Pokemon Tretta Lab comes to the 3DS with a dedicated reader peripheral

Pokemon Tretta is an arcade title where players register a team of three Pokemon by slotting in chip-like “Tretta” collectibles before taking on AI opponents in the game. Winning at the end of a play session rewards the player with… Read More »

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Arcade – Songs for February 2013 [video]

Finally, Yume Yume from Hatsune Miku feat. Future Stars Project Mirai (3DS) is coming to Project Diva Arcade!

Snow Miku 2013 Nendoroid pre-orders open tomorrow; Project Diva Arcade and Diva f (PS Vita) modules coming soon

Earlier in Spring this year Good Smile Company and Sega gave us a Sakura Miku 2012 Nendoroid and Project Diva Arcade module to usher in the season of beginnings. Now that 2012 is drawing to a close, the two companies… Read More »

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma – Arc System Works commemorates Izayoi’s release tomorrow with this new trailer

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma boss character Izayoi (Tsubaki Yayoi) finally makes her playable debut in Japanese arcades tomorrow. To build some hype for this third and final (for now, anyway) time-release character, Arc System Works has released a new trailer

Maimai Plus update adds 21 new songs, including ‘Senbonzakura’ and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s ‘Tsukematsukeru’

New version of Sega’s washing-machine-lookalike rhythm game Maimai Plus (also spelt maimaiPLUS) to be released on December 13. Features additional Vocaloid and J-Pop songs, as well as dance tracks from the Half-Pipe Tokyo attraction at Sega’s Joypolis theme park.

Guess which songs Sega intends to introduce in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Arcade this December [Updated]

Sega isn’t ready to talk about the new songs they’re adding to Project Diva Arcade in December quite yet. They don’t have a video for show and tell yet (unlike Project Diva F). What they do have, however, are these… Read More »

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Arcade upgrades to ver.B Revision 2 on December 6

Ver.B Revision 2 of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Arcade has been on location-testing (a beta of sorts for arcade games) at three of Sega’s arcades since November 9. This coming Thursday (December 6), the new version will finally be ready… Read More »

Kidou Senshi Gundam Extreme Vs Full Boost gets new upgrade on November 26

Fans of the arcade action game Gundam Extreme Vs will be happy to hear that it gets an assortment of new features on the 26th. There will be a new Gundam unit added (Xi “Ksee” Gundam), and the ‘Player Navi’… Read More »

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma released in Japanese arcades today; Mu-12, Nu-13, Izayoi to be unlocked via weekly updates

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, the third full instalment of Arc System Works’s popular 2D fighting game series, is now playable at all arcades or game centers across Japan equipped with NESICAxLive cabinets.

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma’s latest new character is the true form of Tsubaki – Izayoi (Tsubaki Yayoi)

Arc System Works is not done adding new characters to BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma yet. This week’s issue of Famitsu magazine has revealed Izayoi (Tsubaki Yayoi), who will  join Bullet, Amane Nishiki, and Azrael as the fourth new character to be… Read More »