The Shadow of the Wii U Looms Over Mario, Mickey Mouse and Pokémon in This Week’s Nintendo Download

The next home console from Nintendo is so close you can taste it. It probably tastes like fingerprints. In the meantime, games continue to roll out for the company’s handhelds. And, look, a WiiWare release! Let’s run it all down. Games Paper Mario: Sticker Star Platform: 3DS/3DS XL Price: $39.99 When an accident scatters stickers…

This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: Pacman 8 is So Much Better Than Pacman 7

Dear Namco Bandai, you should probably pay more attention to the Windows Phone platform, if only to make sure people don’t get confused about Pac-Man continuity. Yes, one of this week’s top free games is Pacman 8. Not Pac-Man 8, but Pacman 8. That’s an important distinction. It also bears noting that there is also…

Black Friday at Walmart: Dishonored, XCOM for $25, Assassin’s Creed III for $39, and More

Now that the political commercials have finally ended, it is of course Christmas time. But before Christmas (which is technically still the best part of two months away) comes Christmas shopping. It’s time for Black Friday sales to start appearing. Yesterday we saw Best Buy‘s ad, and today mega-retailer Walmart is ready with theirs Walmart’s…

Let’s Rank The Halo Games, Best to Worst

Let’s say you’re new to a series. Or are in a position where you’re recommending a series to a friend who’s never played it. Or just feel like debating the finer points of a franchise with a friend, and deciding which of a big gaming franchise is the best Since you can’t play loads of…

Some of the Fights in Assassin’s Creed III Were Designed by an MMA Brawler

Being video game developers, and not men and women who make a living beating other people into a pulp, you can’t expect the team behind Assassin’s Creed III to know everything about the art of fisticuffs. So for Ubisoft’s latest entry in the series, they enlisted the help of MMA fighter (and stunt coordinator) Andrew…

So What’s Mitt Romney Doing Right About Now?

The election is over! Mitt Romney didn’t win the presidency. That doesn’t mean he didn’t win. Halo 4 is out. Romney Today [snatchninja@Reddit]

Monsters Can Make You Sick In Monster Hunter 4

The fourth Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter 4 (okay, so it’s actually the twentieth game… They’ve got a screwy number system) will be adding a bunch of new creatures and features into the mix. Already announced is the grabbing/climbing function, the “insect controlling stick” (or as I call it, the “bug stick”), and several new…

Zynga Japan is shutting down three more of its games. Things don’t look good for the Japan branch, reports Games.com

This Is Probably The Oddest (and Most Awesome) Cosplay Trend Right Now

This week on Twitter, cosplayers have been posting photos with the following theme: “If you put cosplay outfits outside the bathroom, it looks like the character is taking a bath.” Japanese bathrooms are different from Western ones. The bath and the toilet are typically separate. The bathroom is kind of like a giant shower with…

Meet The Man Who Suited Up Iron Man In The Avengers

Iron Man is perhaps the most popular character from The Avengers in Japan. It’s not just Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as the witty, egomaniac Tony Stark, but the iconic sleek red and gold mechanical suit he dons that make the man of gold-titanium alloy that people love so much. Meet Keiji Yamaguchi. In The Avengers,…

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Will Feature Multiplayer Live-Streaming Via YouTube

Activision’s FPS sequel will be breaking new ground when Call of Duty: Black Ops II allows players to broadcast live in-game multiplayer streaming to YouTube from the Xbox 360 and PS3. As previously mentioned, the new functionality is a first for modern consoles, allowing them to transmit gameplay in real-time. The streams will be viewable…

Report: Grand Theft Auto V Stars “an East Coast Gangster”

Here are some new details about the eagerly anticipated Grand Theft Auto V. According to website CVG, ShortList Magazine, which apparently revealed the above image on its website, wrote this about the game’s main character: The protagonist is an “East Coast gangster”, who moved to the game’s Los Santos setting (Rockstar’s take on LA and…

In Japan, There’s Halo 4 with Hard Gay

Japanese comedian Hard Gay, who is hardly gay, was roped in by Microsoft Japan to promote Halo 4 at a recent event in Tokyo. While Hard Gay, whose real name is Masaki Sumitani, hit it big in Japan back in 2005, he hasn’t appeared that much on television of late, save for the occasional appearance…

These Developers Had Fun Making Animal Crossing So You Could Have Fun Playing It

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Or Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori as it’s known in Japan) is out in stores in Japan today, and as part of a two-week coverage piece, Weekly Famitsu gathered 50 questions from fans for the four developers, Director Aya Kyougoku, Director Isao Moro, Sound Director Kazumi Totaka, and Design Leader Kouji Takahashi…

It’s Like This Dude Has a Baby Penis

If you are familiar with the Japanese manga Beelzebub, you probably know that delinquent Tatsumi Oga cannot be separated from Baby Beel by several meters. Doing so results in instant death. This image, which is making the rounds on Japanese websites and bulletin boards, shows Oga and Baby Beel. It looks like it’s from the…

Mother Grinds Through Online Game So Her Daughter Doesn’t Have To

Online games require time. Time isn’t something that ten year-old Xiao Liu has. See, her mom has been limiting how long she could play online with her friends. That has made the girl upset. How was she to level up and keep up the pace with her friends? Not having enough time to grind, Xiao…

Here’s How To Get the Golden Droids in Angry Birds Star Wars

Angry Birds has Golden Eggs. Angry Birds Star Wars, however, has Golden Droids. YouTube user AngryBirdsNest has gone through and provided helpful walkthroughs so you can snag the Golden Droids. Have a look in the above gallery. More on AngryBirdsNest’s site AngryBirdsNest [YouTube]

The Crucifixion of Japan’s Greatest Super Hero

Earlier this month in Tokyo, Bandai showed off some of its latest figurines. Iconic characters were recreated in sculpted plastic. Many of the figures were aimed at older collectors, and one set in particular depicted stood out: the crucifixion of the Ultramen. Ultraman is an iconic Japanese superhero. Kids grow up watching his adventures on…

Angry Birds Star Wars is now out on the Apple iTunes Store.

This Might Look Like a Bantha, But It’s Much Faster (and Cuter)

I think we better get indoors. That pug is easily startled, but he’ll soon be back, and in greater numbers. Banthapug [YouTube, via Neatorama]