Could there be an Okami sequel? If 24/7 convenience store 7-11 is to be believed, then yes, there will be one indeed. This piece of information was indicated in their online database, under the name of "Okamiden."

Media Create has released the Japanese Sales charts for the week of April 4 to 13. Making its debut in the list at first place is Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, selling 594,000 copies in its first week. To find out what other games were able to make it into charts, head on over to the full article.

It's never too early to speculate about what games we'll be having this year, and if you're among those who want to play Nostradamus, the latest trademarks gaming giants like Square Enix and Namco Bandai secured may catch your interest. Find out what titles have been stamped at the full article.

Famitsu sent questionnaires out to gamers and retailers in Japan to let them be heard, and decide which developers, video games, and industry figures did exceptionally well in 2007. Find the results at the full article.

 

A bit of intellectual green humor here folks. Not wishing to submit to the awesome Austrian village called Fucking (rhymes with cooking, will never be spelled out again), the island of Erromango is also making a pass at for the "absurd place names" trophy.

JC Barnett notes this fun little bit of trivia in his blog:

There is an island in the Pacific, south of Port Vila, called Erromango; it's the southern-most province of Vanuatu and formerly known as Martyr's Island due to a delicious mix of missionaries and cannibalism...

The Japanese translation of this place name is probably "iromanngoto" using katakana to translate "erromango" to "i-ro-ma-n-go" followed by the kanji for island or "shima", read here as "to-"

Unfortunately, and here's the bit of intellectual humor, the Japanese Wii Weather Channel uses a different form of Japanese spelling to represent Erromango. The picture above translates to "Ero-Manga Island," or Erotic Manga Island.

Here's our question: given the climates of the two areas, would you rather be in F***ing, Austria or Porn Comic Island? Use your Wimote to hunt down both entries, and see which one's a nice play to visit, and a better place to live. One note: We're still going to police this post for the F-bomb, so use F***ing instead. Cheers.