The latest issue of Famitsu contains screenshots and concept art from the latest installment of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Series for the Wii.

The Monster Hunter series is currently one of the most popular franchises in Japan, with the game selling a huge amount during release accompanied by very long legs afterwards. One can only wonder how the Wii’s motion controls can enhance or destroy the Monster Hunter experience and affect the sales of this game.

Famitsu features some screenshots from the latest PS3 RPG named White Knight Chronicles. This game is developed by Level 5, who also made the Dark Cloud and Professor Layton series. What’s better is that a release date has been finally announced: December 25, 2008.

This would make the perfect Christmas gift for any Playstation 3 RPG fan. The issue also contains an interview from the Level-5 developers.

The bad news? Well its the Japanese release date. NA and PAL will have to wait a little bit longer for this game. But if you’re in a hurry and can read Nihongo, you can simply import this game.

Have you ever wondered how the Japanese viewed the American comic book characters? Well, you need not to wonder anymore as this video whows the Japanized version of the spider-man series. Behold, the opening sequence to SUPAIDA-MAN!

The opening is totally reminiscent of a sentai, and yes, spider-man has a giant robot…

The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed a new addition for the Suikoden series, and the game is titled Genso Suikoden: Tierkreis

This comes as a major surprise since the Suikoden series has always been originally released on consoles. This will also be the first time that a Suikoden, a Playstation staple, will be released on a Nintendo console as well. How this game will be received on an entirely new audience will still remain to be seen.

While browsing for some old school NES game covers, I noticed something very peculiar about on of the cover arts I saw. And it was the Japanese cover art of one of the old NES games called Championship Lode Runner.

Just take a good look at lode runner in the cover. Does it look familiar?

A coincidental resemblance? Or are they both related? So is Lode Runner really Captain Falcon? or maybe he is his father, or maybe even his son? And since it was revealed in the ending of Bomberman that Bomberman and Lode Runner are the same person, does this mean that Captain Falcon is related to Bomberman too?