May has come and gone and so has three issues of Weekly Famitsu. What's that? Three issues? Shouldn't there be four? Technically yes, there should be four issues in the month of May since there are four Friday's. But in reality, the month of May has one of Japan's longest holidays--Golden Week. Many companies shut down completely for one week, and I'm assuming that's what happens over at Famitsu. So because of Golden Week, Issue No.909 covers the weeks of the 12th and the 19th. Interestingly, they skip an issue number from 907 to 909.
Weekly Famitsu 5/5 2006 No.907
Cover: Mascot and Mother 3 characters.
Cross Review Highlights: Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon gets 35/40 (9,8,9,9), World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 gets 36/40 (9,9,9,9), 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany for PS2 gets 31/40 (8,8,7,8) and the Xbox360 version gets 34/40 (9,8,8,9). Nobunaga no Yabou DS for the DS gets 30/40 (8,8,7,7) and Tetris DS gets 35/40 (9,9,8,9).
Weekly Famitsu 5/12-19 2006 No.909
Cover: Kaho (model)
Extras: Famitsu Online and Community Type Game Guide booklet - Showcases various online and wifi games.
Features: Famitsu Awards 2005. Grand Prix winners: Kingdom Hearts II, Resident Evil 4 (GC and PS2). The Best Hit Grand Prize goes to Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing WW). Rookie Grand Prize goes to Shadow of the Colossus and Rogue Galaxy for PS2. The All Generation Prize goes to Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Brain Age). The Role Playing Game Prize goes to Tales of the Abyss. The Frontier Prize goes to Ryuu ga Gotoku. The Innovative Prize goes to Nintendogs. The High Quality Prize goes to Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence. The Super Visual Prize goes to Dead or Alive 4 for Xbox360. The Portable Prize goes to Monster Hunter Portable. The Most Valuable Person is Tetsuya Nomura. The Most Valuable Maker is Nintendo. And last but not least, the Most Valuable Character is Professor Kawashima from Brain Age.
Cross Review Highlights: There is actually only one cross review for this issue - Eureka Seven New Vision which gets a 28/40 (7,7,7,7).
Weekly Famitsu 5/26 2006 No.910
Cover: Yui Aragaki (model) See more of her at DramaWiki. Please note that some of the colors in this scan of the cover are not accurate. The flesh-colored text is in reality a very bright orange. Apparently, my scanner couldn't pick up this color's intensity.
Features: E3 Special report which covers games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Dead or Alive Extreme 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Cross Review Highlights: Jikkyou Powerful Pro Major League for PS2 and GC both get 34/40 (9,9,8,8). .hack//G.U. Vol.1 Rebirth gets 30/40 (8,8,7,7). Soccer Team Building: Calcio Bit for the GBA gets 32/40 (8,8,8,8).
Well, that's it for another month of Weekly Famitsu covers. Tune in next month for another roundup!
I'm finally getting around to photographing some stuff I've had for a while and one of them is this: the Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright) Houtei Figure Collection. I bought a case of these figures so I could get the whole set. There are seven different figures in all (six normal plus one variant). 
