Winning Eleven 2014 is now released in South Korea and Japan for hand held formats PSP and Nintendo 3DS

Winning Eleven is what Pro Evolution Soccer is called in both Japan and South Korea. Fans there of the series can now enjoy Winning Eleven 2014, as it has been launched on both Nintendo 3DS and PSP (Playstation Portable) formats. Longtime fans can now take their favorite soccer game on the road and compete against friends and rivals in this all newly redone soccer game from Konami. PS3 owners will get a taste too there finally as well. This time around the new title will be based on Konami's exclusive and famous Fox Engine, one designed to deliver a more realistic experience and give a deeper feel of actually being there during game play.

So far almost 84.9 million copies of World Soccer Winning Eleven (PES) have been sold over the years, making it one of the hottest selling soccer games to date. The set price for launch is about 2,980 yen for portable versions and 7,980 yen for PS3. This ranges for downloaded and store bought versions of the game.

The launch of Castlevania: Mirror of Fate HD edition was more of a success than its 3DS counterpart it seems

How well received is the big screen version of Castlevania: Mirror of Fate HD edition? It seems after a couple of weeks spent in the living rooms of the fans that it's getting a better acceptance than its Nintendo 3DS counterpart. Back in the beginning of the year, Dave Cox of MercurySteam had stated that he had originally created Mirror of Fate in HD anyway, so the thought of bringing it to console or even PC format was already on the table. The textures, models and so fourth were done all in high resolution, and then stepped down a bit to fit on the 3DS and run more smoothly.

How about a side by side comparison of them both? Below are four images, two on top are the Nintendo 3DS version, while the two on the bottom are the new HD versions. Obviously there is a big change in the two, but one might think that it would have been better to release them at the same time on both format. A Castlevania collection set is just as well. What do you think?

Are Nintendo 3DS games the weak spot of Konami releases?, one person thinks so and has compiled a list of some not so hot titles

When Castlevania left the realm of the 2D "MetroidVania" world it has been living in for years, only to land on the Nintendo 3DS as a meteorcre title, not only did it disappoint a number of people, but also left many wonder if the series should have ever bothered making one. Order of Ecclesia was my last favorite hand held Castlevania game, and still loving it and playing it to this day. But Mirror of Fate, along with Pro Evolution Soccer, and even Metal Gear have had their follies in the hand held market. So much so, that Konami has decided to limit the new Pro Evolution Soccer game this year to only the PSP, and that's because there is still a demand for that system.

Not so for PSVita, and 3DS, as sales have been anything but spectacular, especially for 3DS. So one person has decided to make a list of those "failed" titles, along with their number of sales. Here is his list below.

PES 2011 - 340k
Dragon Ball Heroes - 250k
MGS: Snake Eater - 240k
PES 2012 -???
PES 2013 -  110k
Magician´s Quest - 170k
Frogger 3d -140k
Dr. Lautrec - 100k
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate - 90k

VGChartz makes the argument that Konami can't seem to please the 3DS crowd. Perhaps a number of these titles should be reinvented, at least to also appeal to Western gamers. Right now, I and quite a number of others are trying to get a recent Suikoden game to be localized to PSP. But then again, that's another format, for another post.