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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    So now that they have the video game consoles...

    ...they want video game software.

    Also, I lol'd at the image. Is that your kind, Brian? ;)
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    Image of homernoy homernoy
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    That's all I need right now, too drunk to fuck!

    Great shirt. My girlfriend years ago had a little brother that heard me listening to the Dead Kennedy's song, Too Drunk to Fuck. The next week the 15 year old bought a DK shirt with a drunk guy at a bar and the words too drunk to fuck on it. The parents were friggen religious fanatics and they freaked.

    I was never allowed to be around that house ever again after the kid told where he got the idea for purchasing that shirt.
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    Image of MrBounce MrBounce
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    I love how this article starts:

    "the least popular present this Christmas are video game consoles".

    There are more than those 10 things on the list that a kid could want for Xmas......, so it's at the bottom of the top 10 list, not the "least" out of all the presents a kid could get.
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    Edited by MrBounce at 12/08/09 11:53 AM MrBounce was starred MrBounce was unstarred
    Image of Bradley Litzenberger Bradley Litzenberger
    12/08/09

    @MrBounce: Kotaku isn't exactly unbiased when it comes to Japan, at least Bashcraft is a little less so.
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    Image of MrBounce MrBounce
    12/08/09

    @Bradley Litzenberger: I don't even think it's a question of bias (which I think is also arguable on whether Kotaku is biased one way or the other...), the sentence doesn't really make sense in the context it's being presented.
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    Image of Knoxximus ver. 5.66 Knoxximus ver. 5.66
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    It's hard to want a console when you already OWN THEM ALL. :/

    Oh, and that picture is ridiculously hilarious!
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    Edited by Knoxximus ver. 5.66 at 12/08/09 10:26 AM Knoxximus ver. 5.66 was starred Knoxximus ver. 5.66 was unstarred
    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    12/08/09

    In reply to Merry Christmas Zombies, Dinosaurs And Gourds!
    Awesome.
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    Image of HELLSRIDER is watching anime HELLSRIDER is watching anime
    12/08/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: I think it's been a month since he posted that comic.
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    Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... promoted this comment HELLSRIDER is watching anime was starred HELLSRIDER is watching anime was unstarred
    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    12/08/09

    @HELLSRIDER is watching anime: Yeah I wish updates were more frequent and on some kind of schedule.
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    Image of HELLSRIDER is watching anime HELLSRIDER is watching anime
    12/08/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: Yeah he should be more like vgcats (sarcasm)
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    Would that be a Stuffed Tentacle monster?
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    Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... was starred Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... was unstarred
    Image of gordiehowe5 gordiehowe5
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    I'm sure coal would probably be a worse gift.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    The children want Kamen Rider? Good. Good.
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    Image of Lyner Lyner
    12/08/09

    @Demonbird: But Pretty Cure stuff, too? That's like...otaku training at its finest right there.
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    Demonbird promoted this comment Lyner was starred Lyner was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/08/09

    @Lyner:
    Well, girls are japanese children too, and there are some boys who would be interested.
    Much to parental disappointment in all likelihood.
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    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    Maybe every kid in Japan already has a game console?
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    Image of Senecal Senecal
    12/08/09

    @Dr Durdon: " Since most children already have at least one video game console, that of course could explain the lack of desirability."

    Last sentence under the graph.... maybe you missed it.
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    Dr Durdon promoted this comment Senecal was starred Senecal was unstarred
    Image of Dr Durdon Dr Durdon
    12/08/09

    @Senecal: Nope, I didn't miss it.
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    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    If kids would be willing to wait a few extra days, there will be plenty of Pretty Cure literature available in Ariake once December 29 hits. Parents should do their shopping then.

    :)
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    Image of Blastarr Blastarr
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    Ya for Kamen Rider!

    It might have to do with the Decade Prologue and the Double Movies that come out on the 12th.
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    Image of rainofwalrus rainofwalrus
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    Kamenrida? Kikaida gets no love?
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    Image of battra92 battra92
    12/08/09

    @rainofwalrus: and where's my Inazuman?
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    Image of rainofwalrus rainofwalrus
    12/08/09

    @battra92:
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    Image of battra92 battra92
    12/08/09

    @#c17421843: How's this for a compromise?
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    Edited by battra92 at 12/08/09 9:56 PM battra92 was starred battra92 was unstarred
    Image of battra92 battra92
    12/08/09

    @battra92: or this rather ...
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    Image of D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    Books?

    No wonder they are whooping our ass in the education department...

    I would cry if I got a book.
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    Image of Kicken Kicken
    12/08/09

    @D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!:
    Wouldn't be surprised if manga is included in this. :P
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    Image of bobtheduck in Korea bobtheduck in Korea
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
    Brilliant picture, but...

    1. Game software
    10. Game consoles

    9/10 (I know it's not the real math, just go with it) of those kids want games for consoles they already have. Only 1/10 (again, just go with it) want new consoles... Then next year they'll want new games.
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    Image of kitsuneconundrum kitsuneconundrum
    12/08/09

    In reply to Report: Japanese Kids Don't Really Want Game Consoles This Christmas
     
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    Image of FarmboyinJapan FarmboyinJapan
    12/08/09

    @kitsuneconundrum:

    Dude...watcha know about Kamen Rider Black??? The guy who played Minami Kotaro, Kurata Tetsuo, opened/owns his own steak restaurant in Tokyo...and he is frequently there! I've had my picture taken with him!

    Back when I was in school, I was in the film making club, and one of my best friends was obsessed with Kamen Rider Black...and we ended up making a short Kamen Rider film. We even went out and bought the clothes that Minami Kotaro wears when he is just walking around. (A construction jacket/jumper, gloves, somewhat baggy/light blue jeans, and some white tennis shoes)

    And in the most recent series of Kamen Rider...the main charater (who would make the androgynous heroes of Square games look like Arnold in comparison) gets lost in some kind of time slip, and wanders through the various Kamen Rider series...and then teams up with the hero/Kamen Rider of that era. About 2~3 months ago, they went through Kamen Rider Black - RX. He still uses the Revol Cane...and the Henshin pose is still exactly the same! I bout lost it when I saw that. (BTW...why do they even call it Kamen RIDER anymore? None of the newer characters have a bike...and everything is centered around "battle cards.")

    And MY GOD....singing the theme song to Kamen Rider Black RX at karaoke is FUCKING AWESOME! I have friends who don't give two shits about Kamen Rider, who can quote that entire song...it just gets everyone pumped up! I remember the first time I sang it, I randomly put it in, knowing full well that no one would know what this song was...and the room just exploded into cheers and high fives. It was like nothing I had ever seen at karaoke before. I've been a frequent visitor to karaoke bars for about 5 years now, and I am yet to find a song that gets everyone pumped up like that theme song does.
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    Image of FarmboyinJapan FarmboyinJapan
    12/08/09

    @kitsuneconundrum:

    Warning....try not to explode with joy upon watching this....
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