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Shaona?? The character in Order of Ecclesia is called Shanoa. Spelling mistake or is this supposed to be her sister or something?

ASH has been rated by the ESRB as Everyone 10+ and the publisher is listed as Nintendo, but there hasn't actually been an official announcement yet of the game's American release. I was hoping we would hear something about it at E3, but sadly nothing was mentioned of it.

Hopefully it's just a matter of time before Nintendo name a date.

My top 3 are:

The World Ends with You
Shiren the Wanderer
Professor Layton

Although an honourable mention goes to Final Fantasy Tactics A2 which I'm currently massively addicted to!

Highlights for me were really just new trailers for games I already knew about, like Chrono Trigger and Castlevania Order of Ecclesia.

GTA: Chinatown sounds like it could be good, but they should have at least shown some screens or footage of it!

Lowlights: No mention of worldwide releases for Fire Emblem or Archaic Sealed Heat (which I heard before that Nintendo was supposed to be publishing in the US at some point).

There's a new Castlevania E3 trailer on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzyXjeAuNso

Great music, cool gameplay footage, and some pretty good voice acting.

Shanoa: "I shall become the sword that clears away evil!"

And my particular favourite:

"You danced well, woman. Now, shall we go for the finale?"

DS Fanboy is easily one of my favourite gaming sites. Love the style, humour and all the Simpsons references!

Also, I probably wouldn't have ever considered buying Shiren the Wanderer if it wasn't for this place and it's enthusiasm for niche games that most sites seem to ignore. Keep shouting out about games like this!

Alisha, you should definitely do more of the Week long features like the ones for My French Coach and that Yoga trainer. Would love to see one for Cooking Guide!

My vote goes to Live A Live by Squaresoft.

I'd love to see this on the DS, it was a SNES game only ever released in Japan (although fan translations exist on emulators) and is a unique experience featuring seven stories each with a different lead character and set in different time periods (feudal Japan, the Wild West, present day, sci-fi future etc). I really think it is a genuine lost classic.

Excellent news!

Looks like Square Enix are further confirming the fact that the DS is the place to be for RPG's these days.

That article's a really nice read, it's always good to hear more about the localisation and testing work that goes into games. Very nice to know that the english version of Izuna 2 has bug fixes not in the japanese one!

I still maintain that Deborah looks like an anime Amy Winehouse.