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Kotaku EastTheatrhythm‘s Three Types of Gameplay in Action
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a music game much like Oendan/Elite Beat Agents where you tap the 3DS’ pen on the touch screen in time with the beat. There are three different types of stages (four if you count the unfailable opening and ending bonus songs): 1) Event, where the song path can move anywhere on…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 27, 2012 -
Kotaku EastUsing Giant Anime Breasts To Promote Cycling
This promo clip looks like it could be promoting a myriad of things, the least of which is pro cycling. But that’s why the Nagoya Keirin Association had Japanese character designer Ikuo Nakamura and anime studio Madbox whip this up. The result is a jubblie anime lady named Pist-Star. Keirin is track cycling, which originated…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
Capcom Is Opening a Store. A Real, Retail Store.
Earlier this year, Capcom opened an official Capcom bar, where people can get hammered. And this spring, it’s opening an official Capcom shop, where people can buy stuff. Other Japanese game companies have official shops in Japan—Konami, for example, has a Konami store in Roppongi Hills. The Capcom store, which is called Capcom Official Shop…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2012 -
Kotaku EastLupin Makes Anime Cool and Sexy Again
For a long, long time, Japanese anime has been moé. The word actually means “budding”, but it’s actually geek slang for cute things that give otaku warm fuzzy feelings. Screw warm fuzzy feelings. I’m sick of them! Aside from the momentarily blips of hope on the anime radar, the moé aesthetic has dominated Japanese TV…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2012 - Kotaku East
Before There Was The Hunger Games, Japan Had This Brutal, Bloody Opus
Were you one of the oodles of theatergoers who packed into American cinemas to see The Hunger Games? The movie is raking in the box office cash—and it’s being hailed as a smash hit. But in Japan, people are referring to the flick as something else: “Hollywood’s version of Battle Royale.” Based on a 1999…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nearly-Nude Men are Selling Nintendo 3DS Games
If our gripping gameplay footage of the title from last year’s Gamescom wasn’t enough, here’s an advertisement for the upcoming Farming Simulator 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS. Not that I looked that closely at the pic, but it does creep me out a little that his red underpants seem to be Photoshopped on. UPDATE –…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Saddest, Loneliest Screenshots in the World
Video games are meant to be fun. Social networks are supposed to bring us together with friends. Sadly, not everything goes according to plan. Screenshots of Despair exists to catalogue the more depressing side of the modern internet: empty friends lists, nobody sharing anything, the fact you have won absolutely nothing Click through for a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Batshit Crazy Fake Star Wars Figures are Cooler Than Real Ones
In the late 1980s, a line of bootleg Star Wars figures was released in Turkey called Uzay. What’s so great about these figures isn’t the fact they’re horrible copies of the originals because, given the time, the toys themselves weren’t that bad. What makes them so great is the packaging. It’s just bananas. The Imperial…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Gears of War Gun is Terrifyingly Real
Prop-builder and artist Ryan Palser, whose Portal turret wowed the internet last year, returns with a replica Gears of War weapon so real you’d think you could play a minigame just to reload it quicker. It’s a Digger Launcher from the third game in the series, and Palser worked on it alongside his wife Dena.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012 - Culture
Fallout: New Vegas Isn’t as Dangerous on Paper
In over fifteen years working as an artist in the video game industry, Joseph Sanabria has been in the employ of companies like Obsidian, THQ and Rockstar. For those developers, he’s produced art for games such as Terminator 3 and, awesomely, the Neverhood series. Most recently, he served as art director for Fallout: New Vegas,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wii U “On Par” With 360, PS3 (So Far) Says Darksiders Developer
While Nintendo has yet to release the full specs for its upcoming Wii U, you can guess by its launch lineup that its capabilities are probably in line with the Xbox 360 and PS3, something Vigil Games are now backing up. “So far the [Wii U] hardware’s been on par with what we have with…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 27, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Star Warsploitation Film That Deserved a Crummy Atari Game
If you’ve never seen 1979’s Starcrash, boy are you missing out. It’s basically a collection of awful special effects, Flash Gordon-style pulp science fiction and a lot of attractive women in small bikinis and thigh-high boots. Of all the bad Star Wars clones that emerged in the wake of George Lucas’ classic, this was one…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Jumping the Mega Shark
Greetings, Kotaku readers, and welcome to Monday’s open thread. We’ve got some fun stuff for you, gathered from around the internet. Enjoy: The ultimate Lego duel – Wow. The things people get up to with toys these days. “The Film Noir Roots of Cowboy Bebop” – An excellent piece by L.B. Jeffries, as always. Facebook…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
There are Pirates in Assassin’s Creed III (Well, Sort of)
The Revolutionary War setting of Assassin’s Creed III means that, tricorn hats aside, there’s little tying the game to another of people’s favourite historical periods, the age of pirates. That hasn’t stopped Ubisoft from bringing the two together anyway. Announcing the game’s fancy collector’s editions, curiously available in Europe, Australasia, Asia and the Middle East,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Reportedly Suicidal Player Laughed at, Then Trolled at EVE Online Gathering [Update]
At EVE Online’s recent FanFest gathering, a panel got real unsavoury real fast when senior EVE players began not only mocking another player reportedly displaying suicidal tendencies, but encouraged others to do the same. During a panel last Thursday, one moderated by a CCP employee (the developers of the game), a presentation/Q&A gets awkward when…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Robot Helicopters Can’t Deliver Your Tacos, Says Bummer Scientist
Last week, I saw something that sounded amazing. Like a dream come true. A dream called… TacoCopter “Flying Robots Deliver Tacos To Your Location,” said the website. It seemed to be too good to be true. It was almost certainly a hoax or prank. But it was also too irresistible not to get at least…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 26, 2012
