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The mastermind behind Resident Evil and the upcoming Vanquish had this to say about the motion control gaming landscape:

_{“I don’t think motion controls will be in the gaming mainstream in the next ten years..When the technology gets to the point where you can just flick your eyeballs around and the computer can pick it up, you won’t need a controller anymore. Obviously it’s going to take a while to get there.”}

I guess the definition that needs clarifying here is the idea of “motion gameplay” – if the success of the Wii is dictating anything than motion gaming through a controller is mainstream right now.

However, if we take motion gaming to be the more similar to Kinect where gamers abandon the handheld inputs altogether, Mikami has a very solid point.

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Valkyria Chronicles 2 is off to a great start earning high scores from many venues. The team at Siliconera did a nice little write-up describing the way SEGA crammed a full scale Valkyria offering for commuters.

_{“The way Sega scaled down Valkyria Chronicles is impressive. Valkyria Chronicles IIuses the same innovative BLiTZ system with more options for unit and tank customization. Missions are commuter-sized bites of a 30-40 hour game. And there’s plenty of fanservice. Not just Valkyria Chronicles fanservice, Sega fanservice.”}

Check it out here.

Easily one of the best characters – both in terms of her abilities to fight for justice and bake delicious bread – Alicia from the first Valkyria Chronicles is now  available for pre-order in PVC form.

Alicia has been known to steal a few sighs from me – I’m still looking for my real life Alicia…I thought I met her once – but this PVC figure is downright classy compared to a lot of other ones out there. Lot of great details though it does seem to pull more from the anime than the game.

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SEGA’s next entry into the Shining series won’t be going head-to-head with the next installment of Monster Hunter Tri…rather it will be delayed from December 2nd to December 16th.

The website cites that the time will be used to improve the quality of the title…but it seems to be a savvy business decision as well.

Monster Hunter in Japan is likely to sell incredibly well cannibalizing all other titles during its launch phase.

_{[Source: Andraisang.com]}

ImpressWatch uploaded this music video from the band responsible for the theme to the upcoming Yakuza PSP title. Check it out.