uematsu joined forces with talented DJs from Tokyo, US and Europe and produced a
Club remix disc.
As usually, here's a summary of all new releases from this week, followed by a quick preview of what is expected to be hot next week.
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Game Guides and Magazines
Video Game related Soundtracks
A separate Video/Music update containing Japanese releases from this week, including new Anime, J-Pop and Movie releases will follow prior end of the week. So J-Pop, Anime and Movie fans, be sure to look out for that one!
Next week is expected to be quiet with the release of two main titles Madden NFL 09 and the Asian version of Tales of Vesperia:
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Access our preorder lists for further upcoming
games,
movie, and
music releases.
