Pokémon Sun Versus Pokémon Moon: Which To Buy

We are in the eve of the next big Pokémon release, which means that some of you might be debating which version to buy. Fear not, undecided trainer. I’m here to help. As always, Pokémon comes in two flavors, each with its own set of version-exclusive creatures and slight storytelling variances. The first difference you…

Gifts For Those Who Want To Import A Bit Of Japanese Gaming

This holiday season, why not give the gift of Japanese gaming to those you love? No, seriously. Why not? Importing video games and video game accessories is a time honored tradition. Surely, everyone has done it at one point or another. And if you haven’t, it’s worth a try! And during the holidays, it might…

Nintendo Releases Swapdoodle, Like Swapnote But With More Stuff To Buy

Released today in North America and Europe, Swapdoodle is Nintendo’s latest take on 3DS note swapping, allowing players to share scribbled messages and purchase various add-ons to make them better at it. Though Nintendo doesn’t specifically say so in today’s eShop press release, Swapdoodle sounds like a successor to the Swapnote sharing app, sharing a…

Podcast: More Dishonored Can Only Be A Good Thing

Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we’re joined by managing editor Riley MacLeod to talk Dishonored 2, Hitman, and Watch Dogs 2. The second Dishonored game feels like more Dishonored, and who can complain about that? Join us for a chat about what the latest Arkane game is like and how it compares to one of this year’s…

There’s A Whole World Living In This Low-Poly Art

From a distance, this looks like a nice low-poly piece of art. Zoom in closer, though, and it becomes a tiny little slice of life. This is called Downtown Life, and it’s by Ben Regimbal, an artist based in Korea. The level of detail is nuts. Everywhere you look (and zoom in), there’s something new…

Overwatch Voice Actor Meetup Gets Animated

Seeing real actors speaking as your favorite characters can be a little jarring, even when they’re as attractive as Overwatch’s voice cast. YouTuber Greatdictator took the sound from Jonny “Lucio” Cruz’s awesome Blizzcon video and replaced the actors with their digital counterparts. Now we have a video (via Polygon) I can watch without staring in…

The Pokémon Sun Moon Anime Just Debuted In Japan

Tonight, the first two episodes of Pokémon Sun Moon were broadcasted on Japanese television. As expected, they were pretty goofy! But they were also intense. Note: This article might contain spoilers. Past Pokémon anime have also had silly scenes, but last season’s Pokémon XY&Z had a more mature-looking Ash who actually seemed like a winner.…

Nintendo Shipped Over Ten Million Copies Of Pokémon Sun and Moon 

While we don’t yet have sales numbers, we do have Pokémon Sun and Moon’s worldwide shipment numbers. And they are nuts. According to Famitsu, the initial launch day shipment of Pokémon Sun and Moon was over 10 million copies. That’s not only 1.5 times larger than the initial shipment launch of Pokémon X and Y,…

Wooden. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft.  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! 

Hello, Badass Pokémon

Shan Claw and Elfengamezare a husband and wife cosplay team, who here are dressed as two Pokémon. Two very human Pokémon. It’s known as Gijinka cosplay, which is basically taking an animal character and anthropomorphising it. Not like a furry would, and just dressing as the animal and standing up, but by turning the character’s…

Mega Man Is Very Sad

Mega Man fans are sad, this we know. But I had no idea that Mega Man himself was “imbued with sadness” by his creator. In Boss Fight’s Mega Man 3, which we’ve run an excerpt from previously, creator Akira Kitamura talks (via Mike Drucker) about the character’s genesis, and “the sadness of being a robot”.…

The Makers Of Donald Trump Video Games Have No Regrets

For most of the election, many people thought Donald Trump was a joke, or at least someone who had no chance of being President. It’s no surprise, then, that many video games that featured or added modes involving Trump treated him that way, too. The creators of those games talked to us about the intent…

Screeching Jeep In Watch Dogs 2 Scares The Hell Out Of Pedestrians

Messing around with NPCs is a time honored tradition in open world games. Never before have I seen it done with a screaming car. There are 7 unique vehicles hidden on the map in Watch Dogs 2. This one, the Mountain King, screeches when you honk the horn. Murphurf on r/watch_dogs, has discovered that NPCs…