GameCube strategy game Pikmin might have been inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto’s gardening, but do you know why he made the game? “Every once in a while, you want to make something that high school girls can get into,” the famed Nintendo creator said at a recent symposium. The concept behind Pikmin, reports Japanese site 4Gamer,…
That’s Kanako Kondou, not the character per se, but the actress is lending her voice to the game. Once again. Kondou already voices fighter Noel Vermillion as well as cyborg ν-13 and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift’s cyborg Λ-11. In the console version, Kondou will be voicing new character μ-12. She has the market cornered on BlazBlue…
Kotaku Off Topic: Straight Into Compton Comment by: legendnthemaking Nominated by: cokefan999 Today me and the wife moved into first house. It was a long wait but its finally ours. Tomorrow, we celebrate 5 years of marriage and we knew each other since we were 10 and been a couple since we was 12. I…
Well, it’s a trademark filing, that’s what. Square Enix Europe, formerly Eidos, has trademarked Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This could either be the official name for Deus Ex 3, the upcoming prequel entry in the cyber-punk series or it could be a spin-off. With Deus Ex 3 on the horizon and taking into account the…
Game developer Blizzard has already shown the male version of the Diablo III monk. It hasn’t shown the female version. Until now. Diablo III has four character classes announced so: Witch Doctor, Wizard, Barbarian, and Monk. This concept art is for the female version of the existing monk. In previous games, players were locked to…
Commenting. Regular features. Kotaku culture. If you are new to the site, there’s a lot to absorb. It would be great if somebody condensed everything into one easy to follow guide. Somebody did. Reader deanbmmv did. His guide explains the star system, profile pages, the hashtag system and even how to view a NSFW-free Kotaku.…
From website 4Gamer.net comes the news that Nintendo is developing new hardware, and Shigeru Miyamoto is working on a new Wii Motion Plus game. The news is from a recent symposium in which Miyamoto discussed things like hamsters. 4Gamer does not quote him directly, but does state that Miyamoto revealed he is working on a…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Sorry, folks! Eight minutes late, actually. Didn’t mean to keep you waiting. What happens when a night note is late? What you missed last night The Emotion, And Humor, Of Mass Effect 2’s Romantic Interludes Prince Of Persia’s Super Bowl Trailer Is Big On Action, Short On Shirtless Jake Silhouette of…
Peter Molyneux, the guy who designs those Fable games and runs Microsoft’s European studios, sees Project Natal as more than just another motion peripheral. For him, it’s the peripheral is akin to some like the computer mouse. “If you’re thinking that Natal is going to give you another version of an FPS, you’re just not…
Last Friday, Nippon Ichi Software, the developer behind the Disgaea series, announced its financial earnings. They were not good. As Kotaku previously reported, the operating profit for the Gifu Prefecture-based company is down 97.5 percent during the first nine months of this financial year. The company’s closing price on the JASDAQ (Japanese NASDAQ) was ¥36,200…
Screw focus groups. Or corporate brainstorming. Shigeru Miyamoto gets many of his game ideas from real life. Take The Legend of Zelda, which was inspired by Miyamoto’s childhood spent playing outside, or Pikmin, which was inspired by gardening, or Nintendogs, which was inspired by his experience owning a pet. Super Mario Galaxy? A hamster. Miyamoto…
The past nine months have been rough for many Japanese game companies. But those companies didn’t release Dragon Quest IX and Final Fantasy XIII. Oh, and Square Enix arm Eidos released Batman: Arkham Asylum. Net sales for Square Enix are up 31 percent and net income is up 48 percent when compared to the same…
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Maybe you like Mass Effect 2. Maybe you like Swedish popstar Robyn. She likes Mass Effect 2, but that doesn’t mean she likes you. Yes, two weeks of Mass Effect 2 tweets. It’s that good! I feel like we have heard this before. Several times, even. So a guy (Ian Cummings) who works out a…
On February 7, the winter Wonder Festival 2010 was held at Chiba’s Makuhari Messe, home of the Tokyo Game Show. The event focuses primarily on figures and figurines. But where there is nerd heroine, there are cosplayers. Do you have any favorites? Any in particular you like? Gonna give you nightmares? ワンダーフェスティバル 2010[冬] コスプレ [Akiba…
Over the weekend, Pokémon morning variety show Pokémon showed the outline of the upcoming Pokemon series — that is, the “entirely new” series. Already officially announced, the new Pokémon series will be out this year. It will be getting a reveal in the upcoming March issue of CoroCoro Comic, on sale in Japan on February…
Doodle Jump: simple title, simple game. Players are what looks like a green Snork-like creature. It’s a doodle-drawing platforming test of endurance in which players try to bounce as high as they can. But does simple mean satisfying? By tilting the iPod/iPhone, the character bounces right or left onto the platforms. Some of the platforms…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Get Lost With Your Lost Got a English tea set today. Any know why they call it china? To the internet! What you missed last night Death of A Wii Commander Shepard’s Toughest Choice Yet Microsoft: No More Original Xbox Games Over Xbox Live Want The Heavy Rain Demo Right…
The developer behind the Disgaea series, announced its financial earnings. You may want to sit down. In the first nine months of this financial year, the company’s operating profit is down 97.5 percent. During 2009, the company released several titles in Japan, including Makai Senki Disgaea 2 Portable, Disgaea Infinite, A Witch’s Tale, Let’s Hitchhike…
Ka-pow! Joining the SSFIV fray are schoolgirl Sakura and fortune teller Rose. Fists out, cause these characters are rarin’ to fight. Both Sakura and Rose appeared in the console version of Street Fighter IV. Super Street Fighter IV will be released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 this April. The game will feature characters…
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