You’ve made a first-person shooter. Who better to hawk it than somebody who really likes first-person shooters. Somebody like Noa. Noa Torigoe, star of adult films like Max Orgasm, Ultimate Gold and The Fuck Fuck Fuck: 10 In Rapid Succession, has been roped in to promote Killzone 3 in Japan. While first-person shooters do have…
Headed over to Costco in Hyogo Prefecture to get Pace Picante sauce. Mmmmmmm. Costco is really popular in Japan, and folks seem to dig buying large jars of mayonaise. As they should! Really love Pace Picante sauce. It’s so great. Sony Doesn’t Know Who It’s Taking To Court As part of its crusade to crush…
Never one to shy away from real world cross promotions, Japanese crime game Yakuza: Of The End lets gamers belt out tunes that feature two of the game’s characters in the cheesy sing-a-long music video. Main character Kiryu Kazuma will appear and sing along to MachineGun Kiss, a tune he sang in Yakuza 4 as…
On February 26, the Nintendo 3DS is going on sale in Japan. Demand for the product is reaching close to the fever pitch that the DS Lite experienced when it released in Japan in 2006. So those looking to turn a quick buck, er yen, can. A photo snapped apparently outside Japanese retail chain Mandai…
Sony’s upcoming portable, codenamed Next Generation Portable or NGP, looks great and seems to play great, too. Japanese gamers were asked if they want it, and, oh yes, they do. In a reader poll in the latest issue of game mag Famitsu, 76.2 percent of Japanese gamers stated that they wanted the NGP. Only 7.9…
Video game handhelds are getting a run for their money, and they’re getting it from smartphones. But are they good enough as dedicated handheld game machines? Most serious games would offer a curt “no”. As Doom programmer John Carmack points, it is possible to create game for platforms like the iPhone that look as good…
Twenty-five year-old StarCraft II player Kim Won Gi took the South Korean gaming world by storm last year. Some might know him by his pro-gaming handle “Cool”, but to many, he’s “FruitDealer”, one of the best StarCraft II players there is. Kim earned the “FruitDealer” moniker because he helps his mother run a food stall.…
This past weekend, collectible figurine event Wonder Festival was held in Chiba, Japan. Collectors and cosplayers gathered for the festivities. Voice actress Haruna Ikezawa was in attendance, and she ended up having a rotten time. Haruna Ikezawa lost her PSP. Known for her roles voicing Athena in The King of Fighters games and Momoka in…
The Wii is easy to peg — family-friendly and fun. The PS3 is also easy to categorize — slick and high-tech. But in Japan, the Xbox 360 has a category of its own. And that’s starting to change. It was former Dead or Alive designer Tomonobu Itagaki who is quoted as saying that nobody buys…
Sorry I couldn’t speak up! There were other people around wondering what the eff I was doing. I did it for you all! What you missed last night From Castle Crashers To…Cold War Missile Drama Mother Russia (in this case The Behemoth, developers of Castle Crashers) needs to send a care package to the capitalist…
This is Brendan Jordan. He’s 11 years-old and he racked up £1082.52 (US$1,743.90) on Xbox Live. And now, his 37-year-old mom, Dawn, is working two jobs just to make ends meet. “When I put my card details in 18 months ago I thought it was just for his membership to play online with his friends,”…
Gareth Garratt, who has cerebral palsy, cannot use his hands to game and must control his mouse via his chin. And as Kotaku previously posted, he is campaigning to get customized controls for Dead Space 2. Ask and thy shall receive, because it looks like he’s getting just that. After purchasing Dead Space 2, Gareth…
Japan is going a bit copyright crazy of late. It’s not cool to sell customized figures online, it’s not cool to rent video games in love hotels, and now, it’s apparently not cool to sell Pokémon save data. On Japan’s Yahoo! Auctions, there is a cottage industry in which saved in-game Pokémon are bought and…
Ikaruga, the 2001 shoot’em up, is a gorgeous looking game. So if an Ikaruga model is going to be an accurate reproduction, it needs to be gorgeous. This finished model does not disappoint. Late last fall, an unpainted version was shown at the All Japan Hobby Show in Tokyo. Here is a completed version, painted…
There are three different versions of DS pet simulator Nintendogs: Dachshund, Lab and Chihuahua (later a Dalmatian version was released). But initially, Nintendo wanted more than three versions. Many more. “I think we internally began by discussing 12 versions,” says Nintendogs producer Hideki Konno. “No, it was 16 at first,” corrects Mario producer Shigeru Miyamoto…
Over the weekend, collectible figure event Wonder Festival steamrolled through Japan. We’ve already seen the figures. Now, let’s have a look at the cosplay. These are figurines, real-life ones. There are a wide array of gaming related cosplay, like Metal Gear Solid and Pokémon as well as movie, anime and manga characters. At events like…
Some people play video games to relax. Other people do other things to relax — like get a massage. A new Japanese Xbox 360 game is combining both. The limited edition version of CROSS†CHANNEL comes packed with pocket-sized massager. Larger versions of these massagers are used to loosen stiff backs as well as loosen other…
One of the last year’s most uncomfortable experiences was sitting in a room full of Japanese press and watching as North and South Korea united and then overran Japan. That experience, however, is now lost to time, and the game, first person shooter Homefront, is all the less interesting because of it. Homefront was written…
Or drive very slowly to my kid’s cram school to pick up his homework. Many kids go to cram schools so that they can cram things into their brains. Mini-Bash says he likes it, because he gets to stuff math more. He likes math. I hated it. How Mortal Kombat’s Director Went From Dancing Shoes…
Capcom vs. Marvel. Capcom vs. SNK (pictured). Capcom vs. Namco. Know who’s missing? Nintendo. And that might not change. At last year’s Gamecom gaming convention, Street Fighter producer and all-around wacky guy Yoshinori Ono was asked about the idea of a Capcom vs. Nintendo game. “I mentioned it was an interesting idea,” Ono said recently.…
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