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Some New Club Nintendo Prizes For Japan
Live in Japan? Member of Club Nintendo? Then this post is for you. Japan’s Club Nintendo has shown off some new prizes that gamers can snag by redeeming Club Nintendo points that come with Nintendo games and hardware. There are New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nstraps and an Animal Crossing bag. The bag has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Adorable Monster Hunter Cats You Can Pose
In the Monster Hunter universe, felynes are the cat-like characters. They’re cute, but these posable figurine versions of them are cuter Measuring in about 100mm, they are priced at ¥2,100 (US$25) each. They’re out this month in Japan. アイルーたちがアクションフィギュアに！メガハウス「モンスターハンター 動く！アイルー(アイルー/メラルー)」サンプルレビュー [Moeyo]
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Mmmmm Beer
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Case Zero Starting to get busy moving forward for TGS. But…Right now… I would like a beer! I haven’t had a beer in a couple of weeks, oddly. But I would like one. What you missed last night The Idol Game Metroid’s Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy’s Creator The Bible…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
The Idol Game Metroid’s Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy’s Creator
Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy. Yoshio Sakamoto co-created Metroid. And in 1987, both worked together on a game with this lady, Miho Nakayma. Game company Square was interested in doing an adventure game. But not any old adventure game, but one that used the telephone. Square was gung-ho for Nintendo’s Famicom Disk System console, which…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Kill It With Fire? It Might Already Be Dead
This ToHeart2 figure looks like the work of the devil. Relax, because the company that released it apparently isn’t around anymore to frighten you. Japanese figure maker Taki Corporation has gone under it seems. While Taki had secured the rights to make figures for big properties like Dr. Slump and Dragonball, quality had been slipping…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
The PS4 Doesn’t Sound Like It’ll Be Download Only
The PlayStation 3 was released in 2006. Sony has famously said the console will have a ten year console life. By that math, we can expect the PlayStation 4 sometime after 2016. But can we expect a digital-download-only console? Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai discussed digital downloads and their future in Sony consoles. “We…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Hey, It’s Milla Jovovich Landing A Plane In Resident Evil
Milla Jovovich returns this fall as Alice in the latest installment in the Resident Evil film series, Resident Evil: Afterlife. She’ll be landing a plane, it seems. Good for her. Afterlife will be shown in 3D. This clip isn’t in 3D, it’s in 2D. So you’ll just have to imagine the 3D bits. Sorry! Here…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Giant Gundam And No Official Parking
Over 500,000 people have visited the 1-to-1 scale Gundam near Bandai Namco’s Gundam figurine factory in Shizuoka, Japan. And there is no official on site parking. Street parking is out, too. What to do? Japanese website Byoukan Sunday has couple possible workarounds for motorists who want to visit the site — and not take public…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
Sega Offers Larger Robot Chest Code
This December, mecha game Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Force is coming to the Xbox 360 in Japan. Sega is keeping the world abreast of its pre-order present. Those who reserve the game will get “Fetish Unlock Code” from Sega that enables players to select the chest size of Virtuaroid robots Fei Yen and her sister Angelan.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
When Will Final Fantasy Versus XIII Be Out? One Day
Role-playing game Final Fantasy Versus XIII was first shown in 2006 at the E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles. It’s now 2010, and the game is not out. And don’t expect the game to be out in 2011. “We have no release date information to update,” Square Enix’s Yoshinori Kitase told website Gaming Union. “Unfortunately…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010 -
There Are Too Many Shows Too Close Together
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Travel Worn Yeah, I bet you’re knackered out! There are really are too many shows jumbled up together this time of year. I wish Gamescom was in late August and then the Tokyo Game Show was in October. Having Gamescom this month and Tokyo Game Show in September seems like…bad…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
Metal Gear Solid Developer “Really Ready” To Go Multi-Platform
Kojima Productions, the developer behind Metal Gear Solid games, has made a bunch of, well, Metal Gear Solid. The vast majority of them are on one platform — typically, the PSP or the PS3. The developer is ready to move to more consoles. Upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Rising, however, is headed to the Xbox 360,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
Giant Of Japanese Animation Has Died
Satoshi Kon, one of the truly brilliant Japanese filmmakers, passed away yesterday due to pancreatic cancer. He was 46 years old. While still in college, he made his debut as a manga artist. Upon graduation, he worked as an assistant for Akira author Katsuhiro Otomo. He went on to create and direct some of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
From Game Boy To Virtual Boy, An Exhibit Of Gunpei Yokoi’s Legacy
Gunpei Yokoi, who sadly killed in an auto accident in 1997, was a gaming wizard. A new exhibit in Tokyo’s Harajuku pays its respects to Yokoi’s legacy. During the 1960s and 1970s, Yokoi created a wide array of toys for Nintendo. Later he would create Nintendo handheld devices like the Game & Watch and the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
Gundam Or Burning Alive? Hrm…
Last August, a 29-year-old factory worker was arrested for setting his house on fire. The cause? An altercation with his mother over Gundam figurines. Yoshifumi Takabe was accused of dousing his room in kerosene and lighting it ablaze with a lighter after his mother disposed of his “precious” Gundam plastic model figurines. Takabe intended to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
Gran Turismo 5 Designer Responds To Italian Controversy
Officials from the Italian city of Siena are ticked that the city’s Piazza del Campo is a track in Gran Turismo 5. There have been legal threats with Siena saying it’ll seize the game. What does that mean for the game’s November release? The issue, as Kotaku previously posted, is not just the buildings. It…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
Is This The End For Yakuza?
Sega’s Yakuza series began in 2005 when the first game was released in Japan on the PlayStation 2. A sequel followed the following year, and to date there have been five games. That includes one spin-off. Another spin-off is slated for the PSP later this year. An ad depicting the destroyed Kamurocho, the in-game version…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
What Wii Party And Mario Party Have In Common
Mario Party games, those party games featuring…Mario, aren’t actually made by Nintendo. They are made by Hudson Soft. And it’s no wonder they are similar to the newly released Wii Party. Nintendo has a long history with Hudson, going back to the Nintendo Entertainment System days, releasing games like Bomberman. In 1998, Nintendo and Hudson…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010
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