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Konami has announced that they are currently at work on an Armored Trooper Votoms game for the Playstation 2. Konami will also be releasing the fifth Yu-Gi-Oh Gameboy trading card battle game on July 5th: Yugioh Duel Monsters 5 Expert. The Yu-Gi-Oh gameboy franchise has sold over 7 million copies in Japan. In comparison, Final Fantasy 9 has sold under 4 million copies worldwide.

Idea Factory has announced a Dreamcast upgrade of the Playstation 2 mecha simulation game Run=Dim: The Mechsmith. The DC version will be titled Run=Dim: As Black Soul and will include characters and events from the upcoming Run=Dim TV series not found in the original PS2 version of the game. Idea Factory has also confirmed their first 2 XBox titles: X-Chaser and Neverland Saga. X-Chaser is an action RPG similar to Gauntlet Legends. Neverland Saga is a trading card battle game utilizing characters from the Spectral Force and Generation of Chaos game series. (Who would have guessed? Two of the first Japanese games announced for the console system with the most powerful console graphics hardware in existance are a Gauntlet Legends copy and a trading card game.)

Source: The Magic Box