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Pokemon + Nintendo, Limited Edition Charizard 3DS XL Only Available For Lottery Winners in Japan

Oct 27, 2012 by Michelle
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Back in September, Nintendo released a limited edition Pikachu 3DS XL that was only available in Japan. The rest of the world was left staring longingly at the pictures of lucky residents of Japan lining up for four hours to purchase the adorable 3DS.

This week, Nintendo announced a new limited edition Charizard 3DS XL. Unfortunately, just like the limited edition Pikachu 3DS XL, the Charizard version can only be purchased in one of Japan’s seven Pokemon Center retail stores.

However, this time, even those who live in Japan will have a hard time getting their hands on this ultra-exclusive limited-edition 3DS XL because it will only be available to the winners of a lottery drawing.

Oct 14, 2012 by Steven
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Love Plus is a dating simulation game by Konami for the Nintendo DS that was released in Japan back in 2009. In the game, players court one of three high school girls until they become the player’s girlfriend, upon which the game becomes open ended and players can take their virtual girlfriend on dates, send them e-mail, do homework together and more.

While it was never released outside Japan, Love Plus was a hit domestically, selling 260,000 copies and spawning a sequel, New Love Plus, which was released for the 3DS on February 14 (yes, Valentines Day), 2012.

What many people don’t know is that Love Plus also inspired an unofficial PC spin-off called Debu Plus, which features a “plus-size” heroine for you to charm (debu is the Japanese equivelant to “fatty”). It is also pornographic and incredibly raunchy, but seems to have done well enough to spawn a sequel, cleverly titled New Debu Plus.

Oct 5, 2012 by Steven
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So how’s everyone liking Resident Evil 6? According to the Metacritic user reviews, not very much, but that’s not what we’re here to discuss today.

Instead, I’d like to point your attention to the phrase “Biohazard 6 subete no yami” (バイオハザード６　全ての闇), which, when entered into a search engine, yields a secret promotional website created by Capcom to… Actually, I’m not sure what the point of this website is or why they would make it when their game has already released and shipped 4.5 million copies worldwide.

In any case, check the link after the jump and be warned that it does contain gore and ridiculous amounts of clickable “Don’t Click” buttons.

Oct 2, 2012 by Michelle
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Otome Sugoren, a Japanese women’s website featuring love and advice columns, has just released a list of nine ways for boyfriends to enjoy playing video games with their girlfriends. The article explains that “there are so many men who love to play video games, but what’s a non-gaming girlfriend to do? These boyfriends make the mistake of inviting their girlfriend to play without knowing how to have fun with a beginner.” To help out all those hardcore gaming boyfriends, Sugoren asked female readers to take a survey and outline the best way boyfriends can help their non-gamer girlfriends have a fun time playing video games.

The following are the top nine responses to Otome Sugoren’s survey, along with reasons why this author, a gaming girl herself, thinks these women are idiots.

Sep 27, 2012 by Philip Kendall
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At 00:00 a.m. on March 1, 1997, a 14-year-old version of this writer- extremely lanky and awkwardly dressed- was standing outside a videogame store alongside his mother and a few slightly bedraggled-looking young men, clutching the pocket-money he’d saved for nearly 18 months, absolutely desperate to give it away.

This was undoubtedly the nerdiest moment of my life, and I’ve never since gone to a midnight launch of a videogame console, despite owning about a dozen since. But when I’d waited more than a year for the UK launch of the Nintendo 64, and, having convinced my infinitely-patient mother to drive me into town in the middle of the night, I was excited. Incredibly excited. Perhaps more excited than a night before Christmas with Santa, Willy Wonka and a dozen sugar-rushing puppies, even.

Back at home, opening my new console on my bedroom floor (it’s called “unboxing” now, and people post painfully long videos of it online…), I was hit by that curious smell of new electronics. But not just any old electronics smell; this was the smell of a new Nintendo 64. Clean, new, professional, yet somehow extremely welcoming…

Up until now, I had thought I was the only one who noticed these things- that videogame consoles, new mobile phones, whatever- had a distinct smell of their own, not just ‘electronics’.

But over at our Japanese site, Mamiya-san has written a great little article about his own experiences with much-loved games console the PC Engine (perhaps known to some as TurboGrafix-16), and, in particular, its own very special smell. Since the machine remains relatively unknown outside of its native Japan, I can’t help but share his experiences with our English-speaking readers. Read More

Hello Kitty Gets Naked with Giant Anthropomorphic Mushroom on Your Chest

Sep 26, 2012 by Steven
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From baked goods to blue hedgehogs, there’s nothing international superstar Hello Kitty won’t do to make a quick buck.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, our beloved “Kitty of All Trades,” the face of untainted feline innocence herself, has gone full-frontal.

Sep 24, 2012 by Steven
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The figures are out and it seems this year’s Tokyo Game Show proved to be quite the record breaker.

In overall attendance, the show saw a total of 223,753 visitors over four days, breaking last year’s record by 1,085 people. The first public day (Saturday, September 22) also reached the highest number of visitors in a single day at 94,989.

A few records were set by exhibitors as well. For example, Sega dominated the show with their gigantic bag that consumed all other bags, Gloops took home the prize for most distracting outfit and China was perhaps the first major country to just bail out on the show.

This will likely be our last Tokyo Game Show article until next year, and we’d like to leave you with one last batch of photos—this time from that record-breaking first public day, which means lots of cosplayers!

Sep 22, 2012 by Steven
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This year’s Tokyo Game Show was the first major gaming event I’ve ever been to, and honestly, I don’t even consider myself a “gamer.”

Sure games a formative part of my childhood, but the last home console I owned was a GameCube and now my gaming activity is limited to quick bouts of Team Fortress 2. And since Valve wasn’t at the show, there weren’t really any titles I was interested in checking out from the beginning.

So I spent most of the show wandering from booth to booth with very little to no knowledge of what each game was about, eventually deciding to allocate my precious time among the numerous titles in the only way that seemed fair: visiting the booths with the cutest girls.

Interestingly enough, this strategy led me to one of the two games that gave me my most enjoyable Tokyo Game Show experiences: EX Troopers.

Sep 22, 2012 by Steven
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Over 200 companies from 19 countries are said to be operating booths at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, but visitors to the four-day long event may notice that one major world power turned out to be a no-show.

Sep 22, 2012 by Steven
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People keep asking me what games I played at the Tokyo Game Show, but no one seems to know what I’m talking about when I say “the game where hot girls smile and pose when you point a camera at them.” That has to be a game, right? I can’t think of any explanation for them not spitting in my face other than it all being some grand AR photography game. Maybe it just hasn’t been localized yet.

Following our first day coverage, we’ve put together a collection our favorite cosplay and booth babe photos from day 2 of the event below. While they may not be as stimulating as the gloops girls, they still do a great job at adding some feminine charm to the party—even if they are just computer-generated images.

Check the photos after the jump!

Sep 22, 2012 by Steven
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Social and mobile games are enjoying a strong presence at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, with social game giants GREE and gloops occupying some of the largest exhibit spaces in the venue.

But it’s not just Japanese companies throwing their weight around on the mobile floorspace: Korean online game developer WeMade Entertainment, known in Asia for their popular MMO series The Legend of Mir, is showing six new Japanese-language titles for iOS and Android devices to build anticipation for their full-scale entrance into the Japanese mobile game market later this year.

Bored of the repetitive tap-based social card games, I decided to spend some time with WeMade to see if the Korean developer was bringing anything new to the table.

Sep 21, 2012 by Steven
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If you haven’t gotten the memo, RocketNews24 is at Tokyo Game Show this year and we’ve been busy taking lots of photos of pretty girls in colorful outfits.

With the first day over, we’ve decided to unload a batch of our favorite cosplay and babe booth photos for your viewing pleasure. We’ll be back tomorrow and Saturday with camera in hand, and who knows, we may even write about games at some point too!

Check the photos after the jump!

Sep 20, 2012 by Steven
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I had never heard of Japanese social game developer gloops before attending Tokyo Game Show.

And even after spending a considerable amount of time at their booth, I still have absolutely no idea what their games are about because let’s be honest: how could you stay focused on a screen when you’re surrounded by the exposed chests and unbuttoned shorts of the gloops booth babes?

Sep 20, 2012 by Steven
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Now don’t get me wrong. I love my wife and wouldn’t trade her for anyone in the world. But my brain is telling me that I just met the girl of my dreams at today’s Tokyo Game Show, and how can you argue with your own brain?

She’s a booth girl at Brain Kiss, a “neuro-diagnosis” app for iOS that tests the compatibility of two people by analyzing their brainwaves.

All you need to do is put on a special brainwave-reading headset developed by NeuroSky and stare deep into the eyes of the person in front of you for 15 seconds. Brain Wave then presents you with your results, divided into five different “levels of affection.”

It sounds like a fun little app, but be careful who you use it with: if you’re like me, love may be staring your straight in the face.

Sep 13, 2012 by Steven
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Nintendo’s 3DS ninja breast physics simulator Senran Kagura: BURST has been doing well for itself since it was released late last month, receiving a solid 30/40 from Japanese gaming publication Famitsu and reportedly outselling the first title in less than a week.

Promotional tie-ins have also been in plenty, such as last month’s cleavage-inspired gelato and the ongoing Senran Kagura sexual stimulant energy drink for gamers.

And if you still haven’t had enough lewd ninja madness, here come three “Senran Kagura Enormous Breast Hyper T-Shirts” so you can cover your entire upper body in half-naked anime girl!

Sep 12, 2012 by Steven
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One fun way to see what anime or game series are currently popular with kids and otaku in Japan is to visit an arcade and take a look at the prizes up for grabs in the crane machines, or UFO catchers, as they’re often called in Japanese.

Unlike North America, arcade culture is still going strong in Japan and UFO catchers are one of the main attractions. Always found on the first floor of arcades, these machines are stocked with the latest limited-edition figurines and plushies of popular characters, many of which can only be acquired as UFO catcher prizes (or on Amazon at obscene prices).

Japanese toy company Banpresto has announced their newest lineup of CRANEKING arcade-exclusive prizes, available this October. Check what toys are hot on the Japanese arcade scene below!

Sep 7, 2012 by Steven
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While we’re not sure if the iconic outfit of SNK character Mai Shiranui is the most popular choice for female cosplayers, it has proved itself the most likely to get you attention—assuming you have the body to pull it off.

Taiwanese model Lan Fenghuang, also known as Mia, is the latest Mai wannabe to make it into the spotlight thanks to a series of self-shot photos that went viral in China, Taiwan and Japan. It looks like Lan fits the physical requirements perfectly, but even more jaw-dropping is that this beautiful cosplayer is reported to be only 16-years-old.

Sep 7, 2012 by Steven
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There’s a lot of cool stuff going on for Resident Evil fans recently. You’ve got the S.T.A.R.S. restaurant in Tokyo, the Resident Evil attraction at Universal Studios Japan, Resident Evil: Retribution movie coming to the big screen this September and of course the OH MY GOD ZOMBIE RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!!

…sorry, what we were saying is: and of course, the October 2 release of Resident Evil 6, which will undoubtedly be less scary than the zombie attack　text adventure above, if more recent titles are anything to judge by.

But hey, Capcom hasn’t lost it yet! Just check out their new teaser webpage, titled “Biohazard Hisotry.”

But be sure to turn the volume down and scroll down slowly, otherwise you might GAHHH HEADCRAB RIGHT ABOVE YOU!!!

Sep 4, 2012 by Steven
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The second installation of 3DS ninja breast physics simulator Senran Kagura, Senran Kagura: Burst hit stores in Japan on August 30.

The game features even more of that fast-paced, sexually-charged ninja action that fans praised in the first title, which means many Japanese gamers have had their hands full these past few days, if you know what I mean.

Luckily, publisher MarvelousAQL has teamed up with sexual health product manufacturer Akahige Yakkyoku to boost player’s mojo with their new Senran Kagura “Round Two” sexual stimulant energy drink.

Sep 3, 2012 by Steven
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A lot of people were holding out for some exciting news during Final Fantasy’s 25 Anniversary event in Japan yesterday; perhaps some information on Final Fantasy Versus XIII or a Final Fantasy VII remake.

What they got instead was an elaborate 12-minute demonstration of Tokimeki Final Fantasy: Suzaku Magic Institution Peristylium ~ Oh no! I’m in Love With the Crystal’s Divine Guardian ~, an otome dating game set in the world of Final Fantasy Type-0.