Operation Rainfall is, among other things, a letter-writing campaign hoping to bring Japanese Wii games like The Last Story, Pandora’s Tower, and Xenoblade to the U.S. Nintendo already politely declined on its Facebook page. That’s not the only nice way it’s saying no. It’s also responding to letters, writing things like, “I can see why…
Website ModernWarfare3.com used to redirect to Battlefield 3‘s website. Pretty funny! Modern Warfare 3 publisher Activision was not amused. Before that, the site hosted anti-Call of Duty rants like this: Modern Warfare is crap. On November 8, 2011, the most over-hyped first-person action series of all-time returns with the copy and paste sequel to the…
Maybe it’s bad timing or just bad luck. But there’s a growing list of cancelled 3DS games. That’s not good. On the list of canned 3DS games, there’s My Garden, which was supposed to be a 3DS launch title. There’s also Saints Row: Drive-By, also apparently canned. Four Hudson games for the 3DS were canned,…
Nerd retailer Mandarake is a self-described “ruler of time”. Ruler of in-store promotions might be more accurate. To kick off summer, Tokyo’s Mandarake Complex held a one-off in-store cosplay event with six Mandarake staffers dressing up as characters in swimwear. Staffers dressed up as characters from Macross F, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Tales of…
The Wii can do a lot. But some people may want their Wii to do more, like play pirated games. In Fukuoka, two men were recently arrested for violating Japanese trademark law and apparently selling modded Wiis. According to Fukuoka police, between November 2009 and last month, 32-year-old Tomonori Sato and his 28-year-old brother apparently…
If you were in Tokyo in the late 1990s and you liked to party, you went there. Towering over six floors and holding over 1,500 people, Velfarre was a legendary Roppongi club that claimed to be the biggest of its kind in Asia. Pumping out cheesy Eurobeat, the club fuelled techno dance trends and was…
Catch ‘Em All | TOKYO, JAPAN: It’s summer in Japan, which means only one thing: a new Pocket Monsters flick. (Photo: Famitsu) Don’t Just Sit There, Let These Toys Blow Your Mind Gundam. Draonball. Kamen Rider. Great Mazinger, even. Namco Bandai’s 2011 Tamashii Nation toy show proves just how wonderful (and awesome) Japanese figures can…
Loads of big games will be at this year’s Comic-Con. Nintendo is no exception. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario: Mario Kart, and Kid Icarus: Uprising will all make their playable debuts in North America at this year’s Comic-Con. Here’s a list of the playable titles at Nintendo’s Gaming Lounge: Nintendo 3DS: Super…
To promote the latest Tales role-playing game Tales of Xillia, Namco is rolling out a Tales cafe, first in Tokyo and later in Tokushima. It’s pretty much trendy cafe Ufotable sprinkled with Tales memorabilia and merchandise. Though, those placemats showing the Xillia characters eating curry in Ufotable are cool indeed. That cutout by the window?…
No, it won’t be wall-to-wall digital blue people. Well, I hope it won’t, because, man, I did not like Avatar However, AMD, the tech company responsible for Xbox 360 graphics tech, said the next Xbox will be able to render graphical detail on par with James Cameron’s sci-fi opus. AMD won’t confirm it’s working on…
Steel Chronicle is Konami’s latest arcade game, and it has players suit up to shoot down huge insects. It’s reminiscent of 3DP’s Earth Defense Force games, which also have players shoot large insects. Wearing the gray assault suit, characters carry an assault rifle, a machine gun, and a beam blade. Wearing a heavy duty blaster…
In Japan, it’s summer. Time to put on a swimsuit and head to the beach. Easier said than done when you’re a virtual schoolgirl. The girls of Love Plus, Konami’s hit love simulator, are getting a new set of PVC figures. Manaka, Rinko, and Nene bathing suit figures are priced at ¥6,510 (US$78). They’ll go…
If playing Tales of Vesperia wasn’t enough for you, then there’s this: a Yuri Lowell bracelet. It seems at least one cosplayer wanted this bracelet commissioned! Good news, because it’s now officially available for purchase at Namco Bandai’s online shop for ¥5,040 (US$64). テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア | ララビットマーケット（バンダイナムコゲームス公式通販サイト） [lalabitmarket]
Gundam. Draonball. Kamen Rider. Great Mazinger, even. Namco Bandai’s 2011 Tamashii Nation toy show proves just how wonderful (and awesome) Japanese figures can be. Don’t believe me? Have a look at the pics in the gallery, courtesy of website Gigazine. There are some old favorites in there as well as new characters like the pirate-infused…
Ever wonder why nerd heroine Shoko Nakagawa is the queen of Pokémon? Because growing up, she was lonely. Very, very lonely. “When I was a kid, I didn’t have friends,” Nakagawa recently said at press event. “But I did have Pokémon.” Nakagawa has previously discussed her experience with bullies in junior high school. Seeing kids…
Some people have flesh and blood girlfriends. Others have pillows. And some have plastic toys. One curry restaurant in Tokyo’s geek district is sensitive to this. Mammoth Curry is the home to mammoth curry—mammoth curry is 1 kilogram of curry, rice, pork, and raw egg. Yum. With its location in the nerd haven of Akihabara,…
Gotta Dance | TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft showed off the game this week at a Tokyo health club. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) No More Heroes Cosplay Has a Heroic and Revealing Bodysuit When she’s not cosplaying as Metal Gear Solid characters, Omi Gibson is cosplaying as No More Heroes characters. And when she’s not doing that,…
This year isn’t over. It’s more than half over. Time to look back and see which game maker is doing the best in Japan. So far. According to Famitsu, here is a list of which game companies made the most profit in the period through game sales. The period is from December 27, 2010 to…
In Salinas, California, charity worker Alexander Harvey turned himself in to authorities and was arrested for embezzling US$25,000 from the Salinas Junior Chamber of Commerce. Harvey formerly served as its treasurer. What did he buy with the money he embezzled? Twenty-five grand is a fair chunk of change. So, did he blow it on booze,…
Takashi Miike, known for making a lot of cool movies (and some crap ones, too), is directing a big screen version of Capcom’s lawyer game series Ace Attorney Previously, what are reported to be photos of the film’s Kyoto set leaked online. Today, a spokesperson from Toho movie studio posted a low quality pic of…
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