The Arcade of Anime?

Are we changing our name?

Short answer, no.

However, in the "Arcade of Anime" article's we'll be looking at games that are to be imported here from japan.

Why "Arcade of Anime" then? Because the name has a nice ring to it!

The 3rd Birthday
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Format(s): psp

The first game we're going to take a look at is the third, and latest installment in the parasite eve series, the second of which was released back on the playstation one. Square Enix describes the game as a "cinematic action rpg" which is all well and good considering the game is within an rpg series that was made to be cinematic, featured role playing elements and focused on action. The change however is that the battle system from the first two games has been ripped out and replaced with 3rd person shooting. Now, i'm fine with this, but on the psp? I understand that there have been "successes" in the 3rd person shooting arena on the psp with the likes of resistance: retribution and the syphon filter series, however they were still "good... For the psp". I guess it's a big risk revamping a decade old series that wasn't the best recieved, so the cheaper handheld route has to be the way they go. I digress, the set-up for the game is that beasts have descended on manhattan, and it's up to our protagonist Aya to defend the place. Watch this space for more details before the game hits our stores in May 2011

Ghost Trick
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Format(s): Nintendo DS

Ghost Trick - Phantom Detective is a game from Capcom that centres around our friendly neighbourhood Sissel. He's... Well, he's a bit dead. Now don't you think this'll stop him though as our Sissel, he's up for a challenge. So he decides to dedicate the rest of his ghostly life to helping protect the lives of innocent people, the alive ones that is. All in the meantime he is trying to find out how he died, and why. The story is said to be quite gripping, and it sounds like it'll hold anyone to the edge of their... DS? The gameplay takes the form of a murder mystery. Each level, someone has been killed and it's up to the player to prevent that death. Sissel can travel back 4 minutes prior to the killing within a small radius to try and stop it, and can also posses inanimate objects with his ghostly powers. It all sounds very interesting, and i can't wait to have a go. Out in Japan right now if you fancy importing, Ghost Trick is out in the west in Mid January! Keep an eye out.


Thus concludes this Arcade of Anime!

Seeya folks!

-Serde

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