Final Fantasy IV DS Remake Famitsu Interview

Just spent around 3 hours today translating the FFIV DS Famitsu interview then another few hours re-reading and editing it, ending with a total of around 2500 words.
It sounds like the team is putting a lot more effort into it than their FFIII remake and it’s most likely because of all the story telling. I [...]

Dragoneers Aria: ‘Til The Dragon Slumbers - Battle System Details, New Characters and Pre-order Bonus

Nippon Ichi’s “Dragoneers Aria: Ryuu ga Neru made” pretty much works the same way as your typical RPG with random battles and turn based commands. With the AOT (Action Order Turn) System, you must give every one of your party members a command before the actions are carried out, in the order that they are [...]

Nintendo Japan Announces Two New DS Lite Colours

“Metallic Rose” and “Gloss Silver” will be available from June 23rd next month. Yay, more colour choice for people who don’t have one yet!

Related Links:
Official Nintendo DS Site

Final Fantasy IV DS Remake, Trailer from the Square-Enix Party Up

You can watch the “trairer” shown at the Square-Enix Party 2007 that took place just over 2 weeks ago on your favourite site Youtube or, at the official site. There’s no gameplay footage at all but plenty of beautiful pre-rendered scenes that you would expect from the artists at SE.
The trailer starts off with the [...]

I Will Do My Best with my Family Finance Diary!

For those who keep track of their family spendings and savings, here’s another DS title to help you out, “Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Diary”. Apart from trying keep family finance tracking as simple as possible, there is even a handy loan simulator to help you decide if borrowing money will help you work things out [...]

Summon Night Twin Age ~The Voice of the Sprites~, Teamwork Action RPG

A new Summon Night title for the Nintendo portable consoles but looks like it’s not going to be part of the Craftsword series that was on the GBA.
Those of you who have played Riviera will instantly recognise Sunaho Tobe’s character designs in “Summon Night Twin Age ~Yousei-tachi no Koe~”. Starting in the peaceful village of [...]

Right Brain Training with Your Eyes: Speed Reading Skills Portable

The DS version of the speed reading trainer “Me de Unou wo Kitaeru Sokudokujutsu” released about 6 months ago is to get a PSP version next month on July 28th.

Source:
Famitsu

Related Links:
Official Site

Right Brain Training with Your Ears DS, Mini Games to Sharpen Your Listening Skills

Supervised by Akihiro Kawamura, Chairman of the New Japanese Speed Reading Research Organisation, you’ll hear paragraphs of text read out to you by voice actors at up to 8 times the normal speed you’re used to. You’re then tested to see how much of the text you managed to make out.
Apart from the main mode, [...]

The DS Library: World Famous Works, Mystery Novels, Ghost Stories and Literature

This e-book library collection features over 30 different titles that you can enjoy on your DS such as “A Dog of Flanders”, “Lupin” and “Famous Ghost Stories Collection from Around the World”.
The Japanese can get their hands on it on August 2nd for US$33.

Source:
Famitsu

Related Links:
Dorasu Homepage

Naruto Ninja Council 5: The Decisive Battle with the “Akatsuki”, The Shippuden Series Begins

The fifth title in Takara Tomy’s Naruto action platformer series will be “Naruto: Shippuden Saikyou Ninja Dai Kesshuu 5 Kessen! “Akatsuki” featuring the Akatsuki enemy from the latest “Shippuden” season of the show. Wi-Fi support will allow players to battle it out with others using their favourite characters.
Look out for the Naruto gang on July [...]