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Final Fantasy XIII Coming To Xbox 360 In Japan

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Final Fantasy XIII Coming To Xbox 360 In Japan

Yes, it’s true: after a year of waiting, Japan will be getting the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII, according to a scan of Dengeki and Famitsu videogame magazine.

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Pokémon Black & White Hits A Million In Pre-Orders

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Pokémon Black & White Hits A Million In Pre-Orders

The upcoming Pokémon game, Pokémon Black and Pokémon White for the Nintendo DS, have hit a million in pre-order sales, which means that both games have gone platinum.

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Arcade Version Of Super Street Fighter IV Will Have Balance Changes

Yoshinori Ono, Street Fighter 4 series producer, revealed a little more about the upcoming arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV. More details after the jump.

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Round1.SG & Tornado Presents Super Battle Opera 2010 Tournament

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Round1.SG & Tornado Presents Super Battle Opera 2010 Tournament

Just this morning, Round1.sg and Tornado held a short meet-and-greet session between them and the press (including yours truly) to tell us a bit about the Super Battle Opera 2010 Tournament for Street Fighter IV in Singapore. The Round1.sg members, consisting of Wilson “Tetra” Chia, Jon “Jonda” Lim, and Yong “vx” Hui, stated that this is the first time Singapore will be holding something this grand for the local arcade scene.

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Daigo “The Beast” Umehara’s Secret To Success

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Daigo “The Beast” Umehara’s Secret To Success

Wonder what’s the secret to Japan’s top Street Fighter player Daigo Umehara’s success? It’s not magic, that’s for sure. This also gives me an excuse to post that particular EVO 2004 moment for the umpteenth time.

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Xenoblades Sales Strong In Japan

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Xenoblades Sales Strong In Japan

Xenoblade, the new Wii RPG from Monolith Software (i.e: the people behind Xenosaga & Xenogears), came out on top with 82,952 for sales.

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Tetra Interviews Renowned Street Fighter 4 Japanese Players

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Tetra Interviews Renowned Street Fighter 4 Japanese Players

When Wilson “Tetra” Chia isn’t too busy handing beatdowns in Super/Vanilla Street Fighter 4 and Virtua Fighter 5, he interviews recognizable players from Japan. In this case, it’s Japan’s Choco-Blanka and Gama no Abura.

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Five Million PS3s Served In Japan; Also Online The Most

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Five Million PS3s Served In Japan; Also Online The Most

Famitsu publisher Enterbrain just announced that as of April 11 2010, over five million Playstation 3s have been sold in Japan. The top three games that were sold up to the aforementioned date for the system are Final Fantasy XIII (1.8 million copies), Metal Gear Solid 4 (706,461), and Yakuza 4 (526,093). Seeing as Yakuza [...]

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Round1.SG Interviews Japan’s Top Street Fighter 4 Players

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Round1.SG Interviews Japan’s Top Street Fighter 4 Players

Yagami of Round1.Sg recently posted an interview with two of the top Japanese players in Street Fighter IV, Uryo and TKD (Daigo isn’t the only one, you simpleton).

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Singapore Represents In Tekken 6 Global Championship Finals

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Singapore Represents In Tekken 6 Global Championship Finals

A Singaporean Tekken 6 pro-player will be participating in the Tekken 6 Global Championship Finals in Tokyo, Japan.

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