Japanese artist Kei Suwabe created profiles for characters that don’t exist in Street Fighter IV, but Japanese pop culture. If you are not familiar with Japanese pop culture—from kiddy shows to potato chips—some of the characters will be lost on you. There are universal favorites, however, like Colonel Sanders and Donald McDonald. (Yes, in Japan,…
Today in Osaka, Nintendo released its revised forecast for this financial year. Things are not good. “We had higher expectations for the year-end season, but failed to meet them,” Nintendo Satoru Iwata said today (via Reuters). Nintendo is facing a bigger than expected annual loss, facing competition from smartphones and battling a strong yen as…
No, Thank You!!! not only has the best name for an ero game aimed at females ever, it also has a unique feature: An “On/Off” choice for arm hair during sexy “event scenes”. So, if a lady player likes macho Maki, but hates his hairy arms, she can select a smooth armed version of the…
A few years ago, “boob physics”—how breasts “jiggled” in video games—was actually a topic of conversation This was probably because Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki was actively promoting games (this, for example) during this period—games that featured boob physics. Boob physics are not a thing of the past—heck, there’s this example from last summer.…
Nintendo’s recent sales have gotten a boast thanks to the 3DS and 3DS games. While not as good as original forecasted, the 3DS has surpassed the 15 million sold mark. Pretty good!
If you think being married to people is hard, try being married to a cardboard person. And then globetrotting around with your better half. Your better cardboard half, that is. Fabrice Requin is doing just that, trekking through Asia, making stops in Singapore, Bali, Japan, and more. Have you ever seen a man with a…
My office? Nope. While it’s a mess of stuff, my desk doesn’t exactly scream otaku (though, the signed Kurt Vonnegut print above it is pretty cool!). This guy’s office, however, is otaku chic. Spotted over on DannyChoo.com, the office belongs to Dieta from Germany. Stereotypically, otaku space are packed with stuff and are dirty. This,…
According to Nintendo, as of Dec. 31, 2011, over 95 million Nintendo Wiis have been sold. Next milestone—100 million! You can do it, Nintendo Wii. I believe in you.
Mr. N fell in love with Namco’s space shooter Xevious. On his job application, Mr. N wrote that from the moment he played Xevious as a junior high school student, he knew he wanted to make games. And he knew Namco was the company for him. Mr. N isn’t his real name, reported Japanese site…
Today, Nintendo revealed that as of Dec. 31, 2011, the Kyoto-based game maker shipped over 150 million Nintendo DS (and DS spin-off) units. That’s a lot!
For Westerners, the conditions are shocking. Workers slave away for hours on end, pulling overtime, until their legs swell or they suffer from crippling disabilities. Our iPhones and game electronics are made by hand, probably because it’s cheaper to pay a worker in China to fit, solder, and polish products than it would be to…
Cap Bar | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sister site Kotaku Japan checked out Capcom’s new bar. More pics here. (Photo: Kotaku Japan) Men and Women Shrink-wrapped as Japanese Art Games and game hardware came packaged. They’re sealed shut, some of them completely shrink-wrapped. and covered in clear plastic. They are sealed off from the outside world. More »…
Live Park, South Korea’s interactive theme park, allows visitors to experience the virtual world with interactive games and instillations. It’s video games brought to life or a Minority Report you can experience, minus the pre-crime arrests. The brainchild of start-up d’strict, the US$13 million theme park boasts 65 attractions and was over two-years in the…
It seemed so innocuous at first. Legendary Japanese figure maker Kaiyodo released a Woody from Toy Story figure. It included an alternate face that would become a party of internet infamy: Pervert Woody The face spawned its own online fandom in Japan—and abroad. Japanese game and anime figures were constantly assaulted and harassed by pervert…
Revealed today, the unannounced role-playing game Namco Bandai teased in Famitsu is Tokitowa The game combines JRPG elements (big eyes, blue hair) with, wait for it, third-person shooter play (think action rpg). Parts of the game will have a fixed point-of-view, while other parts won’t. The theme here is “time”, but the concept of “marriage”…
Sony launched a website honoring the best in-store Uncharted 3 displays across the country. The number one entry, a Futaba Tosho branch, featured a life-sized Sully breaking through the ceiling and holding a life-sized Nathan Drake. The other entries were good, but nothing as mind-bogglingly wonderful as the first place display. You can see the…
Game localizers and authors Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda of Yokai Attack! fame are releasing a new book: Yurei Attack! For more details, visit Alt’s blog. [AltJapan]
Earlier this week, Kotaku reported that a noodle cafe was opening in Tokyo’s otaku (geek) mecca. What makes this cafe different from the plethora of cafes dotted throughout Akihabara is that Noodol Cafe features idols pouring hot water into instant ramen. Yep. The cafe opened today in Tokyo’s Akihabara, and Japanese television was on hand…
Games and game hardware came packaged. They’re sealed shut, some of them completely shrink-wrapped. and covered in clear plastic. They are sealed off from the outside world. But what about people? What would we look like shrink-wrapped? We’d look like this. Japanese artist Hal’s “Flesh Love” doesn’t simply examine that, but goes one step further…
Eidos, the company behind Tomb Raider, killed off its real-life Lara Croft spokesgirls. They’ll “never happen again”, said Eidos. In Finland, they live on. According to Finish tabloid Iltalehti, the 2012 Miss Finland candidates were rounded up, dressed in Lara Croft-inspired gear, and taken out to the arctic circle for a few “Lara Croft themed…
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