It’s the debut project of Square Enix’s newly established Studio Istolia, which is headed up by former Tales producer Hideo Baba. Via an official release, Square Enix explains that the name “Istolia” is based on the Greek word for story. “The aim of the studio is to provide unforgettable stories that will inspire players in…
Over the years, we’ve gotten loads of excellent opening credit sequences from the various Dragon Ball anime. The latest from Dragon Ball Super is no exception, but how does it stack up to the others? Let’s find out! In case you missed it, here’s the new Dragon Ball Super opening, which debuted last week. Damn,…
I beat he could kick some Prius ass. In Toyota’s latest C-HR ad, the crossover makes its way through Street Fighter II and faces off with M. Bison. Guess this is payback for the beating Toyota inspired cars have taken in Street Fighter bonus stages over the years. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…
In the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu, twenty four Japanese game companies were polled about the Nintendo Switch. Their answers may or may not surprise you. Here are eight interesting questions (and answers) of Famitsu’s poll. 1. Are you developing any games for the Nintendo Switch? Currently developing: 54 percent Thinking about it now: 25…
No matter how upset you get, don’t punch arcade game machines. Please. In Japanese, punching arcade cabinets is called “dai-pan” (台パン). Note that the term “gamen panchi” (画面パンチ), meaning “monitor punch” is sometimes also used, but also can refer to punching home TVs. Dai-pan happens when folks get angry or frustrated while playing and physically…
Today, The Pokémon Company announced a new smartphone game would be out this spring in Japan. It appears to star the weakest Pokémon around. The Japanese title is Hanero! Koiking (Splash! Magikarp), and all The Pokémon Company has revealed so far about the smartphone title is a teaser site, with a newspaper article that mentions…
The Entrance at Kiyomizu-dera. Kyoto, Japan. By Eric Nguyen 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!
A new Japanese Switch commercial has footage of Dragon Quest Heroes 1 and 2 as well as a glimpse of FIFA on Switch. Have a look.
In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. As The Financial Times reports in a recent piece on Japanese arcades, there were 44,000 of them during their mid-1980s heyday. Today, the Japan Amusement Industry Association says there are 4,856 registered arcades across the…
As previously reported, cheating has been plaguing Overwatch’s South Korean servers. Today, Blizzard Korea announced a new policy designed to combat that. To recap: Because of the way the net cafe business works in South Korea, Overwatch players there could walk into any PC bang and create a free Battle.net account to play. It wasn’t…
During the nine-month period ending on December 2016, Konami reports a 229.8 percent increase in profit to the tune of US$183 million. Total revenue, however, did not increase, and as Focus Gaming reports, fell 8.5 percent year-on-year. Konami has combined its arcade business with its pachinko business to form a new streamlined “Amusement Business” division,…
Osaka Castle. Osaka, Japan. By Joey Crowdell. 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!
Back in 2013, a developer at Tokyo-based Matrix Software allegedly artificially inflated the budget of an online pachinko game just to pocket some of the difference. According to Fuji New Network (via Tokyo Reporter), Yuji Anamizu was a section chief at Matrix Software, which most recently developed PS Vita title ωLabyrinth. Anamizu allegedly inflated the…
Recently, there was an online poll in Japan that asked folks which anime featured characters that all looked too similar. According to Goo Research (via Excite News), over five thousand votes were cast. Here are the top ten choices of anime with a spitting-image cast: 10. Sword Art Online – 119 votes 9. Clannad – 124…
Japanese manga artist Jiro Taniguchi passed away this weekend. Notable works include A Distant Neighborhood, The Walking Man and Kodoku no Gourmet, among many others. He was 69.
There are four common ways players sit at arcade cabinets in Japan. Here they are. Sitting? That’s right, because while North American arcade cabinets have players stand up to play, Japanese ones are seated affairs. Japanese Twitter user Ringo Tart created these explanations. Bending Forward Style Getting one’s face as close as possible to the…
Arc System Works is collaborating with Dead or Alive 5 Last Round for “collaboration costumes” from BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, and Guilty Gear Xrd Sign. The DLC is slated for a March release in Japan. No word yet about an international release, but perhaps simultaneous.
How would you like a pro gamer to come to your house and teach you stuff? A Tokyo-based company planned to launch such a service. GameLesson was slated to over “home tutors” that would actually come to your house and show you how to improve at Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U,…
The weather might be cold, but late January and early February are one of the most beautiful times to visit Nagasaki. To celebrate Chinese New Year, Nagasaki Chinatown is lit up with lanterns for the Nagasaki Lantern Festival. The area is filled with over 15,000 lanterns! The port of Nagasaki has been home to Chinese…
It’s been over twenty years since a Bomberman title has been released in Japanese arcades. So, I assume, Konami decided it was time for Bombergirl. According to 4Gamer, this is a 4-on-4 co-op title that’s basically Bomberman with…anime girls. And from the looks of it destructible clothing. Bombergirl’s release date in Japanese arcades is still…
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