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In protest of the lack of attention, I've made some changes to this week's "Now Playing in Japan," which covers imports that were released between 4/4 and 4/10.
PLAYSTATION 2
Backyard Wrestling 2
Publisher: Eidos
Genre: Pro Wrestling, Action; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 6090 yen, Memory: 150K
This wrestling game would have been better on Dreamcast.
Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Nijyuu Ginga no Houkai
Publisher: Bandai
Genre: SF, Anime, Simulation; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 128K
This Star Blazers game would have been better on Dreamcast.
Saint Seiya: Seiki Juunikyuu Hen
Publisher: Bandai
Genre: Anime, Fighting, Action; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 78K
This Saint Seiya game would have been better on Dreamcast.
Baldr Force EX
Publisher: Alchemist
Genre: SF, Love, Action, Adventure; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 222K
This shooter, which was originally on Dreamcast, would have been better on Dreamcast.
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Ichi Nen Sensou
Publisher: Bandai
Developer: Namco
Genre: Anime, Action; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 82K
The Dreamcast has many Gundam games. In fact, Capcom used to use the Naomi to make its Gundam fighting games. It's true!
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Baseball, Action; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 1050K
Sega, the founder of the Dreamcast, was known for its baseball games.
Tom Clancy Series Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Publisher: Ubi Soft
Genre: Infiltration, Action, Adventure; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 91K
If Xbox hadn't been released, Splinter Cell would have been the Dreamcast's killer-app and it wouldn't have ended up on the PSPoo.
WRC4
Publisher: Spike
Genre: Rally, Simulator; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 429K
Spike used to make Dreamcast games.
XBOX
Tom Clancy Series Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Publisher: Ubi Soft
Genre: Infiltration, Action, Adventure; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen; Memory: 463 Blocks
Ubi Soft's Shanghai Studios could have been the center of Dreamcast 3rd party development.
PLAYSTATION PORTABLE
Wipeout Pure
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: SF, Race, Action; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 5040 yen; Memory: 512K
Sega should have made a portable Dreamcast to counter the PS2.
DREAMCAST
TriZeal
Publisher: Triangle Service
Genre: SF, Shooting; Release: 04.07.05
Price: 7140 yen; Memory: 4 Blocks
Now that's what I'm talking about! New modes of play, including a score attack mode and a sound test mode, along with all new stages make this the best arcade to home translation there ever was! And it's only available on Dreamcast, a system that's still seeing games some seven years following its Japanese release, despite not getting any coverage from certain formerly-loyal Dreamcast websites. Buy TriZeal today. It's possibly the best game of the year -- no, the decade!
