Toshi Nakamura's saved articles

Am I the only one who thinks that Nintendo uses the IP's of Capcom and Sega better than the companies themselves. Read more

Given the amount of creative work that needs to go behind adding a new character, it's no wonder Sakurai originally turned down the idea. And yet, now, nearly 8 years later, there's Pac-Man. Fairly fitting, considering that Bandai Namco is developing the new game. "You never know what's going to happen in this world."… Read more

Plot twist : they added this Pac-man

Somewhere, Miyamoto was watching that Pac-Man reveal trailer with a huge smirk on his face. Read more

Sure girls may play video games, but we all know that all the Western blockbuster releases are aimed toward a 18-45 white male demographic. At least the Yakuza team aren't coy about aiming toward the middle aged men demographic of Japan. Read more

As apposed to the distant past, (where Yakuza has gone before) when male host clubs didn't exist. Read more

Hey, I know that swimming pool.....

For men?! o.O

NIS followed up the release lack week with another read-along promotion movie posted last night. I threw some subtitles for anyone still curious about the game or interested in the "backstory" this episode provides.

I like to describe the game as "The Disgaea team looked at Limbo and said to themselves that it wasn't hard or scary enough." Read more

'Is he car!?' Read more

Interesting, a Vita game with touchscreen controls that works on the PS TV, too. That's hopeful for both platforms. Quite a few people were worried that the console would spell the end of Vita games that took advantage of the handheld's unique inputs. Read more

I'm with Matt Frank of this one - if it can capture the fun of the Pipeworks games, I'm in. I backed Kaiju Combat on Kickstarter for that very reason. Read more

The first story of Zokkon revolves around the protagonist, Aoi, who, upon moving to a northern snowbound city, sells his bike. One day, he is approached by a man, Hayato, who claims he was Aoi's bike and professes his love for Aoi. Their romance is interrupted by a man who approaches Aoi, claiming that he is Aoi's car. Read more

I've always loved their style of art from games like Odin Sphere and Muramasa. Even with this issues with the game play I still played through those games because the visuals were just so darn pretty. If they ever manage to do a Muramasa type game and improve the gameplay, story telling and level design. I'd be giddy.… Read more