Kirby developer HAL Laboratory’s first mobile game, Part Time UFO, was released yesterday in the West. It’s on iOS and Android. It’s $3.99. Everything about it is delightful. It is so full of HAL’s charm and polish that I felt a full $3.99’s worth of fun in the tutorial level alone.

Track: The Same Star | Artist: Belle & Sebastian | Album: How To Solve Our Human Problems Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Rurouni Kenshin Creator Fined For Child Pornography Possession

Last fall, Rurouni Kenshin creator Nobuhiro Watsuki was charged with possession of child pornography. Today, Nikkan Sports reports he was fined 200,000 yen ($1,870) for violating the country’s child pornography law. Debuting in 1994, Rurouni Kenshin has sold over 70 million copies and went on to spawn a hit anime and several live-action films. Kotaku…

Zoids is getting a new anime! It’s called Zoids: Zoid Wild and is slated for this summer in Japan. Studio OLM is handling animation duties.

K-Pop Pick Of The Day: Oh NaNa

KARD is one of the rare K-Pop groups that features both men and women (the industry, borrowing from educational terminology, refers to these groups as “co-ed”). I can count the number of co-ed idol groups on one hand. The only other one that comes immediately to mind is the ill-fated Coed School; if you can…