Imagine for a moment if there were a publisher actively looking for those awesome Japanese titles that never make it to the US. Imagine if you could suggest such a game to them, and have them actually consider it in earnest.

Their name is XSEED Games. They have only 11 employees. They answer all their email. And with the former president of Square Enix USA signing their deals and the former president of Sega of Japan funding their efforts, they currently localize their games in-house.

This is a list for Walmart's Black Friday sales.

GamesRadar writes "Years before powerful Japanese RPG-smiths Square and Enix merged, the minds behind Enix's Dragon Quest and Square's Final Fantasy came together to create a dream project that would allow them to experiment in ways their established franchises wouldn't. The resulting game took the Super NES as far as it could go, technically speaking, and it has had only one other release since, an admittedly half-baked port to the PSOne. But now this not-so-forgotten masterpiece, Chrono Trigger, gets a deserving revival on the DS."

[NDS] Chrono Trigger (Square Enix) - 170k
[WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) - 170k
[PSP] Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (Bandai Namco) - 160k

[360] The Last Remnant (Square Enix) - 78k
[NDS] Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct (Sega) - 40k

[PSP] Prinny: Ore ga Shujinkou de Iinsuka? (Nippon Ichi) - 10k
[PS2] Koihime Musou (Yeti) - 10k

[360] Otomedius G (Konami) - 5k
[PSP] Secret Agent Clank (SCE) - 5k
[PS3] MotorStorm 2 (SCE) - 5k
[PS3] Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (EA) - 5k

IncGamers' Tamer Asfahani looks at how Ninjatown plays on the DS. An excerpt maybe:

Ninjatown is a tower-defense, real-time strategy game that gives you a top-down view of your battleground and is based on the cutsie and lovavble Shawnimals franchise. Because it's a franchise you may already be cringing, but trust me, this isn't a disappointment to the brand, but rather a very good, well done and beautifully presented game on a platform which is ideal for this game.

Not surprisingly the back bone of Konami's sales was the PS3.

Other facts:

The xbox 360 accounted for 3% of sales.

PS-something consoles accounted for nearly 70% of sales. (Ps3,2,psp)

PC- 1% of sales.

Media Create Sales: 11/10 - 11/16 (Hardware)

Nintendo DSi takes the top spot with 85k sold, more than all home systems (Wii, PS3, 360, PS2) combined.

Notes:
1. DSi outsold all consoles combined.
2. PSP regressing slightly backwards.
3. PS3 still elevated above trends.
4. 360 dropped over 50% over the previous week.
5. Wii has sold between 23k and 30k units for 8 weeks straight.

This is a list of Gamestop's black friday sales.

Shigeru Miyamoto has explained in the latest issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine that those who plays titles such as Brain Age will eventually move on to more hardcore titles...

Notinthere's Yoshimaui writes: A possibly fake scan has been circulated all around the internet getting every Pokémon fanatic's attention. It's a scan featuring two box art covers exposing what looks to be a Pokémon Gold & Silver version remake for the Nintendo DS. Though I'm sure many fans were excited to see this scan there has still been no confirmation on a possible remake.

OXM UK has the first three screenshots of Colin McRae: DiRT 2, officially announced today by Codemasters.

MCV: 'Rock Star' combo blame rhythm action titles for lack of new US bands

Nevertheless, Transformers Animated: The Game gets enough right to be a competent, decently made game that doesn't rely on its license to succeed but remains faithful to it. Well, except for the lack of actual transforming.

Chart Get! has translated the latest Japanese Sales data from Media Create for 11/10 - 11/16. DS took 8 out of the top 10 spots, with PS3 taking 2.

01. [NDS] Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo) 97,000 / 363,000
02. [PS3] Samuraidou 3 (Spike) 81,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami) 72,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Fushigi no Dungeon Fuurai no Shiren DS 2: Sabaku no Majou (SEGA) 45,000 / NEW
05. [PS3] Resistance 2 (SCE) 33,000 / NEW
06. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyoutarou Suspense 2 Shintantei Series:… (Tecmo) 33,000 / NEW
07. [NDS] Ryuusei no Rockman 3: Black Ace (Capcom) 33,000 / NEW
08. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 30,000 / 1,159,000
09. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo) 30,000 / 183,000
10. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon) 27,000 / 1,917,000

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the holiday season. IGN won't mention any holidays by name because they are ridiculously politically correct and considerate of all people who love Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's that time of year again. That time when the IGN Nintendo team gathers around a burning fire, holiday music playing in the background, smoking jackets on, and ponders the things that it's collectively thankful for.

It's the time of year when that raft of regular EA franchises makes its annual appearance, and of course no holiday charts would be complete without the inclusion of a Need for Speed title.

WW2 shooter Call Of Duty: World At War makes its debut at the top of the 360 chart, knocking Gears Of War 2 down to second.

Activision's Guitar Hero: World Tour climbs six places from nine to complete the top three, following the release of the complete band edition.

The only other new entry into the top ten is free-running FPS title Mirror's Edge, which debuts at nine.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
2. (1) Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
3. (9) Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
4. (3) FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
5. (2) Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks)
6. (4) Fable 2 (Microsoft)
7. (10) Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
8. (5) WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2009 (THQ)
9. (-) Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)
10. (8) Midnight Club: Los Angeles (Take 2)

Gamezine.co.uk writes:

"Hardware sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 improve in Japan, even managing to battle Nintendo's DS in the Software Charts.

The PlayStation 3 struggled to reach 5,000 weekly units in Japan this October, even lagging behind Microsoft's Xbox 360. Things weren't looking good for the console in its home country, but recent developments suggest that the dark clouds might be clearing."

Wii
Naruto Shippuuden Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX3|7-6-6-7(26/40)
Hataraku Hito|8-8-7-8(31/40)
Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan Wii Deluxe |7-7-8-7(29/40)
Rune Factory Frontier|8-7-7-7(29/40)

NDS
Simple DS Series Vol. 45: The Misshitsukara no Dasshutsu 2|6-7-6-7(26/40)
Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi|7-6-6-7(26/40)
Keiki J.B. Harold Jikenbo: Manhattan Requiem & Kiss of Murder|6-6-6-6(24/40)
Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel|9-8-8-8(33/40)
The Conveni DS: Otona no Keiei Ryoku Training|6-5-5-6(22/40)
Higurashi no Nakukoru ni Kizuna: Dai-Ni-Kan - Sou|7-7-6-6(26/40)

PS3
Resistance 2|8-8-8-9(33/40)

PS2
Moe Moe 2-ji Taisen [Ryoku] Deluxe|6-5-5-6(22/40)

PSP
Kenka Banchou 3: Zenkoku Seiha|8-8-7-7(30/40)
Moe Moe 2-ji Taisen [Ryoku] Deluxe|6-6-6-6(24/40)
Patapon 2: Don-Chaka|8-8-8-9(33/40)

XB360
Major League Baseball 2K8|6-6-6-5(23/40)
Far Cry 2|8-8-7-8(31/40)

Video game developer and publisher Tecmo announced today the release of TECMO BOWL: KICKOFF for Nintendo DS. Based on the wildly popular Tecmo Super Bowl, TECMO BOWL: KICKOFF adapts the old-school style and revitalizes it for a newer generation of gamers. The classic, over-the-top, all-American football game enables players of all levels to engage in a fun filled, fast paced, arcade style of football.