Festuring images for Ninja Gaiden - Dragon Sword (Nintendo DS), and Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PlayStation 3). The conference was on March 30th.

Group Picture (Itagaki, Hayashi)

Tomonobu Itagaki

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Demonstration

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Demonstration

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Demonstration

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Demonstration

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Demonstration

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Artwork

Ninja Gaiden Sigma Director Yosuke Hayashi

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Ryu slices an ennemy

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Ryu brings fire

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Ryu slices another ennemy

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Dual wielding

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Nice blood effects

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Using the Nunchakus

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - This fight screams Epic!

Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Rachel using her big axe

Tecmo Image Girl Ria Dison

Yosuke Hayashi, Ria Dison, Tomonobu Itagaki

Tomorrow, Pro Yakuu Spirits 4 will be released for PlayStation 3 in Japan, but the game is readily available today. Here some screenshots featuring teams of the Pacific League. More pictures if you decide to read more.

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We previously reported a Game 3.0 soap opera at Wikipedia , and as it turns out, the page now appears as “Deleted”.

I guess Sony got their bluff called!

arcader from NeoGAF made a Game 3.0 entry at Wikipedia, but now it’s being considered for deletion, here’s the discussion:

Non-notable commercial jargon, possible viral marketing efforts Chicbicyclist 00:19, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

It is very notable. and has nothing to do with marketing efforts - it is about game content design techniques/ethics. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jmcdaniel3 (talk • contribs) 2007-03-09 00:31:14 (UTC)

Unless you can cite sources to demonstrate that people other than the person at Sony, who is giving presentations on this concept, have actually acknowledged it and that it has become accepted into the corpus of human knowledge, it is original research, which is forbidden here. Everything in Wikipedia must first have been through a process, outside of Wikipedia, of fact checking, peer review, publication, and acceptance into the corpus of human knowledge. That means, in this case, people other than, and independent of, its inventors documenting the idea, to demonstrate that it has been acknowledged by the rest of the world. (And that doesn’t mean news reports that simply say that the inventors are going to speak about the idea.) Uncle G 01:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Just got the latest PlayStation catalog today while buying Power Smash 3, and of course I had to feature! Check it out! 36 pages of fresh images for PlayStation 3, PS2 and PSP! All the images after the Jump.

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A look at all the new games that will be released this week in Japan. For more dates, check the Complete Import Game Schedule.

Wednesday March 7th 2007:

Lumines Live

Bandai

Thursday March 8th 2007:

	Power Smash 3	Sega
	GuitarFreaks & DrumMania Masterpiece Gold	Konami
	Bomberman Land Wii	Hudson
	Eyeshield 21: Field no Saikyou Senshi Tachi	Nintendo of Japan
	Amekoushi no Kan	Nippon Ichi Software
	CR Fever Captain Harlock	D3 Publisher
	Ichigo Mashimaro (Best Version)	Media Works
	Kenka Banchou 2: Full Throttle	Spike
	Kino no Tabi 2: The Beautiful World (Best Version)	Media Works
	Major League Baseball 2K6	Spike
	Racing Game: Chuui!!!! (Konami the Best)	Konami
	Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection	Sega
	Ark no 10-Punkan Eigo Master: Chuukyuu	NEC Interchannel
	Ark no 10-Punkan Eigo Master: Joukyuu	NEC Interchannel
	Ark no 10-Punkan Eigo Master: Shokyuu	NEC Interchannel
	Doraemon: Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken DS	Sega
	Dragon Sakura DS	Electronic Arts
	EQ Trainer DS: Deki Iru Otona no Communication Jutsu	TakaraTomy
	Karasawa Shunichi no DS de Oboeru Kaiwa Spice - Zatsugakuen DS	TakaraTomy
	Keisan DS Training	IE Institue
	Kikutan DS Advanced	Success
	Kikutan DS Basic	Success
	Nanpure 10000 ton	Hudson
	Oishinbo: DS Recipe Shuu	Namco Bandai Games
	Otona Chikara Kentei	Konami
	Puzzle Series Vol. 10: Hitori	Hudson
	Puzzle Series Vol. 11: Nurikabe	Hudson
	Puzzle Series Vol. 12: Akari	Hudson
	Seiken Densetsu: Heroes of Mana	Square Enix
	Yoshi’s Island DS	Nintendo of Japan
	AI Go (Best Version)	Marvelous Entertainment
	AI Mah-Jong (Best Version)	Marvelous Entertainment
	AI Shogi (Best Version)	Marvelous Entertainment
	Princess Crown (Best Version)	Atlus
	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner (Best Version)	Atlus
	Karous / Crow	Milestone
	Black (EA Best Hits)

Many people have been reporting defects in their Virtua Stick High Grade, and for a joystick meant to be used in a game like Virtua Fighter 5, any fault is inacceptable, which has prompted Sega to (finally) issue a recall for the product. (Official Recall Page)

Sega has already shipped a new batch of functional sticks. If there is a sticker with a new barcode on the back of the box, it means the stick has been verified. If you don’t have the box, check the back of the controller. An engraved M or S means the controller has been tested. If you don’t have an engraving, you should contact Sega for more info on how to replace your stick.

Virtua Stick High Grade (PS3)
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Virtua Fighter 5 (PS3)
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Bladestorm is a new video game publishes by Koei and developped by Omega-Force, and by the looks of it, it could be tons of fun. It features historical figures from both sides: Jeanne D’arc, Prince Edward, and countless others. Properly plays something between a Musou game and Kessen, but I’m just guessing here. The game has no release date as of yet and will be released on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War (Xbox360)
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Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War [Premium Box] (Xbox360)
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In the series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Zechs Merquise (German 6 [sechs], pronounced “Zex Mar-keys”, but in Japanese,ゼクス・マーキス like “Zex Mar-kiss”), is a legendary Mobile Suit pilot, belonging to the OZ Faction. Renowned for his amazing skills in combat, his exploits earned him the title of the Lightning Count. A personal friend of OZ leader Treize Khushrenada, Zechs is often the commander of important missions, and receives his orders directly from Treize.

However, Zechs has a very important past. His real name is actually Milliardo Peacecraft (French 1,000,000,000 - milliard, one thousand million in long scale, one billion in short scale), heir to the former kingdom of peace, the Sanc Kingdom. After the destruction of his homeland by United Earth Sphere Alliance forces, he donned his iconic mask, and left behind the name of Peacecraft, for his new moniker, Zechs Merquise. He is also the older brother of the pacifist hero, Relena Peacecraft, and the rival of Heero Yuy throughout the show.

He was voiced in the series by Takehito Koyasu (JPN), Brian Drummond (US), and Damien Boisseau (FR).

More images follow

Gundam Musou (PS3)
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PlayStation3 Console (HDD 60GB Model) w/ Gundam Musou - 110V (PS3)
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Master Asia (東方不敗, Tohofuhai^?, meaning “Undefeated of the East”) is a fictional character in the anime series Mobile Fighter G Gundam He is Domon Kasshu’s sensei, the former King of Hearts of the Shuffle Alliance, and known as the Undefeated of the East. He is also the Gundam Fighter of Neo-Hong Kong and a winner of the previous Gundam Fight. Master Asia’s seiyuu is Yōsuke Akimoto and his English voice actor is Dave Pettitt. His Japanese name “Tohofuhai” is taken from Dongfang Bubai, the transsexual leader of the Sun-Moon Sect in Jinyong’s wuxia fiction, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

The Master Gundam first appeared in Shinjuku. Master Asia hid the Gundam under the armor of the GF13-001NH Kowloon Gundam. Domon did not realize Master Asia was the pilot when it first appeared. When it first appeared the Gundam activated its Darkness Finger attack and fired the energy at Domon. Domon fired energy back at the Master Gundam and it retreated.

Master later revealed himself to be the pilot and tried to hypnotize Domon so he would join him. However when Master fired on Rain and several other civilians Domon retailiated. Both Gundams used their special move and Domon saw the Darkness Finger was more powerful than Shining Finger.

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