Brian Ashcraft

Gifts For Those Who Want To Import A Bit Of Japanese Gaming

This holiday season, why not give the gift of Japanese gaming to those you love? No, seriously. Why not? Importing video games and video game accessories is a time honored tradition. Surely, everyone has done it at one point or another. And if you haven’t, it’s worth a try! And during the holidays, it might…

Track: California Soul | Artist: Marlena Shaw | Album: The Spice of Life Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Pokémon Sun Moon Anime Just Debuted In Japan

Tonight, the first two episodes of Pokémon Sun Moon were broadcasted on Japanese television. As expected, they were pretty goofy! But they were also intense. Note: This article might contain spoilers. Past Pokémon anime have also had silly scenes, but last season’s Pokémon XY&Z had a more mature-looking Ash who actually seemed like a winner.…

Nintendo Shipped Over Ten Million Copies Of Pokémon Sun and Moon 

While we don’t yet have sales numbers, we do have Pokémon Sun and Moon’s worldwide shipment numbers. And they are nuts. According to Famitsu, the initial launch day shipment of Pokémon Sun and Moon was over 10 million copies. That’s not only 1.5 times larger than the initial shipment launch of Pokémon X and Y,…

Panties Battling To The Death

This is Pan Pan. According to the officialdescription, it’s “a fast-paced battle game.” With, uh, panties. The game’s Steam page continues, “NO hentai contents in this game!” It adds that all the game just has “stupid panties.” Pan Pan will be out next year on Steam, dumb fighting underwear and all. 

Wooden. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft.  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: I Just Called To Say I Love You | Artist: Stevie Wonder | Album: The Woman in Red Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

The Live-Action Fullmetal Alchemist‘s Debut Trailer

As previously reported, shooting wrapped up on the Fullmetal Alchemist feature film And now, here’s the flick’s very first 30-second trailer. The movie will be directed by Fumihiko Sori, who is best known for the 2002 film Ping Pong, while boy band singer Ryosuke Yamada stars as Edward Elric. “I want to depict something that…

Godzilla Origami Looks Difficult 

There is difficult origami, and then, there’s this. Twitter user Ori2ga3mi designed this Godzilla origami, after doing studies of the kaiju.  Here is the final folding blueprint Ori2ga3mi created. Making this origami Godzilla seems fiddly as hell. And here is the final result. There is not a single cut in this origami. Every part is…

In its first four days on sale in Japan, the PlayStation 4 Pro sold 65,194 units in Japan. Famitsu adds that during that same week (November 7 to November 13), Sony sold 28,318 consoles for a estimated total of 93,512 PS4s, Pros and all. 

New MMORPG Ends Service, Folks Think They Know Why 

Yesterday, free-to-play MMORPG Chaos Saga launched in Japan. Today, less than 24 hours later, the game’s service suddenly ended. Some wonder if the reason was that Chaos Saga’s characters look very familiar. Chaos Saga is from DMM.com, a major Japanese streaming and online video rental service. It also has released adult games as well as…

Shinagawa. Tokyo, Japan. By Jon.  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: These People | Artist: Richard Ashcroft | Album: These People  Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Conan On Final Fantasy XV: “Why Would Someone Play This?”

Conan O’Brien and Elijah Wood checked out Final Fantasy XV in the newest “Clueless Gamer.” Conan, it seems, did not have a good time. According to the late night host, they spent the longer with FFXV than they have with any other game in a “Clueless Gamer” segment. But…according to Conan, “I don’t know what…

Minecraft PS Vita handhelds are coming to Japan. They’re part of a special bundle that comes with a Minecraft PS Vita pouch and an array of downloadable content. It will be out on December 6 in Japan. No word on an international release.

The Famicom Mini sold 262,961 in its first four days on sale in Japan, Famitsureports. Not bad, Nintendo! Not bad at all.

Pokémon Turned Into Traditional Japanese Prints

If Pokémon had existed in 19th century Japan, perhaps fans would’ve collected prints like these. Obviously, they did not, so the next best thing are these modern takes on classic Japanese prints from Hiroshige and Yoshitoshi. Artisans carved both prints by hand, using traditional tools. Via Curazy, here’s how the prints compare to the original…

Hadouken! Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. By Judd Abramson. 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: Celestial Blues | Artist: Andy Bey | Album: Experience And Judgment Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment.

Now this is cool. The Mini-Famicom’s commercial recreates the original Famicom ad from 1983, big pink puffy sleeves and all. Watch both ads and compare for yourself!