We’ve seen the Xbox One controller. We’ve seen the PS4 controller. Now, we see the Xbox One controller stacked up with the PS4 Controller. Well, what do you think? The PS4 controller looks kind of big in comparison to the Xbox One controller! The above image comes courtesy of website GameChup (via IB Times), but…
Google Street View trolling is not new. People around the world love pulling hijinks when they see the Google Street View apparatus rolling down the street. Folks in Japan did some truly epic trolling. As IT Media points out, writers at Japanese humor site Daily Portal Zgot the drop that the Google Street View would…
Huh. As tipster Sang points out, Samurai Shodown characters are now appearing in a South Korean runner game called Everyone Kal Kal Kal. “Kal” (칼) means “sword”. SNK signed off on the game, which is for iOS and Android. So there ya go! Everyone Kal Kal Kal [Official Site Thanks, Sang!] To contact the author…
Outside Japan, the perception is that all Japanese people love Sony. Sony’s a Japanese company, so everyone must support the home team, right? Eh… Some people in Japan love Sony. Other people hate it. Then some really don’t care at all. And over the years, there have been a series of nicknames for the country’s…
On June 26, Nintendo is holding a Pikmin 3 Direct for Japan. It will feature a special guest: comedian and filmmaker Hitoshi Matsumoto.
The hair. Just look at the hair! It’s magnificent. These aren’t video game characters. They’re men who would like to drink cocktails with you. Earlier this month, Japanese internet users chattered about how the latest entry in the Final Fantasy role-playing game series, Final Fantasy XV, featured a protagonist who looks like a “host”. Here…
Reports out of China state that woman suffered at least one ruptured breast implant after lying on her stomach for four hours and gaming. According to Chinese news reports, Xiao Ai (a pseudonym) had recently got into an iOS app called Dragon Summon and was often staying up late to play the game. Earlier this…
This is Egashira 2:50. He’s a Japanese comedian, who recently got his own posable figure. And damn, it’s creepy. That’s okay, I guess, because Egashira 2:50 (who Kotaku has previously featured here and here) is pretty creepy, too! He’s also considered the “most annoying” comedian in Japan. (That, however, didn’t stop Sony from having him…
The latest Animal Crossing game seems to have changed effeminate male characters into female ones for the 3DS game’s English language release. Eds Note: This isn’t new for Nintendo or AC. As pointed out by Legends of Localization, Animal Crossing: New Leaf‘s Japanese version features two characters named male “Grace” and “Roland”. Both Grace, a…
Over the weekend, an event for Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation ended after a man allegedly stormed the theater stage, wielding a weapon and reportedly demanding to see one of the anime’s voice actresses. The event, held on Saturday in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro, premiered the first two episodes of upcoming Hyperdimension Neptunia animated program, which is based…
Japanese artist Rokudenashiko has a dream. She wants to make a “pussy boat”, like an actual boat (well canoe). Oh, she also wants people to chill out about vaginas, too. Warning: This article has content some readers might find objectionable. Rokudenashiko creates dioramas with rather unique terrains: plastic molds of her vagina. Originally, the artist…
This is life-sized pillow of a giant isopod. A deep-sea dweller, the insect-looking giant isopod can grow between 7.5 and 14 inches long. One aquarium in Japan decided they’d sell a cool plush toy. Turns out, that was a good idea. The Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium in the city of Numazu, Japan, launched a life-sized…
In South Korea, Sony just filed for certification for two new PS3 models: CECH-4205B and CECH-4205C. As tipster Sang points out, these could be slightly modified versions of the “Super Slim PS3s” (model number CECH-4000, image above) with smaller nanometer architecture, less power consumption, and better cooling. Earlier this month, new PS3 models also surfaced…
Pikachu sure is cute. Well, save for the times that the yellow Pocket Monster is utterly terrifying. Over the years, numerous scary Pikachus have popped up on the internet—this and this, for instance. There are many more examples, but here’s a quick look at some, not all, of the standouts that have been spotted around…
It’s never too late to start a new hobby. Just as one Japanese reader of website My Navi, whose 89 year-old grandma only somewhat recently became a huge anime fan. And now, she won’t return the grandchild’s anime DVDs. The nerve! In My Navi‘s advice column, one reader wrote about grandma and her new anime…
Former Kotaku cohort Brendan Koerner has a new book out called The Skies Belong to Us. It’s about airplane hijackings during the 1970s and sounds great. Get it.
Creepy perverts are bad news! That definitely goes for ones out on the street. Or, rather, in the streets. Recently, one man in Japan was arrested for hiding in a drainage sewer, hoping to look up women’s skirts. Twenty-six year old Yasuomi Hirai was arrested in Kobe, and he admitted to his creepy peeping crime.…
Previously, Kotaku published a handful of Japanese gamer reactions to the recent Xbox One changes. How did gamers in neighboring South Korea take Microsoft’s announcement? While PC gaming dominates South Korea, the country does have a hardcore console fan base. South Korean sites have been buzzing with comments regarding Microsoft’s change in policy “It doesn’t…
Dragon Quest X is an online game. And for the past year, the game’s real money trade (selling virtual items for real cash) has been a problem in Japan. And this might be why. Above you can see a room supposedly filled with 100 Wiis. It seems that Dragon Quest X bots are farming gold,…
Coffee is serious business and seriously competitive. Let’s Cafe, a small coffee kiosk in Family Mart convenience stores across Taiwan, thinks it has figured a way to stand out: By printing people’s faces on coffee. How’s it work? Customers upload photos to the Let’s Cafe machine, which is outfitted with a printer that “prints” (sprinkles,…
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