Hope you don’t mind feeling pukey! I know I do. This is “Robot VR,” a three-minute long attraction at the Everland Amusement Park in Yongin, South Korea. Check out this short TechInAsia clip: It reminds me of this barfy VR gaming chair we posted a while back, but with more seats so you can get…
Romancing SaGa 3 is coming to the iOS, Android, and PS Vita in Japan. The game originally came out 1995, and the release date for this remastered version is TBA. No word about an international release, either.
Here’s our first look at Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2! That’s right, the crossover between Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon is getting a sequel. It’ll be out August 31 on the 3DS in Japan. No word yet about an international release.
As previewed at the end of the last Dragon Ball Super episode, this latest one was about Bulma and her new baby. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t continue! Because, with Bulma pregnant and everyone gathered nearby, Whis did this: AND NOBODY FREAKED OUT. Well, nobody in Dragon Ball Super, that is. They reacted…
Here’s your first look at the new Inazuma Eleven anime. Titled Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenpin, it’s the latest entry in Level-5’s soccer series. The show will be broadcasting this October in Japan.
Writer Daisuke Sato died on March 22 from coronary artery disease. He was 52. Illustrated by Shoji Sato and written by Sato, Highschool of the Dead debuted in 2006 and was turned into an anime series in 2010. Besides Highschool of the Dead, Sato was known for the manga series Imperial Guards as well as…
The 2009 Nintendo DS game Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is getting a revamped version for the 3DS. According to 4Gamer, this is a “remake,” and Famitsu reports that it will have full-voice, new graphics, and around 350 new demons as well as a new character named “Alex.” You can watch the debut trailer below:…
Lanterns. Kyoto, Japan. By Cerra Buckholz. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Oh dear. This is bad news! Very bad. Starting April 4, you cannot order a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Japan, because the country’s McDonald’s restaurants won’t be offering it. This also applies to the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese. According to McDonald’s Japan, some restaurants might run out of their Quarter Pounder stock before…
Reminder! The Nintendo DSi Shop ends on March 31. In Japan, there’s a program to move unused DSi points to the Nintendo eShop or even convert them to a cash refund. The Japanese program starts April 3 and ends September 29. No word yet for Nintendo’s plans in the West.
Then, I guess, its characters would look like this. Twitter user Hagetaka has been creating retro versions of Nier Automata protagonists like A2 and 2B. The cool part is that Hagetaka has also been offering a window into the process that went into creating this pixel art: Excellent work! Kotaku East is your slice of…
Monster Hunter XX sold 848,467 copies in its first week on sale on Japan. In comparison, Monster Hunter X sold 1,488,367 copes in its first week in the region, while Monster Hunter 4G sold 1,446,289 copies during its debut week.
Goodness. After losing a match, a League of Legends player in the Chinese city of Lanzhou, one player apparently got angry and slammed his head through the computer screen. According to Ifeng, he was pissed at how poorly his teammates played and took it out on an internet cafe monitor. While other players snapped photos…
Tang Paradise Park. Xi’an, China. By Ronald Delgado. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
It’s the end of an era. The final episode of the Naruto-starring TV anime will be aired on March 23, bringing to a close a highly successful series. The first Naruto TV series debuted back in October 2002 and ran to 2007. That same year, the current series Naruto Shippuden kicked off. Now, fourteen and…
Recently on Japanese television, the anime slang babumi (バブみ) was introduced. For many, it was the first time they’d heard it. In the above image, the handsome guy on the left is “pre-babumi,” while the cuted up version on the right is “post-babumi.” So, what the heck is babumi? In Japanese, “babuu” (バブー) is baby…
Not surprising! It looks nuts in the manga and anime, too. Out of all the Yu-Gi-Oh characters, Yami Yugi has the most amazing hairdo. It’s always been tricky to replicate in real life. In a new series of ads, Konami tries to do just that—even if the result is more plastic hat and less actual…
Soon a new anime season will start. Excited? A thousand people in Japan were polled about which shows they were looking forward to most. Here are the results. The poll comes via Japanese site Charapedia, and the data breaks down to 63.7 percent men and 36.3 percent women. Age-wise, 66.2 percent were in their teens…
Radiant Historia is getting a Nintendo 3DS full remake called Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. It will feature a new scenario and is slated for release in Japan on June 29. No word if an international release is coming.
We all have ancestors. Yours might be farmers or doctors. Street Fighter pro Yusuke Momochi’s are ninja, it seems. Momochi currently plays for LA-based Echo Fox. He’s one of the most famous players on the scene, winning a Capcom Cup as well as the Ultra Street Fighter IV title for EVO. Asahi News reports that…
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