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ReviewsPokken Tournament: The Kotaku Review
If you’ve ever wished your Pokemon battles could be more exciting than a pair of Pokemon taking turns making battle animations at each other, Pokken Tournament is your game. This post originally appeared 3/15/16. Basic Pokemon battles haven’t evolved much over the past two decades. The combatants have gotten prettier, the attack animations more elaborate,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2016 -
Kotaku EastWatch Dark Souls III Come To Life with Chalkboard Art
A few years ago, Kotaku first reported how Japanese students were covering their classrooms’ chalkboards with incredible art. Now one of those former students is doing that for Dark Souls III Here we see a sped up clip of young artist Rena Rena, who’s now around 20, doing chalk art to promote Dark Souls III’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 18, 2016 -
Because You Can Never Have Too Many Digimon, Here’s Seven More
In appreciation for all the fans that picked up copies of the excellent Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, Bandai Namco is releasing seven new trainable Digimon for free on March 10. New additions include Rosemon and six less important ones. I kid, I kid. I love all Digimon equally, even if they are named Ravemon. Rose…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2016 -
A Ten-Minute Tour Of Pokkén Tournament Wii U
The Wii U version of Namco Bandai’s Pokémon fighting game has landed at Kotaku, along with strict time constraints on how much video we can share. So here’s quick look at training, fighting, customization and Amiibo unlocks of Pokkén Tournament. Before review day arrives we are able to share 30 minutes of direct feed (non-streamed)…
By Mike Fahey Published March 7, 2016 -
ReviewsDigimon Story: Cyber Sleuth: The Kotaku Review
Cyber Sleuth is the most fun I’ve had with Digimon in a long time, though my idea of ‘fun with Digimon’ is quite specific. It’s been nearly 19 years since Bandai launched Digital Monster toys, a more ‘masculine’ counterpart to the wildly popular Tamagotchi. In 1999 we met the DigiDestined in Digimon Adventure, the first…
By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2016 -
Tales of Symphonia Is Busted On PC
Publisher Bandai Namco released Tales of Symphonia on PC yesterday, which would be good news if it weren’t such a disaster. This version of the classic action-RPG is plagued with issues, following in the grand tradition of PC ports for games like Batman: Arkham Knight. The problems, as neatly rounded up in this NeoGAF thread,…
By Jason Schreier Published February 2, 2016 -
Still Waiting On A Good Mobile Digimon Game
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth arrives on the PlayStation 4 and Vita this week, and it sounds like the game digital monster fans have been waiting for. Digimon Heroes, released this past week for iOS and Android? Not so much. Digimon Heroes is a riff on the popular Puzzle and Dragons. Players collect, enhance and evolve…
By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2016 -
Tekken 7 Arcade Update Adds A Street Fighter X-Over
While it doesn’t feel like Tekken X Street Fighter is coming any time soon, fighting fans will be getting a little Akuma-flavored taste of those two worlds colliding again in Tekken 7’s upcoming “Fated Retribution” arcade update. Announced at the end of the 2015 King of Iron Fist Tekken 7 Tournament (via Shoryuken), Tekken 7…
By Mike Fahey Published December 12, 2015 -
Kotaku East
The 58 Playable Characters in Project X Zone 2
What do Capcom, Sega, Bandai-Namco, and Nintendo all have in common? They all lend characters from some of their most popular franchises to team up in the mega-crossover, Project X Zone 2 [Spoiler Warning: One of these character portraits—taken from the Project X Zone 2 official site—is basically a spoiler for their parent game (which…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 20, 2015 -
Kotaku East
The Up-All-Night Stream Plays Project X Zone 2 [Stream Finished]
The Sega, Capcom and Bandai-Namco mega-crossover series returns—once again bringing you into a world where your fighting force includes the likes of Chun-Li. KOS-MOS, and Sanshiro Segata …But I’ll probably just repeatedly use Phoenix Wright to kill enemies with paper work. Come join me! Watch live video from BiggestinJapan on www.twitch.tv Project X Zone 2…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 17, 2015 -
Fire Emblem And Xenoblade Heroes Join Project X Zone 2‘s Crazy
Namco Bandai’s tactics RPG cavalcade of cross-company characters is exclusive to a Nintendo handheld, so how about some Nintendo-owned heroes? Fire Emblem: Awakening’s Chrom and Lucina are a great start, and they’ve picked a perfect partner for Xenosaga’s KOS-MOS. Namco Bandai promised new character announcements for Project X Zone 2 when Richard Eisenbeis played the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2015 -
Kotaku East
Pokkén Tournament is Not Tekken With Pokémon
The announcementthat a Pokémon/Tekken crossover game was coming took everyone by surprise. But don’t go into it expecting just a Tekken game with a Pokémon skin on it. “It’s a solid versus game, but at its core, it’s an action game for Pokémon fans.” Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada explained in an interview with Weekly…
By Toshi Nakamura Published July 15, 2015 -
The Digimon Game Fans Have Been Waiting For Is Coming To America
A couple years of jealous drooling and suffering through the release of Digimon All-Star Rumble have finally paid off—Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth is coming to North and South American PlayStation 4 and Vita in 2016. I’ve made my desire for an English port of this Japanese game plain on several occasions, so the news that…
By Mike Fahey Published July 5, 2015 -
Our First Fleeting Glimpse Of Tales Of Berseria In Motion
Certainly our first look at sole female protagonist Velvet’s hair in action. We get several shots of Velvet in Bandai Namco’s brief teaser for the PlayStation 3 and 4 game, along with some gorgeous environments and ship sailing the shiny seas. Having played every North American Tales of release thus far, I keep waiting for…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2015 -
Bandai Namco Reveals Tales Of Berseria And Its Lone Female Protagonist
Main entries in the Tales series of role-playing games have traditionally featured male and female leads backed up by the supporting cast. Announced today for PlayStations 3 and 4, Tales of Berseria has one hero, and you’re looking at her. Her name is Velvet, which is exactly the sort of name you give a character…
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2015
