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Persona Fighting Game Patch Incoming!

Xbox 360 owners dealing with Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena lag issue, take heart! The game’s developer, Arc System Works, is readying a patch, which will be released sooner, hopefully, than later. [Atlus]

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2012

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Tearing the 3DS XL’s Guts Open

Japan’s Nikkei tore a Nintendo 3DS XL apart to see what is inside. What did Nikkei find? Parts. Lots and lots of parts. Nikkei showed off the handheld’s main board, which reveals Samsung memory and a wireless LAN module from Hon Hai. For more nitty gritty, check out the report in the link below. 3DS…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2012

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There Is a Correct Way to Play the PS Vita. This Isn’t It.

PS Vita owners, you probably play your machine on the train or the bus. Maybe you play it when you are out and about—or perhaps at home. You might even play it at the beach, like Polish model Natalia Siwiec. There really isn’t a “correct” place to game. There is a correct way to hold…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2012

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Can You Handle All This Collectible Nerd Plastic?

The real question isn’t how many figures and toys are at the bi-annual Wonder Festival, but rather, can you process all the stunning plastic chaos? Well, can you? Dubbed “Wonfes”, the Wonder Festival is a Japanese model figurine event that brings together professional model makers, figure companies, and collectors in a big event to celebrate…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 31, 2012

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If You’re Going to Make a Game Free-to-Play, At Least Let People Play It

Over the past few weeks, we here at Kotaku East have taken a look at several of Japan’s newest free-to-play titles. First was Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation, a PS3 third-person shooter that was based around a six versus six game of capture the points. Second was the Vita title Samurai and Dragons, which mixed…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 27, 2012

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Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena Is Laggy on the Xbox 360

Atlus, the game’s publisher, is investigating the issue, which only seems to affect the Xbox 360 version of the Persona fighting game. Sit tight. [Atlus]

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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China Can’t Get Enough Kinect Clones

It seems China can’t get enough of motion control gaming, so much so that another Chinese company has come out to debut their own camera capture motion device, the i-move. Spotted in this year’s China Joy gaming expo, Shanghai Motion Technology company’s i-move takes two things that are constantly copied in China and merges it…

By Eric Jou Published July 27, 2012

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This Might Be the First Look at the PS Vita’s Savior, a New Monster Hunter. It Might Not. [UPDATE: More signs of a hoax]

Face it: the minute Capcom releases a new Monster Hunter game on the PS Vita, Sony will sell a bajillion PS Vita units. But now, Nintendo has locked up Monster Hunter 4, so tough crap? These mysterious screens hint at the possibility of a new Monster Hunter game in the Vita’s future. Or do they?…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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Rich Jerk Throws a Wad of Money To Kick a Gamer Off a PC

Filmed at the China Joy expo in Shanghai, this clip shows a rich dude repeatedly nudge a guy playing at a demo for a PC game. You can hear him say, “Let me play!” in Chinese. Then, the rich guy takes out a wad of yuan and throws it in the gamer’s face. It looks…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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Phantasy Star Online 2 is Fun, Frantic, and Free-to-Play

These days the net is overflowing with free-to-play MMORPGs. But even before free-to-play MMORPGs were a thing, there was Phantasy Star Online. This online-RPG graced consoles and PCs alike in the early 2000s and proved to be the most popular game of its kind in Japan (until Final Fantasy XI hit stores in 2002). Now,…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 27, 2012

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No, Nintendo Doesn’t Send Miis to Check Chinese Factories

It sends humans. In the past few years, working conditions in China have come under greatly scrutiny. Conditions have also gotten better. Nintendo recently discussed how it conducts on-site factory visits in China: There are morning interviews with managers, paperwork checks, multiple manufacturing line checks, and checks into the lives and welfare of the factory…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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What’s More Glorious Than HD Final Fantasy VII? Paper Final Fantasy VII.

Because paper is awesome! Comic artist George Alexopoulos turns role-playing game Final Fantasy VII into adorable 2D paper figures. While fans clamor for a FFVII remake, I’ll take a Final Fantasy VII Paper. (Oh, and a remake.) Previously, Kotaku posted his Zelda and Mega-Man doodles, which were just as darling, if not more. FFVII [StudioNJ…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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See This Fast-Paced, Free-to-Play MMORPG in Action

Back at the turn of the millennium, Sega released the first MMORPG for consoles, Phantasy Star Online. Over the next decade it went from Dreamcast to GameCube to Xbox to PC. Now twelve years later, Sega has finally released the sequel, Phantasy Star Online 2, free on the Japanese PC. In the game itself, you…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 27, 2012

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It’s Called the Virgin White Box Set. Enough Said.

Marvelous Entertainment has announced the official release date for the PSP game Fate/Extra CCC; it’s February 21, 2013. Along with a release date, three videos, new character details, and information on limited edition goods of the game have been uploaded to the official site as well. Fate/Extra CCC is a dungeon RPG game on the…

By Toshitaka Tachibana Published July 27, 2012

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Another Indecent Cosplay Gives Birth to Another Internet Celebrity

As in the past, this year’s China Joy gaming expo in Shanghai saw regulations to crack down on skimpy outfits. Apparently, Li Ling either didn’t get the memo or she ripped it up entirely. Li Ling appeared at China Joy last year, but didn’t make much of an impression. This year, however, she did. Finally…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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Check Out Jet Li’s New Kung Fu Fantasy Game

Chinese game company Woniu.com (Snail net…) announced at the China Joy game expo this week the official release of their Chinese fantasy style wuxia mmo called The 9 Yin Sutras (九阴真经). The game at first glance looks like pretty much every other martial arts fantasy style MMO on the Chinese market these days but the…

By Eric Jou Published July 27, 2012

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Of Course, They’re Making Gran Turismo 6 Right Now

Surprised? Shocked? Eh, not really? At the China Joy gaming event in Shanghai, Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi once again stated that work on Gran Turismo 6 shortly after GT5 finished (something he told Kotaku back in 2010). Yamauchi also reiterated that he and his studio always have their eye on the cutting edge of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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Here’s a Chinese Man Singing Justin Bieber While Riding a Cow

Love this guy’s passion. Love the guitar rendition. Love the fact that the original video is titled “I am legendary, art dream.” Just not sure what’s up with the livestock. This is the only video Youku user w451119777 has up. It’s the only one that’s needed. As website Beijing Cream points out, Justin Bieber is…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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The Ladies of Uzbekistan Bring Japanese Emoticons to Life

If a picture says a thousand words, what does a picture of Uzbekistan models imitating Japanese emoticons say? Tokyo web planning company Nuuo showed a series of Japanese emoticons to models from an Uzbekistan model agency. Nuuo only told them the bare minimum about what each emoticon meant and allowed the women to interpret the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2012

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Game Creators Are Constantly Looking To The Future. Here’s What A Few Of Them Are Looking At

Weekly Famitsu celebrated its 1,234th issue this week with an interview with several game creators abouth their thoughts on the future. Among the creators were Capcom’s Hideaki Itsuno, Grasshopper Manufacture’s Gouichi Suda, and Tecmo Koei’s Kenichi Ogasawara Director of the Devil May Cry series and Dragon’s Dogma, Hideaki Itsuno enthusiastically spoke of his dream to…

By Toshi Nakamura Published July 26, 2012