Watch the Fragile Opening

Tri-Crescendo and Namco Bandai's Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo went on sale yesterday in Japan. Though there is no confirmation of an English release, the game remains one of my most anticipated titles this year.

Gamekyo has been kind enough to rip the opening sequence of the game, featuring the game's theme song by Aoi Teshima, Hikari.

Watch it below.



Thoughts?

Some Devil Survivor Opening for Your Monday

Atlus' first DS entry of their Megami Tensei series, Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor, will be heading to Japanese stores this week. To commemorate the occassion, Atlus has released the game's opening movie thing.

It's kinda short, but has that catchy Jpop theme song. Check it out below:



Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor will be available on Nintendo DS on January 15, 2009 in Japan.

Watch the Tales of Hearts Opening in the Flavor of Your Choice

Tales of Hearts will officially be out in Japan tomorrow in two separate versions: CG and Anime. To give you a taste of what each has to offer, Namco Bandai has released the opening video for both versions of the game.

Take a look and let me know which you prefer.

Anime Edition


CG Edition


I have been NOT-playing the Anime Edition, and so far its decent for a DS title. The anime sequences are quite well-done, and kind of overshadow the rest of the game. If you like the old school 2D Tales of battles, and can handle terrible DS 3D, then the game might be your thing.

I refuse to touch that 3D CG abomination.

Shining Force Feather Anime Intro has Feathers in it

Not wanting to waste all the potential for feather themed imagery in the aptly named Shining Force Feather, Sega has unveiled what looks to be the opening animated sequence for the game.

Though the opening theme song leaves something to be desired, the feather imagery persists throughout almost the entire length of the video, making sure that you remember you are playing Shining Force Feather, and not something else.

Check it out below.



Shining Force Feather will be available for Nintendo DS on February 19, 2009 in Japan. There is no word on a North American or European release at the moment.

The Persona 4 Opening Vid for You

This is a little late coming as most of you probably already have your copies of Persona 4, so you can watch this every time you turn on your PS2, but for the rest of us, below is the opening video for Atlus' PS2 swan song(?).

Star Ocean 4 Intro Leaked, is Kinda Boring

If you live in Japan and pre-ordered the recently released The Last Remnant on Xbox 360, you would have received a nifty little disc with a bunch of stuff on it. Among that stuff you would have found the opening video to tri-Ace and Square Enix's next upcoming Xbox 360 RPG, Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope.

But what if you don't live in Japan, or didn't get around to pre-ordering? Don't worry. Via the magic of the internet, the video has been leaked for all of your watching enjoyment. Also, it's embedded below:



While interesting, I was a little disappointed with the opening, mostly because it shows scenes we've already seen through the last few trailers. Also, it doesn't feature any of the playable characters. Just backstory.

Nevertheless, the game still looks sweet.

Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope will be available on Xbox 360 in Japan on February 19, 2009, and in North America on March 03, 2009. The European date has yet to be announced.

Tales of Symphonia 2 Opening

In case you forgot, Tales of Symponia: Dawn of the New World (the direct sequel to the original Tales of Symphonia) hits shelves for the Nintendo Wii this week. This iteration of the Tales of series is quite a bit less well-publicized than the recent Tales of Vesperia, but I suppose that's to be expected considering its status as a sub-series installment.

Either way, below is the game's opening sequence courtesy of GameTrailers.



Unfortunately, it seems that Namdai is back to its "rip out the game's theme song in North America" policy. Tales of Vesperia had filled me with so much hope. :(

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World will be available on Nintendo Wii here in North America tomorrow. It is already available as Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi in Japan.

Happy Tales of Vesperia Day (in Japan)!

Yes, today is the day that lucky Japanese gamers get their hands on Tales of Vesperia.

For those of us in North America, we have another 19 days to go (yes, I am counting down), but that doesn't mean we can't celebrate along with them!

Below I have embedded the official opening video for the Japanese version of Tales of Vesperia. It has been on YouTube sporadically since the Xbox 360 RPG Premier a while back, but Namco Bandai has apparently been quite faithful at getting the videos removed almost as fast as they popped up. Now, with the game finally out, we can finally get you a high quality (as much as possible on YouTube, mind you) version for your viewing pleasure.

Take a watch, and try to feel happy for your Japanese counterparts, rather than jealous. (It's hard, I know.)



If you would like to stream or download a true high-quality version, truck on over to Gamersyde. They also have several gameplay vids from the beginning of the game, but I don't want to spoil anything for myself, so I won't be watching them.

Happy Tales of Vesperia Day!