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Have You Ever Given A Game Away?
Friiiiiiiiiiiiiiiday!! Let’s talk. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles about us – more than you even want to, we’re…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2009 -
A Week In Comments
Black Wii Remote and Nunchuk Price For U.S. Comment by: MrBangBam Nominated by: VinceNotVance This just in: Scientists across the nation have studied and found out that the black remote is only, in average, only half an inch inch longer than the white remote. To make the white remote feel better about itself, recent studies…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2009 -
Ten Ways To Spot Otaku (There You Are!!)
In case you didn’t know, the name of this site is Kotaku. Did you know that? Some people don’t, they just click wildly around the internet like a pyromaniac in a straw factory. Kotaku isn’t a real Japanese word, it’s a word somebody (not me!) made up many years ago. “Ko” in Japanese (小) means…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Nothing But Good Times At The Library
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Paid for the Party Today I went to the library and check out a bunch of comic books. Libraries are awesome. Comic books are awesome. Libraries and comic books? Awesome. What you missed last night Old News ’96: Nintendo Also Increasing Storage Capacity, Hopefully, Maybe First Borderlands DLC Involves, Yep,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
R4 Sales Get Shadier And Shadier
See those signs? They read, “Majikon” — Japanese for R4. And they are pointing into a random apartment building. Nintendo leading the legal charge against the R4, even asking individuals to anonymously rat out retailers selling the devices. One Akihabara R4 retail shop recently closed due to “adult reasons” — some on the Japanese internet…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Microsoft: We Will Outsell PS3 This Gen
Time for the baseball analogies! Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg compares the console wars to a game of baseball. So, batter up. “What I can tell you is we remain confident that Xbox 360 will not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation,” Greenberg told Game Informer. “It is similar to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Want To See How They Made This Shoko Nakagawa Ad?
Nerd heroine Shoko Nakagawa appears in the latest ad for Super Robot Taisen NEO. She wears pearls and cosplays as an announcer lady while she talks into the camera. Making something like that must be very difficult. Eh… This isn’t Francis Ford Coppola in the jungle with Marlon Brando or Wernor Herzog trying to push…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
SEGA Launches “Count-Up” Clock
Hate those countdown clocks — haaaaaaaaaaate them. Perhaps someone at SEGA hates them, too. Because the company didn’t launch a countdown clock for upcoming role-playing-game, Resonance of Fate (AKA End of Eternity in Japan). Instead SEGA launched a count-up clock. There’s a Twitter feed for the game’s character with tweets from Vashyron (“We can only…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Is This Square Enix’s Last PS2 Game?
Final Fantasy XI: Vana’diel Collection 2 is getting released in Japan on three platforms (Xbox 360, PC and PS2), but it will only be out on the Xbox 360 and PC in North America. According to game site Siliconera, this is Square Enix‘s last PS2 title. As the PS3 picks up more steam, the PS2…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
This Is How MGS Peace Walker Lets You See Through Clothes
Just like Superman! Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is bringing X-ray vision to the franchise, because nothing quite says stealth like peeking through clothes. In a recent interview, art director Yoji Shinkawa explained the 2D cutscene feature: “For example, if you zoom in on the scene where you first meet Paz, you can see the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
PSP Game Canceled, To Be Released One Month Later At Half Price
Bwah? Japan’s D3 Publisher has decided to suspend the November 19 sale of PSP game Exorsister, only to release it a month later for half price. Citing the “unprecedented recession”, the ¥5,040 (US$56) game will not be released on November, but instead the title will come out on December 23 as part of D3’s budget…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Your MGS Peace Walker English Voice Cast Is…
Is Metal Gear Solid English voice actor mainstay returning for upcoming PSP title, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker? Is he? In the latest Kojima Productions Report, the MGS PW voice cast has been announced. It is: Master Miller – Robin Atkin Downes Paz – Tara Strong Amanda – Grey DeLisle Strangelove – Vanessa Marshall Coldman…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Sengoku Basara 3 Looks Fun
That is, if you are into hack-and-slashing a bunch of enemies and punching giant holes in the ground. Here’s the just-released premium theater trailer Capcom screened at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Sengoku Basara 3 (Devil Kings 3) will be released next year in Japan on the Wii and the PS3.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Shigeru Miyamoto Sees “Nothing Wrong” With HD Graphics
The Nintendo Wii is not an hi-def gaming machine. When Nintendo launched the console in late 2006, the company touted its analog TV friendly aspect — not everyone has an HDTV, you know! But it’s 2009. Soon it is 2010. We are living in the future. The number of HD televisions continues to grow —…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 16, 2009 -
Nintendo Announces New Pokemon Game For Wii
Announced to Japanese retailers last week, today Nintendo has made it official: This holiday season will see a new Pokemon game. Called Poke Park Wii Pikachu no Daibouken (Pikachu’s Big Adventure), the 3D game stars popular Pocket Monster Pikachu. Poke Park Wii was developed by Nintendo subsidiary Creatures and will be released on December 5…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 -
Never Forget This Day, Never.
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Par-Tay Read this. You’d think after 25 years of “Take On Me”, they’d stick with it? What you missed last night “Eddie Riggs” Pimps Brutal Legend On Jimmy Kimmel Live Users Report Fallout 3: Game Of The Year Edition Save Snafu God of War III Demo Dated For Japan Gus…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 -
Who Does This New Kingdom Hearts Character Look Like?
We know we’ve seen that stache before! But where? Upcoming PSP game Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep features a new character with the name “Master Eraqsu”. Eraqsu backwards in Japanese is close to “Square”. But there might be going on than a simple word play. Oh yes, much more. Some on the Japanese internet believe…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009 -
First Look At New Pokemon Feature Film
Like clockwork, every summer in Japan there’s a new Pokemon film. On the official Japanese website for Pokemon flicks, there is a 15-second streaming trailer. It’s got explosions! This latest film is dubbed Pocket Monster: Diamond & Pearl Platinum — there has already been a Diamond & Pearl triology, ending with this past July’s Pokemon:…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2009
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