New video game releases for the week of 3/16/09

The week ahead belongs to the portable gaming systems, with several big titles for the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, and nothing new for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. Rockstar Games brings Grand Theft Auto to the DS with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. PSP gamers can look forward to Resistance Retribution. Don't forget to link up to Resistance 2 on the PS3! There are a couple of bundles from Ubisoft and a few RPGs to check out as well.

This week's new video game releases:
(subject to change)

Wii
Marble Saga Kororinpa
No More Hereos/Red Steel Bundleicon
Pro Evolution Soccer 09
Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution (Ready 2 Rumble T-shirt pre-order bonus)
Rune Factory: Frontier

Nintendo DS
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Exclusive Bulletproof Infernus car bonus)
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
History Great Empires: Rome
Scrabble
Suikoden Tierkreis (Soundtrack and Artbook pre-order bonus)
TrackMania DS (3-Months of Free Online "TrackMania United Forever" for PC)
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume

Sony PSP
Air Conflicts
Prince of Persia Rival Swords/Prince of Persia Revelation Bundle icon
Resistance: Retribution
Scrabble

[celldomceen1]

ill pick up resistance and chinatown wars. The handhelds are getting mad love. if i had the money i would get covenant of the plume too.

[G4drake]

Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume, AWESOME

[SpoonyRedMage]

It does look awesome and I'm going to be getting it when it comes out here in the UK but I have the feeling Suikoden may overshadow it a bit.

[ExcelKnight]

Thinking Suikoden will overshadow Valkyrie Profile is a bit foolish. One's got Square Enix' logo on it, the other has Konami. Guess which one's better known for RPGs right now.

[SpoonyRedMage]

One's hated right now by a lot of people, the other's Konami...

Konami have a fantastic reputation all around, as well as Suikoden which has a fantastic reputation. Meanwhile Valkyrie Profile's much less well known.

EDIT: Plus Square are said to have not made a good game since the merger, which I personally disagree with but still their reputation isn't what it used to be.

...and it's foolish to discount Konami, they have an almost cult like fanbase.

[ExcelKnight]

You're forgetting how Valkyrie Profile actually has advertisement compared to Suikoden Tierkreis.

I wouldn't doubt that a lot of people who are vocal about being anti Square Enix are the only ones who would ignore a SE game. Even in Japan, Covenant of the Plume outsold Tierkreis 4:1 on opening week.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Wow, I may stand corrected. 4:1! that's a lot.

I've only seen a few web advertisements(the same as any Square Enix publlished game, even saw one for Persona 4!). I thought Suikoden was a lot more popular than Valkyrie Profile though.

[AndrooC]

Cannot wait =)