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Do Nintendo’s Presidents Have Crappy Handwriting? Or Should We Blame the 3DS?

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s president, wears spiffy banker suits. He has floppy hair. His glasses are nice. But how’s his handwriting? On a 3DS? Above is the Swapnote message Nintendo is sending out for its monthly “Nintendo Direct” online presentation in which Iwata and Nintendo directly speak to the internet. The message is fairly simple: “Hello.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Songstress Unloads Racist Rant on Twitter

America-based singer song-writer Jenny Hyun made a name for herself penning tunes for Girls’ Generation, one of Korea’s biggest pop groups and Nintendo DSi product pitch girls. But this week, Hyun made a bigger name for herself with a racist twitter rant. On Feb. 16, Hyun loaded on Twitter, apparently spewing a diatribe of hate…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Playing the 3DS with…a PlayStation Controller?

For Monster Hunter, the Nintendo 3DS has a mostly great extra slide pad. Screw that! One Japanese gamer figured out how to use a PlayStation Controller instead. The mod shows just how easy playing Monster Hunter with a dual thumbstick controller is. A snap! 3DS モンスターハンター専用　改造スライドパッド [YouTube via HighGamers]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Cyclops Girl Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Spotted by Danny Choo of DannyChoo.com, this cosplayer popped up at the recent Wonder Festival, etched herself in our brains, and haunted our nightmares. For more photos, check out Danny’s site below and here for more Wonder Festival cosplay. Wonder Festival Cosplay [DannyChoo via I Heart Chaos via FashionablyGeek]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Witness Arcade Button-Mashing Madness

Last weekend, Kotaku East scoured the Amusement Operators Union (AOU) trade show for the craziest game coming to Japanese arcades in 2012. And what we found is a game as fun and simple as it is crazy. Speed of Light is an arcade consisting of nothing but a wall of buttons and a digital counter.…

By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 21, 2012

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George Lucas’ Daughter Could Kick Your Ass

She really could. She could kick a lot of people’s asses—not just yours. That’s because Amanda Lucas is a mixed martial arts superstar. Lucas began MMA in 2008 after taking Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes. The former dance instructor’s first fight was in May of that year. “I got beat up pretty bad,” Lucas told Sports Illustrated.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Wii Video Service Ending. Bye Bye!

Launching May 2009, Wii Channel “Wii no Ma” offered videos and family-oriented programing. Today, Nintendo revealed the channel was ending on Apr. 30. Not a surprise with the Wii U coming out. [Wiiの間]

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Fighting with Swords and Shields Isn’t Berserk, It’s Awesome

Exercise is important. Some jog. Others play tennis. In Tokyo, a group of folks don medieval armour, wield swords, and beat the tar out of each other. Welcome to Castle Tintagel, a Middle Ages oasis in a hyper modern metropolis. And when Jay Noyes, Castle Tintagel’s founder, isn’t teaching students the finer points of medieval…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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By Brian Ashcraft Published February 21, 2012

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Nobody Makes Sexy Anime Lamps like China

Long known as the maker of the world’s goods, China has also been an art development powerhouse for the game and animation industries. But hentai cartoons? Video game developers and companies have been using China as a source of cheap labor to do basic game development to art development long before the rise of the…

By Eric Jou Published February 20, 2012

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The People Who Make Your Game Consoles Still Make Next to Nothing

Taiwanese company Foxconn, the maker of most of the worlds electronics and our favorite gaming consoles, announced that it had raised the wages of junior level factory workers in Shenzhen from 1,800RMB (US$290) to 2,200RMB ($349) a month. The move to raise wages comes at no surprise as Foxconn and many of Apple’s suppliers in…

By Eric Jou Published February 20, 2012

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So, I Want To Build a LEGO Table

Yep. My two sons really, really love LEGO. And I figured that if I’m going to build them something, it should be a LEGO table. Building stuff is kind of hard in Japan, because most people that live in cities live in apartment buildings. That means, they don’t have a garage per se, and need…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012

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Teen Bought Video Game. Mother Got Angry. Teen Stabbed Mother.

On Feb. 19 in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, police arrested a fourteen year-old boy. Earlier that evening, he apparently stabbed his mother with a sashimi knife. The cause? A dispute over a video game purchase. At 5:35pm, the teen stabbed his mother in the back one time, reported Yomiuri News. The mother, age 50, suffered serious…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012

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China is Linsane. It’s Trying To Claim Jeremy Lin.

If you’re a basketball fan, or a New Yorker, you’ve definitely heard about Linsanity. It’s the underdog story of a Chinese American Harvard graduate being undrafted and cut from NBA teams before exploding in, well, “Linsanity”. And for the past two weeks, it has been the talk of the sports world. No one saw Jeremy…

By Eric Jou Published February 20, 2012

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Are You a Woman? Would You Like a Role in Yakuza 5?

SEGA is currently holding an audition for to decide on a new female character to appear on is upcoming game, Yakuza 5. From last November to this January, Sega received over a thousand applications. It’s been narrowed down to 200 applicants from across the country. On the 18th, four judges oversaw the audition in Tokyo…

By Toshitaka Tachibana Published February 20, 2012

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Weirdo Pikachus in Tokyo, Taking Trains and Eating Burgers

Tokyo is pretty normal. Though, sometimes, there’s the occasional oddness. In year’s past, people would simply mutter to themselves, “Boy that was strange.” Now they take photos and paste them on the internet. Progress! This weekend, a group of individual dressed as Pikachu, along with a sole Ash cosplayer, took to the Tokyo streets, popping…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012

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War of the Farts

Today, we are lucky. For entertainment, we have television, video games, and the internet. Back in olden times, people had to be more creative with their diversions—make that, very creative. Scholars at elite institute Waseda University posted images from an Edo-era proto-manga scroll “War of the Farts”. Manga’s nascent beginnings are grounded in picture scrolls.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012

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The 3DS Is Not a Failure in Japan. It’s a 5 Million Sold Success.

While the 3DS had a rocky start—and any momentum it had was disrupted by March 2011’s tragic earthquake—the console has been on the uptick. You could even say it’s now going gangbusters in its native Japan. Today, Nintendo revealed that the 3DS has sold over 5 million units in Japan. It is the fastest Nintendo…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012

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By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012

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The Girl’s Eyes Were Just Too Freaky

Upcoming Nintendo 3DS role-playing game for girls Girls RPG Cindere Life featured a hostess-type heroine with heroine with comically huge eyes. “Featured” because at some point, the game’s developer changed them. The new character design still features a big-eyed lady, but nowhere near as large as previously. Girls RPG is being developed by Level-5, the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 17, 2012