Mexico

Nintendo's Favourite Drunken Mexican

Hahaha! Mario's not Italian, you suckers. He just moonlights for Nintendo, does the odd bit of product promotion here and there. Helps put the kids through college. No, for the other six days of the week, he's no plumber. He's a drunk, Mexican restaurant mascot by the name of Pancho Bigotes! Or Pancho Whiskers, if you will. I don't know about you, but Super Paper Pancho Bigotes would only be the most awesome game ever, Nintendo. Ever. You hear me?

[via Go Nintendo]

11:30 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Luke Plunkett
7,402 views, 87 comments

Latest by n/a: As a mexican I'm highly offended by this....HAHAHAHAHAHAH no I'm just kidding it's the MOST HILARIOUS THING I'VE SEEN IN AWHILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

hollywood

Goku Will Die In Second Dragonball Movie (Huh?)

Sigh. Producer of the Dragonball movie Tim Van Rellim has revealed that Goku will apparently die in the next Dragonball flick adapted by Hollywood. (Bwah? Mistranslation?) Oh, m'kay, sure, whatever! War of the Worlds actor Justin Chatwin is filling out the orange training suit in the upcoming movie. While originally thought the film was pushed back to next year, the producer now says they're gunning for a late summer or October release. About shooting the flim in Mexico, Van Rellim says:

Durango has been a phenomenal place to shoot. We had many sets and the truth never felt paparazzi or harassment of the press and elsewhere and in other productions. It is a very quiet place, we were treated very well.

Because no one cared and those who did wanted you all to stop? No! We kid.
Goku Dying, Dude [El Siglo via Dragonball: The Movie]

5:00 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
11,968 views, 89 comments

Latest by n/a: keep cracking jokes but this is movie is going to be bigger than LOTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

dragonball

Image of Justin Chatwin's Double In Goku Gear

Can't wait for the Dragonball movie? You'll have to! It's been delayed to next spring. To hold you over, here are some images from Spanish site Infotaku. Here's a pic of Justin Chatwin's stunt double dressed in his Goku outfit — previously, we saw Chatwin himself in an orange t-shirt. There are more pics, and if you think the stills look crappy, image them moving and with sound. Shudder. Writes one commenter over at Infotaku: "Quien quieres vomitar conmigo?" Dude, we already started vomitar-ing months ago. More »

9:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
25,804 views, 209 comments

Latest by n/a: WOW! You all are so ignorant so let me school you so called DB fans...First,t that's NOT Justin but his sik, stupid talented double who is NOT WAERIN NIKE's by the way! Second, search Jackson Spidell on you tube and more »

rumor

Crappy Looking Dragonball Movie Getting Crappy Looking Sequel?

Does it matter if the Dragonball flick was pushed back from this summer to next spring? Does it matter that the movie looks like dookey? No! Apparently, Dragonball 2 could be shooting first quarter next year. Some of the movie's sets are still in place where it was shoot in Mexico, waiting! It does matter how the flick does, though. Whew, that's good. There is a God.
Dragonball 2? [Movieland via Dragonball - The Movie via TokyoGraph via a geek by any other name]

12:00 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
5,678 views, 28 comments

Latest by jrghoull: @smitty1123: dont know about script reviews but there have been some photos more »

piracy

Another Mexico Raid Snatches 28,800 Pirated Games

If you are a software pirate in Mexico, it hasn't been your year. Back in April, you got raided by authorities. Now, you're getting raided again. 500 law enforcement officers recently busted 4 duplication plants in Tepito area in Mexico City. Authorities captured 290 DVD/CD burners, 28,800 games and whopping 900,000 video game cover inserts. Now that the ESA is happy to celebrate the victory, maybe they'll focus their efforts on facilitating improved game distribution to our friends south of the border. More »

1:40 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Mark Wilson
4,023 views, 77 comments

Latest by n/a: The piracy situation in Mexico is growing exponentially. Mainly because the government believes that videogames are for millionaires and not for the regular folk. But also because neither Sony nor Nintendo0 really considers the country a valuable market to distribute more »

hollywood

1,500 Mexicans Needed for Dragonball Flick

Live in Mexico? Like Dragonball? You're in luck! The DB movie is looking for extras. No experience necessary! It looks like the cattle call has already commenced. This is actually the coolest news to come out of the Dragonball movie shoot. In an age were all crowds scenes are CG, it's pretty neat that the producers are using actual people for the shoot. Too bad they seem to be mucking up the rest of the flick. Then again, after the censoring the anime got when it came to the US, this movie should just be par for the course.
More than 1,500 People [Movieland via Otaku Times]

5:00 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
6,385 views, 70 comments

Latest by Erzengel: the movie is going to suck? definitely will i go to see it? without a doubt :D the movie is suposed to be about the Piccolo arc, so, if my memory serves me well (i just rewatched the episodes, hehehe) Piccolo kills more »

politics

New Mexico Proposes Video Game Tax To Get Kids Off Asses

The latest proposal that would tax video games (and televisions) in an effort to fund other, seemingly unrelated programs has popped up in New Mexico, initiated by the Sierra Club. The environmental organization's executive director, Carl Pope, writes on the Huffington Post that tacking on a 1% tax on games and televisions would generate some $4 million toward pushing the "No Child Left Inside" agenda, getting chubby kids off their humps and out to national parks where they can receive an outdoor education.

We suppose that this sort of diversion of funds makes more sense than others. I just hope they don't limit the use of PSPs for these poor kids brought to tears by the prospect of experiencing "nature." And, please New Mexico, make sure these kids are well stocked on Happy Meals.

A Tax to Remember [The Huffington Post via GamePolitics]

6:20 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Michael McWhertor
1,658 views, 95 comments

Latest by tljent: I live here in the Duke City (ABQ) and haven't heard about this. P.S. Fuck Bill Richardson. more »

clips

Dragonball Actor "Hopes" He Does a Good Goku

You've seen the set images. But those are just pictures. And as we all know, films are moving pictures. Now how about some behind the scenes footage. Above is an interview with Justin Chatwin, who says this about playing Goku:

Um, the character of Goku, an important character to play, uh, been around on kid's cartoons for a while, uh, so I hope I do a good job.

THIS MOVIE IS DOOMED. Hit the jump for hidden camera footage of the cast being introduced to reporters. The M.C. even forgets Justin Chatwin's name. No, really! More »

12:00 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
13,420 views, 130 comments

Latest by Papa Midnight: This Movie Is Fucked . Period. more »

sales

Mexico's Game Industry Approaching $1 Billion

We don't consider Mexico a tech-obsessed country, but according to a recent report by Americas News Intelligence, Mexico's video game industry will inflate to $1 billion by 2010. Because so many Mexican young adults live with their parents until marriage, they develop disposable incomes. That money, when not being spent on [fill in American-nationalistic Mexican food stereotype fully based upon Americanized Mexican food] young men and women enjoy buying video games. Don't believe us? Then why did Nintendo spaz out on the country for piracy?

Mexico Game Industry Nears $1B [via n4g]

11:00 AM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Mark Wilson
1,892 views, 77 comments

Latest by LesPaulJr: @VakeroRokero: I don't know from where in Mexico you come from but we DO use potatoes, just a few examples dude: Salpicon Ropa vieja Tacos de cecina con papas. PAPAS CON CHORIZO Sorry 'bout going off topic guys. more »

mexico

Blue 360 Controller. Fancy Suit. Luchador.

Over the past weekend in Mexico City, famous wrestler El Hijo del Santo put in an appearance for a round of FIFA 2008 at the 5th annual Electronic Game Show and faced off against Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa. Forget the lucha libre mask, just look at that pinstripe suit. It's spectacular!
Electronic Game Show [Medio Tiempo via Insert Credit]

9:00 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,587 views, 28 comments

regret the upload

Mexican Authorities Confiscate 15,000 Counterfeit Nintendo Products

Nintendo has announced that Mexican authorities have snatched up 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products from a Guadalajara market, including 4,500 counterfeit Wii games. Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy, calls the Mexican market's piracy problem "widespread" and puts the number of seized unauthorized games at 100,000 for this calendar year.

The company made headlines recently for its recent civil suit win against a Uruguayan counterfeiter and for its support of the U.S. government's stance on Chinese piracy.

We have absolutely no confirmation that the video game pirates looked anything like the Mexican bandits from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but it's the most insensitive image we could generate on short notice. Full PR after the jump.

More »

7:20 PM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By Michael McWhertor
4,578 views, 73 comments

scam

The Mexican 8-Bit Xbox 360-Looking Emulator

Confused? Heck, I'm confused, and I wrote this. Kotakuite Erzengel spotted a NES emulator in a Mexican shopping mall that looks an Xbox 360. He writes:

I was walking around a well known mexican mall (wich makes sense since im mexican), when i saw, in a "serious" store, this pieces of... well, the pic says it all. Its a Xbox-like 8BITS videogame system. Yup, 8 bits, wich means NES quality games, in a shiny white box. Makes me kind of sad, many kids are gonna get this because their tech impaired parents wont be able to see the differences. In case you ask, the price is around US$28.

Wonder if Super Mario Bros. causes it to lock up and crap out. Zing!

3:00 AM on Thu Aug 16 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
35,190 views, 61 comments

Latest by O-Z: @LynxWinters: Two days, TWO DAYS LATER they were packing up their shit. Go go ignorant mall execs. The mall execs aren't ignorant. They don't give a shit what someone is selling as long as the rent is paid on time. more »

age of empires

Mexico's Gaming Presidente

In Mexico, nothing says politics more than video games. Former Mexican president Vicente Fox once invited some orphans over to "play Nintendo," and current prez Felipe Calderon is a big time game nerd who even admits publicly he games. During his president campaign, Calderon doted his campaign site with flash games, which unfortunately are now gone. Still! He is one of us. His favorite title? Age of Empires. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, though... Brian Ashcraft More »

6:40 AM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,805 views, 35 comments

Latest by kunawaro: @izarate: the facts as you say, means the court is as corrupt as the president. more »

mexico

Mexican Police Offer Xboxes For Guns

In an effort to make a dent in the violence surrounding the Tepito area drug trade, Mexican police are now attempting to get guns off the streets by offering to trade firearms for cash. And Xboxes! Instead of engaging in real life firefights, gun owners in Mexico City can hand in their pistoles and get a console and free software, the latter courtesy of Microsoft. More »

4:40 PM on Wed Mar 28 2007
By Michael McWhertor
372 views, 23 comments

graw

Mexican Politician Hates GRAW 2 [Update]

On Thursday, the Mayor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, Jose Reyes Baeza Terrazas, ordered his government to seize and confiscate every copy of the game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, stating that the game was 'unnecessarily rude' against the city and the people of Cd. Ju rez, Chihuahua. The Mexican Government has yet to make an official statement. Explains reader Jose: More »

9:00 AM on Fri Mar 23 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
4,176 views, 102 comments

bill gates

Bill Gates, Soccer Loser

Microsoft's Bill Gates duked it out in Mexico with Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez on the Xbox 360. The exec was visiting the country to mark Microsoft's 20th anniversary there. The competition was displayed on three large screens above a stage where the two battled with Marquez beating Gates 2-1. Before the match, the soccer pro asked Gates if he was ready. The chairman replied: More »

6:00 AM on Wed Mar 21 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,322 views, 20 comments

microsoft

Microsoft's Big Pinata Record Crushed By Mexican Gov't

Not one to be outdone by Microsoft (and really, who is?), the Mexican government has swiped the world's biggest effing piñata record held by the Viva Piñata piñata and done one better. Created to celebrate 2007, the new champ was built in Mexico City and is 30 meters in diameter and 27 meters tall, dwarfing Microsoft's 14.6 meter tall effort. Speculation maybe, but I *heart* the idea of Mexican officials plotting to one-up Microsoft's effort. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:22 AM on Fri Jan 5 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
460 views, 26 comments

Latest by snowferret: Is it full of candy? and if so, what kind? more »

viva pinata

Big-Ass Mexican Viva Pinata

Word is that Viva Piñata is pretty darn great. So great that it deserves the world's biggest paper mache animal. Over at the Six Flags in Mexico, they did just that and created a 14.6 meter piñata that just screams smash me por favor. Brian Ashcraft More »

11:22 AM on Mon Dec 4 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
14,614 views, 18 comments

Kotaku

Another Mario Sonic Collaboration in the Works?

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