Everyone was amazed with the intricate detail and lighting effects exhibited, and if you want to recapture those moments in still frames, these Famitsu scans are for you.
Famitsu reports that the game's motto is, "Extreme Action, Extreme Battlefield," so you can probably expect some high-powered weapon-battling action as you face a veritable multitude of enemies.
Jun Takeuchi recently sat down with the lucky folks over at Famitsu to share new details about the next title in the critically-acclaimed zombie shooter series Resident Evil, Resident Evil 5 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Famitsu Xbox is sold on the 30th of every month with a circulation of 150,000 per issue, and Famitsu Cube and Advance is sold on the 24th of every month with a circulation of 200,000 per issue.
Famitsu is known worldwide for its harsh grading of current videogames.
Famitsu reviewers are unmercifully tough, and it is extremely difficult for a game to receive a perfect score of forty.
In a recent issue of Japan's respected videogame magazine, Weekly Famitsu, was conducted an interview with the composer of the Final Fantasy series, Nobuo Uematsu.
Famitsu: This time, we feel that there are many musical phrases which are memorable.
Famitsu: We felt that not only the pieces themselves, but each and every sound was very beautiful.
The portion of the interview translated here is the result of a multi-part interview that Famitsu is conducting over the PSX release of Grandia.
Famitsu: So this is a game that the fans of Grandia can look forward to.
Not only is the scenario and the characters more mature, the world the game takes place in has a cool and harsh feel to it, so the image of the game itself will be a different one than the one that you've seen.
Edit: One of the main things i like about Famitsu is that they have female reviewers and that definately balances out the opinion.
Another thing people don't seen to understand is Famitsu is written for the Japanese market in mind; with 40:60 female:male gamers, their reviews are going to be skewed towards more neutral gender titles.
Theres little excuse for Famitsu who have always been blatantly in favour of scoring FF higher then deserved.
This week's Famitsu had detailed coverage of Rogue Galaxy (pictured) as well as the excellent Ryu ga gotoku, Dead or Alive 4, Sony's new Yaroze mission, Ninety-Nine Nights and Mother 3.
Famitsu, over the next three weeks, will tell Japanese people what they want to buy, and why.
Famitsu doesn't say anything in particular about this one: "It's got speed, and that's all it needs," I suppose.
The latest issue of Famitsu includes a feature about the PS3 hardware which says that the device will ship with a slot for a hard drive - which can be found on the underside of the machine, and is designed to accommodate a 2.5" hard drive package - but not with the drive itself.
The hard drive, Famitsu claims, would be sold separately - much like the hard drive for the PlayStation 2, which is used by a small number of games, most notably Square Enix' massively multiplayer title Final Fantasy XI.
It's not clear whether Famitsu is simply basing an assumption on the inclusion of the drive on Kutaragi's previous comments, or if the magazine actually has new information about Sony's thinking on the matter.
The latest issue of Famitsu has brought new information on Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana, Square Enix's action RPG for the Nintendo DS, to light.
Famitsu confirmed that Square Enix will hold true to its promise of making Children of Mana resemble Secret of Mana, as a strong emphasis will be placed on the latest game's multiplayer capabilities.
Specifically, Famitsu mentioned an example of one player attacking another to propel him over a barrier.
Famitsu: We've finally seemed to have reached the time for the Shiren series for both the N64 and Gameboy.
Chunsoft: Well, for the Gameboy version of the game, we're limited by the specs of the hardware so it'll mostly be concentrated on the tradational dungeon types, however, with the N64 Version, you can expect more original features to be included.
Famitsu: How about just one thing, it can be anything about the game, just tell me one thing about the game.
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Famitsu lists the PSP as having ten hours of continuous play time through the use of a lithium battery that was developed within Sony.
Famitsu PS2 editor-in-chief Koji Aizawa (formerly of IGN Xbox, Mr.
Pin Sui (we think that's his name, although we're not fully sure), the editor-in-chief of Famitsu Cube + Advance believes that the DS price will not be able to stray too far from the Game Boy Advance SP price of 12,500 yen.
Famitsu is a Japanese magazine geared towards Japan and I could personally give two shits about it, and secondly...isn't Japan pretty much filled with gamer guys and gals that basicly mastrubate to any and every RPG that is released by a Japanese company?
I'm sure the editors of Famitsu are quaking in their boots wondering how to recapture the American fanboy market with their Japanese magazine that's sold in Japan to Japanese gamers.
For those who are going with the idea that Famitsu loves Square-Enix so much they give good reviews to all their games blindly, then you need actualy look at their record.
