Good day, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the 47th edition of Go West!, your [not-so-weekly] column about Japanese import games and Idea Factory. With the Golden Week rush having come and gone, Japan has once again set... more
It's starting to feel like I write way too much Compile Heart news. Nobody tell Idea Factory; they might get jealous. Upcoming Vita idol simulation game, God Dimension Idol Neptunia PP, has a new trailer. Behold Neptune, as ... more
Despite yesterday's flood of Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies (AA5 in Japan) info and, it looks like things aren't over yet. The official Japanese website has updated to include profiles for Edgeworth, Trucy, and new detective Go... more
Despite all the hype about bringing Earthbound Papas and Yoshitaka Amano on board, Compile Hearts' next PS3 RPG, Fairy Fencer F, looks exactly like all of their other games. I can't say I'm all that surprised, though I am a l... more
The Japanese release of Shin Megami Tensei IV looms just over the horizon. For you folks out west, the game is scheduled to release on July 16. The western hype machine has started rolling, and Atlus is pumping out English t... more
Lots of Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies news going around today, not that I'm complaining. Information from the latest issue of Famitsu has finally come in, revealing that two major Ace Attorney characters will be making a come... more
This just in folks, a playable demo for Capcom's Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies (3DS) is now available to try for free. The catch? It's Japanese only, and playable within your browser. I've already given it a try, and I can con... more
I really excited for Atlus' Etrian Odyssey remake, hitting Japanese 3DS' on June 27. The fact that they're including a classic mode for folks who don't want a full blown RPG story strikes me as a smart move. In my case? I'm ... more
The sixth mainline game in Falcom's Kiseki series (Trails in the Sky) has finally received a Japanese release date. Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki will hit the PS3 and Vita on September 26 of this year. This falls in lin... more
I have very little faith in the Japanese film industry's ability to make a decent live action adaptation of Attack on Titan. Very few studios here could supply the budget required to make it work. This is especially the case ... more
The level of hype I have for Hiroyuki Imaishi's KILL la KILL is borderline ridiculous at this point. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is probably my favorite TV anime of the past decade, and with Imaishi, Nakashima, and Sushio on ... more
I have no idea if anybody out there is reading it, but Hajime Segawa's Tokyo ESP is a lot of fun. The first arc stars a high school girl named Rinka, a poor girl who ends up developing super powers that allow her t... more
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