Japanese release day highlights: 02.08.07
by Jonti Davies 
{ Feb 8th 2007 at 10:15AM }
Another Thursday in Japan, another round of lovely digital entertainment. Today is our favourite day of the week -- even more so than Sunday. We put our skates on (not literally, you understand) and got down to our local game dealer for some home cooking, mama. Here's what we picked up, the best of this fine February release day:
- Cooking Mama (today we've been twirling pizza dough, fiercely whisking eggs, and rolling ham around asparagus spears -- tomorrow, we're going to try some haute cuisine; Wii)
- Virtua Fighter 5 (yes, it's just a bit good; PS3)
- Out Run 2 Special Tour (back to Japan in time for its 20th anniversary, but only just, and how we've been waiting for another Passing Breeze; PS2)
- Jet Impulse (this game is giving us impulses already, but what have the skies done to deserve our ascent?; DS)
- Luminous Arc (marvelous strategy from Marvelous; DS)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Squeek @ Feb 8th 2007 10:25AM
Wow, Cooking Mama is already out?
Hopefully it's translated soon and brought over here... for $30.
I can't see myself spending full price on this one =/
sheppy @ Feb 8th 2007 10:27AM
*twitches*
Only 12 more days..... I can resist putting in that order from Play-Asia.....
Dolla Dolla @ Feb 8th 2007 11:09AM
Wow.
A PS3 game will actually crack the top 10 software list next week in Japan.
Hell, the PS3 might see its best week of sales, ever.
sheppy @ Feb 8th 2007 11:11AM
Dolla Dolla, expect it to happen again March 1st.
Rubang B @ Feb 8th 2007 11:22AM
Does anybody know how much Cooking Mama costs in either Japan or the U.S.? I want to know if it's cheaper than most, like the DS game was.
a.j. @ Feb 8th 2007 2:26PM
Got Virtua Fighter 5 yesterday (import) and man is it slammin. What's that 360 fanboy? All those "You can have our leftovers" comments? Ahh...yes, now you can have ours.
Dolla Dolla @ Feb 8th 2007 11:32AM
What comes out March 1st, sheppy?
White Rose Duelist @ Feb 8th 2007 11:37AM
Perplex City season two comes out on March 1. That has nothing to do with video games, though. Why would anything for the PS3 come out on a Thursday?
Phranctoast @ Feb 8th 2007 11:45AM
I wasnt sure when VF5 came out in Japan. Wow...Lets see what happens with the ps3 sales in Japan for the rest of the month.
sheppy @ Feb 8th 2007 12:01PM
Gundam Musuo drops in Japan on March 1st. I have a Play-Asia preorder... huzzah!
nintendofan @ Feb 8th 2007 12:27PM
Cooking Mama is coming out in the US a jam packed month of wii releases. The month of March is looking to drain Wii owners wallets.
In the meantime you got some of the following to consider.
Wii play is the 11th Feb for the United States. Get it for an extra wiimote. The minigames are about ten bucks if you subtract the wiimote.
The non shitty looking Sonic will be on the 18th.
SSX Blur is the 27th.
Mario Party is the 5th of March.
Dolla Dolla @ Feb 8th 2007 12:39PM
Geez. Sony and Nintendo about to clean up. In all fairness, Crackdown should get some publicity as well, mostly because it comes free with a Halo 3 beta purchase.
Hey, I kid because I love ;)
Scott @ Feb 8th 2007 12:49PM
Can someone give me conclusive evidence of when Cooking Mama will be released in the US? Amazon has it listed for April 15, Gamespot has March 20, 1up has March 12.
phillosmaster @ Feb 8th 2007 1:43PM
I had heard a rumour that Atlas was bringing Luminous Arc stateside. Can anyone confirm that. The only reason I'm really interested in the game is becuase Yasunori Mitsuda is composing for the game. In any event it would be nice to have another DS strategy RPG.
Jeff @ Feb 8th 2007 2:04PM
Just so some of you don't end up disappointed next week, the VF series in Japan is not a huge seller anymore (if it ever was - I think the most it ever sold was around 1.5 million for VF2). Virtua Fighter 4 sold 541,000 units in all of 2002 on the PS2.
Look for VF5 to crack the top 10 and look for a bump in PS3 sales, but I don't see Sony "cleaning up" with this release. They might sell 20,000 or so more PS3's than the week previous.