Surely, there was a better place to put the triggers. Noticed by Twitter userTanimeso, this photo has been retweeted over nine thousand times. I wonder why! [Photo: tanimeso] The waterguns are actually sold in Japan—though, I don’t believe they are widely available. Online retailer Rakuten has the tiger and the bear guns for 380 yen…
This sort of trash is not common in Hong Kong. This isn’t an everyday occurrence. Then again, how often does a new iPhone launch? These photos were uploaded by Facebook user Hong Kong Live and show the wake of trash left by those queued up for the iPhone 6. People online in Hong Kong were…
The fever over Yokai Watch might have caused some to wonder if Japan still gets excited by Pokémon. The answer to that is rather simple: Yes, it does. Over the weekend, pre-orders began for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. The longest line was at the Pokémon Center in Tokyo, which had a three-hour…
This past week in Tokyo, Kotaku was able to sit down with Final Fantasy Type-0 director Hajime Tabata and talk with him about the game’s upcoming HD remaster—what’s new, what’s cut, and why the game is so damned hard. In the West, there is no doubt Final Fantasy Type-0 is one of the most anticipated…
Pac Man has been spending decades chowing down on stuff. Eating seems to come so naturally to him I never stopped to consider if he enjoys the taste of everything he eats. Apparently, neither have his owners. During the Q&A session at a presentation of the upcoming Pac Man game, Pac Man and the Ghostly…
I may want nothing more right now than to crawl into a corner and die from exhaustion after an exhilarating dose of TGS this past week, but there are still games to play—namely, Bayonetta 2 which came out here in Japan yesterday. So join me as I play for as long as this broken body…
Square Enix offered a playable demo of the new Final Fantasy Explorers at this year’s Tokyo Game Show and I got a chance to give it a whirl. It’s a solid game. It’s a Final Fantasy game. But I’m not sure it’s a solid Final Fantasy game. The basic game format is your standard mission-based…
This morning as the masses flooded into the Tokyo Game Show for the show’s first public day, I decided it was time to put my head through the giant boob hole and play the newest game about zombie-slaying, bikini-clad, busty babes: Onechanbara Z2 Chaos Over two years ago, I played the first Onechanbara Z, expecting…
Dragon Ball Xenoverse allows players to create their own original player character to take part in the history of Dragon Ball. It’s a fan’s dream, sure, but there’s something familiar about it. Upon seeing the announcement article, astute commenters quickly noted a similarity between the new original player characters and publicity images released for the…
At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Sony had demos for its Project Morpheus VR headset. The previously announced Summer Lesson ended up not making TGS, but there were two other new demos that were new and worth taking for a spin. I’ve played on an older version of the Oculus Rift—note: I have not tried…
Resident Evil Revelations 2‘s isn’t the only Resident Evil booth on the floor of the Tokyo Game Show 2014. There’s also a Resident Evil-themed airsoft gun shooting range. So join me, fellow Kotaku author Toshi Nakamura, and an airsoft gun replica of the iconic Samurai Edge pistol as we see just how good I am…
At the Tokyo Game Show 2014 today, I spent some time with Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax—a fighter that sports characters from popular anime Sword Art Online, The Devil is a Part Timer, Accel World, Black Bullet, and The Irregular at Magic High School, among others. Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax is a fast 2D fighting game…
Platinum Games’ new Xbox One exclusive game, Scalebound, has dragons and dragon riding. For creator Hideki Kamiya, it’s a bit of a dream come true. “When I was in high school, I really enjoyed sword and sorcery fantasy games like Sorcerian on my computer.” Kamiya recalled in an interview. “For some reason I’ve never had…
Psycho-Pass is Japan’s big Xbox One exclusive. I was expecting a rather standard text-based adventure game – your typical wall of words broken occasionally by a choice selection. What I got, however, was a very cool look at how the game will use real world tech. Tokyo-based game maker Mages has long been pushing the…
Dive In is an up coming game streaming service for some of Square Enix’s most popular games to iOS and Android devices. Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I tried out the service on an Android pad. Let’s see how that went. For my time with Dive In I had the choice of playing Final…
Bravely Default is a darling of a JRPG that hearkens back to the Final Fantasy games of yore—and one of the best games the 3DS has to offer. From playing the game’s demo, Bravely Second seems like simply more of the classic JRPG gameplay you know and love. The Tokyo Game Show demo was rather…
Here’s the story trailer for Yakuza 0 Like the era the game’s based in, it’s extravagant and loud. The prequel will be out in Japan next year, on PS3 and PS4.
I’ve been a fan of Resident Evil since I was first attacked by a pack of dogs jumping through a hallway window in my middle school years. And like many long-time fans, I prefer the survival horror Resident Evils to the action horror ones. From what I saw at TGS today, Resident Evil Revelations 2…
Today at TGS I got to sit down with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on the 3DS. Simply put, it’s Monster Hunter as you know and love it, only now with more focus on the vertical space. For the demo, I and two Capcom representatives proceeded to hunt a giant crab. While I have tended to…
Minecraft for the Vita is mostly what you would expect – It’s Minecraft… But it’s in your hand. A demo of Minecraft PlayStation Vita Edition has been made available at the Sony booth at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and I got a chance to give it a whirl. Sadly, the allotted play time was…
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