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Atlus U.S.A confirmed plans to bring My World, My Way for the DS to the United States on February 3, 2009. Released in Japan under the name “The World Revolves Around Me,” My World, My Way is a different kind of role-playing game where you can dramatically alter the game play and the environment to change the way the game is played.

For example, you can alter the landscape by using different terrain options to change what kinds of places to explore, what kinds of monsters you will encounter and what kinds of items you can find. Players will also be able to use pouting as a means to get your way to make certain aspects of the game easier; as you pout you earn special points that literally force the world to behave the way you want it to.

The game is all about selfishness and having a strong will because it revolves around a spurned princess on a quest to win the affection of an adventurer. This adventurer doesn’t want a pampered princess, so you must go out and get some life experience as the less than charming Princess Elise.

While the storyline is as pedestrian as you might expect from a JRPG, the actual mechanics sounds like lots of fun. Look for My World, My Way in early 2009.

Fans of the Shin Megami Universe rejoice! The world of Persona, Digital Devil Saga, and Devil Summoner is getting the MMO treatment. And now, Aeria Games is starting to accept applications for the closed beta of the upcoming Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online for North America and Europe.

Aeria is pushing for English speaking fans of the Atlus owned series to register in order to preview the game before it is made available to all members of the public. Registration and membership to the game is free, as Aeria Games operates all of its MMO titles on the “free-to-play” business model, where revenue is generated from the sale of optional virtual items that can be used in the game.

The closed beta application phase is scheduled to run until Dec. 1, at which point, select players will be given access to play the game. Players interested in signing up can do so at the game’s official website.

Atlus USA’s Master of the Monster Lair is now available in stores across North America. Billed as “the only game for Nintendo DS that lets you design the dungeons of your dreams,” Master of the Monster Lair lets you become a dungeon master, customizing these randomly generated spaces with a variety of furniture, rooms and features.

After you’re done designing, you can jump into the game and take on its denizens to earn experience and collect loot or take your designs and share them with friends.

Look for the game in stores now.

Forget all about Xs and Zs. For Atlus USA, it’s all about the Ys. The company announced earlier today that it plans to release the first two chapters in the popular Ys RPG series to DS owners next year with Legacy of Ys: Books I & II for the Nintendo DS. The two chapters will be released on a single DS cart, and come with a host of brand new enhancements to the classic franchise.

For those of you who may have missed it the first time around, the story of Ys follows a young adventurer named Adol Christin, also called Adol the Red. During his travels, he learned of the tragic tale of Esteria, a once prosperous island now inexplicably engulfed by a crippling storm. Adol heads out to the besieged isle, curious to unravel the mystery, eventually uncovering the lost knowledge of the long forgotten and mythical land of Ys.
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Atlus USA’s Dokapon Kingdom is in stores for the PS2 and Wii this week, offering gamers a party game that focuses on fun, role-playing, and lots of friendship ruining mischief. The game lets up to four players take on a character class (Ninja, Thief, Mage, Warrior, etc.) build themselves up, collect the best items, and make the most money. In addition to doing cruel things to your friends and family, you can also invest in towns, complete mini-quests, and explore a vast realm with multiple continents and dungeons.

Look for the game in stores this week. Check out the official commercial after the jump.

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Between now and Persona 4’s release on December 9th, Atlus will release a series of short video clips called webisodes detailing gameplay and the new story that you can expect from the North American release of this popular Japanese RPG series. Check out the first batch of videos below after the jump:
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Atlus U.S.A. and retailer Gamestop today announced a preorder bonus item for Yggdra Union, the company’s card-based strategy RPG for the PSP. Only at GameStop stores and GameStop.com, consumers who preorder the PSP version of Yggdra Union will receive a limited run soundtrack CD. Previously a Japan-exclusive, 56 tracks of music from the game has been remastered for North American fans.

The PSP version of the game is an enhanced version of the tactical card-based originally released on the Game Boy Advance. those enhancements, according to Atlus U.S.A., include fully remastered audio and visuals (including the artwork of famed character designer and manga artist Satoko Kiyuzuki), dual language dialogue with both Japanese and English, a widescreen aspect ratio, additional difficulty settings, new unlockable content, and more.

Yggdra Union is currently scheduled for release on September 16.