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Metal Gear Solid 3D Delayed Down Under
The 3DS line-up is kinda slim. The latest casualty? Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. According to Kotaku Australia, it’s been delayed in the land Down Under from late 2011 to 2012—no explanation given. Kotaku is following up on the US release. [Kotaku Australia]
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
Did This Man Deserve This?
Japanese piracy law enforcement is tough. It doesn’t matter whether that’s the selling of customized figures or illegal uploading of games, the authorities are so not pussy footing around. Consider what happened to Takashi Matsuda. The 47-year-old company employee was arrested on the evening news for violating Japanese copyright law and was dragged away in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
DeathSmiles Makes Me Smile
Cave’s bullet hell shooters aren’t exactly the types of games many players don’t even like to play with control pads. So how’s this iPhone version supposed to work? Not too shabby, actually. Going into DeathSmiles, I was apprehensive. Previously, Cave brought Mushihimesama, a shooter I really like, to the iOS as Mushihimesama Bug Panic, a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
Japanese Super Creators Making Social Games
Super Duper | TOKYO, JAPAN: Big name Japanese game designers like Yuji Naka, Keiji Inafune, and Goichi Suda eye social games. (Photo: Game Impress Watch) Boring Booth Babe Outfits, These Ain’t Wonder Festival is a bi-annual event to showcase gaming and anime figures and models. It’s also a chance to showcase fancy booth babe outfits.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
Boring Booth Babe Outfits, These Ain’t
Wonder Festival is a bi-annual event to showcase gaming and anime figures and models. It’s also a chance to showcase fancy booth babe outfits. These aren’t typical booth babe outfits! These aren’t typical booth babes—née booth companions But for the Wonder Festival, cosplaying booth staff handing out fliers is typical—and welcomed. Check out the pics…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
A Nice Nintendo Gift for Quake Victims
An individual who apparently is in a refuge shelter because of the March 11 earthquake received a special package from Nintendo. This, it seems, is it. Nintendo is sending out DSi units with DS Terebi attachments. Released in 2007, DS Terebi is a 1seg-based tuner that enables the DS to receive 1seg television broadcasts. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
A Robot Begins His DDR Odyssey
What are you doing this summer? This dude is having his robot friend Darwin pick up Dance Dance Revolution. Beats cutting grass! But if some DDR players think using the bar is poor form, what will they think about attaching oneself to it by velcro?! Next up, Mike is teaching Darwin to see the arrows…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
Quick! Zone of the Enders or Miku Hatsune Figures? Which Do You Want?
What do Gradius, Zone of the Enders, Love Plus, and Miku Hatsune have in common? Plastic! At the recent Wonder Festival in Tokyo, figurines and sculptures went on full display, with fan favorites like love sim Love Plus and virtual idol Miku Hatsune appearing in spades. Check out the images in the gallery, courtesy of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
From Creepy to Cute, Cosplay at Wonder Festival
This weekend, the bi-annual Wonder Festival, an event for video game and anime figurines and sculptures, roared through Tokyo. And whenever there’s a nerd gathering, there’s gonna be cosplay. Sister site Kotaku Japan and website Gigazine were on hand to check out the festivities, the figures, and the costumes. 「TIGER & BUNNY」コスプレ, 「本気」スキル発動のジンオウガ装備＆『モンハン』, 「コード・オブ・プリンセス」コスプレ, アツい夏のホットな女子コスプレイヤーたち…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
Glenn Beck, Nazi Germany, Angry Birds, Oh My!
Angry Birds is not just a game. See, the birds are angry because the pigs took their eggs—eggs the birds worked for. Redistribution of eggs, Nazi Germany, and comparing the police to pigs. A snippet of pundit Glenn Beck’s talkshow, courtesy of Jeff Grub at Bitmob Seriously, why would we play Angry Birds when Tiny…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
Pokémon, Japanese Icon
Pocket Monsters first launched in Japan back in early 1996 on the Game Boy. Later that year, a card game followed. By the late 1990s, the series was supposed to be a fad, a passing fancy. Yet this month in Japan, two Pokémon feature films hit Japanese theaters. Pocket Monsters isn’t a fad, in Japan,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2011 -
Mr. Dragon Quest with Mr. Metal Gear Solid
Con | TOKYO, JAPAN: Yuji Horii and Hideo Kojima at this year’s Comic-Con (Photo: @Kojima_Hideo | Twitpic) Segata Sanshiro, the Greatest Video Game Ad Man Of Them All Sony’s fictional executive Kevin Butler has won himself a legion of fans. Which is great! Kevin Butler, though, ain’t got shit on Segata Sanshiro. Batman, Master Chief,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011 -
One of Capcom’s Biggest Games Gets…Glasses
Japan loves glasses. Japan also loves Sengoku Basara. Enter officially licensed Sengoku Basara prescription specs. Glasses retailer Zoff launched Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune limited edition Sengoku Basara specs for ¥3,150 each (US$40). The actual heroes of Sengoku Basara might have been stylish for samurai, but they sure weren’t sexy. If only they had these…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011 -
Dead Rising Creator’s Newest Game Is…
Well, it’s a social game. But that’s not unexpected—Keiji Inafune already said he was working on a social game. The game is called The Island of Dr. Momo. The game follows Dr. Momo, lover of cute things, on a quest to collect cute animals to make the cutest thing on Earth. Sounds cute. Don’t expect…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011 -
Can You Handle the Colors? The Cuteness?
If you’ve ever done an interview with Patapon designer Hiroyuki Kotani, you’ve heard him sing “Pon Pon Pata Pon” as he plays through the game. As striking as the visual style for that game is, it’s got nothing on the visual craziness in this music video. This is “PonPonPon”, the debut single from 18-year-old fashion…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2011 -
Iconic Gun Controller Now…a Free App
As far as game peripherals go, Namco’s GunCon is legendary. It’s a great, great light gun controller. It would be a shame if Namco somehow cheapened that controller’s good name by making an iOS app. Today, Namco launched a GunCon iOS app for the iPhone and the iPod Touch called iGunCon. The good news is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2011 -
What is America’s Fetish This Week? Armageddon
There was supposed to be chaos. There was supposed to be confusion. There was supposed to be collapse. There’s wasn’t any, of course. Granted, the so-called Carmageddon was predicted to hit the City of Angel hard last week, but it ended up being a non-starter, with people enjoying taking pics of empty streets. But the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2011 -
Nice Hair Pins
Puyo Puyo!! | TOKYO, JAPAN: Members of idol group Idoling!!! at a promotional event for Sega’s latest puzzler. (Photo: 4Gamer) Is This the World’s Oldest Gamer? Old people play video games. By old, maybe that means sixty years old? Seventy? How about 99 years old. This Concept Art Has a Demon’s Soul In addition to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2011
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