Dressed in smart business attire and glasses, she takes her seat behind a desk. She’s here to explain a turn-based strategy game. Yet, online forums are buzzing in Japan that she is “way too erotic”. She is Cepko Culd, Japanese gaming’s newest sex symbol. With Culdcept for 3DS, Nintendo is bringing Omiya Soft’s classic fantasy…
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A sixth grader from Osaka is in protective juvenille custody after accessing an online game site with somebody else’s password. The 11 year-old Osaka girl is accused of violating Japan’s Unauthorized Computer Access Law after figuring out the name, birthday, and password of a 12 year-old middle school girl in Yamanashi Prefecture. The game in…
The box said Samsung. The HDD casing said Samsung. Inside, it said rip-off. Via China’s largest online retail platform Taobao, a shopper bought what he thought was a 160GB Samsung hard disk for 220 yuan (US$35). It was anything but a HDD. Inside the casing, there was a USB flash drive and bolts—bolts that were…
Remember all those rumors about a 3DS redesign? According to Nintendo, the company isn’t concentrating on a tweaked 3DS. Instead, it’s working on what will probably be a totally new handheld. Earlier this month, respected Japanese newspaper the Nikkei ran a story, which stated that Nintendo was going to reveal a new 3DS at E3.…
Platinum Games, the folks behind Bayonetta and that new Metal Gear Rising game, have a web cam turned on its studio, which offers a peek behind the curtain. As of posting, the camera is facing an Anarchy Reigns poster, so you might want to check back later. You know, after they move the camera. Platinum…
As a thirty-something year-old man in a Dragon Ball Z kame shirt with two young sons currently watching Dragon Ball Z Kai, I gotta say that this comparison is not only incorrect, but also absurd. 7 Years Old [loldaddy]
Those Fatal Frame games sure are frightening. Don’t believe me? Check out this six minute clip of the new Wii remake of Fatal Frame II, known as Fatal Frame: Deep Crimson Butterfly. The clip is in Japanese, but the language of scary is universal. The game is out in Japan and Europe this month. It…
A recent issue of the Japanese edition of Newsweek poses this question: Is Cool Japan going cold? The cover reads “Cool Japan Is Running Out of Steam” (息切れクールジャパン). The article centers on “Cool Japan”, which was adopted by the Japanese government and trade organizations that hoped to tap into the country’s soft power status. Cool…
At the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising uttered the following: “Man, Japan is over. We’re done. Our game industry is finished.” I hope Inafune was watching E3 this year. It’s true that over the past half-decade Japanese and Western gaming markets have gone in different directions.…
While many Korean gamers might be excited about Diablo III, Korean net cafe owners aren’t exactly thrilled. Sure, the game is a big boost to the country’s net cafe industry. That is, when it can get online. Website Daily Game reports the PC bang (net cafe) owners could file a class action lawsuit with Blizzard…
Artist Sou Miyata was probably best known for his work on Muv-Luv, the PC game turned manga and anime. That is until this week. After this week, he’ll be known as the artist who got axed after being accused of tracing the work of others. To promote the upcoming Muv-Luv summer anime, which is dubbed…
This Sunday, two individuals tragically lost their lives in a senseless attack. And yesterday, a well-known Japanese journalist tried to connect the stabbings to otaku (geek) culture. Well, that didn’t take long. On TV Asahi’s Super J Channel, freelance journalist Akihiro Otani said, “The location where the stabbing happened is close to a known otaku…
Playing the story mode of Tokyo Jungle, I took control of a lot of different animals: deer, cats, and dogs, just to name a few. I helped a lonely Pomeranian survive in this new human-less world and played both sides of a war between Beagles and Pit Bulls. One mission even had me as a…
More and more Japanese companies are feeling the pinch—Nintendo included. After posting its first annual loss in donkey’s yonks, the Kyoto-based game company is reducing its employee summer bonuses by 20 percent. #firstworldproblems Last year, full-time Nintendo staff got the average of approximately 4.4 months worth of their salary as summer bonus. This year, it’s…
When Diablo III launched in South Korea, the country’s most famous cosplay collective, Spiral Cats, was on hand. Spiral Cats’ member Tasha pulled off a wonderful Demon Hunter—a character she revisits in this photo set. “I believe that we can project our love for the character that we cosplay through our pictures,” Tasha previously told…
Tokyo Jungle is set in a world where humanity has disappeared and the animals of Tokyo battle to find their own niche in the urban environment. The goal of the game is simple: survive. To play, you pick an animal—anything from a house cat to a T-Rex—and start in front of Shibuya Station. You are…
Poor Pikachu. The character shows up for a Pokémon “quiz rally”, and a bunch of Japanese kids stuff their fists into his mouth. The nerve! The official (and current) Pikachu costume worn at events features the character with an open mouth, presumably so the wearer can see out and not so children can stuff their…
Just when you think Nintendo finally gets the internet, the Kyoto-based game maker does stuff like this. In a recent interview with website IGN, game designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that the upcoming Pikmin 3, a launch title on the Wii U, will not have online. Because? According to Miyamoto: You have to be very careful…
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