Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1216

This week’s Famitsu scores are in, and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance has taken the cake (next to Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 for PS Vita). The magazine awarded the Square Enix title two 10s and two 9s, totaling in at 38 out of 40 for the 3DS RPG.
Get the complete list of scores beneath.
- Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, 360) – 7/eight/7/6 [28/40]
- Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (360) – eight/8/8/8 [32/40]
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS) – 10/9/ten/9 [38/40]
- Mahjong Dream Club (360) – 7/7/7/8 [29/40]
- New Little King’s Story (PSV) – eight/8/8/eight [32/40]
- Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (PS3) – 9/9/9/eight [35/40]
- Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (PSP) – 9/9/9/8 [35/40]
- Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (PSV) – ten/ten/9/8 [38/40]
- Sengoku Hime three Tenka wo Kiri Saku Hikari to Kage (PSP) – 6/6/five/6 [23/40]
Thanks, Sokuho@Hokanko.
CyberConnect2 CEO: .hack needs more U.S. fan support

CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama has said that .hack and Solatorobo need to have a lot more support from North American publishers.
In December final year, the developer announced a new .hack project in development. As of these days, its teaser website is still… just a teaser website.
Regarding each the new .hack and a feasible sequel to Solatorobo, Matsuyama told Joystiq, “as extended as we can get a lot more requests from the fans, there’s a possibility.
“It’s not that individuals do not know about it. But I believe it’s much more that Namco Bandai Games America is not interested in the typical JRPGs, and that’s why they’re not seeking to pick it up.”
The most recent .hack game, .hack//Link for PSP, did not release outside of Japan.
‘Final Fantasy 3D’ Listed On Italian Retail Site
The trend for intriguing new titles getting potentially leaked by retailers continues. This time, it’s a 3DS Final Fantasy!
In case the potential of a new Donkey Kong 3DS game didn’t whet your appetite, it appears there’s more than one retailer supplying to sell us games no one knew were coming.
Handheld specialists Portable Generation have unearthed an on the web retail listing for a 3DS Final Fantasy game, ingeniously entitled Final Fantasy 3D.
Do not get also excited, kiddo. This is just placeholder boxart!
Sony’s Music Unlimited Streaming Service Hits The Vita

With the Vita release, you can now shop and play songs offline. Much more specifics immediately after the jump.
The cloud-based music streaming service—which has been accessible up till this point on the PS3 and PSP—now joins the Vita’s ever-expanding feature set as of yesterday. If you already have a subscription to Music Unlimited, your settings and playlists will all be obtainable on your Vita when you fire up the application.
The new download function will allow you to grab 25 songs from the Music Unlimited channels to listen to offline, while if you have a playlist, you can download as a lot as will fit on your Vita’s memory stick. Based on the pricing chart for Music Unlimited, the new function appears to be accessible for only the $ 9.99 tier of the service which makes it possible for you to generate playlists. Nonetheless, if you’ve by no means utilized Music Unlimited just before, there is certain to be a 30 or 60 day trial offered to whet your appetite.
For more on the new functions, Sony has place together a handy small walkthrough video for your viewing.
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First look at Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Atlus launched the official teaser web site for Persona two: Eternal Punishment these days. There’s not much to see aside from a logo at the moment. The full website will launch on March eight.
Famitsu.com has gone the far more interesting mile with its on the web preview of the game. Due May possibly 17 in Japan, the PSP remake will include new scenarios, a new opening animation, enhanced load occasions, and the original and remixed versions of the game soundtrack. Have a look at the Fami-shots beneath.



Is Time Travelers Hitting Japan This Summer?
According to a tweet by the game’s composer, this might be the case.
Time Travelers, for those of you who haven’t been following this game at all, is a story-focused game revolving about the lives of costumed hero, high school girl, and a television reporter in a futuristic Tokyo setting. The game is created by the highly acclaimed game developer Level-5 (known best for their stellar JRPGS), and is in development for PSP, PS Vita as properly as the Nintendo 3DS. While I’ve personally written articles on this game prior to and am rather excited for it, very tiny in terms of the overall story has really been revealed therefore far nonetheless we could get the answers we’re looking for in Japan this summer.

According to a tweet (which was subsequently deleted) by the game’s composer, Hideki Sakamoto, the game is scheduled for a release across all three platforms this Summer in the Japan. Even though this news hasn’t been confirmed by Level-5 themselves, it’s still a very good sign that the game is close to completion and will hopefully be ready sooner rather than later of course, this news does little great for those of us who don’t speak Japanese and aren’t seeking import, however several Level-five games are brought overseas, and with any luck this news will get us one step closer to a European and North American release announcement.
Uncover out far more in the Time Travelers Hub.
Time Travelers due early summer in Japan

Time Travelers, Level-5′s upcoming PlayStation Vita, 3DS, and PSP adventure game, is due in Japan early summer, game composer Hideki Sakamoto has revealed on Twitter.
Jiro Ishii, who is penning Time Travelers, responded to Sakamoto’s tweet, and said he hopes absolutely everyone can hear the game’s music soon.
Time Travelers is set in April 2031, eighteen years immediately after a devastating explosion, which emerged from a mysterious hole in the sky and destroyed central Tokyo. Now, in a newly rebuilt central Tokyo, technology has tremendously evolved, and a 2000-meter tall “Space Elevator,” which powers the city, overlooks Tokyo Bay. An event is ready to occur, and it could adjust the fate of the world.
If you missed last year’s Level-five World trailer, catch it once again beneath.
Thanks, Game Memo.
