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Level-5 files US trademark for 'Little Battlers eXperience'
We still don't know exactly what Level-5's American branch is doing, but a US trademark filed by the company could provide a clue. Siliconera found a trademark (serial number 85377402) for "Little Battlers eXperience," a title that references the "LBX" toy robots in Danbol Senki, a PSP action RPG about collecting and battling toys. After our TGS demo with the game, we'd be happy to see a localization. In Japan, the PSP game is accompanied by a manga, an anime series, and even a toy line (one of the toys is bundled with the game), but Level-5 has made no announcements regarding a localized version of any of those things. The US trademark explicitly covers all those media.
Danbol Senki preview: Virtual-On Jr.
I don't know why I'd be surprised about a Level-5 game being fun. Aside from a few missteps, the company is one of the most consistently great developers in Japan, with the sales to prove it. And yet, I was only driven to try out the PSP game Danbol Senki when I noticed that it had no line at the Level-5 booth, and I was not at all expecting to be won over as I was.
TGS 08: Custom robots attack in Level-5 RPG
Danbol Senki (aka Cardboard War Machine) is a PSP RPG that allows kids to build custom robots and battle them in a virtual arena. The art looks strangely reminiscent of another PSP game ... Jeanne d'Arc. The kids will probably want to look out for this one.
TGS 08: Level-5 video roundup
Level-5's Tokyo Game Show booth featured a Closed Theater presentation (much like their competitor, Square Enix). However, unlike the other JRPG overlord, Level-5 encouraged us to actually let you watch these trailers as well by endowing us with a DVD (courtesy of booth girl). Our favorite trailer of the three new games unveiled at TGS this year is for PSP: Ushiro, a horror-themed RPG that has you playing a ghost haunting his darling (in a not-so-Patrick Swazey way).That's not all, of course. The busy RPG team is also hard at work on a new DS game in collaboration with Studio Ghibli, and a new PSP game that lets you customize some robots. Check out those videos, and more, after the break.
