Just thought I wanted to share you guys with this.

Recognise some of these characters?

Heihachi Mishima

Robin Mask

Mr Satan

And what do they all have in common?

Well…. One thing. They’ll voiced by this one great Japanese voice actor who’s been with the anime industry as far back one could remember much from the 80s.

Daisuke Gori is his name. He was 57 years just before he died from committing suicide and lay dead on the road. Police do not how it was end-resulted like that but they said they were some visible signs of self-harm before he took his own life.

What a great shame. He’s done so much for the anime industry for a long time especially in DragonBall and Tekken series.

It’s interesting to note that he used to work on a couple of voice casting projects on previous mecha series ie Gundam and Patlabor.

It’s good to know.

But it was tragic for his life to be ended like that…. There’s so much for him to contribute further. So much potential. A lot of anime and gaming industry fans will surely miss him…

Source: MechaMechaMedia, Mainichi Daily, Wikipedia.org

Koei’s  proud to present you a whole new gaming experience of their signature game classic series, Dynasty Warriors.  JapanVideoGames.com released the latest video game development news from the hack-’n-slash-action gaming vendor, that their new game title Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid (or Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid in English) might proved something like a eye-opener for the video game enthusiasts or dynasty warriors hardcore fans alike. It’s said for the first time, it’s got multiplayer capabilities so players can play co-op online. It’s available for PSP, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions so any players from different gaming systems can join a co-op game or fight against each other.

As you would expect for any multiplayer-typed games, it comes with text and voice chat functions as well.

After watching the trailer, (and speaking from a former avid fan of Dynasty game series myself) I must admit this is one of the coolest gaming from the series Koei has ever come up with. I used to love spending hours hacking and slashing away huge hordes of enemies in what-appears-to-be limitless boundary on all Dynasty Warriors series from Dynasty Warriors 3 to 5. (Haven’t tried the 6 cause I don’t have my own PS3). And they’re incredibly fun thanks to this ridiculously simple formula of hack/slash pattern we never so get tired from. I notice plenty of familiar characters get plenty of ‘facelift’ when they transform into demi-gods if you perform certain special moves to attack your opponents.

Hmm. Very exciting!

I wonder what will their plans be for  Gundam Musou 2 (see below) counterpart? I wonder what special demi-god’s powers would they be imbued to take on hundreds or thousands of enemy Zakus?

One would wonder…..

Currently, it’s on sale for a retail price of USD $79.99.

Source: JapanVideoGames.com

Again. After reading the last post from JapanVideoGames.com blog, they mentioned Macross Ultimate Frontier Wii game is now available in stock for purchase. They’ve been out for a month or so.

After reading through that, the game sure packs many incredible Macross mecha that you would never thought the original Macross crew would push this far to feature all mecha from the Macross franchise, everything from Macross SDF1, Macross II, Macross Plus, Flashback 2012, Macross 7, Macross Dynamite 7, Macross Zero, Macross Frontier (so to speak) etc etc. The video reveals all… :)

Definitely, a great suit for people who’s into the Macross/RoboTech universe heavily, like myself. I’m a such a big fan of Macross as my childhood upbringing was brought up during the 80’s and many 80’s cartoons such as these. They totally ROCK!

My only wish is that if they do actually sell these in New Zealand. Then I would love to go out and get one of these PSPs for a couple of hundred NZ bucks (if lucky!), hook up the game and you’re on way to a complete nostalgia haven.

Here’s an extra video clip on how the game looks when you first begin the game…

After watching it for a while, I could only start to imagine that people will be delighted to see all of their faviourite Macross characters return (such as Lynn Minmei, Captain Hikaru Ichiyo, Captain Roy Focker, Misa Hayase, Maximillian Maxiumus, Basara Nekki, etc) into the small screen (Darn! was hoping to say the opposite of that). Man! If only they have this item on sale in New Zealand. I would love to get my hands on them and get a taste of them! But no, this is impossible to change as New Zealand is too small a market to cater for this.

Looks like it’s best I’m gonna have to grab this offer from Play-asia or Ebay again.

Source: JapanVideoGames.com, Youtube.com

Actually.  More like a few days ago ie 29th October to be precise.

JapanVideoGames.com brings out an impressive array of latest Japanese crazed games local (or even overseas) kids would love to get their hands on.  And one of them is this latest Wii game from Banpresto.

It’s looks like a very solid RPG game. Just like any other Super Robot Series game in its own RPG domain.  Features all the best giant robots seen during the 70s, 80s, 90s and today.

Mazinger Z
Great Mazinger
Jushin Liger
Shin Getter Robo
GoShogun
NG Knight Lamune & 40
Galaxy Cyclone Braiger
Absolutely Invincible Raijin-Oh
Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger
Hot-Blooded Strongest Go-Saurer
Kanzen Shouri Daiteioh
Iron Leaguer
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Lord of Lords Ryu Knight

I just watched its own TV commercial.

Those so-called female news reporters are taking their excitement on giant robots using violent actions to defeat opponents way too much, as if they’re enjoying watching in the fighting arena. Maybe they should have been violent sports commentators instead? :-/ Who knows?

Anyhow, all in all. It’s available on stock at the moment. You can find them online on several vendor sites such as Play-asia or Ebay.

Source: JapanVideoGames.com, Banpresto