“Giant” only because you are a teeny tiny anime girl. In Gun Gun Pixies, two alien girls arrive on Earth after their home planet is thrown into crisis, and they end up running around girls’ rooms, armed with guns and ready to fire. Apparently the game was inspired by collectible figures and, according to Dengeki…
This is Need for Speed: Edge Details are currently scant, but it’s from Nexon, coming to South Korea, and looks to be a Need for Speed: World. [Thanks, Sang!]
If you live in Japan, you can buy use Nintendo 3DS games with your smartphone. Like this. In Japan, IC cards, such as Suica, are used as train passes or for e-money payments. You can also use these cards to add funds for Nintendo eShop purchases. Here’s Monster Hunter YouTuber Gaijin Hunter: Since the New…
A recent update put a speed cap on Pokémon Go. Meaning? If you play while riding on the train or bus, you might want to find something else to do. The Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, reports that the update is global and that The Pokémon Company is not disclosing details about the…
Robot Cafe. Taichung City, Taiwan. By Willis Lai JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Track: Sparkle | Artist: Radwimps | Album: Your Name Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.
My Neighbor Totoro is a wonderful movie. It came out in 1988, but recently, people on Twitter seem to be noticing one thing: The goat’s teeth are all wrong. You remember the goat, right? (Yes, there is a goat.) Mei is walking around with her corn, and a goat walks up, and Mei is all,…
We’ve already seen cute photos of big Japanese mascotsstuck in doorways. So now let’s look at photos of them stuck in bad weather. Jumbo mascots often appear at events in Japan, but like with anything outdoors, you cannot control the weather. And since these are large characters, they need large raincoats. Case in point: Otherwise,…
Last week, Nintendo’s new Mii-based role-playing game Miitopia was revealed. Today, we got a better look at what to expect. It looks wild and like a lot of fun. The best way to describe Miitopia is Tomodachi Life meets JRPGs. Nintendo revealed more details in its Miitopia Direct, which was different from other Nintendo Directs.…
Tsukiji Fish Market. Tokyo, Japan. By David Hidalgo JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
This year’s big hit is anime feature film Your Name. It’s earned critical praise and raked in massive amounts of yen. But it’s not the biggest anime movie ever released in Japan. It is, however, one of them. Via Cinema Ranking, here are the highest grossing movies ever in Japan. Not all of them are…
To mark the 30th anniversary of shoot ‘em up Darius, Taito is releasing a huge box set with seven CDs, the PS4 version of the game, a Blu-ray disc, and a special booklet. It’s all priced at 13,800 yen ($134).
For a limited time, Japan has not one, but three Dragon Ball Cafes, all of which are serving up DB themed food and drinks to mark its 30th anniversary. One of the spots is located at the Tower Records Cafe in Tokyo’s Omotesando, another is in Shibuya, while the final one is in Osaka’s Umeda. …
Footage has surfaced of a bus driver in Japan appearing to play Pokémon Go while he is driving. The clip is rather unsettling. Sanyo News reports that this is a tour bus driver from the Ryobi Group in Osaka. The company has banned drivers from having mobile phones while they’re behind the wheel and apologized…
Sunset. Jenner, California. By Benjamin Wallen | Facebook | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
When the PlayStation 4 Pro goes on sale next week, there will be over thirty titles optimized for the console, with more slated to hit by year’s end. Thanks to the PS4 Pro’s beefed up specs, these titles will have up to 4K resolution, faster and more stable frame rates, and HDR imaging tech. Revealed…
Now that the Bleach manga is finished, creator Tite Kubo has more time to focus on things besides drawing and writing. Things like Bleach cosplay, for example. Kubo recently began uploading sketches to his Twitter account, as well as a series of photos. First this. Then this. The text reads, “Long time, no see.” He…
Many fighting games take place all over the world. So, to bring those locations to life, game developers often stick pretty close to reality. If you’ve ever played a fighting game, this is no surprise whatsoever. As pointed out a ways back by fighting game historian Crayfis on the Shoryuken forums (via website SebastianMihai.com) here…
Next year, a live-action Hollywood Ghost in the Shellmovie hits theaters. The moviemakers behind it are very excited, because they’re bringing the source material to life. Or so they say. As ANN points out, interviews with cast and crew were recently published on The Nerdist and IGN. Neither interview deals with the elephant in the…
Totoro. Keelung, Taiwan. ByWillis Lai JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
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