Just like with the Ace Attorney games, Capcom has put up a flash demo of the opening level of Ghost Trick. Now, even though the entire thing is in Japanese, if you’ve ever played an import game, you’ll be able to figure out what to do through context. Since understanding text in Ghost Trick isn’t as important as it is in the Ace Attorney games, the only real hindrance it provides is making you click through all of it to get to the playable parts.

Sorry about the formatting. Capcom doesn’t let you adjust the size on the demo, and unfortunately, it’s just a wee bit larger than our columns. If it’s too much of a bother for you, the demo is also available over at Capcom Japan.

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The first trailer for Mistwalker’s Wii RPG The Last Story is looking really good. Sure, graphically, the game isn’t going to win over the hearts of the high-definition crowd, but there’s still quite a bit of detail in the environments and characters. Heck, the town in the trailer looks like it’s bustling with more life than some games out now.

What’s really selling me on the game, though, is the battle system. The mix of close-combat fighting and clever stealth and positioning makes it look like skirmishes will be far from monotonous.

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s development house Mistwalker has been pretty hit or miss with titles like Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat, but have they finally hit the mark with The Last Story?

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Atlus, being the pre-order bonus-loving company they are, have announced that pre-ordered copies of Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City from participating retailers will come with a free, 60-page Forests of Eternity art book filled with concept art and designs from the entire series.

The various games that Atlus has decided to put out art books for — Persona 3/4 and Knights in the Nightmare — have been really well made, but if you’ve never seen any of them, a preview of the book is available online, here. Some really spiffy stuff.