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Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: The TAY Review! (Kind of) • How Do You Value Games? • Anime No One Watched: Listen To Me, Girls, I’m Your Father! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published March 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Bros. 3, More Classics Hit Wii U Virtual Console in April
Advance Wars fans, break out the champagne. The much-loved strategy game from Nintendo, along with fan-favorite Metroid, Yoshi and WarioWare titles, will be hitting the Wii U next month. There’s a first-party gem in every week of April 2014’s Virtual Console release schedule. Just take a look: April 3: Advance Wars (Wii U, $7.99) Mario…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Diablo III‘s ‘Deadmau5’ Easter Egg Will Make Enemies Dance
I always thought Blizzard devs were mostly metalheads, but it seems that’s not the case anymore. With Reaper of Souls, they’ve added a rather special item called ‘Halcyon’s Ascent’, which has electronic dance music artist Deadmau5 written all over it. It is a legendary amulet, with relatively bad stats (see below) except one: If you…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
An Army Of LEGO Simpsons Invades America In May
For those of you unable to drop $200 on the extravagant LEGO Simpsons house released earlier this year, The LEGO Group is rolling out its first ever licensed minifigure series in May, just in time for a special LEGO episode of The Simpsons. I came this close to spending the $200 on the house, but…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Here’s an adorable reinterpretation of rampaging Nintendo characters from Smash Bros by the talented Paperbeatsscissors. If nothing else, this piece proves that Yoshi should finally join the battle in the new Super Smash Bros games for Wii U and 3DS. Paperbeatsscissors [Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
Kotaku EastThis Young Woman’s Video Might Surprise Your Heart
If you’ve ever spent time on Japanese online video network Nico Nico Douga, you’ve probably seen young people do all sorts of crap. You’ve probably never seen anything like this. The clip is about two minutes long, and features a young woman who shows off her new bathing suit. Stick around until the end to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2014 -
Kotaku EastCheck Out Japan’s Badass Motorcycle Cops
Today, it was announced in the Japanese press that the country is getting a squad of off-roading police bikes. That’s good, because some of them have been practicing. Since 1969, police officers from across the country have competed in the “All Japan Police Motorcycle Safety Riding Competition.” The goal of the event is to promote…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedStreet Fighter‘s Dhalsim Should Lose Those Baby Skulls
In the real world, Dhalsim would have been arrested a long time ago with those skulls around his neck, as the latest Pete Holmes ‘Red Tape’ sketch points out. I hope there’ll be a video with a raging Blanka, because so far these sketches put every single Street Fighter character to shame. Street Fighter Red…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow Much It Would Cost To Be Captain America
We could get off relatively cheap without his vibranium shield, and even with the shield, it would be still nothing compared to building Iron Man—at least according to this financial breakdown of how much being Captain America would cost. Too bad vibranium metal doesn’t exist. It’d be cheaper to equip an army of Captain Americas…
By Gergo Vas Published March 26, 2014 -
Kotaku EastFinal Fantasy Turned into a Religious Experience
The Ise Grand Shrine is one of Japan’s most important Shinto Shrines. This week, as the Emperor and Empress visit, the shrine is launching a new web animation with music from Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu. The tune might sound familiar. The composition closely resembles the Final Fantasy “Prelude”—if it’s not, you know, simply that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2014 -
UncategorizedPuzzle Platforming Has Never Looked So… Pleasant
Yes, it’s another quirky indie puzzle platformer. With physics and stuff. But come on, just look at it. I want to frolic amongst the twirly grass things. The Land of Eyas has apparently been languishing on Kickstarter for quite some time, even though it looks, well, not phenomenal, but nice. Simple. Clean. Satisfying on a…
By András Neltz Published March 26, 2014 - Kotaku East
Would You Like Some Grotesque Sea Bugs? To Eat?
This weekend, Yokohama’s Omoshiro Aquarium is holding a special event: You can eat those underwater pill bugs called isopods. Delicious! According to Yahoo News, the aquarium’s “deep sea creatures food sampling event” will also include a shark dissection show. The shark will be served as a fillet. Note that people won’t be eating the Giant…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
Japanese Man Spends $150,000 To Look Like Michelangelo’s David
Meet “Alan” (アラン or Aran). He’s 20 years old. And in one year, he’s spent a fortune to look like an ageless beauty. But it wasn’t Alan’s money, because he doesn’t have a job. Older women forked out the cash. Above, you can see a comparison of Alan last year, at the age of 19,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2014 - Uncategorized
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By John Struan Published March 26, 2014 - Culture
Good Night, Everyone
Saskia Gutekunst is a German concept artist who has worked on stuff like the World of Warcraft card game and Sega’s Kingdom Conquest Games. Normally ther stuff we post here, by virtue of this business, is dark and dreary. Fantastic work, to be sure, but not exactly the cheeriest stuff. Saskia’s character style and colour…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2014 - CultureCosplay
Borderlands Salvador genderbending by Its Raining Neon. Photo by Cozpho
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2014 -
UncategorizedThe Deus Ex Short Film Is Awesome
Never mind the fact this is a fan project. Human Revolution is a Deus Ex short film that’s easily on par with anything we would have expected from, say, a commercial TV network. It’s been teased for a while now, but the full thing is now finished and ready for viewing. It runs for about…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2014