In years past, whenever Pokémon knock-offs appeared in other countries, Japanese netizens would post them online to laugh and point. This time, it’s not a foreign rip-off. It’s homegrown. Dubbed Pokedan Monsters (yes, really), the social game features over 1,000 monsters, monster rearing, and monster battles. Sound familiar? If the title was not enough, the…
Not yet four years has passed, but check out how the latest SoulCalibur compares to SoulCalibur IV. Can you spot the difference? Hint: it’s not just the graphics. Namco launched SoulCalibur V with an aggressively sexual advertising campaign that featured T&A If you haven’t already, be sure to read the Kotaku review. The game is…
There are 64 volumes of popular Japanese manga One Piece. Each copy is about half an inch thick and weighs 5.30 ounces. All 64 volumes stacked are over three feet high and weigh nearly 22 pounds. You’d be insane to try to steal all 64 volumes at once. But that’s exactly what one man did.…
Binary | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sega game designer Toshihiro Nagoshi chows down for a Binary Domain restaurant promotion. (Photo: Famitsu) The Waitress Uniform That Started It All For a generation, Anna Miller’s was more than a coffee shop. For a generation, it inspired video games, anime, and countless cosplay. For a generation, it’s quickly becoming a…
On Feb. 3, anime Black Rock Shooter will be streaming on Nico Nico Douga subtitled in eight languages (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese) FOR FREE. [Nico Nico]
All around good guy Patrick Macias, voice actress Yuu Asakawa, and the Otaku Verse Zero crew visited Sega to check out Toylet—you know that Sega game you can tinkle on Apparently, testing for this game involved Sega employees taking leaks. The team working on this game have a really good sense of humor about the…
On April 19, a new theme park dedicated to Mobile Suit Gundam is opening in Japan called “Gundam Front”. The small theme park will offer exhibits that allow visitors to experience the famed mecha. Located at a shopping mall in Tokyo’s Odaiba, near the site of the giant Gundam, Gundam Front takes of 2,050 square…
Next month, maniac shooter DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou is coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Cave’s shooters already make my brain hurt in arcades, and I cannot comprehend playing this on a tiny iPhone screen. Even with easier modes or settings, it seriously does not compute. At all. 怒首領蜂大往生 for iPhone / iPod touch【10周年】 [YouTube]
Nintendo is doing everything it can to make buying downloadable content on the Wii U easy as pie. Since the Kyoto-based game maker has said on numerous occasions that its DLC will add to the experience, I’m not so worried about Nintendo’s approach. It’s the other game makers that concern me. Fear not! Nintendo President…
Silent Hill‘s resident bogeyman Pyramid Head ask the class to solve for X using the Pythagorean theorem. Known as “Sankaku Atama” (“Triangle Head”) in Japan, Pyramid Head first appeared in Silent Hill 2. And now he appears in a classroom. I love this picture more than life [swing low, sweet cherry, make it awful]
Gal Gun, the on-rails shooter in which you fire pheromone at gals, is headed to the PlayStation 3. The game’s developer just released a slew of screenshots, which are pretty much what you’d expect: panties. The latest batch of screens show off the game’s new “Delusion Mode”, which allows players to view the female characters…
Last October, a Persona 4 figure featuring Izanagi and his crazy crotch surfaced. And now there’s another one. And it comes with a friend. Oh, and a crazy crotch! Part of a “Persona 4 Twin Pack DX”, Izanagi is packaged with Slipping Hablerie, the first boss in the game’s Twisted Shopping District. While the previous…
Kotaku reader Riccardo whipped up this HD version of Mother‘s opening credits. It, like the game itself, is fantastic. If anything should get you excited about an HD Nintendo gaming system, it’s this. Designed by Shigesato Itoi and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, the Japan-only Mother was originally released in 1989 on the Nintendo Famicom. The…
Adult video star and singer Tsubomi recently uploaded this photo on her official blog, titling the post, “(To) All Otaku.” Guess that means you? Tsubomi just filmed an adult video from porn makers TMA, a studio notorious for its video game and anime inspired dirty movies. (Because if it exists, make a porn of it,…
In Dec. 2011, a report surface claiming that Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said he was retiring. Nintendo quickly commented, saying the report was a “misunderstanding” and “absolutely not true.” See, Shigeru Miyamoto is apparently always saying he’s going to retire. “During one of the interviews he accepted abroad, Mr. Miyamoto commented that he always tells…
Hitting Japanese theaters next month, the Phoenix Wright movie could get a global release. According to the movie’s director, there are plans for international versions with subs and dubs for each region. Court-Records Thanks, Robert!]
For a generation, Anna Miller’s was more than a coffee shop. For a generation, it inspired video games, anime, and countless cosplay. For a generation, it’s quickly becoming a memory. This week, the second to last Anna Miller’s restaurant closed its doors in Yokohama, leaving one open in Tokyo’s Takanawa Wing. This is it, the…
Rayforce was first released in Japanese arcades in 1993—when I was fifteen. The game is now out on the iOS. For $11.99. I honestly think this is the most expensive iPhone game I’ve played. (I’m not counting all the money I stupidly sucked into Tiny Tower. Those were dark times, so let’s not speak of…
Bones | TOKYO, JAPAN: Anime studio Bones is doing the animated scenes in the upcoming Wright-Layton collaboration. (Photo: 4Gamer) Everything About This Game Is So Buddhist! Professional game artist Richmond Lee Chaisiri grew up in a Buddhist household in Thailand, a devout Buddhist nation. So what’s Buddhist about Asura’s Wrath? Everything! The Characters, the environments,…
This isn’t a first look, because if you’ve seen the film’s trailer (watch it here if you haven’t), then you’ve already seen the movie’s props by default. At the Capcom Phoenix Wright event this weekend, there was a glass case full of items used in the upcoming flick, such as a case file and mock-up…
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