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World of Warcraft Joins Forces With McDonald’s China

With the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor, coming in November, October seems to be a big month for Blizzard in China. The company’s doing everything to drum up hype for the game, from an online cosplay contest to now an offline promotional partnership with fast food giant, McDonald’s. Last week, three McDonald’s…

Ridiculous Burgers Get Ridiculous USB Memory Sticks

Lotteria, one of the most unusual fastfood chains in Japan, has rolled out burger towers in the past (more here and here). And now, those burgers are being memorialized in actual sized burger-shaped USB memory sticks. According to Weekly ASCII, these burger USB sticks mark the seventh anniversary of Lotteria’s line of “zeppin” (superior) line…

The Naruto Manga Ends Next Month

It sure has been an impressive run, no? And next month, the Naruto manga is coming to a close. According to the Asahi Shimbun, the last entry in the long-running Naruto series will appear in the Weekly Shonen Jump that goes on sale November 10 in Japan. Naruto debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999…

Bayonetta 2 Is Like Eating All Your Halloween Candy at Once

The original Bayonetta was touted as “non-stop climax action.” But that tag line fits the sequel even better, as Bayonetta 2 starts with what would be any other game’s climax and attempts to continue on at that level for the next eleven hours—even when it probably shouldn’t. Good – Bayonetta Goes to Hell The plot…

Clever Self-Censorship for Attack on Titan Posters

Okay, censorship or regulation can sometimes be bad. But sometimes it can be amusing and even smart. Like this. Starting in late November, the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo is holding an Attack on Titan exhibition. Livedoor News reports that, to promote the exhibit, these following posters are on display at Roppongi Station in Tokyo.…

Watching Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura Draw Is Mesmerizing

For a minute, forget all the baggage that goes with the name “Tetsuya Nomura.” The lenghty delays, the controversial designs, whatever. This guy can draw In the video below (via Famitsu), you can see the artist at work, drawing Sora from Kingdom Hearts. It’s nice to have a reminder of just how Nomura excels at…

Why I Can’t Bring Myself to Enjoy Akame Ga Kill

Before it started airing, Akame Ga Kill was the anime I was most looking forward to. Sadly, that excitement was brutally murdered even before the end of the first episode—and nothing in the remainder of first half of the series did anything but push me further away. Now before we get into it, let me…

There’s One Cool Thing about McDonald’s Batman Burger

In Hong Kong, McDonald’s has a Batman Burger. The burger looks, well, kind of dull—especially with therecent burger madness we’ve seen. But boy, the box it comes in is UTTERLY FANTASTIC. Via Entabe, here’s what the “Dinner Double Beef” burger looks like. Nothing too wild, no? But as noted on Togech, here’s the packing the…

Square Enix Makes Better Final Fantasy XV Photoshops Possible

The game company behind Final Fantasy just released hi-res assets so people can make their own silly FFXV Photoshops. Thanks, Square Enix! As previously reported, it became a thing online for people to grab Final Fantasy XV screens and rework them for internet fun under the hashtag #FF15クソコラグランプリ (The FF15 Shitty Photoshop Gran Prix). When…

A Video Game Trying Its Damnedest to Be the Most Otaku Thing Ever

Two hours. At most, three. That’s all the time you’ll need to blaze through a trippy video game hallucination that zips players through everything from old-school NES games through Akira and Sailor Moon. It’s probably the most otaku thing you’ll do all year. Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day is the video game component of Short Peace,…

Smash Bros. Creator Answers Fan Questions

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is completed, but series creator Masahiro Sakurai’s job isn’t done yet. There’s still the Wii U version to come. But in the meantime, he answers some fan questions. In his semi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai addressed questions about Super Smash Bros. and added some insight and advice. Question…

Hideo Kojima and Shinji Mikami Talk Horror Games

Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil fame and the upcoming The Evil Within. Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear fame and the upcoming Silent Hills. Let’s get the two in the same room and have them talk horror games, shall we? “Looking at current survival horror games as entertainment, I feel they lean too heavily on action.”…

The Monster Hunter 4G New Nintendo 3DS XL sure looks slick. Previously, we saw concept images for the handheld that’s out next month in Japan. Here’s a look at the actual hardware.

Sony is “Working Diligently” on The Last Guardian

Sony bossman Shuhei Yoshida sounds enthusiastic and confident on the future of Sony’s flagship game console, and then tiptoes around an obvious question. Last month’s Tokyo Game Show was an upbeat affair for Sony – what with this being the first TGS after the Japanese release of the PlayStation 4 – and Pres Yoshida was…

Poll: The Worst Things Boyfriends Can Collect

A Japanese website reports that in a recent poll, 231 women revealed the things they would hate their boyfriends to collect. The poll appeared on My Navi Woman, a version of the popular My Navi website geared towards Japanese women. Be aware that this poll does not reflect the opinion of the entire country, but…

The Flying Fairy Toy That Just… Left Our Planet

Perhaps you’ve seen those flying fairy toys? Recently, one of those toys just went flutter, then bye-bye. As noted on 2ch, these Flutterbye Flying Fairies typically just fly around the room. Like so: But one Japanese YouTuber, who apparently bought a Chinese knock-off, experienced more than a fairy hovering about. Best knock-off ever? At the…

Microsoft Isn’t Satisfied with the Xbox One’s Japanese Launch

Things are rough for the Xbox One in Japan! The launch was a disaster, and the weeks following have seen weaker and weaker sales. But good news, Xbox Japan isn’t ready to give up. After selling a mere 23,562 Xbox One consoles at launch, Microsoft moved only 1,314 consoles in its third week on sale.…

Upcoming survival horror game The Evil Within (aka PsychoBreak) is getting limited edition PlayStation 4 consoles in Japan. The consoles come bundled with a soundtrack CD, a booklet, and Gore Mode DLC, allowing Japanese players the ability to enjoy the game uncensored.

Undressing This Hug Pillow Is No Final Fantasy

Musician Gackt is the closest we’ll get to a real-life Final Fantasy character. And this hug pillow might be the closest you get to Gackt. He really looks like a Final Fantasy character! And according to Gackt, FFVIII‘s Squall Leonhart was based on his appearance. What’s more, Gackt not only did the theme songs for…

Hong Kong Protests Draw Resident Evil Comparisons

Right now in Hong Kong, thousands of people are protesting. The demonstrations are to uphold the Hong Kong constitution and have been nicknamed the “Umbrella Revolution.” Cue the Resident Evil comparisons! The protests aim to protect Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” with China. Demonstrators have been carrying umbrellas, which are rich with symbolism: They…