Nippon Ichi Software president Souhei Niikawa discusses his company's future plans, ponders the prospect of finally giving Asagi her own game, and talks about what inspired NIS to develop two of its newest franchises, Z.H.P. and Cladun.

G.Rev merges the fighting and shmup genres together once again with Senko no Ronde Duo, Konami brings out a special version of Winning Eleven 2010 specifically for the Japanese gamer, and 5pb. unleases two Lucian Bee's follow-ups for its otome game fans.

Konami makes the popular drama Trick into a crime investigation game and Idea Factory rolls out its second Hakuouki title for the PSP.