• Carbonated News: July 2009

    ...combined), which has been credited to the release of Dragon Quest 9 in Japan. Will Nintendo start offering NES games for purchase on the DSi, just like the Virtual Console?...

  • Carbonated News: November 2009

    ...statement concerning the game’s lack of online multiplayer, one of the game’s biggest faults next to title and character selection. Reggie’s statement basically boiled down to “the developers in Japan...

  • Carbonated News: December 2009

    ...details have been released about the DLC, besides the fact that they’re both 1 GB in size and…whoa, what? 1 GB? Seriously? Man, I remember when people thought a game...

  • Carbonated News: January 13th, 2010

    ...has now made over one billion dollars. Let me see…$1,000,000,000 divide by $60 a game = 16,666,667 copies sold. That’s a lot of copies. Pokemon Ranger 3 is in development...

  • Earn PS3 Trophies for Watching TV?

    ...as well. Via Joystiq, a DVR service for Japanese PS3s called “Torne” may soon be offering viewers a chance to earn Trophies just by watching TV shows. They specifically cite...

  • Inside the Guide: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Wii-Ware)

    ...unchanged port of the original (Japan-only) GBA game. So that means I have a guide that covers a brand new game, without me having to do any work whatsoever! That’s...

  • Mega Man Zero Collection

    ...been released in Japan, and the concept is pretty familiar to Mega Man fans. Mega Man X Collection contained all the Mega Man X games for the SNES, Mega Man...

  • Super Back to the Future Part II

    ...of parts. Like the part where it’s in English, for starters. Yes, Super Back to the Future Part II is a game that was only released in Japan, a game...

  • Hamlet (PC)

    ...dropping what you’re doing and shouting “kawaii!!!“, which is incidentally the single greatest reason for noise complaints in Japan. Speaking of noise complaints, the soundtrack—assuming white noise qualifies as a...

  • Secret of Evermore (SNES)

    ...have been spared at least some of the disappointment. However, to compare Secret of Evermore to Seiken Densetsu 3 (the Japan-only sequel to Secret of Mana) years after the release...