If you watch only one clip today, watch this one. Namco is bringing its bodybuilders-running-through-buildings arcade game Muscle Koushinkyoku (lit. “Muscle March”) to the Japanese WiiWare Channel. The one-to-four player game will be released on May 26 for 800 Wii Points.
Holy mackerel! Nintendo had an amazing April, selling over 1.04 million DS units in the United States. That’s spread over the DSi and the DS Lite platforms. Here’s the breakdown: The DSi sold more than 827,000 systems in April, while the Nintendo DS Lite sold 215,000 systems. Those impressive sales figures bring the life-to-date Nintendo…
Former German politician Martin Budich is in hot water for invoking violence…against Nazis…with Bomberman. Last fall, Budich posted a imagine of Hudson video game character Bomberman holding cake with a bomb (he is Bomberman!). The text roughly translates to “No cake walk for the Nazis”. The image was protesting a Nazi event that was held…
Video Games – E3 2009 – Video Game Trailers Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete will be released in America on June 2. Have a look at the English language trailer. Rather, have a listen. Re-recorded with the original voice cast that includes Rachel Leigh Cook and Mena Suvari, Blu-ray movie Advent Children Complete includes…
Endless! Capcom game Sengoku Basara (aka Devil Kings) has already gotten a stage play, canned drinks and bags of rice. Next: pizza. From May 11, Pizza Hut has been offering Sengoku Basara pizza pies as part of a campaign to promote the game’s anime. The question: What does Devil Kings pizza look like? Like normal…
With the release of Metal Gear Solid 4, Japanese company Konami saw record high sales of ¥309.77 billion and 4.2 percent growth for the 2008 fiscal year. That’s the good news. The bad news? Konami’s profit dropped 40.7 percent to ¥10.87 billion. According to Konami, the company’s health and fitness segment faced depreciation. (Konami owns…
Japanese store UNIQLO is covering video games with its new line of t-shirts. Games like Arkanoid, Bomberman and Pac-Man have their own UNIQLO threads. The latest UNIQLO TV spot makes a not so subtle reference to new line of game clothes. There’s also Ken the Eagle from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, who’s appearing on UNIQLO…
To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: Carpet Versus Dogs: FIGHT! It’s been a few weeks that we’ve been out of the city, and I can already notice some changes. For example, when we lived in the city, Mini-Bash did not like bugs. He said he liked them, but usually would run away when he saw them.…
Sengoku Basara, known as Devil Kings in the West, has already been made into a stage play and canned beverages. What’s next? Bags of rice, apparently! The Sengoku Basara rice is grain from Miyagi Prefecture, best known in Japan for its agriculture and scenic views. Going on sale May 22, the Devil Kings rice is…
Atari is drastically decreasing its visibility in Europe. The company’s sales and marketing staff will be transferred to the newly-formed business Distribution Partners, reports industry site MCV. Hoping to beefed up its business resume, Distribution Partners is handling all Namco Bandai releases in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Last March, Namco Bandai picked up…
This month, Square Enix is releasing a pair of Star Ocean 4 posable toys from famed figure maker Kotobukiya. Check out hero Edge Maverick and heroine Reimi Saionji. The childhood friends are both around 8 inches tall and come in window box — each with their own weapons*. Those interested in picking them up can…
With Monster Hunter 3 (-tri) coming out this August, Capcom has released a new trailer for the game to get folks excited about hacking and slashing with their Wii Remote. Monster Hunter crazy Japan is also getting a Limited Edition bundle for the game.
While rumors have been swirling that Sony will be announcing a PS3 Slim, the company has stated earlier that it “currently has no plans” for a redesign. That was then, this is now. Today, pictures of what appears to be a redesigned PS3 have appeared on Chinese message boards. The picture seem to come from…
Sony’s PS3 hardware sales experienced a bump during the 2008 financial year. How about game sales? Last year wasn’t a pretty good year for PS3 game sales worldwide. It was a damn good year. The company released its 2008 financial report with software sales data for all three of its gaming platforms: PS2, PSP and…
Our Red Faction red contest has drawn to a close. We’ve selected the best of the best of the best — the finalists. Let’s pick ourselves a winner. No, let’s have you pick a winner. Here’s how it works: In the comments section below, write the name of the image you are voting for (the…
Nintendo games do well on Nintendo platforms. Third party developers who don’t release games with Mario (see SEGA’s Sonic and Mario) have a harder time. No complaining though! EA Sports president Peter Moore says its up to the developers to figure out how to make titles that do well on the Wii. “I think the…
Times are tough. Sega Sammy knows. The company has released its 2008 fiscal results, posting a loss for the second year straight. The company chalked up a net ¥ 22.88 billion loss, which was less than the ¥52.47 billion loss of last year. The company’s pachinko and arcade business caused financial bleeding. While game sales…
New footage on StarWars.com shows Millenium Falcon pilot Han Solo as a playable/unlockable character in upcoming title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Sure, the same actor played both Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and yes, George Lucas created both characters. But really? Seems a tad on the gimmicky side — like putting Yoda…
Nintendo 64 title GoldenEye is a classic title and seems like a perfect fit for the Wii’s Virtual Console. Seems, that is. Alas, the Rare development game doesn’t look like it will because of sticky legal issue: Rare is owned by Microsoft so that nixes the Virtual Console, and GoldenEye was first released on the…
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: 90 Percent Booked My new house has both. My last place had only carpeting, and my place before that had tatami mats (which smelled nice!). These days, fewer and fewer houses in Japan have tatami. Our new place doesn’t even have a Japanese room and neither did the last one.…
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