What you can do to help out those suffer in America terror attacks?
* Donate to America
Red Cross
* Read full details here: A Plea on Behalf of the
American Red Cross
* Donate to United Way
fund to help the victims and their families.
* Donate to Salvation Army to help the victims, by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY.
* Provide tips and info to the FBI about these attacks, visit http://www.ifccfbi.gov
- September 24-25, 2001 -
P L A Y S T A T I O N / P L A Y S T A T I O N 2
- Kadokawa Shoten is working on a new PlayStation 2 puzzle game called Building
Baku, original scheduled to release in Japan in September, but due to the terror
attacks in America, the release date has been pushed back to the end of the year. The
reason is that in this game you have to use bombs to dismantle world famous buildings, and
after each stage is completed, you will even see a short animation of the building
collapsing into ashes. The gameplay is similar to 3D tetris, you have to place explosive
blocks inside the building, and link them up together to trigger the explosion.
 
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- Sunsoft will release a new PlayStation 2 typing game called Initial D: Typing
of Speed in Japan on October 4, for 4800 yen. The game is based on the popular
anime Initial D, during each stage you have to defeat the enemy by racing, the more
accurate you type the faster your car will run and get pass the enemy. There is also a
tutorial mode to teach beginners how to type.
 
- Here are some new screen shots of Idea Factory's PlayStation 2 action adventure game Gunhearts.
In this game you play as a special agent of the anti-terrorist group Sleep Sheep, to
battle against criminals and terrorists. You can use basic punch and kick, as well as
special moves and different kinds of weapon to attack the enemies, you can even mug the
guns and other weapons from the enemies.
 
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- Atlus has postponed the release date of Shin Megami Tensei II for
PlayStation from October 25 to sometimes in December. The retail price of the game is now
set at 4800 yen.
- Capcom announced that they will release Rockman X6 for PlayStation
in Japan on November 29, for 5800 yen. The story takes place 3 weeks after Rockman X5, in
this game you will find out whether Rockman's partner Zero is dead or alive after the
large collision in the former game.
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- Capcom will release the PlayStation 2 light gun shooting game Gun Survivor 2:
Biohazard Code Veronica in Japan on November 8, for 6800 yen. A GunCon 2 bundle
pack will be released on the same day for 9800 yen.
- Sony will release the PlayStation 2 communication game Toro & Holiday
in Japan on November 29, for 5800 yen. In this game you can take travel to different
scenery in Japan with the popular Sony cat, and teach Toro to speak. While Toro is
learning, he will ask you a whole bunch of funny and silly questions, just like when
children are learning how to speak.
 
H A N D H E L D S
- Sega and Sony pledge support for WonderSwan Color! Sega announced software support
for Bandai's WonderSwan Color. Their first WonderSwan Color title is Golden Axe,
the classic action game back in 1989. The WonderSwan Color version will have enhanced
graphics and new play modes not found in the original. Golden Axe is scheduled to release
in Japan in spring 2002. Namco is also said to be cooperating with Sega and Bandai to
develop for WonderSwan Color.
- Sony has also announced support for WonderSwan Color, their first title is a remake
of the PlayStation action puzzle game XI [sai] (Devil Dice in US), the
game is scheduled for release in Japan on December 20.
- Capcom will release Battle Network Rockman EXE 2 for GameBoy Advance
in Japan on December 14, the 2nd installment of their action RPG game.
A R C A D E / O T H E R S
- Here are the TRST Top Selling Games in August 2001, 5 out of 10 titles are occupied
by PlayStation 2. (From IGNPS2)
- Madden NFL 2002 (PS2, EA Sports)
- Pokemon Crystal (GBC, Nintendo)
- Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (PS2, SCEA)
- Super Mario Advance (GBA, Nintendo)
- NCAA Football 2002 (PS2, EA Sports)
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA, Nintendo)
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS2, Capcom)
- Madden NFL 2002 (PSX, EA Sports)
- World Series Baseball 2K2 (DC, Sega)
- NBA Street (PS2, EA Sports)
- The Console Charts are updated.
- From Software will be showing the following titles at the Tokyo Game Show 2001 Fall:
Armored Core 3, Rune, and Murakumo.
- Sega announced that they have sold 3,300 units of their latest arcade game Virtua
Fighter 4 in Japan. A total of 2 billion yen was raised from the game during the
month of August. Sega is also planning to develop a 3D sound attraction site in Japan,
featuring the popular Japanese popband Morning Musume.
X B O X
- Bothtec is working on a Xbox 3D adventure game called Rerikusu,
originally the game was designed 15 years ago, and for some reason the game has been
postponed indefinitely until now. In this game you are a soul who is looking for a body to
live in.
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