Posted By Corinth on September 28, 2009
A surprise interview! GAME Watch got to spend a little bit of time with both Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and Director Nobuaki Komoto at Tokyo Game Show this past week. The two dropped by Makuhari Messe for the interview, which was conducted in the public lobby area. They talked about the trailer and the upcoming beta [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 21, 2009
Now in Tokyo! Very tired but I can’t turn off the computer until I tell you some of the nifty things from this week in the magazines. For example…. where does the music for the trailer come from? Tanaka reveals the answer in the full length version of the interview done with Enterbrain’s Hamamura. And [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 17, 2009
We are now just one week away from Tokyo Game Show, the biggest video game expo of the year in Japan. A trailer will be shown in the Open Mega Theatre but we won’t know until the event starts whether it’s just an old one or not. Japanese fans are likely to feel slighted if [...]
Posted By Corinth on September 11, 2009
For this week’s issue, we’ll have two parts. Today, part 1 with the interesting little bits pulled from Weekly Famitsu.
The other day, Gahoo linked to an article on 1up.com featuring opinions on online gaming from three different Japanese game makers. What was available there was actually just a small portion of a big feature printed [...]
Posted By Gahoo on September 9, 2009
1up.com published an article entitled: “The Future of Online Gaming in Japan: The people behind FFXIV and Phantasy Star Online weigh in.“ Despite the seeming popularity in Japan of Final Fantasy XI, and surely of Final Fantasy XIV, the article details why overall online gaming in Japan is less popular than in the United States [...]
Posted By Corinth on August 31, 2009
Last month we learned that Final Fantasy XIV would be the cover title for this month’s issue of Famitsu WaveDVD magazine. Despite not having anything from the recent gamescom, the DVD contains over 12 minutes of footage for FFXIV. Most of it is between Producer Hiromichi Tanaka and Enterbrain CEO Hirokazu Hamamura. A few comments [...]
Posted By Corinth on August 7, 2009
This week there are more pages than usual in Weekly Famitsu. Monster Hunter 3 is on the cover with the main Weekly Famitsu mascot getting ready for battle. There is also a 100 page mini guide! Wish I had known that before buying the Rookie’s Guide last night. Let’s take a [...]




