Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Trailer Released

The live-action web series Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn will be getting fans ready for the launch of the upcoming game Halo 4.

The trailer shows more about the characters that the series will be following, a group of young soldiers being prepared for war. It also briefly shows Master Chief in full Mjolnir armor.

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn will be released via Halo Waypoint and Machinima starting October 5, leading up to the launch of Halo 4 on November 6, 2012.

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Source: @andrew_dyce via GameRant.

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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo trailer

The latest trailer for Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (or Evangelion Shin Gekijouban Q), the third movie of Hideaki Anno and Khara's four-part remake of Gainax's 1995 anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, was played on the wall of Tokyo's Shinjuku Wald 9 theater last Sunday Night.

The "EVA-EXTRA 08" video first showed clips from the first two films, followed by clips from the third film ending with the release date: November 17. Advance tickets with bonus items will go on sale on July 1.

Sources: Cinema Today, 0takomu via Anime News Network

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Neo Ultra Q: First Ultra Show Returns After 47 Years

After being first aired in 1966, Ultra Q, the tokusatsu series that spawned the Ultraman franchise will make its return with Neo Ultra Q. It will be a 12-episode "second season" which will be aired next year.

In addition, the second and third Ultra series, Ultraman and UltraSeven, will have HD remastered editions that will run on WOWOW this August and winter, respectively. It will be a part of Tsuburaya Productions x WOWOW's Three Great Ultra Projects.

The 1966 science-fiction series Ultra Q was the brainchild of Tsuburaya Productions founder Eiji Tsuburaya, a special-effects director on the first Godzilla film and other classics. Tsuburaya has been called the "Father of Japanese Cinema Special Effects" and the "God of Special Effects." As Tsuburaya Productions' first in-house creation, Ultra Q featured 28 largely standalone episodes in the spirit of The Twilight Zone from America and other titles.

Source: Sports Hochi, Mantan Web via Anime News Network

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All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 Trailer

Here's the first trailer for the upcoming All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 for the PSP and Nintendo DS from Bandai Namco Games.

Following last year's All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation, Rider Generation 2 kicks off with more playable Riders added such as Kamen Rider New Den-O, Skull, Accel Trial, Kaixa, Garren, G3-X, Gatack, Meteor, OOO Putotyra and Fourze's Fire, Elek, Magnet and Cosmic States. We'll also get to fight new bosses such as Kamen Rider Eternal, King Dark, the Hopper Brothers, Kamen Rider Ouja, King Dark and Kamen Rider Core.

All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 will be released on August 2 for Nintendo DS and PSP.

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Final Fantasy III (PSP) Trailer

Final Fantasy III will be having its port for the PSP (This is one of my favorite FF games... and I no longer have my DS so... yay!). Originally released for the NES back in 1990 and after previously being remade for the Nintendo DS in 2006 and for iOS recently, this will be the first time Final Fantasy III will be ported to a Sony system.

Final Fantasy III will be available for 3,800 yen ($48) in stores or 3,300 yen ($41) as a PSN download on September 20. This port will have enhanced graphics, an option to play with the original NES music, and an auto battle mode, which would make leveling up jobs easier. It will also include a bestiary and other in-game data libraries.

Here's a few screenshots...

Source: Siliconera

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Pokémon Conquest English Trailer

Nintendo revealed a two-minute trailer for the upcoming release of Pokémon Conquest (a.k.a. Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition) at E3, June 5, 2012. It is a crossover between the Pokémon franchise and the Nobunaga's Ambition strategy role-playing game series.

Pokémon Conquest is slated to be released on June 18 for the Nintendo DS.

Producer Hisashi Koinuma said that the main story takes about 20 hours to complete, but there will be many free-form scenarios summing up about 200 hours of gameplay. The game features almost 200 Pokémon, including monsters from the recent Pokémon Black and Pokémon White titles.

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Source: Siliconera, Anime News Network

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Persona 3: Film Adaptation Confirmed

It was confirmed that Persona 4 the Animation -The Factor of Hope- ends with a footage wherein the protagonist of Persona 3 will be seen pointing an Evoker (device used to summon a Persona in P3 which resembles a gun) up to his head, firing it then saying that the production of a theatrical film version of Persona 3 has been green-lit.

The announcement did not explicitly say that the Persona 3 film will be an anime, although the Persona 3 protagonist in the footage was animated.

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Source: Hachima-Kiko (Japanese) via Anime News Network

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Skyrim: Dawnguard Trailer

A few months ago, Bethesda Studios released the Skyrim Creation Kit which provided endless fan-made content for the game. The Creation Kit, along with other add-ons such as Kinect Voice integration, improved kill animations, and horse combat brought the franchise into an overdrive.

But those are just few of what Bethesda has in store for us. Last month, they announced the first Skyrim expansion: Dawnguard.

Dawnguard is scheduled to be for release on June 26 for the Xbox 360 and no release dates yet for the PC and PS3 versions. The add-on revolves around the Dawnguard, an organization dedicated to hunting Vampires and stopping the return of the vampire Lord Harkon, who intends to use an Elder Scroll to permanently blot out the sun. The players can choose whether to aid the Dawnguard, or join the Vampires, becoming a Vampire Lord themselves in the process.

Here is the trailer  for Dawnguard:

From the beginning, the leaders of Bethesda made it clear that unlike with Oblivion (i.e: Horse Armor Expansion) they’re not going to release small pieces of DLC, instead they aim to provide “substantial” and large expansions (similar to Morrowind) for Skyrim.

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Source: rob_keyes via Game Rant

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Final Fantasy Dimensions

The Final Fantasy franchise will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and Square-Enix gave the franchise a new spin-off: Final Fantasy Dimensions which will be brought to E3. The game's site can now be viewed here. Here’s how the game was described by Square-Enix:

“Drawing upon the roots of the series with such features as beautiful 2D pixel art, job-driven character growth, additional scenarios in which to inherit the jobs of your adventuring companions, and a classic story of light, darkness, and crystals, Final Fantasy Dimensions delivers the best of Final Fantasy, retro and fresh alike, directly to your smartphone.”

So that means we will be experiencing the feel of the old Final Fantasy games here. Well it's something to look forward to for FF fans.

Final Fantasy Dimensions will be released for iOS and Android this summer.

Source: Siliconera

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Toku Shrine

Just a little page that we started where we'll try to compile all Tokusatsu-related video games for download.

Visit us here: http://toku-shrine.blogspot.com/

And the Facebook page is here: http://www.facebook.com/TokuShrine

Hope you guys like this :)

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Retro Games: Final Fantasy Endless Nova

I've been looking through my old stash of games again recently and I remembered one of the games that I got addicted to back then. It's Final Fantasy: Endless Nova by Delita Hyral X and Orochi Kusanagi of VELV. Yes, It's one of those free fan-made Final Fantasy games that was actually completed using the RPG Maker 2000 software.

Endless Nova consists of over 40 hours of gameplay, roughly 300 maps, working mini games including an arcade and casino system, side quests, stat-building skill (similar to Final Fantasy II) and a trade system allowing you to get rare items.

Final Fantasy Endless Nova can be downloaded here.
(RTP for RPG Maker 2000 is required to run the game)

Source: Velv (Official site, inactive since 2007)

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009 Re:Cyborg - Extended "International Version" Trailer

An "International Version" of  the trailer for the 009 ReCyborg film was posted in it's English-language site.

The 274-second trailer introduces the story's characters through footage from the film.

The film, which is Kenji Kamiyama's first in full-3D animation, adapts Shotaro Ishinomori's classic science fiction manga Cyborg 009. The film will open in more than five Asian regions simultaneously, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. Production I.G and SANZIGEN Animation Studio are co-producing the project, and the film distributor T-Joy will release the film in Japan on October 27.

Here's the trailer for 009 Re:Cyborg...

Source: AnimeNewsNetwork

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Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition Trailer

Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition is a spinoff crossover game of the Pokemon series and the Nobunaga's Ambition series. It is scheduled to be released on March 12, 2012 in Japan for the Nintendo DS and is probably one of the most out of the ordinary crossovers in gaming history.

As the release in Japan draws near, here's the latest trailer for Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition.

For fans of Pokemon, we'll get to experience a different gamplay on this game. It is also seen on the trailer that Pokemon can and will evolve during battles. It is still unclear, though, as to whether all 649 Pokemon will be featured or not.

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Galneryus - Kizuna

Just a few months since their latest album, Phoenix Rising, Japanese Power Metal band Galneryus released a six-track EP titled "Kizuna".

Let's start up with the title track, Kizuna (Bonds) is a tie-up song to the pachinko game Souten no Ken (Fist of the Blue Sky). A game which is based on the manga written by Tetsuo Hara which is a prequel to the famous Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) series.

The track list includes a new version of Owari Naki Kono Uta (The Endless Poem, from the 2008 album Reincarnation) re-recorded with SHO on vocals and Taka on bass. Also included is Across The Rainbow which is a new version of Whisper In the Red Sky (from the 2005 album Advance to the Fall) with modified riffs, extended intro and new lyrics.

We'll also hear two new songs Time After Time and Winning the Honor.

And we've got the final track, an English cover of Masatoshi Ono's departure!, The opening song to the currently running anime reboot of HUNTER×HUNTER

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