Beat Takeshi is a well-known Japanese comedian, actor, director, writer, painter and pundit. He also made a video game. Takeshi’s Challenge was designed by Takeshi and released by Taito for the Nintendo Famicom in 1986. It is hitting the Japanese Virtual Console on March 31. Takeshi’s Challenge followed a salaryman as he beat up yakuza,…
Legendary Japanese rocker Kyosuke Himuro, member of seminal band Boøwy, has joined forces with emo vocalist Gerard Way from the group My Chemical Romance for the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura is a big Boøwy fan. Back in 2005, Himuro’s tune “Calling” from his 1989 album Neo Fascio found its…
Folks are fluttering around on the Japanese internet about the boxart similarity between these two games. Kwinky-dink or sinister thievery? Namco Bandai’s Xbox 360 role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia was a big hit when it was released in Japan last summer, selling 161,070 copies. The game was so popular it caused the Xbox 360 to sell…
Arcade shooter Triggerheart Exelica is getting a PS2 port, called Triggerheart Exelica -Enhanced-. There’s a limited edition version for the PS2. Packaged with a Exelica figure from figure maker Good Smile Company, the limited edition version includes a balloon for those who pre-ordered. The game includes new elements like an opening movie and new CG…
First the new PSP shades were slick race cars, and now it’s Nintendo’s turn to turn its colorful DSi in speed demons for the Japanese viewing public. Less a car motif and more a colored pencil one, this Nintendo ad is pleasant eye candy — though not has heavy on the glossy hardware sexy, but…
Only a few hours left! We’re giving away a sofa (not a couch, a SOFA) and an Xbox 360. What do you gotta do? Impress us with your classic game board smack talk. Click below for more details, contest rules and how to enter your smack talk. The Best Board Game Trash Talker Wins A…
To: Fahey, Crecente, Whomever From: Bashcraft So… What’d you think of Nintendo’s GDC announcements? What you missed last night Square Enix Has Future Plans For Final Fantasy VII Series Microsoft To Reach One Million Xbox 360s Sold In Japan (Soon) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Dated For Nov. 10 In First Trailer Is There…
Japan loves Dragonball. Japan loves the PSP. Japan does not love PSP title Dragonball Evolution. The game is based on the Hollywood flick Dragonball Evolution, which is all kinds of stupid. Japan has turned its nose up at the PSP game. Dragonball games traditionally sell exactly well in Japan, the one movie inspired one hasn’t.…
*tap* *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Because game designer Hideo Kojima has something to announce. First and foremost, Kojima is best known for creating stealth series Metal Gear Solid. That doesn’t mean you should pigeonhole him as an action guy. In a GDC interview, he states: Well, to give you maybe a surprise, people…
As Blu-ray movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete readies for release, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura talks about the film and the franchise. As has been previous announced, Square Enix has gone through and amped up Advent Children for this HD release. Fan favorite FFVII has been revisited multiple times with the Compilation of Final…
Turned-based strategy computer game Empire: Total War has been beleaguered with issues since launch. There have been crashes to the desktop, or corruptions in your game that stop campaign progression. Loads of users on Valve’s content delivery system Steam have been having problems with the game, and Valve has been reticent on the issues. Until…
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is giving a GDC keynote. According to the rumors, he’s announcing a new game. According to Kojima, he’s not. “I’m not going to be talking about new titles or anything,” he told website 1Up. “I’ll leave that for sometime later.” Though, Kojima said he would try to keep his…
Contest time! We’re giving away a game couch and an Xbox 360. Want to win? Better start trashing talking. For the next 24 hours, the comments section in this post will be a trash talking smorgasbord. But not any trash talking smorgasboard, a board game trash talking smorgasboard. Woot. We’ll pick the ten best trash…
Otomedius Gorgeous!, Konami’s cleavage-heavy entry in the Gradius spin-off series, gets something off its chest with new downloadable content. The Xbox 360 port of the arcade original features three-player coop, the ability to upload and download replay data via Xbox LIVE, and a versus mode that lets the Otomedius girls take on bosses from previous…
The Xbox 360 went on sale in Japan in December 2005. The console was met by a largely indifferent Japanese game buying public. But, bit-by-bit and RPG-by-RPG, the console has started doing decent enough. According to online reports, the consoles current sales total in Japan is hovering dangerously close to the one million mark. During…
Roid is a “non-console” from developer Level 5, but rather, a web portal used by the dev to sell PC and mobile games. The new issue of Famitsu hints at what to expect. According to the article, “A surprise, big title is also slated to appear.” Below that is a picture of classic Japanese role-playing-game…
The final Japanese release date for Bionic Commando was announced earlier. Now, the US one comes swinging in. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will ship to North American retailers on May 19. The PC version doesn’t have an announced release date yet, but will ship shortly thereafter. The game was originally expected to be…
This April, PS3 exclusive Valkyria Chronicles is getting an TV anime. The teaser trailer was shown at the International Anime Fair 2009 in Tokyo last week, and now it’s online. The anime is produced by A-1 Pictures under the direction of Yasutaka Yamamoto (episode director of xxxHOLiC: Kei, Big Windup!). The theme song will be…
To: Fahey From: Bashcraft RE: Mmmm, Rotting Groceries Had to take Micro-Bash to the doctor today — where the little squirt got his blood taken for an allergy test. Was amazed that the baby didn’t cry at all, but giggled as the needle was being jabbed in his arm. Granted, the kid is four months…
Earlier this year, Jaleco Holdings announced that it was leaving the video game business. And the company has — poof, it’s gone and moved on. Before it left, as we first broke last January, Jaleco Holdings sold off subsidiary company Jaleco to online game company GAME YAROU. Jaleco has been struggling for the past decade,…
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