TGS 06: 360 comes full circle in JapanTOKYO--The 2006 Tokyo Game Show is mere days away, and Microsoft Japan kicked off the festivities today with a press conference at the Cerulean Tower Hotel in Tokyo's Shibuya district. GameSpot was front and center at the event to bring you all the updates in a rolling, up-to-the-minute fashion. On the eve of TGS and with Microsoft's own European press event, X06, set to unfold in Spain next week, the content of today's presentation focused on the company's upcoming strategy and products in the Japanese territory. The publisher unveiled Japanese release plans for a number of its peripherals, including the HD-DVD add-on, which will retail for about US$177 in Japan when it is released on November 22.
Moving to retail Xbox 360 games, Microsoft confirmed Japanese launch dates and prices for a number of its anticipated titles from Japanese developers. Interestingly enough, Tecmo's Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 and Capcom's Lost Planet will retail for the equivalent of US$79 and US$71, respectively. Microsoft gave no indication as to how those price points were decided. However, they don't appear to be the new standard, as the publisher's highly anticipated role-playing game Blue Dragon is set to release in Japan in December and will retail for about US$61. RPGs played a big part of Microsoft's conference, as Blue Dragon and fellow Mistwalker title Lost Odyssey were showcased, with in-game footage of the latter being shown for the first time. Two more RPGs for the system were mentioned: Trusty Bell from Namco Bandai and Infinite Undiscovery from Tri-Ace, developer of Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile. | ||||
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