After two (three if you count Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha Fire and Blizzard as separate games :) highly successful game, it’s hard to imagine the year of World Cup 2010 without a new Inazuma Eleven game. Suitably enough, the theme of Inazuma Eleven 3: Sekai e no Chousen!! this time is world champion as Mamoru Endo and the strongest players from Japan will fly to an island for the ultimate showdown in Football Frontier International.

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One of the main reasons I got myself a DS is the rich selection of unique role-playing games like Atlus’ Etrian Odyssey series. Its map-making feature and challenging gameplay are something I am really looking forward to. With only two months to go before its Japanese release (I will wait for the yet-to-be-announced US version though), let’s see what’s new in the third game of the series, Sekaiju no Meikyuu III: Seikai no Raihousha (my rough translation: Etrian Odyssey III: Visitors From Star Ocean). This article is based on all the Weekly Famitsu reports so far, including comments from the developers.

If you’re like me, new to the Etrian Odyssey series, the game lets you form a party of five members, march deep into dungeons which you create (using a Paint-like interface with icons for various tools) as you move forward. Leveling up, something we’ll spend plenty of our time in the game, will have different effects depending on your job class, which make it important to set-up your party accordingly. It also worth mentioning that the previous games have been hard and this don’t seem to be any different.

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Never play Luminous Arc before and eager to check this out really. Marvelous launched the official website for the third game in the series Luminous Arc 3: Eyes today, check out the PV above or click here for some new screens. The game is coming out early December in Japan.

Square Enix’s attempt to recreate the feel of a classic RPG looks to have gone the right direction with the soon to be released Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden. The fourth Weekly Famitsu report on the game focus on the locations that our heroes will be visiting throughout the game. Looks amazing and this is a sure buy for me.

The latest report on Level-5’s Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha tell us more about the story, new characters and also the multiplayer modes.

The Story So Far

Face with the sudden threats of Alien Academy, Mamoru Endo and his teammates take the Inazuma Caravan to search the entire nation for the best talents for his team. After a match with Gemini Storm, a team from Alien Academy, director Toko suddenly removes Shuya Goenji from the first team. The move shaken the team’s confidence and in order to find his replacement, Endo and company goes to Hokkaido to find Shiro Fubuki.

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After months of silence, Level-5 is finally ready to tell us more about Ninokuni, the lead title for the company’s 10th anniversary’s celebration this year. A recent Weekly Famitsu article, of which this report is based on, says this is a “Dream RPG” and it surely looks like one. Read on if you want to know about what has been revealed so far.

What is Ninokuni?

Armed with a magic book (which will be bundled together with the game), players venture between real and alternate worlds, making spells, create potion and solve puzzles to help 13 years old Oliver revives his mother, who died suddenly in the real world. The two worlds move in parallel, which mean life goes on in another world if you decide to switch to a different world.

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As claimed by the headline in the article, this will be your “dream RPG”. The upcoming issue of Weekly Famitsu has the exclusive scoop for Ninokuni, Level-5’s collaboration with animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli and music composer Joe Hisaishi.

The story takes place in two different worlds that moves in parallel to each other, our 13-year-old hero named Oliver lost his beloved mother and he will adventure to the alternate world (Ninokuni) to bring her back. Most characters, including Oliver, appears in Ninokuni as different version of themselves and a little fairy named Shizuku will be your guide there. The article also shows a few locations from the games, both in the real world and Ninokuni, and they all looks amazing with its details and colors. Full info when I have the mag. More images after the jump (click for larger view).

Source: 2ch

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The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has a report on Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha, the sequel to Level-5’s best selling soccer based RPG. I will write more about it when I got the mag but Famitsu posted part of the report online, which focus on the new episodes of the sequel. Check out the screens after the jump. The game will be out in Japan this October, and I’m still waiting for the first game to be localized…

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Square Enix has decided to call their SaGa 2 remake SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny, as shown by the picture above taken from the latest issue of Shonen Jump. The report also has some brief information on the story, which it says will be grand; the original battle system that pitch you against more than 50 enemies on screen; and finally the character design. The RPG is still a 2009 title but no specific date given. Click on the image above for full view of the report.