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Kotaku EastJapanManga Suffers Second Great Loss This Month, Kazuo Koike Is Dead
Earlier this month, Lupin III creator Kazuhiko Kato passed away. This week, Kazuo Koike, who created such landmark manga as Lone Wolf and Club and Lady Snowblood, has died. The Lone Wolf and Club manga was adapted into movies that made a cinematic superstar of Tomisaburo Wakayama and the film version of the Lady Snowblood…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedTom And Jerry Brought To Life In Tokyo
This week in Tokyo, a Tom And Jerry exhibition opened to celebrate the upcoming 80th anniversary of the cartoon cat and mouse. As MoshiMoshi reports, the series debuted in 1940 and was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Running until May 6, the exhibit is being held on the 8th floor of Matsuya Ginza…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Emulator In Capcom’s Home Arcade Is Stirring Controversy
The Capcom Home Arcade, a plug-and-play fight stick that comes with classic arcade games pre-installed on it, was announced earlier this week, causing a backlash in the homebrew community who take issue with the device’s use of open-source emulation software. Its website markets the Capcom Home Arcade as an “authentic gaming” experience, in part because…
By Ethan Gach Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedBlue Rogues, attack! I’m finally returning to my playthrough of my favorite game of all time, the Sega Dreamcast classic ‘Skies of Arcadia.’ I’m streaming it now on our Twitch channel! Come join chat for adventure, excitement, and good times!
By Heather Alexandra Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedNo Man’s Sky Player Builds Gorgeous Notre-Dame Tribute
After much of the Notre-Dame cathedral was lost in a fire, one No Man’s Sky player has recreated the Parisian landmark in the far reaches of space. On Monday, Notre-Dame caught fire. While some aspects of the historic cathedral were saved, like the historic stained glass rose window, the damage to this over six hundred-year-old…
By Gita Jackson Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedOverwatch’s next map will be Havana. If you’ve played the new Storm Rising co-op mission, you’ve already gotten a taste of the upcoming Cuban map. The regular game version of it will be an assault map, meaning there’ll be a payload for you to push while your teammates run in circles or shoot the ground…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy X-2 Is All The Fun Of The Series Without The Self-Importance
Final Fantasy X has a happy ending, and it’s called Final Fantasy X-2. It’s a game that starts with a toe-tapping musical number and features a combat system built around magical girl-style outfit transformations. And yes, blonde rogue Rikku looks adorably ridiculous in it. This week sees the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2019 -
CultureTwitchThrough Births, Illnesses, And Holidays, This Guy Streamed On Twitch For 2,000 Days In A Row
You end up sharing a lot with your audience when you decide to stream a portion of each day for 2,000 consecutive days. Holidays, birthdays, births. Also, bodily fluids. At one point, while battling an illness, Ben “CohhCarnage” Cassell even brought the camera with him into the bathroom. “I couldn’t get away from the toilet…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedXIII, the 2003 stealth first-person shooter based on a graphic novel of the same name, is getting a remake this fall The remake is being handled by PlayMagic who say it will retain the style of the original, with a targeted release date of November 13, 2019 on Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and PC.
By Ethan Gach Published April 18, 2019 -
OpinionA Game About Meeting Cool Folks On A Hiking Trail
Before I moved to New York, I used to walk in the woods a lot. Sometimes, I’d drive with friends to mountains or parks and explore off the beaten path. A Short Hike, which is available for PC and Mac in this month’s Humble Bundle, captures the playful joy of walking on winding paths and…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 18, 2019 -
CultureSplitscreenThe Magic Of Muscle Memory For Games
I’ve been practicing my Street Fighter V combos lately, and I’ve found that the less I think about them, the easier it is to do them. On this week’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen, my co-host Kirk Hamilton and I talked about muscle memory in games, and also music. Our third host Jason Schreier is on…
By Maddy Myers Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Nintendo Switch Will Be Sold In China For The First Time
Officials in the Chinese province of Guangdong have given investment conglomerate Tencent permission to begin distributing Nintendo Switches containing a special “test version” of New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, according to a report by Reuters At one point, video game consoles were banned in China, but that policy was reversed in 2015. After that,…
By Ethan Gach Published April 18, 2019 -
UncategorizedCastlevania Collection Will Bring The Adorable Kid Dracula To The U.S. For The First Time
When Konami releases its Castlevania Collection on May 16, it will include eight classic games from the venerable series, including one that has never been released before outside Japan: Kid Dracula, a comical action game in which you play as a pint-sized version of the vampire king. Released in 1990 for the Famicom (NES) in…
By Chris Kohler Published April 18, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsSmash Ultimate‘s Joker Is A True-To-Form Tightrope Act
The highly anticipated Joker from Persona 5 has finally been added to the roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a platform fighter that’s rapidly reaching Wrestlemania levels of “everybody is here—even, somehow, that guy.” Thankfully, with Joker, Smash Ultimate continues to hit it out of the park with newly designed fighters who continue to be…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 18, 2019
