Atlus repackages another two 8-bit Famicom Kunio-kun games for a new generation of gamers. The first game is Downtown Nekketsu Kousinkyoko where Kunio-Kun and three competitors race across rooftops, scale buildings, traipse through log-filled forests, and swim through sewers. Think of it as a track 'n field game except the racers may pick up weapons and use them against each other. If there's no weapons in-hand, the racers may punch in order to knock an opponent out of the way.
   The second game is Kunio-Kun no Nekketsu Soccer League, <more>

   The December 2005 issue of Famitsu Wave DVD includes print and media coverage of the following games: PS2 Rogue Galaxy, Castlevania, Grandia III, and Ikusa Gamen. There's also copious amounts of footage spooled from the floor of the Tokyo Game Show 2005 such as Metal Gear Solid 4, Rumble Roses XX, Siren 2, Dead or Alive 4, Tengai Makyo Ziria, Onimusha Dawn of Dreams, and many more. The usual assortment of play challenges, special interest features, and interviews round out the rest of the light-hearted DVD content. 

   Taito re-engineered the "Breakout" game with Arkanoid in the late 80s and their D3 Publisher subsidiary continues the paddle-meet-ball tradition with The Block Kuzushi on the NDS. Already a popular Simple Series game on the PS1 and PS2, Kuzushi features standard fare where colored blocks are broken by batting a ball at them. Use the stylus to guide the paddle to slap the ball, pick up power-ups and endure the levels. In addition to the Standard Game, there's also a Survival Mode where up to eight players may participate and a Quest Mode where bricks and bosses are similarly smashed with the ball. Similar to Arkanoid, there are different types of bricks such as the standard colored brick which is destroyed with one hit, steel bricks which require multiple hits, and other barriers.

   Capcom adapts the Viewtiful Joe shenanigans for use on the stylus strapped Nintendo DS. As the story goes, a bunch of malcontents steal Captain Blue's new movie and it's up to Joe to get into costume and retrieve it. In addition to the bad guys, Joe has a pseudo nemesis in his little squabbling sister Jasmine, who has her sights on becoming a movie queen. Stages in the game are modeled after movie studio sets such as the Super Coaster, Restaurant Volcano, and Action Stadium.
   Joe wields a new VFX power called "Split" or "V-Camera" which allows the player to edit the scene or splice the film to give Joe a helping hand. Split opportunities are clearly indicated on a level by purple letters which spell "Split." VFX Slow, V-Dodge, and Scratch are also available powers <more>