Shit is so slow that I had to scrape the bottom just for this crap. A lot of Japanese game websites have little icons they tag stories with, which are the first thing I look at when quickly browsing. In the past they used to be system names, like "PS2," "DC," "GBA," etc. In the current market, they crated a "Multi" tag, but its use, and the use of system tags in general has been greatly neglected in general. Most stories just get tagged with the generic "News" tag anyway. Just for extra fun, and something to do, I counted the individual console system tags. I present my findings at the conclusion of this post. Get your drink ready.
First, and most recently, we get a bunch of Third Birthday(, The) media and info. A cellphone game, which was moved to the PSP because the original target platform wasn't powerful enough to realize the concept. Hmm, underpowered hardware you say? English summary available here.
Sega gave it their best with their Sega Private Show 2010, which featured their latest upcoming arcade hardware and software. Mostly revisions to card-based, touch-screen games and the newest Virtua Fighter 5 version. Also, prize catchers and other non-game junk.
If the arcade scene wasn't dead enough, Hori decided to start selling Taito's Viewlix cabs directly to consumers through their webstore. $5,000 for the cabinet, plus $5,000 for the KOF XIII Type X kit. Serious business.
Speaking of which, The King Of Fighters XIII kit drops on July 14th.
I don't care for Capcom's upcoming Last Ranker RPG-like thing. Which is ironic since the battle system looks very similar to one I've had in my head for many years now. Still, nothing about this game interests me in the slightest, not the least of which is the platform of choice, the 4-player adhocky Playstation Portable. The art is nice, that I'll give it.
Speaking of art, Enterbrain's Amagami has some of my favorite character art of any gal-get game, and maybe any game period. Apparently they've released five audio drama CD's to date, because they've just released the sixth one today. I only click on the stories to see more of the the fantastic art.
If you didn't notice yet, I've been pointing out the platforms the games I mentioned run on, in order to emphasize that there are almost no console games worth a damn at the moment. This actually ties into my tag findings. After scanning the page exclusively for "PS3," "360" and "Wii," I came up with a pitiful handful of games. The "best" example is Sanyo and Irem's Pachinko Paradise Slot bullshit thing. If you need some software to demonstrate the versatility of your Playstation 3 hardware, get your ¥6,090 ready later this year.
Moondiver is the second half of my results. A downloadable 4-player ("party") action game. The tag says "360," but I wouldn't be surprised if this was "multiplat" across both XLA and PSN, which don't even have their own tags. Only Impress Watch makes an effort to catalog downloadables as separate entities.
To be honest, most games are hidden behind ambiguous tags like "Game" or "News," but that's part of the problem. During the previous generation, only Xbox games would be treated in this manner, but lately it seems all console games are included in this ghetto. Out of a page of maybe 70 headlines, there were only three "360's," and four "PS3's," and one of the games was MLB 2K11 which had both tags attached, and isn't even domestic. There was also a single "Wii" game and even a "PS2" for some damn reason. Curiously, one can find proper tags only when the story deals with foreign games. There you have it, scientific proof that the Japanese game industry is dying. Damn you Inafune! *shakes fist*
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