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Track: St. Petersburg (Live) | Artist: Supergrass | Album: Road to Rouen Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

League of Legends K-pop Video Gets Inevitable Cosplay Movie

That well-done League of Legends K-pop video has already inspired cosplay photos. Now, it has inspired a cosplay video. What took so long, you wonder. The original video debuted back in November. Since then, a photographer known as Skulds has been working on his cosplay clip. Cospalyer Aza Miyuko, formerly of Spiral Cats fame, is…

Bayonetta 2 director Yusuke Hashimoto has left Platinum Games. Hashimoto also produced the first Bayonetta and directed Star Fox Zero. He just announced his departure on Twitter (see above). Platinum Games is currently working on Switch exclusive Bayonetta 3

Porn Star Comes To The Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch exclusive Oshiete Onedari Shogi (Teach Me Japanese Chess Pretty Please) has players give shogi hints and tips to adult video actress Airi Satou as well as cosplayers Yui Uno and Inori Hanamiya. For a reward, players get photos and clips of them in bikinis, maid outfits and more. In total, there are over…

Morning Snowfall. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By Kyle Kreiger | Instagram JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: Take On Me | Artist: Weezer | Album: The Teal Album Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Pokémon‘s Former Rival Yokai Watch Is Having A Terrible Time In Japan

In 2014, the popularity of Yokai Watch exploded in Japan. It seemed like Pokémon was going to be eclipsed and overtaken. For a time, it was. That summer in Japan, there were massive lines for the latest Yokai Watch toys. Children, mine included, memorized the show’s theme song and dance. Level-5’s Yokai Watch was a…

The Folks Who Protest Valentine’s Day In Japan

On Valentine’s Day in Japan, women traditionally give men chocolate. Each year, a group of protesters gathers to march, carrying signs that read “Pulverize Valentine’s Day” and “Making out in public is terrorism.” On Valentine’s Day in Japan, there is also a practice of giri (obligation) chocolate, with women feeling compelled to gift their male…

Québec Winter. Montréal, Canada. By Nicolas Cheung | Flickr JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Track: The Look of Love | Artist: Nina Simone | Album: Silk & Soul Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Now, Some Traditional Batman Samurai Armor

May 5 is Children’s Day in Japan. Parents with sons display miniature armor so that their sons grow up healthy and strong. Traditionally, the armor is based on famous designs, such as Date Masamune’s get up. However, in the past few years, there have been armor sets based on popular culture, such as Mickey Mouse…

Nippon Ichi Software and Acquire have teamed up for an adventure game titled Jinrui no Minasama e (To All of Mankind) about a group of girls surviving in the ruins of Akihabara. The game is slated for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

6,850 Fake Amiibo Cards Seized In Taiwan 

A 35-year-old man in Taipei has been arrested for selling counterfeit Amiibo cards online. According to Apple Daily (via ChineseNintendo), the man was allegedly selling the NFC-enabled phony cards on Taobao for the equivalent of 52 cents a card. Taiwanese police discovered that the man was in possession of 6,850 bogus cards. Many fake Amiibo…

Poop Museum Coming To Japan

This spring in Yokohama, the Unko Museum will delight young and old alike with cute poop. It’s not the first exhibition dedicated to dookie. There is the National Poo Museum on the Isle of Wight, which is temporarily closed, and the Shit Museum in Northern Italy. Yes, that’s its name, the Shit Museum. Those seem…

Sunrise. Dumaguete, Philippines. By Martin Tan. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!   

Track: Son of Sam | Artist: Elliott Smith | Album: Figure 8 Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Sophia Portrait From Xenogears Replicated For Only $360

While the portrait of Sophia looked impressive in Xenogears, it might look even better on your wall. According to Hachima, Square Enix is selling a high-quality replica version of the painting in a fancy frame based on the original game data. Priced at 39,800 yen ($361), the portrait is to celebrate the game’s 20th anniversary…

Ni no Kuni is getting an anime movie this summer in Japan (no word on an international release). Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino is writing the script and former Studio Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki Momose is directing. Previously, Level-5 has turned Professor Layton, Yokai Watch and Inazuma Eleven into anime.

The Mystery Why Dinosaur Jr.’s 25-Year-Old Song Is Topping The Charts In Japan

“Over Your Shoulder” might be a good tune, but there seems to be more explaining why the 25-year-old song is charting in Japan, surpassing even Ariana Grande. The Dinosaur Jr. track hit 18 on Billboard Japan’s Hot 100 chart and number one on the country’s overseas chart This is due to YouTube views and not…

Taipei 101. Taipei, Taiwan. By ShuYung Wu. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!