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The Best Japanese Games of 2005

Posted by Zonk on from the far-side-of-the-world-hits dept.

Next Generation has an article breaking down the 10 best games released in Japan this year. From the article: "This game will debut next year in America as "Steambot Chronicles," which is kind of a cool name. It is an action-adventure about a girl, a young boy with amnesia, and his giant robot. Now, that sentence might describe a hundred thousand animes -- though please, stick around for a minute. There's more: your giant robot looks like a car with legs, the girl is the lead singer in a jazz-blues-rock band whose guitarist might be trying to kill her so he can raise the backup singer to the lead position, and the only possession found on the young boy with amnesia was a harmonica with his name engraved in it. Exciting, huh?"

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  1. The List by wheresdrew · · Score: 3, Informative
    Becuase 10 pages for 10 games is just stupid.

    10. Ikusagami - PlayStation 2
    9. Touch! Kirby - Nintendo DS
    8. Jump Super Stars - Nintendo DS
    7. Slime Morimori Dragon Quest II - Nintendo DS
    6. Senkou no Ronde - Arcades
    5. Ryu ga Gotoku - PlayStation 2
    4. Rogue Galaxy - PlayStation 2
    3. Wanda to Kyozou (aka Shadow of the Colossus) - PlayStation 2
    2. Otona no DS Training ["Brain Training for Nintendo DS"] - Nintendo DS
    1. Ponkotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot ("Bumpy Trot, a Romantic Junkyard Action-Adventure") - PlayStation 2

    1. Re:The List by gullevek · · Score: 2, Informative

      I guess its about those things you see on TV too:
      - answer questions about certein events in history
      - guess Kanji
      - build new Kanji out of other Kanji
      - solve match problems
      - solve other typical bran problems (fold paper, find differences in pictures).

      Sadly I know nobody who has an DS, so I can't even ask them if they know it more ...

      You can check out the japanese homepage: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/andj/

      Okay, after looking at the webpage, its 100% what I imagined :)

      --
      "Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1871 - 1919
    2. Re:The List by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 2, Funny

      Search engines are not the answer to everything.

      Ok, so explain to me what a search "engine" is? I need to know what you meant in that context!

  2. Amnesia? by PoderOmega · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can only think of one off the top of my head, Flashback, but why I do have the idea tons of games start with the main character suffering amnesia? I guess it is a good way to learn about the main character's past without having to sit through something like Episode 1.

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