What do you get when you mix a washed up sumo wrestler, a cross-dressing fighter and a 14-year-old YouTube idol? You get a press conference for EA Sports’ FIFA soccer game. Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima, the cross-dressing kick boxer, showed up like he usually does — in a wig and wearing women’s clothes. Hey, relax, he’s…
An entirely new Pokémon series doesn’t just mean new Pokémon games, it also means something else. This fall the anime version of current Pokémon series Diamond and Pearl will conclude its run to make way for the totally new Pokémon Black and White franchise. The original Pokémon anime first ran in 1997, and the second…
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: The Last Magic-Marker Day Note I must say Totilo. Your handwriting looks like a serial killer. :/ Right now, I am watching Himitsu no Kenmin Show. The program is about all the differences in various parts of Japan. So stuff that people think is “normal” to people, let’s say, Nara…
In Japan, it languishes in the discount bin. Hokuto Musou, which is based on the Fist of the North Star series, was released in Japan. While the game looks great, the Xbox 360 version features loading times that can only be described as brutally slow. Or you could describe them as embarrassingly slow. Take your…
This June, Sony will be rolling out its range of 3D wares, including its first 3D television the Sony HX803, the Sony stated in an official release. But what does that mean for gaming? ” Timed to complement the launch of the HX800, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will release four 3D stereoscopic PS 3 game…
The logical follow-up to otaku rooms? Cosplay. Out this month, The second book in the Otacool series is about worldwide cosplayers. Perhaps it will settle the East vs. West cosplay debate? Perhaps not! 世界24カ国のコスプレーヤー OTACOOL2発売 「クオリティ高ぇ…」 [アキバBlog]
Cigarettes into lollipops, guns into water guns, wine into water. These aren’t religious miracles, but rather, something else entirely. Hooray! Japanese anime One Piece has been localized for the U.S. market, and that localization isn’t limited linguistic translation, but a cultural localization with things like cigars and cleavage erased. Bathing, which in Japan is done…
In The King of Fighters XII, character Athena Asamiya donned an impenetrable school skirt. In upcoming arcade game The King of Fighters XIII… …fighter Yuri Sakazaki gives players an upskirt buffet. She specializes in SNK’s fictional fighting style, kyokugenryu karate, and typically wears a white gi and blue tights — though, her outfits has varied…
An in-store New Super Mario Bros. Wii “coin battle” that Mini-Bash sadly did not win. (The tallest kid did!) As seen by me.
Near Russia’s Black Sea, a 14-year-old boy has been charged with killing his father after a row over computer games. After the killing, he then played said computer games for several hours. The boy is currently being held in a pre-trial detention center. He has no criminal record. According to regional investigators, on April 12…
Well, that was quick. Real quick. On April 11, retail shop Otacon Village was slated to open for business. The store, located in Osaka’s geek area of Den-Den Town, featured two banners on the front of the shop that read, “R4, Majikon, TT DS”. As Kotaku posted previously, the R4 cartridge itself is not a…
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: The First NSFW Video Day Note Nice vid. I hate being filmed. I’ve been interviewed on American television a few times and once on Japanese television. Very stressful! It turns me into a bundle of nerves. I’m actually really shy. 🙁 So no video night note from me. Terribly sorry!…
Popstar Lady Gaga arrived in Japan’s Narita Airport wearing an I-don’t-know-what and sporting Japanese scribbled on her arm. And while her music videos might have game references (here and here), her arm does not. Neither does that Hermes Birkin bag that has been defaced. (Named after popstar Jane Birkin, Birkin bags typically cost from $6,000…
If anyone ever asks you whether or not iPad apps are difficult or not, show that human this clip. And do it, pronto. Feline friend “Iggy” checks out app Noby Noby Boy (the iPad version of the PS3 title) and then plays around with the Magic Piano app. His owner says that Iggy’s paws are…
Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind the Professor Layton puzzle series, is working on a new game. A new game for hardware it hasn’t yet seen. Hrm. According to Level-5 honcho and Layton creator Akihiro Hino, the game seems poised to be on a “grand scale”. Moreover, he adds in a recent Famitsu interview, “We expect…
Believe it or not, I am not a Pokémon trainer. But if I were, I’d look like this, apparently! This Pokémon Trainer Dress Up was created by hapuriainen.deviantart.com. It is delightful. What would you look like? Pokémon Trainer Dress Up [deviantArt via The BBPS]
Starting on April 24, mecha franchise Gundam is getting an official cafe and bar in Tokyo’s Akihabara. Drink up! There are other “Gundam cafes” across Japan, and they typically feature bars decorated Gundam models or Gundam-themed drinks. This official sixty-seater Gundam cafe will even feature a Gundam coffee blend, among other tasty beverages. The Gundam…
Paul W.S. Anderson is responsible for bringing Resident Evil to the silver screen. He writes, produces and/or directs the films. You’d think someone like that would have the inside track on the games. Nope “Talking to Capcom, Capcom’s so funny,” the filmmaker tells website ShockTillYouDrop.com. “It’s like every time I go to Japan and meet…
At an anime convention in Boston, Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu said off-handedly that the Super Mario Bros. theme should have been played at the Olympics, and not Japan’s national anthem. Is there something deeper going on, though? From Kotaku’s earlier post: “Like any good video game composer, Nobuo said that video game music, especially…
Two Japanese gamers. One game. Multiple girls in skimpy clothes. And pole dancing. I’d buy that for a dollar! For shits and giggles, two dudes decided to play through run-and-gun shooter Super Smash TV while running a “virtual girls dancing on your desktop” application. And they pretty much get in the way! But that’s the…
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