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    Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...

    Namco Says Its Not Evil, Dropped Splatterhouse Devs For "Performance Issues"

    Afro Samurai Review: Hip Hop Hack and Slash

    When The RZA Wants To Game, He Is Supplied With A Dev Kit

    Frankenreview: Afro Samurai

    Church's Chicken Hypes Afro Samurai

    Samuel L. Jackson Wants You To Buy Afro Samurai At Game Crazy

    New Afro Samurai Clips Contain Afros, Samurai

    Namco Bandai Needs Westerners, Plans "Surge"

    Afro Samurai's Cutting Screens
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    Image of the7k the7k
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    Afro Samurai? *facepalm*
    The demo was more than enough to convince me not to get it, and this is coming from a Die Hard beat 'em up fan.
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    Image of Witzbold Witzbold
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    That reminds me I need to check if Afro Samurai was region free. If so will pick it up.
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    Image of Alex_Mexico Alex_Mexico
    08/04/09

    @Witzbold: Um... one would think the allmighty, japan-living and popular Witzbold of Kotaku would have a PS3 which can play all of its games due to being region free and all....
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    Image of Witzbold Witzbold
    08/05/09

    @Alex_Mexico: I usually dont buy things on the PS3 unless its an exclusive.
    Though that "might" change due to MS cock blocking anyone outside the US from the store.
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    Image of D-K D-K
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    I forget when Naruto UNS was released... regardless, shouldn't it be in there?
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    Image of (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    I was not expecting Afro Samurai up there only because I didn't think the anime was THAT popular. I also heard the game wasn't too great despite its art, but then most good games don't sell anyway.
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    Image of Mentuss Mentuss
    08/04/09

    @(Zombie) Goldwings: It was a good, old fashioned slash-em-up. didn't do anything revolutionary. Beautiful graphics, well done voice acting, but INCREDIBLY short.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    Tales of Vesperia....maybe if they'd released it in europe a bit earlier, rather than announcing the PS3 version before that was released they might have seen a few more sales.
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    Image of okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
    08/04/09

    @excel_excel: They should have went multi-platform if they could afforded it. From the table up there, the results are clear.
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    Image of tokugawa tokugawa
    08/04/09

    @excel_excel: The PS3 version wasn't announced for US or Europe, and there is a high chance it will never see the light of day in the west.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    08/04/09

    @tokugawa: Yeah…..I know :(
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    Image of valdeaunia valdeaunia
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    With the Exception of Afro Samurai, this is the first time I've heard about these games.
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    Image of LedRush LedRush
    08/04/09

    @valdeaunia: I've never heard of Afro Samurai, but I've heard of all the other games. My nieces and nephews love Outdoor Challenge.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    Maybe they'll learn a lesson from this and stop producing shovelware trend titles like We Ski and Active Life: Outdoor Challenge.
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    Image of Hyperfludd Hyperfludd
    08/04/09

    @Omnimon: We Ski & Snowboard isn't shovelware.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    08/04/09

    @Hyperfludd: C'mon now, don't be using sense around here!
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    08/04/09

    @Hyperfludd: Fine, but it's a trend title, and it is horrible. I'll take back the shovelware part, the balance board did work just fine, and the graphics were ok, there was just... no reason to play it. It is among the least engaging of games.
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    Image of tokugawa tokugawa
    08/04/09

    @Omnimon: I disagree, We Ski and We Ski & Snowboard was actually pretty fun!
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    Image of BubbleF**kingBuddy BubbleF**kingBuddy
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    Where's ToV?
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/04/09

    @BubbleF**kingBuddy: Mazel Tov?
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    Well no surprise there... Afro Samurai had the Samuel L. Jackson bump.
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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    That's gotta hurt sort of when their top 5 just about cross 1 million. (1.14m)
    I wonder how their slow acquisition of Atari is going these days.
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    Image of Justin-MMOMFG Justin-MMOMFG
    08/04/09

    @WhatTheFrag:
    Not bad for a 3 month span though.
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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    08/04/09

    @nico1606: but 5 games could sell more than that in 3 months. can't they? If it was one or two sure. but this is their current top 5. Well they'll see a boost with tekken no doubt.
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    Image of Phazonmasher Phazonmasher
    08/04/09

    In reply to Namco Bandai's Best-Selling Games Are...
    Tales of Vesperia should be on this list but it's not and it never will be. Why? I blame every single 360 owner out there who refuses to buy such a wonderful game. Seriously, put down the Halos and the CoDs and play a real game for once. xD

    This message brought to you by the satirical gamer who wishes people would buy Tales of Vesperia but knows it's a long shot.
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    Image of Revenge_of_Nekojin Revenge_of_Nekojin
    08/04/09

    @Phazonmasher: It might not be on the list because it didn't come out during the quarter the list is for.
    I'm just throwing that out there.
    You know.
    Because it's in the article.
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    Witzbold promoted this comment Revenge_of_Nekojin was starred Revenge_of_Nekojin was unstarred
    Image of muu muu
    08/04/09

    @Phazonmasher: did you just come out of a time machine, or do you enjoy selectively covering up words in an article? The sales period covered does not include the release window for ToV, so of course it's not going to be on the list.
    Great game that deserved more attention in the states, yes, but the demo was awful in terms of grabbing a new audience and you missed the timing of the comment by several months.
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    08/04/09

    @muu: and I forgot that somewhere in the atlantic exists some continent called Europe. Oops.
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    Image of Seiven Seiven
    03/12/09

    In reply to Namco Says Its Not Evil, Dropped Splatterhouse Devs For "Performance Issues"
    GOOD! I, for one, am tired of lazy ass devs with second rate games. And this includes lazy ass devs that don't port shit to other platforms...looking at you Valve...take your head out of your ass and port great games to other platforms...left 4 dead to PS3 please...and Bethesda WTF? no Fallout 3 DLC for PS3? and 360 owners deserve Killzone 2 Guerilla...imagine how much better it would be on Live?


    sorry if I am pissed and ranting...I got off work early and drank a bottle of wine...long week in the IT industry

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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    03/12/09

    @Seiven: Are there any Live games that support more than 16 players?
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    Image of Theoutlet Theoutlet
    03/12/09

    @Seiven: The only reason Killzone 2 would be better on live is because my friends won't get off their lazy asses and turn on their PS3. I mean they have one, and they like the game but, they refuse to play it. It's mind boggling.
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    Image of Seiven Seiven
    03/12/09

    @Theoutlet: really? damn we, as gamers, owe it to our culture to get them off their asses...KZ2 is Amazing...I love Live and wish that PSN is one day as good, but damn...really? that lazy?
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    03/12/09

    In reply to Namco Says Its Not Evil, Dropped Splatterhouse Devs For "Performance Issues"
    I want this game to be good. And really, half of what made the old games awesome was the over the top gore. Chainsawing dead babies or midgets or whatever those things were, then chainsawing a beating heart and making blood come down the entire screen? It's so over the top it's great. All those exploding monsters and headless enemies that are headless because you punched off their heads but they keep fighting anyway? I loved it. Question is...can you get away with that sort of ludicrous horror gore in a game anymore? The obvious answer might appear to be yes, since we've done it before and we've seen what games like GTA and God of War do, but back in the day, the Splatterhouse games were about pushing the limits of what was acceptable. To be truly memorable, it'd have to do it again. And if they do...well, bring a good umbrella to shelter yourself from the shitstorm.
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    Image of Roufuss Roufuss
    03/12/09

    @Mister Jack Made a Killzone 2 Clan:


    You can get away with it.


    Hell, look at Madworld, and that's on the *wii*.

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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    03/12/09

    @Roufuss: More! I must have more!!!
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    Image of Man In Gauze is an obscure reference to Courage the Cowardly Dog. Man In Gauze is an obscure reference to Courage the Cowardly Dog.
    02/20/09

    In reply to Afro Samurai Review: Hip Hop Hack and Slash
    "futuristic feudal Japan"? What?
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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    02/20/09

    @Man In Gauze wants KZ2:

    Ninja Scroll has.. machinery.. and some camera- work, as well as dialogue, that suddenly removes the series from the original setting. Samurai Champloo has things like baseball, the music, or graffiti. And Afro Samurai does the same thing with hip- hop.


    It's not a good term, "futuristic feudal Japan" - but then again it's not something you can describe all that well, anyway.

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    Image of KamikazeSailor KamikazeSailor
    02/20/09

    In reply to Afro Samurai Review: Hip Hop Hack and Slash
    This is the exact same opinion I had of the game!


    Beautifully rendered, well-crafted and flowing free with a few problems regarding the combat and such that are almost drowned out by RZA and Samuel L. Jackson doing what they both do best.


    It's a really really fun game if you can get past the few flaws mentioned above.

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