Well, the first moron that we’ve heard of. He’s not really a moron, he’s Phil Villarreal, author and critic. And he’s out a pricey television. You are the controller? No Phil, you are the guy with the broken TV. “A public service announcement: Do not under any circumstances play Kinect Sports Volleyball at 1:30 a.m.…
Seventeen year-old idol Karin Aiba is promoting PSP game Dangan-Ronpa in 15 second TV ads. The making-of documentary is way longer and has added curry eating. Mmm curry! Dangan-Ronpa, which means “winning an argument with bullets”, is like Battle Royale, but with a psychotic teddy bear instead of a psychotic Beat Takeshi. The upcoming PSP…
And prefecture part is keen for the Wii? And what regions heart the PS3? All three consoles were put through Google Insights for Search to get the tally for the console searches with the most buzz The results are for this year, are broken down by prefecture and do not necessarily translate into console sales…
When filmmaker Mike Newell was promoting the Prince of Persia flick, he readily admitted that he didn’t play the game. No wonder, says Resident Evil: Afterlife director Paul W.S. Anderson, the movie didn’t live up to expectations. “And for me, that’s like adapting a book without reading the book or adapting a stage play and…
Players aren’t happy with online game Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix, the company behind the title, knows this and wants to make things better. “Currently, the service isn’t satisfactory,” says Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada. He’s right. It isn’t. “We’re in the middle of quickly improving it,” Wada told a group of investors. “We want…
Stealing is a crime. It’s wrong. But, if you plan on breaking into a car and stealing someone’s PSP, be sure that you don’t accidentally sell it back to its owner. You’ll end up so arrested. Just ask Masashi Osawa. Earlier this month, the 25-year-old spotted a PSP and a couple of CDs in a…
Step off the train at Tokyo’s geek and gaming mecca Akihabara, and you’ll see them: maids. Besides serving cake and coffee at maid cafes, maids pop up in video games, manga and anime. They’re typically young. Not these maids, though. This month, a temporary maid cafe with, literally, old maids is operating in Tokyo. Dubbed…
“An Xbox gaming area was not as well attended,” writes Giz’s Joel Johnson. Check here for more photos and details from his upcoming Foxconn feature for Wired.
Zombie horror game Dead Rising was inspired by George Romero’s zombie horror films, like Dawn of the Dead. But that wasn’t enough! Former Dead Rising producer Keiji Inafune made his first — and last — film for Capcom, Shibyou Osen DEAD RISING The movie was released on Xbox Live earlier this year. It is hitting…
The Japanese version of Call of Duty: Black Ops is different. The game was retouched to tone down torture and graphic violence. That’s not all. According to the game’s Japanese publisher Square Enix, the swastikas appearing on flags in the game’s “zombie mode” were changed to the Iron Cross in the dubbed console and subtitled…
The Sharp Galapagos is an upcoming 3D smartphone. And it’s getting a handful of games that mean it might just give the Nintendo 3DS a run for its money. Powered by Android, it boasts a 3.8 inch glasses-free 3D screen, 512MB of on-board memory and so far, the phone is slated for seven games: horror…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Kinect Flood Incoming Busy nite! Loads of Kinect coverage. Nice work Team Kotaku. My 7-year-old son Mini-Bash is in first grade, which means he’s learning kanji. All first graders are required to learn certain characters each year. Kanji are the Chinese characters used in Japanese. They are used in combination…
During the political campaigns for the recent election, some candidates made promises. Some candidates talked trash. And some candidates used video games to make their point. Did gaming give those politicos a 1Up in office? Website GamePolitics has a round-up of some of the politicians that used gaming in their campaigns. Take Missouri Congressman Russ…
On September 1 at approximately 8:00pm, 27-year-old Makoto Sekiguchi from Yokohama uploaded images of unrevealed characters in the new Pokémon game Pocket Monsters: Black & White via his mobile phone. He is now in police custody. According to 47 News (via ANN), Sekiguchi uploaded six images of unseen Pokémon, such as Chaoboo. The characters appear…
Soccer franchise Winning Eleven (AKA Pro Evolution Soccer) is facing increased competition from foreign-based developers. The game’s latest television spots also show heavy competition from a sauve non-Japanese-looking fella with a Japanese last name. And they’re some of the most popular ads on Japanese television. The first ad opens with actor Fuku Kondo talking to…
Hatsune Miku, the popular star of Yamaha’s Vocaloid, doesn’t only appear in video games. Japanese politicians also use her to improve election chances. Miku is virtual, but has very real fans. One of them pocketed a Hatsune Miku plastic figurine, which ended in fists flying. MSN Japan reports that earlier this month outside Tokyo in…
Your Shape’s calibration measures things like shoulder span, arm length and leg length. When players are able to match movements with their trainer, they are “in rhythm”. Players can also exercise with training like bicep curls. Your Shape allows players to create fitness challenges among friends. You know it, you love it, the hula hoop.
There’s an old translator’s joke that goes something like this: If you literally translated what is said when a Japanese businessman calls another, you’d get two people constantly apologizing. Not exactly fall over funny, but it’s true. The Japanese language is different from the English language in a myriad of ways: it sounds different, the…
Nintendo DS adventure game Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 will be out next February in Japan, and it’s getting special bundles. Both the “Extended Edition” and the “Limited Edition” bundles come with this 18cm Miles Edgeworth figurine. Apparently, it will only be available as part of this bundle and there are no plans to…
The opening for the NieR’s Japanese version is subdued. The music is relaxing. It’s a bit like watching fish swim. “Weiss, you dumb ass!” The localized opening is a 180-degree about face. It could not be further from the Japanese version. From the get go, it kicks you in the teeth and grabs you by…
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