The journey to acquire a launch day preorder for both DS and PSP was long and arduous, but John's emerged from the billowing smoke with two preorder slips in hand -- and a huge grin on his face. Who can blame him?

As if Tokyo commuters needed more reasons to act insane.

Locations here. Someone go with a crowbar and grab me one.

And, because I'm just deliriously happy about the new Ridge Racers game for PSP, here's new Reiko.

Full ad is here (link opens streaming media window).

When it comes to games and Japan, most overseas gamers automatically think Akihabara. JP shows us it's not all about Tokyo.

JP braves the crowds at Osaka's recent Touch! DS event, and is kind enough to drop in detailed hands on impressions of the latest DS game from dream team designers Masahiro ('Kirby') Sakurai and Tetsuya ('REZ') Mizuguchi.