This is Summer-Colored High School: Adolescent Record. As previously mentioned, it’s an open-world game for the PS3 and PS4. In it, players explore the island, go fishing, fall in-love, and escape from the cops after taking lewd photos. Summer-Colored High School is from D3 Publisher, who are best known for the OneChanbara and Earth Defense…
On the heels of an incredibly disappointing re-cap movie, space opera epic Yamato 2199 returned to the silver screen this past weekend in Japan with Yamato 2199: Ark of the Stars—a film that is less a stand-alone story and more of a beginning for a whole new epic. [Note: This review contains spoilers for the…
Best part? It’s called Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo. Fitting, because today saw mega lines. The opening in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro saw a slew of limited edition goods, like a plush toy Pikachu dressed as Charizard. There were also little figurine versions. These were only slated to go on sale from today until Sunday, making them rare…
Developers play games too. They also have their likes and dislikes. 107 Japanese devs were asked what their most memorable game was out of two decades’ worth of the PlayStation library. Here’s the top 6. Japanese gaming mag Dengeki Playstation, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the PlayStation platform, sent out the questionnaires to 107 Japanese…
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear franchise, has many stories to tell about his experience with the PlayStation over the past two decades. He was kind enough to share a few of them. “I was in Kobe, and it was in 1993 when the precursor to Kojima Productions, Kaihatsu Gobu (開発5部 trans: Development Section…
The PlayStation 4 is finally launching in China. The console will go on sale next January 11. And when the PS4 does, it’s getting a special version, just for China. This is the Special Dragon Edition, which will be available at launch along with the Jet Black and Glacier White 500GB PlayStation 4. The hardware…
We missed shaking our heads at a Japanese schoolgirl at Tokyo Game Show this year, but some lucky people got to last month, and it looks like they enjoyed it. On November 29th and 30th, Sony held a demo event for their virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus. One of the demos there was Summer Lesson,…
Magikarp is sad. Pathetic. He sucks. Yet, one brave gamer apparently became a Poké champ with what is largely considered to be the worst Pocket Monster around. Wielding a shiny Magikarp, Twitter user Nakano Official defeated the Elite Four in Pokémon ORAS before taking down the champion to be crowned champ himself. Nakano Official live-tweeted…
Last I checked, the cheese for cheeseburgers goes inside the burger, not slathered on top. These, however, aren’t typical cheeseburgers. They’re fondue burgers. Oh. Get News reports that the Beef Fondue and Chicken Fondue burgers will be available at Burger King restaurants in Japan for a limited time early next year. The dipping fondue sauce…
We’ve already posted some of the coolest Super Smash Bros. stage creations so far. Many of the stages were created by Western games, so now, let’s have a look at what Japanese Super Smash Bros. players are sharing online. As previously mentioned, the game’s new level editor allows folks to create custom stages and then…
In China, anti-Japanese propaganda shows can get, well, silly. Many people in China don’t take them seriously. This latest show, with its seemingly Assassin’s Creed-style outfits, is not an exception. As pointed out on QQ, Games Sina and ChinaSmack, the show is set against the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), which is certainly a period of…
This is 20 year-old Abbas Alizada. He totally looks like Bruce Lee, from his physical features to his ability to pull off martial arts moves. It’s no surprise that the Kabul native’s nickname is “Afghan Bruce Lee.” According to Reuters, Alizada is from a family of ten kids. His parents didn’t have enough money for…
This shouldn’t come as a surprise, really. But game creator Fumito Ueda mentioned The Last Guardian in this week’s issue of Dengeki PlayStation. And from the sound of it, the game could be headed to the PS4. Dengeki PlayStation polled numerous developers about, well, PlayStation. Questions included asking them what their most memorable title on…
Melon bread is loved in Japan. Besides being a favorite snack, it also pops up in manga and anime. And now, people can wear it on their heads. Or at least a beret that looks like the bread. Yay! Above, these are hand-made melon bread berets from Marisan Bakery. You, of course, cannot eat these…
Dragon Quest is getting a music rhythm game with Theatrhythm Dragon Quest. Slated for the 3DS, it’ll be out in Japan next March. No word yet about an international release.
Japanese role-playing game? Urban eco-car? I don’t see the similarity, either, but hey, somebody at Toyota did. The Nagoya-based automaker has rolled out a new series of ads for the Prius C (aka the Aqua in Japan). The spots have video game music, such as this one: That’s “Voyage of Adventure” from Dragon Quest III.…
Last year we covered Japan’s first 3DS game based on anime juggernaut Attack on Titan. This past week the game received an updated release called Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind -Chain-. So join me now as we give it a try and kill some giant Titans live for the world to see.…
This is Setsu-chan. The little guy sure is cute when he’s awake. But when he dozes off, he sure is fugly. As pointed out on 2ch and IT Media, earlier this summer an illustrator named Mino started uploading photos of her slumbering cat Setsu-chan to her Twitter feed. Here, you can see him wide awake:…
You like noodles, right? I sure do. Especially soba noodles. And Kyoto’s Honke Owariya is famous for its soba noodles. That, and being very, very old. Honke Owariya was established in 1465. The restaurant started out making confectionery, but its noodles proved more popular. According to Deep Kyoto, Honke Owariya has been making soba for…
In Japan, Bravely Second has a release date. The game will be out next year on April 23. It’s also getting a very cool-looking Collector’s Pack. Bravely Second is, of course, the eagerly awaited sequel for Bravely Default As pointed out on Inside, the limited edition bundle comes with a Bravely Default 200 Years Later…
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