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As English-speakers, we take for granted a lot of things: One, that every game will either be originally published in our language or localized for it (and woe betide those that aren't...) Two: That the voice acting, if incompetent, will at least sound poorly acted and not read off a page. More »
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Last Thursday, Brazil was visited by its own Columbine massacre. 23-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira opened up fire at a school in Rio de Janeiro killing 12 pupils and injuring 13 others, aged between 12- and 14-years-old. Wellington killed himself minutes later, after being shot by a policeman. The country was shocked—and then the witch hunt started. It was almost inevitable that like Columbine before, video games were fingered by some looking for a simple explanation. More »
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Brazilian commenter KaiserSpiegel tells the story of the sad decline of his local street market following an anti-piracy police raid in today's Speak-Up on Kotaku. More »
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Super Mario Bros. made the leap to the big screen, and that didn't work. What about the leap to ballet? One school in Brazil tested out Mario's twinkle toes. More »
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Kotaku Brazil editor Renato Bueno reports on a Brazilian court order that seeks to remove Rockstar's Episodes from Liberty City from retail and digital distribution worldwide, due to the unauthorized use of music from an eight-year-old DJ's dad. More »
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Nine months after the official launch of the PlayStation 2 in Brazil, Sony brings the high-definition magic of the PlayStation 3 to the South American country, with a launch price of roughly $1130, $278 less than originally planned. More »
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Guitar Hero players get down to business at the Brazilian leg of the World Cyber Games this weekend, via Flickr. More »
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StarCraft II fans south of the border will have two ways to pay for the game, with Blizzard revealing a less-expensive, time-limited version of the game for players in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. More »
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To mark the official launch of God of War III, Brazil did it in style — complete with Kratos cosplay. More »
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Valdir Raupp, who is both a senator and a lion of a man, has put forward a bill seeking to ban the sale and distribution of violent video games in Brazil. More »
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Funny story from our sun-drenched friends at GIzmodo Brazil; today, November 18, 2009, Sony have decided to begin officially selling the PlayStation 2 in Brazil. More »
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Children's show Bom Dia & Companhia (Good Morning & Company) airs daily on SBT, one of the top three Brazilian TV networks. It also rips off LittleBigPlanet. More »
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Every year, Nintendo documents the worst countries in the world in terms of rampant Nintendo game piracy, issuing a report to the U.S. Trade Representative requesting help. What countries made the list this year? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5160062&view=rss&microfeed=true The Zeebo is a new console from Brazilian outfit Tectoy that uses a 3G SIM card to download games. It is a bit on an odd beast - looking like an unholy marriage of the PS3 and a Wii, and the strictly last-gen games selection (Quake, Crash Bandicoot, etc.) may seem a bit underwhelming. More »
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Kotakuite Daniel Novais sent me an email this past week, asking me to take a look at his "little short artsy game" called Estamos Pensando (Portuguese for 'We Are Thinking'). Inspired in part by Jason Rohrer's Passage, Estamos Pensando is a sweet, sad, and polished little game. Daniel said that he's now trying to work on something a little happier, since one comment on Rohrer's Gravitation noted that these 'artsy' games are usually depressing. There are Portuguese and English versions of the game, and gameplay is quite simple. The game has apparently gotten some nice initial reviews since its submission to the Brazilian symposium SBGames 2008 festival, and it's worth a little bit of your time. More »
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Brazilian SEGA licensee Tectoy has released another 8-bit console. Dubbed the Master System 3, the new system looks like the old Mega Drive (Genesis) with Sonic painted on it and is packed with 131 built-in G-rated games. That's right, no cartridge slot. The system is bundled with two six-button Genesis-style controllers. Its priced at the equivalent of US$133. More »
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Judge Flavio Rabello has barred the sale of Bully in Brazil, following requests for its banning from a youth centre in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. State prosecutor Alcindo Bastos says the reason for the game's banning stems from the fact "the aggravating factor is that everything in the game takes place inside a school", which is apparently "not acceptable" considering how much fisticuffs feature in the game. Distributors and retailers have 30 days to comply with the order. More »
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The South American nation famous for its ability to create great soccer players, attractive swimsuit models and land that used to be rainforests has brought the banhammer down upon two of the world's most popular online games. Both Counter-Strike and EverQuest, each now nine-years old, were said to promote "the subversion of public order, were an attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security" by the judge enacting the ban. More »
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Chicken and egg, Second Life once again makes it possible for both to come first. An art show is now going on in SL where a Rio-based artist name Lois Lancaster is showing his expressionist paintings at the KODE Gallery in Second Life. That's the chicken part. The egg is that in real life, he is a digital illustrator, so does that make his art digital in the real world, and art "regular" in Second Life? Or does it make the exhibition itself a piece of his art? More »
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Kotaku reader Marcelo turned us on to this Reuters piece, detailing the upcoming Brazilian launch of Microsoft's Xbox 360. What I thought was going to be a run of the mill launch in a territory that no one cares about... oops, I mean is largely ignored... turned out to be an eye-opening bit of news. More »
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I type this from my bathtub, where I am currently transmitting raw text directly from my sinuses into a copper receptor dish situated atop my viewing screen in the other room. The water is tepid and I am clammy with soap scum and the patina from my plate-and-rivets bath ducky. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=207284&view=rss&microfeed=true Man, I wish we had loose-lipped distributors here in the states. According to a rep from Latamel, which distributes Nintendo products in Brazil, the Wii will be released there during the first week of December for 1,400 to 1,500 real (Brazillian buckos). Judging by the price of the DS Lite in Brazil, whch sold for 800 real, that would make the Wii about $250 U.S. or so. Of course, converting a price from another country never seems to work. Brian Crecente More »
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Rabid fanboyism or silly viral campaign? Kotaku reader Konrad happened upon this graffiti toad in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He was so surprised that he had to snap a pic and send it our way. Photos of small children banging their heads on the wall, trying to get that tricky 1Up were withheld. Brian Ashcraft More »
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