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Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z review

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Yoshi’s New Island review

The 10 best import games coming in 2014

The year 2014 has gotten off to a slow start in the world of video games, but there's plenty of greatness on the horizon, including a number of killer games not likely to hit the US this year.
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Strider review

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Bravely Default review

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Jetsetter: Microsoft refuses to give up on Japan, even after Japan gave up on it

This week in Jetsetter, we look back on Microsoft's history in the Japanese console market. The company's only sold around 3 million consoles in the country over 12 years, but it just keeps trying.

Jetsetter: Have we learned nothing from Final Fantasy’s terrible numbering?

This week in Jetsetter, we look at Inazuma Eleven and the double-edged sword of when a traditionally import-only series finally makes the jump to the US.

Jetsetter: Another British racing dev fades as Burnout Paradise studio loses founders

This week in Jetsetter, we mourn the erosion of one of Britain's greatest racing game developers. Criterion Games, the developer of Burnout Paradise, isn't dead but it's close.

Jetsetter: Resident Evil is dead, long live Resident Evil

This week in Jetsetter, we look at how one of Japan's most storied developers can keep one of its longest-running series thriving long into the future.

Jetsetter: Can PS4 replace the PS2 in India?

This week in Jetsetter, we look back at the PlayStation 2's impressive history in India on the eve of PlayStation 4's release in the country this winter.
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Jetsetter: Rayman and the French New Wave

This week in Jetsetter, we consider what role the limbless hero Rayman and his creator Michel Ancel fill in the pantheon of video game history.

Jetsetter: Microsoft backs away from Canada, making the UK the home of Xbox One

This week in Jetsetter, we look at how the deeply American Microsoft continues to expand and contract its game development operations abroad.
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Jetsetter: Nintendo’s import future lies in the arts rather than games

This week in Jetsetter, we find Nintendo easing down on its across the board region-locking of the Nintendo 3DS.

A look at what lies ahead for Final Fantasy

Chatting with two of Final Fantasy's key creatives about the future of the series.

Jetsetter: Forget the Xbox One, ‘Persona 5’ is here!

This week in Jetsetter, we celebrate the biggest event in the gaming year that was 2013! No, not the release of Xbox One! It's the countdown to Persona 5.
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Jetsetter: Japan still wins when it comes to console launches

This week in Jetsetter, the launches of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One get us all misty eyed and look backward on the biggest launches in the old gaming days of Japan.
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XCOM: Enemy Within review

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds review

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Jetsetter: Could Nintendo go back to being a Japan-only game maker?

Jetsetter casts its gaze back towards Nintendo again as the company reports disappointing Wii U sales in the third quarter. Could Nintendo survive purely on domestic business?

Jetsetter: Sony teases the return of the PocketStation, proving weird never dies

This week in Jetsetter, we look at how the international gaming market in countries like India, Russia, and China are keeping devoted gaming consoles alive.
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Jetsetter: Britannia, the golden land of Nintendo import games

This week in Jetsetter, we turn our eyes to Great Britain. While the UK doesn't seem like a mine for import gamers, it's become a treasure trove for Nintendo fans.
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Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate review

Shoot the core: How Takamasa Shiba plans to preserve the old ways with ‘Drakengard 3’

Prom dresses and weird fantasy: Hands-on with ‘Lightning Returns’

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Jetsetter: Angry Birds go Bollywood as Rovio tries to take India

This week in Jetsetter, we talk about how games change when they cross cultures and look at how the maker of Angry Birds is thinking about changing its game in India.
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Jetsetter: Wii U sales jump 685-percent in the UK

This week in Jetsetter, Nintendo manages to get a little Wii U love in the United Kingdom thanks to The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD.
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Jetsetter: Japanese retailers keep PlayStation 4 pre-orders tight

This week in Jetsetter, we take a look at how Japanese retailers are prepping for the PlayStation 4 on the weekend that pre-orders open in Sony's homeland.
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FIFA 14 review

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 review

Jetsetter: Sega keeps its most promising games locked up in Japan

This week Jetsetter casts its wandering gaming eye to Sega. The once great console contender has fallen on hard times, and its keeping its best games, like Yakuza 5, locked up.
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Jetsetter: Without Hiroshi Yamauchi we wouldn’t have Mario, Doom, or Halo

This week in Jetsetter, we explore a video game world without Hiroshi Yamauchi. Without the one-time president of Nintendo, we would live in a very different world.

Jetsetter: Sony’s PS Vita TV may not make it way to the West

This week in Jetsetter, Sony announces that its new PS Vita TV console won't be making it to the US or Europe any time soon, as it's an Asia exclusive for now.
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Is the Madden franchise broken? Maybe, but we can fix it

Jetsetter: Japanese supergroup makes ‘Mighty No. 9,’ a thoroughly modern Mega Man

This week Jetsetter shines a spotlight on Keiji Inafune as he returns to his platforming roots alongside a who's who of Mega Man developers for Mighty No. 9.