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E3 2010: Arc Rise Fantasia Hands-On Impression

The Nintendo Wii has been receiving a lot of decent Japanese role-playing games this year, with Xenoblade, Tales of Graces, The Last Story, and the upcoming North American version of Arc Rise Fantasia all making their debuts. Arc Rise Fantasia, scheduled for release next month on the Nintendo Wii, was one of the games that Ignition Entertainment had on display at this year's E3. The game received a decent score from Famitsu Magazine when it was released in Japan, and in just a couple of weeks we will get our chance to play this highly anticipated RPG.

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E3 2010: Sonic 4 Episode 1 Hands-On Impression

Sega has a lot of Sonic titles that they have recently released, but none of them is as good as the original Sonic series for the Sega Genesis platform. After almost two decades, the real sequel to Sonic 3 is here on the next generation consoles: the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. At this year's E3, the first episode of Sonic 4 was playable at the Sega booth, and I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to give it a try.

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E3 2010: Ivy the Kiwi Hands-On Impression

One of the games that XSEED showcased this year on the show floor is Ivy the Kiwi, an upcoming action adventure game on the Wii and DS. During the event, I took my time and sat down with XSEED's Public Relations Manager, Jimmy Soga, to learn more about what Ivy the Kiwi has to offer.

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E3 2010: Zelda Fans will Love The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

The biggest game that Nintendo revealed in this year's E3 is the new Legend of Zelda game—Skyward Sword—which is scheduled for release on the Nintendo Wii in 2011. Despite the throngs of videogame media and industry figures lined up to try out Skyward Sword on the Wii, I was patient enough to stand in line for hours and eventually got a chance to play Skyward Sword.

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Trauma Team Hands-On Impression

Fans who love Trauma Center for the Nintendo Wii can go ahead and get their scalpels and medical supplies ready, as the next Trauma Center game is coming on the Nintendo Wii in just four weeks. Trauma Team is the latest game in the critically acclaimed medical series that fully utilizes the Wii-remote to perform procedures such as incisions, patching up wounds, and a lot more.

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Calling Hands-On Impression

Calling on the Nintendo Wii is Hudson Soft's survival-horror RPG that fully utilizes the Wii Remote. Set to release March 9th, I had a chance to play the first few chapters of the game. Although I only I played through this short amount of time Calling had already given me mixed emotions as I played through it.

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Sakura Wars: So Long My Love Hands-On Impression

The Sakura Wars franchise is not well known to many people outside Japan. Having both a successful line of games, an anime series, and movie, Sakura Wars is one of Sega’s most popular and profitable series in Japan. Sakura Wars: So Long My Love first released back in 2005 on PS2, five years later it’s seeing a western release on Ps2 and Wii.

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The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces Hands-On Impression

Based on the popular novel series of Hiroshi MORI and the recently released animated film by Sony Pictures comes a great tale of war. Using the motion controls of the Nintendo Wii, The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces by XSEED Games and Namco Bandai is a game that will fully use the motion controls that I've been so eager to test out.

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Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon Hands-On Impression

Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon is a new action RPG for the Nintendo Wii. There are still a few months to go before the English language version is released here in the states, but I had a chance to play a bit of the Japanese version. So far I have to say that I’m pretty impressed, this is an action RPG that so far seems to hold it’s own against the bigger titles out there.

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Dead Space Extraction Hands-On Impression

I recently got some time to sit down with the final build of Dead Space: Extraction for the Nintendo Wii. I finished the first chapter and figured I’d write up a quick impression of the game thus far.

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Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes Hands-On Impression

We recently sat down and tried out  the Japanese version of Tatsunoko VS Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes for the Nintendo Wii. The first thing we noticed was the similarities to past Capcom fighters such as Marvel Vs. Capcom.The only difference is unlike Marvel vs. Capcom, this game actually has some balance amongst it’s characters. [...]

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