For some, it’s not enough to have virtual girlfriends. Maybe they want the companionship of a real one, but aren’t good at meeting people. Open your wallets, Japanese geeks! There’s a new service called “Moé Date”. And for a price, you can have a girlfriend for a few hours. “Moé” (萌え) literally means “budding”, but…
Out of 1,161 Japanese gamers polled, 40.4% want a Wii U, 33.4% a Vita, 21.2% a 3DS, 19.7% a PS3, and 9.6% an Xbox 360.
Japanese people love pizza. The three most popular delivery restaurants that duke it out for the country’s pizza pie preferences are Napoli Pizza, Pizza Hut, and Domino’s. But as of today, Domino’s might get more business thanks to an amazingly odd discount campaign. You can get 25 percent off your delivery if you have one…
Queen’s Blade is a South Korean developed MMO. The motif is science fiction—and skimpy outfits. No wonder Japanese bulletin board 2ch is already calling it “too sexy” for the game’s unabashed fan service. This Queen’s Blade is not to be confused with the Japanese Queen’s Blade franchise. It’s from Liveplex, the Korean studio behind Dragona…
As far as Street Fighter players go, they don’t get much bigger than Daigo Umehara. He has an endorsement with peripheral maker Mad Catz, and he even authored a book. But it doesn’t stop there. He recently popped up in a Japanese manga. But not just any manga! According to this Japanese blog, Umehara is…
The Japanese version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf appears to have an infinite item duplicating glitch.
Back when Kotaku asked who pulled off the best Chun-Li cosplay, there seems to have been one glaring omission: this. *applause* The gentleman who donned this Chun-Li should have been front and center in our round-up. Did I say gentleman? Sorry, I meant hero Chun-Li Cosplay [Cheezburger via Pony Effect] Kotaku East is your slice…
Screw traditional portraits! Who wants that when you can get a miniature figure of yourself, right? That’s exactly what people in Japan can soon get. But don’t expect them to overtake traditional photos anytime soon. What’s being dubbed the “world’s first”, the Omote 3D Shashin Kan is a portrait studio that scans your likeness and…
At this year’s G-Star gaming expo in South Korea, the country’s Nintendo branch rolled out a nice looking booth. Its first G-Star booth. Let’s check it out. These photos, courtesy of Japanese site Game Watch Impress, are a great reminder of how far Nintendo of Korea has come. It was only a few years ago…
You know that photo of the “so lonely” dude who was photographed on the Tokyo subway with his hug pillow? Well, he now seems to have a Chinese rival. That Japanese guy is called “Nisan” (兄さん or “big brother”) and is often seen in Akihabara, Tokyo’s gaming and geek district. Many believe Nisan’s schtick is…
On Valentine’s Day in Japan, women are supposed to give men sweets (men give women sweets a month later on White Day). And next Valentine’s Day, ladies can give Tiger & Bunny cake with a chocolate mousse and green tea chocolate mousse filling. Priced at ¥3,990, it comes with a Kotetsu T. Kaburagi figure. He’s…
You know the rule: If it exists, there’s a porn of it. Well, video game Lollipop Chainsaw exists (we have the review to prove it). And now there is the inevitable adult video version of it. Slated to be released next week, the movie is called Tia’s Geek Cosplay FUCK! (ティアのヲタコスのFUCK!), and it comes per…
Japan has never been crazy about the Xbox 360, save for the few instances when it had exclusive role-playing games folks wanted to play. But generally speaking, it’s been an uphill battle. That being said, Halo 3 did okay! For a first-person shooter. On the Xbox 360. In Japan. Earlier this week, Halo 4 launched…
If you’ve been to McDonald’s while visiting other countries, you know that things can be a little different. McDonald’s Japan, for example, has two “new” burgers—probably the likes of which you’ve never seen. That is, unless you’ve been to Japan. In winter. These are the “Gracoro Burgers”, with “gracoro” (“gurakoro” or グラコロ) being short for…
Pyramid Head is one scary looking dude. The stuff of nightmares! Cosplayer UndercoverEnvy reimagines the Silent Hill bogeyman as the Silent Hill bogeywoman. The results are terrifyingly wonderful. To learn more about Pyramid Head, check out the Silent Hill wikia. Silent Hill [UndercoverEnvy@DeviantArt via ObviousWinner]
HRP-4C Miim is a humanoid robot, kind of like Asimo, but cuter. Japanese researchers toiled away for years in order to bring her to life, enabling her to walk and bow. And soon, she’ll be immortalized as a collectible. According to Tomopop, next February, Miim is getting a snap together figure that is posable. It…
In 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic over issues with the Unreal Engine (that it was unfinished and, thus, sabotaged Silicon Knights’ work). Epic won the legal tussle earlier this year and was awarded US$4.45 million. The headaches for Silicon Knights don’t end there. NeoGAF member Xenon noticed that page 41 of the court documents give…
Jigoku (地獄) is the Japanese word for hell. Jigoku is Japanese Buddhist hell, where brutal and bloody penitence is doled out. It’s also the subject of a picture book for children. The book is called A Picture Book of Jigoku, and it is a best seller—a best seller that makes some children very scared. Adults,…
Japan’s CyberGadget is rolling out a “3DS dedicated” AR card holder. Sure, it only costs ¥500, and it can hold 120 AR cards, but I’m honestly thinking of one good reason why this product needed to be made. I’m also trying to think of the last time I used AR cards with my 3DS. CYBER・ARカードホルダー（3DS用)…
Italy looks like a boot. Romania looks kind of like a fish. And the United Kingdom? The country certainly has a distinctive shape—a shape that Japan turned into an anime girl. As website Japan Sugoi pointed out this week, a thread popped up on bulletin board 2ch online in Japan last fall. In it, the…
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