Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze came out in Japan yesterday and with it came an influx of awesome art over at the Donkey Kong Miiverse page. Look below for some of the best. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released in Japan on February 13, 2014. It will be released in the United States and…
Nobunagun is a currently running anime that is basically Pacific Rim—only instead of fighting otherworldly monsters with giant robots, they use weapons and other tools created from the souls of some of the most famous people from history and legend. Oda Nobunaga The main character of the show, Shio, has the soul of Oda Nobunaga,…
Tiger & Bunny: The Rising is the newest film in the Tiger & Bunny series, which features a world where superheroes and reality TV have come together to make fighting crime a popular game show. And while the series was unique and enjoyable from start to finish, this theatrical adventure is only marginally above average.…
Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost is one of the most popular arcade games in Japan—and that’s not just because of the name brand recognition. It’s also because of its fast-paced fighting engine that’s been tuned and refined with each iteration of the Gundam VS series that makes it insanely fun to play. Good – Co-op…
Late last year, the people over at Manga Entertainment started putting out a series of animated shorts where they take a clip of an anime and replace the characters’ heads (and sometimes bodies) with those of cats. The latest of these “ANIMEOW” videos uses footage from homosexual love story anime Junjo Romantica—and really makes for…
Confession time: I have never played a Kirby game before now. But if they are even half as well done as Kirby: Triple Deluxe, I really need to do the entire back catalog. Good – Power-ups Galore Kirby’s trademark attack is inhaling his opponents and then copying their powers. Kirby has 26 different powers he…
I’ve watched a lot of Gundam in my time. As a franchise, it is built around using the same story formula again and again with subtle twists. Valvrave is what happens when you stop being subtle and intersperse Gundam clichés with horrible consequences. [Note: This is a review of the second season of Valvrave. Go…
The Gundam VS series is one of Japan’s most popular arcade games and one I have been playing for years. Fellow Kotaku East author Toshi Nakamura, on the other hand, has never played a Gundam VS game. So watch us sit down and spend some time with the newest in the series, Gundam Extreme VS…
Outbreak Company is a love letter to otaku everywhere—and that is both its greatest strength and greatest weakness. Good – Otaku Culture as a Tool for Change Outbreak Company is a comedy about a hardcore otaku, Shinichi, who is hired by the Japanese government to promote otaku culture in a newly-discovered parallel world. The parallel…
One of my favorite features in Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost is the ability to watch replays of other players’ matches. Thus you can see some of the best players in action and then better your own play-style. Moreover, it’s a golden opportunity to see some of your dream fights; like say, Gundam Wing vs…
The newest Kirby game, Kirby Triple Star Deluxe came out on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan earlier this month, and its story mode is only the tip of the iceberg in what it has to offer. There are tons of additions to Kirby’s classic gameplay. We’ve already looked at Kirby’s new copy abilities, but that’s…
Have you ever dreamed of playing your 3DS games on a big screen TV? I know I have. While many people are happy to play their portable at home or on the road, if given the choice, I will always choose the TV. But as 3DS can’t output to a TV, I’ve always had to…
Sucking is usually a bad thing—unless of course you’re playing Kirby The newest Kirby game, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, came out in Japan on the 3DS earlier this month. It is full of all the goodness you’ve come to expect when platforming. As everyone’s favorite pink puffball, you float around, suck in enemies, copy their powers,…
Kyousougiga is a touching story about family, set in a fantasy world inside a painting. It has a beautiful setting and well-animated action. Unfortunately, it also gets far too convoluted for its own good. Good – Set in a Fairytale Kyousougiga has its roots in a Japanese fairytale. A lonely monk draws a rabbit which…
This March will see the re-release of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 remastered in HD. But as this collection has already come out in Japan, I am here to tell you why you should be excited to get your hands on it. More Content in Both Games If you love the original versions…
I love the Monogatari franchise, I think it is one of the most entertainingly-written and well-directed anime of the past few years. However, in some parts of Monogatari Second Season, the storytelling wears a bit thin. As Monogatari Second Season is a collection of largely unrelated character follow-up stories of the cast explored in Bakemonogatari,…
The coolest thing about Kirby has always been his ability to suck in his enemies and absorb their powers. And the newest game in the series, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, definitely has plenty of that. In Triple Deluxe Kirby now has five new copy abilities: sniper, beetle, circus, bell, and, my personal favorite, hypernova. And that’s…
Late last month, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster was released on the PS3 and Vita in Japan and I have been dying to play it—not the remastered FFX, but the remastered FFX-2. But, to understand why Final Fantasy X-2 holds such a place in my heart, you need to know why I play video games.…
This past fall the fighting game series BlazBlue got its first anime adaptation. The games are well known for having excellent fighting mechanics as well as a lot of lore and an interesting story that is explored as you play the series. Unfortunately, all this does not translate well to an animated format. [Note: Before…
BlazBlue, the popular fighting game series by Arc System Works, is coming to the stage as Live Act BlazBlue ~Continuum Shift~. BlazBlue is far from the first stage adaptation of a popular video game to come out in Japan; Ace Attorney, Persona 4, Steins;Gate, and several others have had their time in the spotlight over…
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