Saturday, September 4, 2004

   Dragonball News
In his online journal, Hironobu Kageyama has indicated that he will be performing the main vocal theme for the "DragonBall Z 3" Playstation 2 game ("Budokai 3" in the US). In addition to that, YUKA and KÛKO will be performing the back-up vocals. This is big news to Dragonball Z fans, who will recognize the trio as being responsible for the vast majority of music from the DBZ "Hit Collection" CDs all through the late 80s and early 90s.

The last song DB Hironobu Kageyama performed was the vocal theme for "DragonBall Z 2," or "Budokai 2" in the US, entitled "Kusuburu Heart ni Hi o Tsukero". Previous to this, however, the last time Hironobu Kageyama performed anything for the Dragonball franchise was in 1997, when he recorded the opening theme to the PS1 game "Final Bout," entitled "THE BIGGEST FIGHT ~Gekitotsu~"

Of even bigger news noted in his journal is the announcement of a 20th anniversary celebration in the form of a live reunion concert. The last time a show like this took place was in 1998, and was released to CD (Pony Canyon, FSCA-10066).

A Full translation of the Journal entries has been posted on Daizenshuu EX
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SUPER video game news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Square Enix announced a new PS2 party board game called Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special, which will feature characters from both Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series, including Cloud, Tifa, Chocobo, Yuna, Rikku, Paine, slime....
- Here are some new images of Hudson's PS2 RPG Tengai Makyou III Namida, the game is scheduled to release in Japan in spring 2005.
- Sammy announced they will release a PS2 port of the Atomiswave fighting game The Rumble Fish, the game is scheduled to release in Japan this winter.
- Here are some new images of Koei's Sengoku Musou Moushouden (Samurai Warriors Xtreme Legends) for PS2, the game is scheduled to release in Japan on September 16.

- Sony has released new preview video of Capcom's Biohazard Outbreak: File 2 for PS2, the game is scheduled to release in Japan on September 9.

Biohazard Outbreak: File 2 Preview Video (Real Media)
G A M E C U B E

- Capcom announced they have pushed back the release date of Killer 7 for GameCube and PS2 from this winter to sometimes in Spring 2005 in Japan.

- Nintendo will release Metroid Prime 2 Echoes for GameCube in US on November 15.

X B O X

- Microsoft will release Blinx 2: Battle of Time & Space for Xbox in Japan on November 18.

G A M E B O Y A D V A N C E

- SNK Playmore will release Metal Slug Advance for GBA in Japan on November 18.

N I N T E N D O D S

- Skip, the developer of Nintendo's Giftpia for GameCube, announced they are working on a new title for Nintendo DS, the game is scheduled to release in Japan in winter 2004.

O T H E R

- Square Enix announced its Tokyo Game Show Lineup:

Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (iMode)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)
Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia (PS2/PC)
Front Mission Online (PS2)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Akaki Elixir no Akuma (PS2)
Radiata Stories (PS2)
- Sega and Sammy announced their Tokyo Game Show lineup, which takes place in Japan on September 24 - 26.

Sega
- Altered Beast (PS2)
- Dororo (PS2)
- Sakura Taisen V Episode 0: Arano no Samurai Murasume (PS2)
- Sakura Taisen 5: Saraba Itoshiki Hitoyo (PS2)
- Shining Force (PS2)
- Shining Force: Resurrection of Dark Dragon (GBA)
- Shining Tears (PS2)

Sammy
- Berserk (PS2)
- Guilty Gear Isuka (PS2/XB)
- Standard Daisenryaku: Dengekisen (PS2)
- The Rumble Fish (PS2)
- Victory Wings: Zero Pilot (PS2)

- Eidos confirmed that they will reveal new details of the latest Tomb Raider game title at the beginning of 2005, the game is being developed by Crystal Dynamics. A playable demo will be available at E3 2005.

- Namco revealed its new arcade light gun shooting game Cobra The Arcade, the game is based on the classic anime Cobra, you can use the action pedal to dodge enemy attacks, and use Cobra's special attack Psycho Shot from his left arm.....




- Taito has officially announced the arcade shooter Raiden III, the 3rd installment of the popular vertical scrolling shooter. The game is being developed by will run on the new Windows XP embedded arcade system Type-X. The release date is spring 2005.



- Taito has also revealed another Type-X arcade shooter Shikigami no Shiro III, the game is developed by Alfa System, and it is scheduled to release in Japan in 2005.




- Namco has released new images of the System 258 arcade fighting game Tekken 5. The game will support the Tekken.Net, and game data can be saved on save cards, and synchronize with mobile phones (Japan only). The graphics have been vastly improved from the location test version earlier.





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P L A Y S T A T I O N 2

- Square Enix announced a new PS2 RPG called Radiata Stories, which is developed by TriAce (Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean). The main character is a 16 year old boy named Jack Russell, who is a fencer; Jack will travel with a female friend named Ridley Timberlake, who is a knight. Radiata Stories is scheduled to release in Japan in 2005.....




- Here are some new images of Sega's Shining Force for PlayStation 2. The main character is a boy named Max, and the female lead character is Meryl.




- Here are some new images of Square Enix's PlayOnline action strategy game Front Mission Online.




- Konami will release a new PS2 fighting game called Just Riser, the game is based on Toho / TV Tokyo's TV action hero series Just Riser.




- Konami will release Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for PS2 in Japan on December 16.

- Sony announced they will reveal two mega titles for PS2 in Japan on Friday September 10, at 3PM JST.

- From Software and Banpresto announced they are co-developing a new mech combat action game for PS2 called ACE: Another Century's Episode, which feature over 40 playable mechs from more than 10 anime series, include Gundam Z, Aura Battler Dunbine, Heavy Metal L-Gaim, Blue Comet SPT Layzner and many more. The game style will be similar to the Armored Core series. The game is scheduled for a January 2005 release.

- Sucker Punch, the developer of Sony's Sly 2: Band of Thieves, revealed that the company is developing a new action adventure game, and they are currently recruiting game logic programmers.

G A M E C U B E

- Capcom announced they will release Viewtiful Joe 2 for GameCube and PS2 in Japan on December 16, for 6800 yen.

- Nintendo will release Mario Party 6 for GameCube in Japan on November 18.

- Here are some new images of VU Games' Spyro: A Hero's Tail, the game is developed by Eurocom and is scheduled to release in November 2004.




X B O X

- Here are some new images of Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2, the game is scheduled for a November release in US.




- Microsoft will release the Japanese version of Halo for Xbox in Japan on November 11, and Sammy will release the Xbox Live version of Guilty Gear Isuka in Japan on December 16.

- Konami announced the Xbox version of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 will have Xbox Live support, the game is scheduled for a Q4 2004 release in Europe. Konami does not have plan to release an Xbox version of Winning Eleven 8 in Japan, due to the market conditions.

G A M E B O Y A D V A N C E

- Konami will release a new GameBoy Advance action game called Just Riser: Soldiers of Hope in Japan in December 2004. The story is based on Toho / TV Tokyo's TV action hero series Just Riser, in which you battle against the monsters coming from the phantom planet.




- Nintendo announced a GameBoy Advance SP price drop in Japan, the price will reduce from 12,500 yen to 9800 yen on September 16; following yesterday's price drop of GBA SP in US from US$90 to US$79.

- Nintendo further mentioned that they have sold more than 20 million units of GameBoy Advance SP worldwide since its first debut in Japan on February 14, 2003.

- Nintendo will release The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cup for GBA in Japan on November 4.

N I N T E N D O D S

- TNI Securities announced that Nintendo is planning to include free VoIP (voice-over-IP) calls functionality over 802.11b WiFi in Nintendo DS, which allows users to make analog phone calls over broadband Internet without paying long distance fees. The VoIP service can be accessed at Wireless Network Hotspots.

O T H E R

- Capcom announced its Tokyo Game Show lineup on September 24 - 26 in Japan:

Biohazard 4 (GC)
Capcom Fighting Jam (Arcade)
Devil May Cry 3 (PS2)
Rockman Power Battle Fighters (PS2)
Rockman X8 (PS2)
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge (PS2)
Viewtiful Joe 2 (PS2)
- Here are the latest Japanese game review scores

Biohazard Outbreak: File 2 (PS2, Capcom) - 38 / 40
Dororo (PS2, Sega) - 29 / 40
King of Colosseum II (PS2, Spike) - 32 / 40

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Puffy AmiYumi Tours
The popular J-Pop group Puffy AmiYumi will be holding a short, three-city tour this October:

10/8/04 - New York City
Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall
125 East Eleventh St.

10/10/04 - Los Angeles
House of Blues
8430 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood

10/11/04 - San Francisco
Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd.

The duo's new American produced animated series, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, debuts on the Cartoon Network in late November
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Evilest Villan Vol.6
i looked at some evil Villans in anime, and i found one that is as evil as the last.(if you are a kid, or have not finshed seeing Mobile Suit Gundam read at you're own risk.)
He's a brilliant tactician and eager for war perhaps more then anyone else with the Zabi name. He's even compared to Adolf Hitler by his own FATHER!!!

He attains complete power over Zeon afterhe discovers that his father was tired of war and was going in for peace talks with a federation spokesperson. Giren arrange's for an "accidental" firing of the Solar Ray, comitting patracide and destroying some of the Federation's fleet as well.

He's a ruthless man and know how to use people. He's not physically intimidating like Dozul Zabi, but he is very intellegent and cunning.

I'm glad that his reign over Zeon is short lived as Kishiria goes and kills him. If anyone deserved to get shot in the head, It was him.
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Evilest Villan Vol.5
i looked at some evil Villans in anime, and i found one that is as evil as the last.(if you are a kid, or have not finshed seeing Hunter X Hunter, read at you're own risk) Hisoka because He's mad but also quite intelligent. He enjoys killing and fighting people just to test their strength. This is an more deailed description:

Still a great mystery, no one knows where he came from or who he really is. Even Hisoka may not even know himself, preferring to forget his past.

An erratic, volatile, killing machine that enjoys the act of killing, especially people whom he has targetted as victims, one being Gon. Thinks he's the best fighter in the world, and always seeks to challenge anybody who appears to be equally powerful as him. He has set his current sight on Kuroro, the leader of the Brigade, finding him to be a worthy opponent which he would want to with relish.

Arguably one of the best fighters in the world, Hyskoa is not only deadly in normal attacks, but has many tricks up his sleeve--his deviousness and volatility has made many opponents difficult to anticipate his next move, and this has led to him winning many battles. Using poker cards as his weapens, he throws them with ease and deadly accuracy, which cut into enemy flesh like a knife to butter.

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Evilest Villan Vol.4
i looked at some evil Villans in anime, and i found one that is as evil as the last.(if you are a kid, or have not finshed seeing Rurouni Kenshin, read at you're own risk) Shishio Makoto was strong, smart, cunning, and an uber great fighter.

Unfortunately his body was his own worst enemy. If not for the whole "self-cumbustion" thing, Kenshin and all of those people would've been as good as dead. Well, maybe Hiko could've beaten him...
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Evilest Villan Vol.3
i looked at some evil Villans in anime, and i found one that is as evil as the last.if you are a kid, or have not finshed seeing GetBackers, read at you're own risk.)

Dr. Jackal.He has blades in his body that he cuts people with.

He is an intimidating transporter who never backs down from brutalizing people that get in his way. He has a lust to kill, and uses scalpels that are embedded in his flesh as weapons.

He wears a black trench coat and a concealing hat. Akabane’s past is not known. His façade is of a smiling, polite man, but he really is a cold blooded killer.



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Evilest Villan Vol.2
i looked at some evil Villans in anime, and i found one that is as evil as the last. (if you are a kid, or have not finshed seeing Naruto read at you're own risk)

Sasuke and Orchi the manipulator are my favorite villians. Sasuke is very interesting to watch as we see him falling to darkness and even going as far to (try to) kill his best friend for power. Why does he want that power? To kill his brother, his only family member alive, who is also the reason he is the only one left. Itachi still has a bit of story left, still a bit soon to tell, but Sasuke has fallen to the darkest impulses of bloodlust.
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Evilest Villan vol 1.
i looked at some evil Villans in anime, and i found one that is the evilest of all Femto . (if you are a kid, or have not finshed seeing berserk, read at you're own risk.)

Originally Griffith, the leader of a mercinary army the Band of the Hawk, Griffith's only goal was to gain power. He was a just man who gained many followers, but the first signs of his evil appear as he is tourtured and imprisoned for a year for the crime of makeing love to the princess of the kingdom he served. As his grip on reality began to loosen, he blamed it all on Guts, his most trusted man and in many ways best friend. Because Guts decided to leave the Hawks, Griffith blamed him for his own predicament. Even after being rescued by Guts and some of the Hawks, he grows jealous of the relationship between Guts and Caska, a female member of the Hawks who had previously been obsessed with Griffith. His ambition having been destroyed, he was visited by the four angels; the godhand. These servants of god promised to give him ultimate power and his dream of ruleing, but there had to be a sacrifice. Griffith sacrificed his men, the Hawks, the people who loved and admired him, without a second thought. As they were brutally massacred by the servents of the godhand, Griffith died and Femto, the final member of the godhand was born. The only people left alive at that point were Guts and Caska, so in order to spite the man who he blamed for his misfortune, he raped Caska and forced Guts to watch. This hatred and disregard for human life, the humans who had looked up to him as a great leader, and the willingness to destroy everything to achieve his goal makes Griffith/Femto the definitive example of evil.
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   calming down, or speedin up
i like to ask, should i calm down, make more calmer post. or should i speed up, have more faster muice, more yelling. you say.
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