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Dragon Quest is coming to smartphones in a big way. Square Enix is bringing Dragon Quest I to Dragon Quest VIII to iOS and Android. Look forward for the onslaught to start this winter when Dragon Quest I is re-released in Japan. Subsequent sequels to follow. No word about a Western release.

Don’t Hold Your Breath For Nintendo Games On iOS (Or Android)

When recently asked if Nintendo was planning on putting out titles on smartphones, company honcho Satoru Iwata replied, “Nobody knows the distant future. Or if I’ll be president. However, what I can say is, ‘At present, no.'”

I Dare Hollywood to Pull Off a Stunt Like This

These days movies are all about CG graphics. They’re closer to video games than good-old fashioned analog film. So we’ll leave it to real life to accidentally dazzle us with amazing stunts. This black box video was taken in a South Korean parking lot. It starts slow, but please, stick with it. 서커스를 하시는 김여사…

Japan Discovers The Secret Of Unlimited Chocolate

Remove one piece of chocolate from a chocolate bar. Swap two other pieces, and voilà, you have what sure seems like an endless supply of chocolate. Of course, it’s not. The above GIF, created from this video by YouTube user Mariano Tomatis, shows how the trick appears to result in the same-sized chocolate bar. However,…

Japan’s Newest Superheroes Are Fruity

When I heard that Japan’s newest superhero show was based on fruit, I scoffed. How silly! And then, I saw their outfits. That changed everything Above, you can see the transformation (変身 or “henshin”) for the latest Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Gaim. Somebody sure had fun thinking this one up! Of course, Kamen Rider…

Angry Birds Theme Park Opens in China

The Angry Birds theme park had long been in the works. Rovio’s been angling to create a theme park in China since 2011. After years of planning, the park was finally officially opened to the public last week. There was a soft opening, with the park being open to the public for the latter part…

Life-Sized Dragon Ball Z Papercraft Is Over 9000!

For this, you’ll need more than lots of space in your abode and a fanatic Dragon Ball Z love. You’ll need lots of paper. Papercraft site Paper Juke created this life-sized DBZ Goku, and earlier this year, Korean blogger Sinsis uploaded the finished piece. It’s truly impressive. Ver.Juke [Sinsis] To contact the author of this…

Check Out China’s Ridiculous Guidelines For Chinese Travelers

Overtaking obnoxious American tourists as the most annoying tourists in certain parts of the world, Chinese tourists now have a guideline to follow when they travel. Certainly, not all are bad, but sadly, the travel guidelines listed by the Chinese government for its people to travel by are nothing short of ridiculous. While Chinese golden…

Tropic Cola? That Makes Me Angry… Angry Birds Angry!

The merchandising geniuses at Rovio are back again. This time around, instead of incredibly weird meats and Star Wars-themed video games, the fine folks that make Angry Birds have now released a series of Angry Birds Colas. Originally sold and marketed in Finland and Europe, Angry Birds soda has been showing up slowly around the…

Miranda Kerr, Meet Your Korean Clone

We all have heroes. Some of us look up to movie stars, athletes, or even family members. South Korea’s Yuh Reum Hong adores Miranda Kerr. A lot Hong styles herself after Kerr, wearing blue contact lenses and mimicking the former Victoria Secret model’s hairstyle and make-up. As tipster Sang points out, Hong also said she…

GTA V Needs More Rickshaw Stealing and Dick Punching

SNL Korea is back with another Grand Theft Auto V parody. This time, the game is set in Korea’s colonial period, complete with katana-wielding Japanese guards, rickshaws you can steal, and vegetables you can use in fist-fights. GTA 경성 (GTA Seoul) Korean Parody w/ subtitles [KukminTV@YouTube Thanks, 유재욱 and Sang!] To contact the author of…

Buying Marijuana in North Korea Sure Sounds Easy

For all the freedoms that North Korea lacks, it has one that most Western countries don’t: Apparently, you can legally buy and smoke marijuana. As Vice reported earlier this year, marijuana, or “ip tambae” (“leaf tobacco”) is supposedly grown openly on the roadsides and smoked on the streets of Pyongyang. In North Korea, marijuana, it…

Uniqlo Folds T-Shirts Better Than You Do

Leave it to some employees at Japanese retail chain Uniqlo to show off the best way to fold t-shirts. Instead of simply folding the shirts, each one is creased in a slightly different place. When stacked, you can see the entire design on the side of the shirt bundle. Very clever! Not all Uniqlo stores…

Attack on Titan Has Finished, But the Games Are Just Beginning

Attack on Titan has finished its TV run, and with no second anime announced, many of you are likely already jonesing for your colossus-killing fix. But don’t worry. Not only is there the manga to read, but also no less than seven official games are either out or on the way. Attack on Titan: The…

Grand Theft Auto Comes to Life in Hong Kong Car Chase

Whenever there’s a car chase, GTA comparisons inevitably arise. But this particular car chase totally looks like Grand Theft Auto. Really! The chase happened earlier this summer, and the footage is taken from an undercover Hong Kong cop car and was recently uploaded by Next Media For twenty minutes, police chased the 33 year-old driver,…

Cosplay Doesn’t Get More Heartwarming Than This

Cosplay is the act of dressing up as your favorite character. Charity is helping others. Japanese businessman Akihiro Tomikawa does both. According to Sankei, the 44 year-old Tomikawa dresses as Japanese superhero Kamen Rider and rides into the Bangkok slums to hand out toys to underprivileged kids. Once every two months, Tomikawa apparently makes the…

Free-to-Play Or Not, The New Ace Combat Looks Pretty Great

Let’s forget about microtransactions for a second and concentrate on what makes Ace Combat great: the gameplay and the atmosphere. These two gameplay videos have plenty of both. The vids were taken from the second and fourth story missions, respectively, of the air combat game’s international version (meaning they’re in English). It may be a…

I Want To Catch These Pokémon Hanafuda Cards

Nintendo started in the 19th century as a hanafuda maker. To this day, Nintendo still makes hanafuda cards in Japan. But is it making these Pokémon hanafuda cards? As pointed out by Gigazine, a mysterious Pokémon hanafuda site just went up in Japan. The site states that more details will be made available on October…

If You Need More River City Ransom in Your Life, Try Kunio-kun SP

When I was a kid, I loved playing games on my NES. In fact, the only thing I loved more was playing co-op on the NES (this is a by-product of being an only child). Luckily for me and my next-door neighbor, there was always River City Ransom—part of the Kunio-kun series, which is still…

Gainax’s Newest Anime Is Cute Girls, Airsoft Guns, and Little More

I get excited whenever Gainax puts out a new anime. Whether it’s a psychological exploration of humanity like Evangelion or a dirty, hilarious comedy like Panty & Stocking, Gainax’s anime tend to play on your expectations to make something both surprising and magical. Their newest, however, is definitely an exception. Note: This review contains spoilers.…