Overnight, Nintendo made the surprise move to unveil an all-new model of the Nintendo 3DS, called the 3DS XL. Boasting a redesigned case and a grealty-increased screen size, it goes on sale in America in August. Just joining us? Here’s everything you need to know about the newest handheld gaming system on the planet. The…
There are so many of these New Super Mario Bros. games. Two out already on DS and Wii. Two more coming this year, for 3DS and Wii U. They all look more similar than, say, Super Mario Bros. 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3 did, but a new trailer for August 19’s New Super Mario…
The next game in Nintendo’s long-running turn-based strategy series Fire Emblem will be out next year in America, according to last night’s big Nintendo Direct online newscast. The game was released this year in Japan. The 2013 release date may explain why Nintendo didn’t bother to even confirm it was coming to America before we…
Berserk is a manga epic that’s been twenty years in the making and is still going strong. What started as a low-fantasy tale of a band of medieval mercenaries and their leader who dreamed of becoming king has long since become something far darker and more twisted. Back in 1997, Berserk‘s first story arc was…
Japanese university student “Chooo-san” isn’t your typical student. Sometimes, she runs on batteries. Sometimes, she has multiple mouths. And sometimes she has a zipper on her arm. The university student uses acrylic paint to create her intriguing, yet somewhat disturbing art. She first started doodling eyes on her hands while taking study breaks. The resulting…
The evil brain training game Oni Tore (“Demon Training”) will be out in Japan on July 28, when the new 3DS XL is released. [Nintendo]
Earlier today, Nintendo revealed that it wouldn’t be developing the next Smash Bros. game. While creator Masahiro Sakurai is helming the game, his studio isn’t taking the development lead on the title. Namco Bandai is. That might make some very happy. It also might make some very sad. It made one Japanese gamer so concerned…
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS, the tenth game in the Gundam VS series, is the most popular home and portable console fighting game of this generation in Japan. It’s also practically unheard of in the West. And while those outside of Japan may think that Extreme VS is nothing more than a cheap tie-in game,…
Senran Kagura—that 3DS game with boobs and, well, boobs—is returning to the 3DS with more than “just” boobs. Here, the opening for Senran Kagura Burst is as ridiculous as you’d expect with jiggling and explosions and then more jiggling. The high-fives with butts (high butts?), that’s new. Senran Kagura Burst bursts onto the 3DS this…
Gundam is a massive franchise in Japan. There have been twelve TV series, scores of video games, numerous movies and direct-to-video releases—and let’s not even get started on all the different manga. So despite its cultural footprint—or perhaps because of it—Gundam is an intimidating beast, to say the least. There are so many series to…
This August in Japan, Dragon Quest X is rolling onto the Wii. This eleven-minute Japanese language clip goes through things like character creation, combat, and more. Have a look. While DQX will hit the Wii this summer, it will be released on the Wii U…eventually. 『ドラゴンクエストX』ゲーム紹介映像 [YouTube]
This week the Chinese city of Pingdingshan got an eyeful. Twenty minutes of a Japanese adult film were broadcasted on a big screen display, for all to see. Police arrested a furniture store employee for piping the film through a PC to the big screen. The big screen was part of an advertisement for the…
Reebok and Japanese figure maker MegaHouse are teaming up for a limited edition set of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex sneaker. There will be only five hundred pairs in the world. In the world For the collaboration, Reebok’s Insta Pump Fury was redesigned to look like Ghost in the Shell‘s Tachikoma—those fictional walker…
Today Nintendo revealed a new portable: the Nintendo 3DS XL. It’s a larger version of the Nintendo 3DS with bigger screens and a slightly better battery. Rumors of a larger 3DS swirled. But time and time again, Nintendo wasn’t exactly up front about the new 3DS. Or was it? Right before the E3 gaming expo…
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It feels like forever since we’ve seen new footage of the 3DS iteration of Nintendo series Animal Crossing. Luckily, then, the company’s overnight Japanese press conference gave us over two minutes of gameplay footage. The Animal Crossing Channel [YouTube]
Regardless of your thoughts on underpants or Neo Geo cabinets, there’s one thing we should hopefully all be able to agree on: video game comedian Keith Apicary / Nathan Barnatt can dance So much so that it looks like Warner Music have given him a chance to showcase that in front of a wider audience,…
Already revealed for Japan, Kirby’s Dream, a collection of six classic Kirby games for the Wii, is coming to North America. The game is outfitted with new challenge stages and even has a Kirby museum that will teach you thinks like when the Endeavour space shuttle made its maiden voyage, when the European Union was…
I’ve been keeping a bit of an eye on the upcoming Heroes & Generals, because it looks like one of those PC games that’s too good to be true. Promising to combine strategic overlays with multiplayer combat, it’s the kind of WW2 game I’ve always dreamed about. I don’t know if that’s what we’ll actually…
Nintendo’s upcoming Pokémon Black & White 2 have previously only been shown off in Japanese. Let’s break that up a little, and check out this new English-language trailer. While the games are out in Japan this weekend, they’ll be hitting Western shores sometime this “Fall”
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