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Kotaku EastJapanThirty-Four Years Later, Ys 1 and II Are Getting PC Floppy Disk Ports
Japanese game developer Nihon Falcom has announced that decades after their original releases, both Ys1 and Ys II are getting ported to the X68000, a Japan-only PC from Sharp that first went on sale in 1987. In 1987, Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished was first released on the PC-8801, then later that same year on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureTrack: Grace Kelly Blues | Artist: Eels | Album: Daisies of the Galaxy
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanFirst Look Inside Super Nintendo World, Which Opens In Japan Next February
Here it is. What we’ve all been waiting for. This is the first look inside the eagerly anticipated Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Osaka. Announced in 2015, the park was originally slated to open this year, but due to the global pandemic, it was delayed. Super Nintendo World has been coming along nicely!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 30, 2020 -
CultureUntitled Goose Game’s Map Is Just Beautiful
I’m not talking about the actual game world—though it also is lovely—but in this case a special hand-drawn map that was commissioned, included in the game’s physical edition, and now available for sale on its own as a big fancy print. Created byGoldie Bartlett—currently working on Wayward Strand—the image was designed to hark back to…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2020 -
CultureTwo Of The Worst Zelda Games Have Been Recreated On The PC
Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon were the first two of three Zelda games Nintendo published on the ill-fated Philips CD-i system in the early 90s. They are very bad—so bad Nintendo doesn’t recognise them as series canon—but they’ve still got a certain charm to them, and so this fan effort to rebuild them…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 29, 2020 -
CultureSunday Comics: Giving Thanks
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published Nov. 23. Read more of Corpse Run Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Nov. 23. Read more of Awkward Zombie Clueless Hero by…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 29, 2020 -
CultureUri Geller Says Nintendo Can Print Kadabra On Pokémon Cards Again
Spoon-bending magician Uri Geller gave Nintendo permission to use the character Kadabra on Pokémon cards today, after a 2o year legal dispute in which Geller claimed the Pokémon’s Japanese name and image were too close to his own. “I am truly sorry for what I did 20 years ago,” Geller tweeted today. “Kids and grownups…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
OpinionI Won’t Miss Fortnite‘s Marvel Season
Fortnite’s Marvel-themed season comes to an end next week, with super villain Galactus finally arriving on the island on Tuesday afternoon. Dataminers are finding lots of references to past season events, Epic has put out some streaming rules suggesting there’ll be copyrighted music, and we really have no idea what we’re going to get from…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
CultureRIP, Disney Infinity, And Thank You
Disney Infinity was, in 2013 at least, trying to be the biggest thing in both games and toys. Yet only three years after launching, in 2016 it was gone, its servers closed down, its playsets discounted then removed from stores entirely. Where once half the point of the game was building new levels and worlds…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2020 -
CultureSaGa Frontier Is Getting A Remaster
Square Enix announced a remaster of 1998 PlayStation game SaGa Frontier today, coming summer 2021. SaGa Frontier Remastered will be available on Switch, PS4, Steam, iOS, and Android. In a tweet, the developer says the remaster will feature “updated graphics, events, cutscenes, enhancements, (and a new protagonist!).” Here are the full details from the YouTube…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 28, 2020 -
CulturePS5 Owners Say They’re Receiving Bans After Selling PS4 Users Access To The PS Plus Collection
If you’re one of the lucky ones to have been able to buy a PS5 already, you’ll know that with a PlayStation Plus subscription you also get access to the PS Plus Collection, 20 well-loved, properly good PS4 games. But if you’re still on PS4, that bundle isn’t available to you. Well, it didn’t take…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
OpinionImpressionsThat Night, Steeped By Blood River Looks Like Nothing Else You’ve Played
That Night, Steeped By Blood River is one of the most interesting-looking games I can remember This surrealist exploration game has an aesthetic so unique that I’m convinced I’ll dream like it tonight, and as such am somewhat put off going to sleep. Created by Taylor Swietanski, TNSBBR is on one level a fairly standard first-person…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureSplitscreenVideo Games Sure Do Have A Lot Of Bad Dads
It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Your gut is heavy with leftovers, your vision blurs from the accumulated eye crust of countless naps. You find yourself wishing to engage in the greatest of all American holiday traditions: watching a sport you don’t usually care about while drifting in and out of sleep. Sports, though, are old…
By Nathan Grayson Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Vs. Jagmeet Singh At Among Us, Streamed Tonight
Last night Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, challenged US Democrat Ocasio-Cortez to a streamed game of Among Us. AOC agreed, and it’s on, tonight at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET. USA vs. Canada. Pick a side. This really does seem like the ideal way forward for international politics Although what if it…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureThere’s A Bridge In Red Dead Online That Can Fling You To Mexico
The excellent trampolinists at Eurogamer report there’s a bridge in Red Dead Online players are using to fling themselves out of the map. Bear with me a moment, I’m workshopping Facebook taglines: A Bridge Too Far The Bridge Over Troubled Slaughter An Occurrence At Shit Creek Bridge Nailed it. The denizens of Reddit have been…
By John Walker Published November 27, 2020 -
AnimeFans In Japan Don’t Want These Anime Turned Into Live-Action Movies
In the past few years, there have been a handful of popular anime turned into live-action films. A few have been good, but many have not. Recently, Joshi Spa, a popular site aimed at Japanese women, polled 200 of its women readers ranging in ages from 30 to 49, asking them which anime they did…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureMarvel’s Avengers Didn’t Sell As Expected, Says Square Enix
Earlier this month in Japan, Square Enix held a briefing for investors. This week, the Tokyo-based game company finally released an official transcript of the meeting. During the presentation, Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda said, “The HD Games subsegment posted an operating loss as initial sales of Marvel’s Avengers were lower than we had expected…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureTrack: All You’re Dreaming Of | Artist: Liam Gallagher | Album: All You’re Dreaming Of (single)
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 27, 2020 -
CultureCrusader Kings III’s New Ruler Designer Is, Ahem, Very Nice
Crusader Kings III got a free update this week, introducing a new “ruler designer” that lets you completely customise the leader you begin the game with. From their beards to their sexuality to their statistics. It’s all very personal and cool, but let’s just focus on those statistics for a second, which can be pushed…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2020
