Dragon Quest Your Story is a new CG movie from Japanese animation studio Toei that is coming this summer. The Dragon Quest movie is based on Dragon Quest 5: Hand of the Heavenly Bride from 1992. It was announced in February and just received its first trailer. Dragon Quest Your Story is a CG movie directed by Ryuichi Yagi and Shin Hanabusa releasing in Japan on August 2. The movie takes Akira Toriyama’s iconic character design into 3D with artistic flourishes adding a more realistic feel to the world. Takashi Yamazaki is credited as the “general director” and screenwriter on the movie’s official Twitter page. Yamazaki directed the incredibly popular Stand by Me Doraemon in 2014. Square Enix’s Yuji Horii is supervising the production of Dragon Quest Your Story. Horii was the writer and designer for Dragon Quest 5 and also helped with the production of the Nintendo DS and PS2 remakes of the game. The Dragon Quest series’ Koichi Sugiyama is handling … [Read more...] about Dragon Quest Your Story CG movie gets its first trailer
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Media Create (JP) 03/5-11/18: Monster Hunter World, omae wa mou shindeiru
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales) [PS4] Hokuto ga Gotoku (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 03/08/18) – 123,116 (New) [PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) (Capcom, 01/26/18) – 25,382 (1,954,272) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 22,162 (2,106,486) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 17,329 (1,399,804) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 11,611 (908,067) [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 11,043 (1,648,855) [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I: Kai -Thors Military Academy 1204- (Falcom, 03/08/18) – 10,965 (New) [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 8,622 (1,585,208) [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege Advanced Edition (Ubisoft, 03/01/18) – 8,191 (16,233) [PS4] Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition (Square Enix, 03/08/18) – 6,814 … [Read more...] about Media Create (JP) 03/5-11/18: Monster Hunter World, omae wa mou shindeiru
Famitsu review scores round-up: Shadow of the Colossus top, but indies Owlboy and Firewatch don’t score as well as in the west
By Cory Arnold, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 14:09 GMT A bunch of acclaimed indie titles have made it to Japan but the reception isn’t as warm as elsewhere.Shadow of the Colossus remake, while several popular western indie games finally made it over to Japan. However, some didn’t get the same love as in the occident. Shadow of the Colossus, remake or no, is highly acclaimed and considered by many to be one of the best games of all time. As such it will top a lot of lists by default. While it was available in HD when the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection released in 2011, the remake uses all new assets built from scratch by Bluepoint Games. There has been a lot of discussion over whether or not technically limitations of the time, such as the use of fog, have artistic merit and people continue to compare the original and remake side by side. Famitsu didn’t find too much wrong, giving it a 35/40. For comparison, they gave the original a 37/40 back in 2005. … [Read more...] about Famitsu review scores round-up: Shadow of the Colossus top, but indies Owlboy and Firewatch don’t score as well as in the west