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Today was the first day of the Tokyo Game Show, the E3 of the eastern video gaming world. Here’s a recap of the news today.

New and showcased games include:

• Arkanoid Live (X-Box 360)
• Avalon Code (DS)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (X-Box 360)
• Bayonetta (PS3, X-Box 360)
• Castlevania Judgment (Wii)
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
• Castlevania: Untitled Next-Gen (PS3/X-Box 360)
• Chrono Trigger (DS)
• Cooking Mama: World Kitchen (Wii)
• Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (Wii)
• Dragon Quest IX: Protectors of the Sky (DS)
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires (PS3, X-Box 360)
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (PS3)
• Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (PSP)
• Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero (DS)
• Eternal Sonata (PS3)
• Fable II (X-Box 360)
• FIFA Soccer 09 (PS3)
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PSP)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii, DS)
• Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales - The Witch, the Girl, and the Five Heroes
• Final Fantasy Fables: Cid and Chocobo’s Dungeon
• Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)
• Final Fantasy XIII (X-Box 360, PS3)
• Final Fantasy: Dissidia (PSP)
• Halo 3: Recon (X-Box 360)
• Halo Wars (X-Box 360)
• Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS)
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP)
• The Last Remnant (PC, PS3, X-Box 360)
• Let’s Tap (Wii)
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
• Mega Man Star Force: Black Ace (DS)
• Metal Gear Online (PS3)
• Metal Slug 7 (X-Box 360)
• Monster Hunter 3 (Wii)
• MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PS3)
• Need for Speed Undercover (PS3, X-Box 360)
• Ninety-Nine Nights II (X-Box 360)
• Prince of Persia (PC, PS3, X-Box 360)
• Resident Evil 5 (X-Box 360)
• Resistance 2 (PS3)
• R-Type Dimensions (X-Box 360)
• Rune Factory: Frontier (Wii)
• Shining Force Feather (DS)
• SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3)
• Sonic Unleashed (Wii, X-Box 360, PS3)
• Street Fighter IV (PC, X-Box 360, PS3)
• Suikoden Tierkries (DS)
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)
• Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (Wii)
• Tekken 6 (PS3, X-Box 360)
• Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One (DS)

Also announced: 24 game companies have signed on to produce Playstation Home content, including Activision, Atlus, SNK Playmore, Capcom, Koei, Konami, Sega, D3, Tecmo, Nippon Ichi, Bandai Namco, and Ubisoft.

There’s still a lot to chew through the next few days. I’m particularly pleased to see so many quality titles coming to the Nintendo DS and Wii, which top my favorite gaming platform lists.

A game like Dynasty Warriors, on the other hand: well, there’s the death of the series, waving its last hurrah. Strikeforce (thankfully a PSP only game) involves aerial combat and monsters as well as your historical combatants. And a second DW: Gundam just reeks of finding ways to milk the series for all they can before it runs dry.

Castlevania, on the other hand, continues pushing toward success. I can’t wait to see what they have in store for their next-gen piece. Probability is, if they’ve waited this long to go next-gen, it’s going to be good.

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