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Track: For Once In My Life (Live) | Artist: Stevie Wonder | Album: For Once In My Life Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Some Fans Aren’t Feeling Resident Evil 2‘s Remake Faces 

Capcom is remaking Resident Evil 2. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1998, the remake will feature new character models. Meaning? Of course, the characters are going to look slightly different. Some fans are feeling the new designs, while others are not. While nearly everyone seemed thrilled about the RE2 remake announcement, for some, the…

Japanese Soccer Player Wanted To Become A Super Saiyan

Japanese national team member Yuto Nagatomo recently unveiled his new hairdo. “I want to help out the time so I turned into a Super Saiyan,” he wrote on Instagram Nagatomo added that just with his hair, he could get his teammates to laugh Here is what Nagatomo looked like before He also said that the…

Mesquite Sunrise. Rio Grande City, TX. By Chris Lopez | 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! 

Dead or Alive is back! The latest entry in Team Ninja’s fighting game series Dead or Alive 6 is slated for release early next year on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Track: Hold Me Now | Artist: The Polyphonic Spree | Album: Together We’re Heavy Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Pokémon Art Made From Rubik’s Cubes

To make this Pokémon art, you need lots and lots of Rubik’s Cubes. I mean, lots. Twitter user Epee bought a whole bunch of Rubik’s Cubes to make these creations But look at what you can do with them Each one took about 900 Rubik’s Cubes to complete. This one, however, needed around one thousand…

This Japanese Cat Cafe Also Has Hedgehogs 

For years, there have been cat cafes in Japan. Hedgehog cafes are not new, either. But now, starting this spring, it has a cat and a hedgehog cafe. Cat and Hedgehog Cafe Cherish opened this past May in Takatsuki, Osaka. If you don’t have to visit a cat cafe and a hedgehog one, it looks…

K-pop Superstar Dresses Up As Squirtle To Check Out Fans’ Birthday Wishes

JR from the Korean boy group Nu’est recently had a birthday. According to SBS, fans rented out subway billboards with birthday wishes. JR wanted to go see the ads for himself and dressed up as Squirtle as he ventured out in public. Below are images of JR, apparently dressed as Squirtle, checking out the birthday…

Earth and Sky. Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima, Japan. By Harold Loar. 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: Animal Nitrate | Artist: Suede | Album: Suede Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Japan Now Has Pokémon Vending Machines

Japan loves Pokémon, and it loves vending machines. It was only a matter of time before they merged. Behold, the Pokémon Stand. These vending machines sell Pokémon Center merchandise and are located at Narita Airport, Aqua City Odaiba, Ebina service area in Kanagawa and Ashigara service area in Shizuoka. As you can see in these images…

Chun-Li Cosplay Requires Thighs Like These

Singer and pin-up Ladybeard is the manliest Chun-Li of all. His cosplay was excellent! Know how to make it better? Add another pair of massive thighs. With Ladybeard, that’s Reika Saiki. She’s a weightlifter, wrestler and model. She’s the other part of Ladybeard’s newest idol unit Deadlift Lolita Deadlift enough and you too can end…

A Darth Vader Costume Made From Cardboard 

Notebook maker Showa Note doesn’t only make school supplies. It also makes cardboard costumes. Previously, Kotaku featured its Dragon Ball Z and samurai outfits. Today, it’s time to show off Showa Note’s upcoming Darth Vader costume. The made-in-Japan outfit goes on sale this fall for 3,980 yen ($36.38). No word yet on an international release. Kotaku…

The Spirit Of Nature. Tokyo, Japan. By Jessica Sandoval | 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: Fast Slow Disco (Live) | Artist: St. Vincent | Album: NA (Later… with Jools Holland) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Pokémon Anime Just Referenced Pop Team Epic, It Seems

The latest episode of the Pokémon Sun Moon anime was something else! It featured a couple different goofy expressions, one of which looked straight out of Pop Team Epic This has to be on purpose. See? Ha! Fitting because Pop Team Epic previously referenced Pokémon Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing…

Racist Twitter Comments Lead To Anime’s Cancellation

The Japanese light novel series New Life+: Young Again in Another World was slated to get a TV anime adaptation this fall. But in the wake of bigoted tweets its creator previously made, the show has been canned. The light novel’s creator writes under the pen name MINE. When the anime was announced, Twitter users…

Meet The Cleanest Badasses In Japan

These are modern day heroes. Dressed in traditional threads, they walk the streets of Japan. When they see trash, they pick it up, and throw it away. Bless them. They’re called Isse Ichidai Jidaigumi. Originally from Hokkaido, the group also has a Tokyo branch. They sing at events, dance and do sword shows, and walk…

Blocky. Tokyo, Japan. By Mason Haydari | 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!