Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS, the tenth game in the Gundam VS series, is the most popular home and portable console fighting game of this generation in Japan. It’s also practically unheard of in the West. And while those outside of Japan may think that Extreme VS is nothing more than a cheap tie-in game,…
Senran Kagura—that 3DS game with boobs and, well, boobs—is returning to the 3DS with more than “just” boobs. Here, the opening for Senran Kagura Burst is as ridiculous as you’d expect with jiggling and explosions and then more jiggling. The high-fives with butts (high butts?), that’s new. Senran Kagura Burst bursts onto the 3DS this…
Gundam is a massive franchise in Japan. There have been twelve TV series, scores of video games, numerous movies and direct-to-video releases—and let’s not even get started on all the different manga. So despite its cultural footprint—or perhaps because of it—Gundam is an intimidating beast, to say the least. There are so many series to…
This August in Japan, Dragon Quest X is rolling onto the Wii. This eleven-minute Japanese language clip goes through things like character creation, combat, and more. Have a look. While DQX will hit the Wii this summer, it will be released on the Wii U…eventually. 『ドラゴンクエストX』ゲーム紹介映像 [YouTube]
This week the Chinese city of Pingdingshan got an eyeful. Twenty minutes of a Japanese adult film were broadcasted on a big screen display, for all to see. Police arrested a furniture store employee for piping the film through a PC to the big screen. The big screen was part of an advertisement for the…
Reebok and Japanese figure maker MegaHouse are teaming up for a limited edition set of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex sneaker. There will be only five hundred pairs in the world. In the world For the collaboration, Reebok’s Insta Pump Fury was redesigned to look like Ghost in the Shell‘s Tachikoma—those fictional walker…
Today Nintendo revealed a new portable: the Nintendo 3DS XL. It’s a larger version of the Nintendo 3DS with bigger screens and a slightly better battery. Rumors of a larger 3DS swirled. But time and time again, Nintendo wasn’t exactly up front about the new 3DS. Or was it? Right before the E3 gaming expo…
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Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP, winner of the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Best Handheld/Mobile Game, has received well-earned praise all around the globe. Now, the creators are finishing their victory lap around the globe with a visit to Tokyo. At an event in Japan, Craig Adams of Superbrothers and Kris Piotrowski of Capybara…
You know how you see rad looking software interfaces in video games, movies, and anime? And not that the interfaces we use on a daily basis are crap, they just don’t look sci-fi enough, video gamey enough, anime-y enough. Well, the Daedalus Cyber-attack alert system sure does. The Daedalus Cyber-attack alert system renders cyber attacks…
Diablo III server problems in South Korea have been bad. Korean gamers have been pissed—so pissed that they seemed rarin’ to sue Blizzard. Good news, Korean gamers, Blizzard is offering an olive branch. The server problems—caused by overwhelming player volume—have hit PC bang (net cafes) hard. Blizzard Korea rolled out more servers earlier this month,…
Kotaku once posted shit white people say to Asians, and today, we’re posting shit foreigners say in Japan—and shit they never say. These parody clips were done by Japan-based improv group “Pirates of Tokyo Bay.” Video: Sh*t Gaijin Never Say [Japan Probe]
Upcoming three-person role-playing game hits the PS Vita on September 27 in Japan. This is the first multiplayer game in the Ys series. [Game Watch Impress]
Fumito Ueda, the mind behind such classics as ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, left Sony last year much to the dismay of fans awaiting the release of his latest project, The Last Guardian. Since then, there’s been little news on his involvement with the project as an outside contractor and indeed how production on…
While the Japanese public watched a cult terrorist get arrested, its leaders in government quietly made a move that could make watching YouTube illegal in Japan… SOPA and PIPA are still rather fresh in people’s memories. For those of you who don’t know what SOPA and PIPA are, and yet are tech savvy enough to…
According to leaks from the upcoming Jump magazine, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 is headed to the Xbox 360 and PS3 next year in Japan. If this leak is true, expect more details (and images) once the issue is finally published. The first Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm was released back in 2008 and was developed…
When Xia Xiaowei isn’t posing with game hardware, she’s posting with other types of hardware. And when she’s not doing that, she’s appearing in cosplay pics. The 20-something Xia Xiaowei is a model with Tencent, the company that just purchased a stake in Epic Games. Here, she appears as One Piece‘s Nico Robin and Nami…
Okami is coming to the PlayStation 3 in 1080p—that’s full HD! The game was originally released on the PlayStation 2, and while it was a beautiful game, hi-def graphics are going to make Okami sparkle. Don’t believe me? Capcom released a series of comparison images on the game’s official site. Obviously, the better looking ones…
Konami not only makes video games, it also owns a string of sports clubs in Japan. One of its employees, Kohei Uchimura, is on the Japanese Olympic team—one of four Konami employees, that is. According to Japanese daily Nikkan Gendai, Konami will allegedly pay the gymnast a “gold medal bonus” if he takes gold at…
A Chinese news program ended up red-faced after mistaking a male masturbation toy for a “mysterious mushroom”. The program now looks at that segment as an embarrassment. This Chinese street vendor looks at it as an opportunity. Soon after the program aired, a street vendor was spotted trying to pass off sex toys as real…
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