Long live the Nintendo DS! One of the, let’s be honest, best gaming platforms ever is getting a new game: a Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters for the DS. Since Nintendo DS games can run on the 3DS and since most little Japanese kids have a DS, it’s pretty smart of Namco Bandai to put this out…
Another day of Nintendo honcho blowing the gasket off of things. This time, it’s Nintendo’s online service, the Nintendo Network. It’s supposed to be free, but that doesn’t mean it will be free forever. Forever is a long time. At a recent investors meeting, Iwata said, “We cannot promise that Nintendo will always provide you…
Popular Capcom video game Sengoku Basara is being turned into a Japanese TV drama called Sengoku Basara Moonlight Party. The show stars Gackt and hunky dudes like Kento Hayashi, Hide Tokuyama, and Kouhei Takeda—all wearing silly costumes. These outfits would not be silly in a Sengoku Basara video game. But this isn’t a video game.…
Back in 2007, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto talked about his regrets over the ill-fated Super Mario Bros. movie. According to Miyamoto: “The one thing that I still have some regrets about is that the movie may have tried to get a little too close to what the Mario Bros. video games were. And in that…
As a kid, I can still remember getting that gold NES Legend of Zelda cartridge and popping in the game for the first time. It was the start of Link’s journey—and the start of mine. I’m willing to bet, I wasn’t alone. Link is not only one of Nintendo’s most iconic characters; he’s also one…
Sony recently bought Gaikai, an online cloud gaming service. The purchase might do more than offer a window into the PlayStation 4. It’s also a sign of things to come for Sony’s non-gaming products. Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Andrew House told The Wall Street Journal (via Eurogamer) that using Gaikai tech in Sony products other…
Yurina Kumai towers over other Japanese popstars—literally. At 176cm, she’s by far the tallest member of her group, Berryz Kobo. Sure, that’s “only” 5 feet 9 inches (some now wonder if she’s actually taller), but your typical Japanese pop star is much, much shorter. The discrepancy becomes evident when Kumai stands next to her contemporaries—or…
Being a female pro gamer is not easy in South Korea. In that male dominated world, Seo Ji-Soo (aka ToSsGirl) was a pioneer. She was also the country’s last active female pro-gamer. “Was”, because as of this month, ToSsGirL will retire. Known as “The Female Lim Yo-Hwan“, Seo decided to become a pro-gamer after seeing…
Manga artist Hirohiko Araki, creator of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, is 52 years old. I would say he looks really good for 52 (he does), if he hadn’t looked the same for, oh, the past thousand years. Every year that Araki’s photo is released, people online in Japan enjoy comparing it to his photos for the…
Fancy costumes! Naked people! Doing it! That’s the pitch, and in Japan, adult video makers try to appeal to otaku (geeks) with flicks featuring porn stars dressed up as video game characters. Sounds like sexy time, right? Eh… In visual mediums—whether that be video games, movies, or whatever—the background is extremely important. It can make…
In the above video, an orchestra plays a Kirby medley. It’s glorious, and it will be featured on the music CD that comes with the upcoming Kirby’s Dream Collection compilation. Kirby’s Dream Collection – Medley Recording Feature [YouTube]
Outside Seoul, the city of Suwon recently opened a public park and museum dedicated to toilets. Makes sense, as the city has been a toilet pioneer in South Korea. As YouTube user KRTVtv pointed out, Korea’s public toilets were “ramshackle and disgusting” before the 1980s. In Korea, it’s being called the “world’s first toilet theme…
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Artist Drew Northcott brings us “Vincent Van Gordon”, a Van Gogh inspired portrait of everyone’s favorite headcrab killing physicist. According to Northcott, there might be character similarity between Freeman and Van Gogh. He adds, “There’s certainly a physical resemblance anyhow.” That’s certainly better than Freeman mailing his ear to a prostitute. Vincent Van Gordon –…
D’wah. Now this is adowable. Baby Cloud Strife—hair, sword, and all. This photo was snapped by Jeriska at the recent Anime Expo 2012. Check out more of Jeriaska’s pics here as well as in the link below. Cloud Strife – Anime Expo 2012 [Flickr]
Next year, a new tokusatsu movie called Space Hero Fly is hitting theaters in Taiwan. You might remember this movie the first time, when it was called Kamen Rider. Which Kamen Rider? Take your pick. Super Hero Fly is a cobbled together creation that rips off the designs of various Kamen Rider heroes, such as…
China is getting its own COD—and not merely as the new foreign bad guys. Meet Call of Duty Online. Other than the single player campaign, isn’t all Call of Duty online? Well, yes. But in China, it’s Call of Duty Online. Announced today, the game is published by Chinese gaming giant Tencent. Activision first mentioned…
Japanese police arrested a 19 year-old college student from Kyoto Prefecture for allegedly violating the country’s Unfair Competition Prevention Law. In short, the student was nabbed for posting Wii homebrew software online. This is apparently the first arrest of its kind in Japan. According to Japanese news reports, the “illegal program” allowed players to boot…
Just as Apple forked over US$60 million to use the iPad moniker in China, a household chemical company called Jiangsu Xuebao filed a lawsuit over the use of “Snow Leopard”. Or rather, the use of “xuebao” (雪豹), which is Chinese of “snow leopard”. Back in 2000, Jiangsu Xuebao filed a trademark for the use of…
There are ways to say I’m Sorry. Then, there are ways to say I’m Sorry. This man in Fujian province mastered the later. In a lane of traffic, the man was kowtowing—he crawled forward and bowed his head to the ground each time. A crowd gathered to see what the man, whose head was bruised…
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