Upcoming role-playing-game Ar Tonelico has a new element to its game play system: the option of asking female characters to remove their clothes. Say hello to “undress”. Hello, undress! The newest issue of Famitsu shows that progression. Since Ar Tonelico is a Japanese PS3 game (and not a Japanese PC game), there isn’t any nudity,…
Konami’s scary franchise Silent Hill getting a Swedish stage send up. How frightening. Kidding! In the play’s official blog, there are images of the play’s unpainted cardboard props and painted props. Know what is scarier than any Silent Hill stage play? Series musician and producer Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami. Välkommen Till Silent Hill [Official Site…
The Japanese version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 features a discrepancy in the localization — and content, it seems. In the section “No Russian”, the player is told, “Remember, no Russian.” Here, this means “Do not speak Russian,” a plot point for this scene. However, in the Japanese version, this is localized as…
The latest entry in SEGA’s PS3 exclusive Japanese gangster franchise Ryu Ga Gotoku (Yakuza in the West) has gotten a release date. The underworld title features celebrities like former Morning Musume singer Mari Yaguchi (pictured). The game’s release is March 18, 2010, and it is priced at ¥7,980 — US$90. This past February, Ryu Ga…
Earlier this summer, a vending machine selling R4 devices appeared in Osaka’s electronics district, Den-Den Town. The vending machine will be removed from the area. The vending machine came in the wake of a crackdown on R4 cartridges which can be used to play pirated video games. As we posted previously, Nintendo announced that it…
Yoshitaka Amano, known for his Final Fantasy character and logo designs, did not do character designs for FFXII — but did design the game’s now iconic title. But if he did draw the characters of FFXIII? The characters in Final Fantasy XIII were designed by Tetsuya Nomura, but Amano offers his take on the cast…
Yurika Ochiai, a voice actress with credits in visual novel ToHeart2 and Konami’s Quiz Magic Academy, has announced on her blog that she is the victim of several death threats against her. She has been notified about threats on seven occasions, and police have even visited her house a number of times. Ochiai has taken…
China’s iQue, which officially hands Nintendo releases in the territory, will be launching the DSi (iQue DSi) in China on December 15. The game will come pre-loaded with Nintendogs. There will be a line-up of DSiWare titles localized into Chinese, which should correspond with the DSiWare launch line-up in Japan. Players get a 1000 DSiWare…
Never mind what Milla Jovovich said! It has been confirmed that upcoming 3D Hollywood flick Resident Evil: Afterlife, originally slated for August 27, 2010, will be released on January 14, 2011. Jovovich, the film’s star, tweeted that the movie had not been officially been pushed back, writing, “RE Afterlife IS NOT officially pushed. There have…
Graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier asked the 6th graders in the Afterschool Comics Workshop she runs to create a short comic on their favorite video game. The results are amazing. Glad to see those ESRB ratings are working out. Click through the link below for a few more. lifemetercomics: 6th Grade Submissions! [Live Journal via GameSetWatch]
This year, Japanese magazine Famitsu has awarded a perfect 40/40 score to four games: Dragon Quest IX, Monster Hunter 3, Bayonetta and New Super Mario Bros. Years-in-the-making and eagerly-anticipated Final Fantasy XIII did not. Famitsu has four reviewers rate games on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best for a cumulative 40/40 score.…
To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: An Event That Was Supposed To Happen Long Ago And Finally Did Nice — though, you really should’ve told that kid you were on a deadline. He’s gotta learn about stuff like that sooner or later. So…………….We made it through another decade! Hooray. We’re alive and happy. Super duper. But…
World of Warcraft 3.3 patch has gone live on North American servers. This “Fall of the Lich King” patch will be the last big patch before next year’s expansion pack, Cataclysm. The 750MB patch adds three new 5-man dungeons and one new 10/25-man raid to Icecrown Citadel, a new built-in quest tracker and a new…
According to a survey on TV Tokyo’s news, the least popular present this Christmas are video game consoles. Japanese children up to the age of 12 were asked what they wanted for Christmas. Here are the results… …drum roll please… …from most popular to less so: 1. Video game software (over 450 kids said this)…
Looking back, 2006 and 2007 were awesome years for console sales. 2008 was so-so. 2009? Blergh. This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in the corner. The gray box that reads その地 means “Other”.…
SEGA decided to bring Valkyria Chronicles 2 to the PSP — not the PS3 like the first game. Why? According to producer Shuntaro Tanaka, it would take the team three years to make another PS3 game, and that’s considering the fact that SEGA already has assets that can be used in the game as well…
In the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal, it’s good to know not all gaming heroes are dogs. Take Hudson’s Master Higgins, aka Takahashi Meijin, star of the Adventure Island series. During the 1980’s Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) boom in Japan, Takahashi Meijin became the idol of Japanese kids for his ability to press buttons…
Capcom US’s online store is selling this Devil May Cry 4 Red Queen sword. It’s 42 inches long with a red leather-wrapped grip and a stainless steel blade. Each sword has its own serial number and can cut you. Comes with a hanging plaque. Yours for US$229.95. Capcom US [Capcom vis Capcom Unity]
Upcoming Hollywood flick Resident Evil: Afterlife has been announced for release on August 27, 2010, but reports have surfaced that the movie will be pushed back to January 14, 2011. Afterlife is the first film in the series to be filmed in 3D, and the rumored delay is due to the extra time needed to…
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