Japanese PSP & DS Games - Top 25 at JBOX

1. Aselia the Eternal

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:38:20 -0500

The visionary RPG developers at Japanese game company Xuse team up with JAST USA to bring you Aselia the Eternal, one of the most famous Japan-made bishoujo RPGs of the past decade. You are Takamine Yuuto, an orphan who lives only to care for his sister and ensure they make it through their ordinary everyday lives (with a little help from their friends). One day he is suddenly interrupted by a call from beyond this Earth - he has been summoned through a mystical portal to the distant land of...

2. Hatsune Miku Project DIVA ~ Popular Edition

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:12:13 -0400

Miku Hatsune is the red-hot virtual idol whose voice is computer generated thanks to a popular program developed by Yamaha, which has taken over YouTube with great viral songs. This is a great upcoming game for Sony's PSP platform that will let you control Miku and many singing adventures. Rock on with Miku-chan! About this software product: This is a standard Sony PSP UMD game made for the Japanese market. It is compatible with PSP hardware (all versions) from around the world. Note that the...

3. Hatsune Miku Project DIVA ~ Extend

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:22:10 -0500

The original Project Diva released in 2009 was a smash hit, allowing you to play along with super-popular virtual idol Hatsune Miku as she danced and sang some of her most famous songs, and the 2010 sequel was even more popular, adding songs by other Vocaloid characters such as Megurine Luka, the Kagamine twins, and more. Now Miku returns again in this brand new Project Diva, loaded with over 35 songs, including 19 new songs from famous producers like ryo and wowaka. Improvements to the...

4. Hatsune Miku Project DIVA 2nd ~ Popular Edition

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:09:17 -0500

The Project Diva series of Vocaloid rhythm games has been a smash hit, allowing you to play along with super-popular virtual idol Hatsune Miku as she dances and sings her most famous songs. To celebrate the success of this series, Project Diva 2nd is getting re-released at a bargain price! Join Miku, Luka, Rin, Len, and other popular characters from the Miku universe for over 40 songs (including awesome duets) from big-name producers like ryo, iroha, Ago Aniki, and 40mP. Play along in some of...

5. Nyanpire Nintendo 3DS Pouch

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:09:17 -0500

You'll be carrying around your Nintendo 3DS or DS in style with this very kawaii carrying case from Japan featuring the new gothic anime series of cats from Nyanpire. A hardcover case with a soft cloth inside to keep your gaming gear scratch free. The lid has a slot for holding games as well, making it the perfect portable companion. The lid features the cute character Nyanpire. Zips tight and comes with an attached pink carabiniere hook. Product Information: Length 14 cm (5.5 inches) Width 9...

6. Touhou Project ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:22:49 -0500

The first game in the modern Touhou series of scrolling shoot-em-up "bullet hell" fighters, The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil was also the first game produced entirely by programmer, artist and composer ZUN and his doujin circle Team Shanghai Alice. We meet for the first time several of the characters known and loved throughout the Touhou franchise, with Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame as the two playable protagonists and Remilia Scarlet as the eponymous 'Scarlet Devil' and end boss. Also...

7. Little Busters!

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:49:21 -0400

The blockbuster visual novel / dating sim game from maker Key is here! Little Busters is the big game release from 2007 from the company that brought you Kanon, Air, Clannad, and other popular games. The protagonist is Naoe Riki, who lost his parents at a young age and became depressed. Those who finally saved him from his depression were a gang known as the "Little Busters". Taking him along, they enjoyed their lives as nogoodnicks, stirring up trouble and inviting punishment in school - they...

8. Dora Gana ~ Doraemon Hiragana Study for Nintendo DS

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:27:40 -0500

Here's a great game for your Nintendo DS that lets you study hiragana and katakana with Doraemon, the cute robot cat from the future. Doraemon helps you learn the basics of Japanese, just as children do: you start out playing games to help you recognize kana and the first kanji that children learn. Best of all, since the DS uses a stylus for input, you learn not only to read these early characters but to write them as well, of course with proper stroke order. The best tool for beginning...

9. Touhou Project ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:29:17 -0500

An unnaturally potent spring has come to the Touhou world of Gensokyo, to the point where flowers are blooming out of season and the fairies that inhabit the land are becoming overactive and excited. The denizens of the mystic land set out to deal with the new spring in their own ways - which will you guide to victory? The 9th game in the Touhou Project series, this is the first game from ZUN and circle Shanghai Alice to feature PvP (player versus player) gameplay. Face off in Story Mode (vs...

10. Touhou Project ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:08:48 -0500

A permanent winter has settled over the mystical land of Gensokyo, and one of three heroines must investigate the cause to return spring to the land. In this 7th game in the Touhou series and second of the modern Windows games, creator ZUN and Team Shanghai Alice bring a new level of engaging "bullet hell" gameplay to this fast-paced pattern shooter! Play as Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, or Sakuya Izayoi, each with their own unique suite of abilities that changes based on whether they're in...

11. Touhou Project ~ Imperishable Night

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:02:28 -0400

The Touhou series of 'bullet hell' scrolling shoot-em-up games continues with this 8th installment and the third for modern Windows systems, Imperishable Night. The moon has been replaced, and four teams of fairies (youkai) and humans must race to track down the real hidden moon and bring the culprit to justice. Imperishable Night allows the player to control a team of characters, toggling which is active by switching 'focus', and also introduces a new level of depth to the Spell Card bonus...

12. Touhou Project ~ Shoot the Bullet

Sat, 14 May 2011 08:06:36 -0400

The "9.5th" game in the official Touhou Project series from programmer-creator ZUN and his circle Team Shanghai Alice, Shoot the Bullet takes the concept of the "shoot 'em up" scrolling shooter game in an innovative new direction. Instead of defeating bosses by pummelling them to diminish their health bars, the game is won by taking artistic, aesthetically pleasing pictures ("shooting" the bullets in a photographic sense) of the bosses with whom you're engaged in combat. Pictures are awarded...

13. Touhou Project ~ Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:21:14 -0400

The "10.5th" game in the official Touhou Project lineup represents! Scarlet Weather Rhapsody is the second full-featured 2D fighting game in the Touhou canon, a dynamite collaborative doujin soft from circles Twilight Frontier and Team Shanhai Alice. Developed in close partnership with Touhou creator Zun, who wrote the story and designed the characters, you can play as one of 15 selectable characters and navigate nonlinearly through the storyline surrounding the natural disasters and weather...

14. Tomoyo After -- It's a Wonderful Life ~ Memorial Edition

Sun, 22 May 2011 06:52:13 -0400

From the mind of Key ringleader Jun Maeda comes the story of Tomoyo Sakagami, and what happened to her after the events of the landmark visual novel Clannad. You portray Tomoya Okazaki, recently graduated from high school and seeing your friend Tomoyo in a more romantic light. You come to learn more about Tomoyo's extended family, growing closer with her and them in a drama and romance that grows around family ties. Features of this release include full voice acting (including the protagonist...

15. Kanon ~ Memorial Edition

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:13:46 -0400

This is the game that started it all - one of the original "visual novels" that redefined the eroge genre, and the one that brought both maker Key and scenario writer Jun Maeda to prominence as leading forces in the creative industry. As the player you take the role of Yuichi Aizawa, a student who comes in contact with five unique heroines: Ayu Tsukimiya, Nayuki Minase, Makoto Sawatari, Shiori Misaka, and Mai Kawasumi. As Yuichi the story begins with your return to a town where you had lived in...

16. Touhou Project 13 ~ Ten Desires

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:38:14 -0400

The 13th official release in the modern Touhou Project series is here! Produced by ZUN of Team Shanghai Alice, players can experience a new gameplay style that revolves around "divine spirits" released when enemies are damaged or defeated, and collected to boost abilities and gain a high score. Strategic collection of divine spirits and use of the resulting "trance state" to survive difficult encounters and collect additional bonuses from the released spirits, as well as the traditional point...

17. Queen's Gate ~ Spiral Chaos

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:46:37 -0400

The Queen's Gate expansion of the Queen's Blade universe of fighting combat artbooks featuring scantily clad heroines brought a world of the most popular female characters from other games into the fold, and now you can play them all together in an amazing who's who lineup of ecchi fighting girls! Including characters like Mai Shiranui from King of Fighters, Dizzy from Guilty Gear, Moetan from the moe English phrasebook series, plus an all new character created for the game with an original...

18. Ikki Tousen ~ XROSS IMPACT (PSP the Best)

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:02:28 -0500

The latest amazing incarnation of Three Kingdoms-based fanservice manga, anime and game franchise Ikkitousen has arrived, in the form of a dynammite new PSP game! Ikkitousen XROSS IMPACT (Cross Impact) revisits the classic side-scrolling action game genre, bringing the ability to play co-op with other PSP owners wirelessly as well as hot-swap between the two teammates you control, with 22 playable characters and over 40 members of the busty, beautiful cast of Ikkitousen in all! Fight your way...

19. Steins;Gate 8 bit

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:37:12 -0500

This is the ultimate Steins;Gate sequel, an awesome sequel to the popular Nitroplus game and anime that rocks it 8-bit style. Featuring an original story made in the tradition of the 1980s graphic adventures. The box (an old-style hard plastic case, not cardboard) is loaded with extras too, including an artbook, old-school Akihabara guide and game soundtrack on a CD that comes in a floppy disk style case. Runs on any standard Windows PC -- sorry, not compatible with the IBM 5100. About this...

20. THE IDOLMASTER 2

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:40:00 -0500

For fans of the popular Idolmaster (aka Idolm@ster) series, have been eagerly waiting the newest addition in the series, The Idolm@ster 2, in which you are the manager of a group of ridiculously cute pop idols whose careers are in your hands. This new game for the PS3 is a great way to explore the ultimate kawaii experience from Japan, as you select your talented girls, help them train, select their outfits and routines all in the hope of becoming the best group in the world. You might even be...

21. Ninokuni: The Queen of White Sacred Ash ~ PLAYSTATION 3

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:41:08 -0500

From the world-famous animators at Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle) and game developer Level Five (Dark Cloud, Professor Layton) comes a highly-anticipated RPG adventure. You play as the boy Oliver, whose mother has died. A toy called Shizuku comes to life and tells him that if he journeys to the land of Ninokuni ("the second country") and defeats an evil sorcerer, he may be able to bring his mother back. Together, Oliver and Shizuku travel through a rich, Ghibli-conceived...

22. Sonicomi ~ Communication with Sonico

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:13:01 -0500

The newest creation of legendary game maker Nitroplus, Sonico is an adorable new gravure idol who needs you to make her a star! This game is a combination romance and photography simulation. You take the role of Sonico's cameraman, deciding her poses and lining up the shots to fulfill the demands of her clients. As she gets bigger and bigger modeling jobs, you and Sonico will become inseparable partners, a relationship that will eventually lead to romance with this cute and sexy idol. Can you...

23. Perfect Kanji ~ Kakitori Kun vol. 1

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:28:20 -0400

There's exactly one way to write kanji characters correctly, with a specific stroke order for each that you're supposed to keep to every time you write. The trouble is, Japanese people themselves eventually forget this proper way to write, making their characters sloppy and hard to read. Here's a great learning tool to help both Japanese people and foreigners write kanji well. In this great learning tool, you write all the characters learned in first through sixth grade, with a digital teacher...

24. Kanji DS Dictionary

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:01:49 -0500

Here's a fascinating way to use your Nintendo DS to learn Japanese more effectively: the Kanji Sonomama Dictionary, which turns any Nintendo DS into a very useful tool for learning Japanese. There are four dictionaries -- English-Japanese, Japanese-English, Kokugo (Japanese-Japanese, the best way to learn) and Kanji, with 240,000 entries at your fingertips. While you can input words with the optional on-screen keyboard, the best way to enter words is using the stylus, which can accurately read...

25. Beautiful Kanji Training

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:52:48 -0500

Another amazing concept for Nintendo DS, this is a new game that teaches you to write beautiful kanji characters in Japanese. To use it, put the cartridge in your Nintendo DS and boot the game, and turn your DS on its side like a book. There are four choices at the main menu: Writing Check (which tests your ability to write characters with the proper stroke order, with several options); Daily Beautiful Kanji Training, regular practice for writing more beautifully; Everyone Beautiful Kanji, a...