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Adorable EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Pixel Mario art is as adorable as it is stylish 12 In the fast-paced world of gaming news, it's always nice to take a breather with a low-key, artsy story every once in a while.First up, oZEPPELINo over on the Sprite Stitch Board! forums made a n... Get a cat: EyePet delayed until 2010? 11 Poor EyePet. When we had a chance to meet Sony's digital animal-monster-thing at Penny Arcade Expo, Sony had told us it would be available this holiday. We cleared off our coffee table, prep... A Boy and His Blob launch trai... so cute! 26 When was the last time you watched a game trailer and smiled from the sheer joy of it all. Been a while, right? Well, go ahead and check out the "launch" trailer for A Boy and His Blob ... Okamiden's little wolf puppy is the cutest thing EVER 53 Okamiden news is starting to flow like wine ever since Famitsu announced its existence. We had a load of details this morning, and now a full magazine scan has appeared online, revealing main cha... Stop making sense: A tribute to videogame gibberish 58 Here's something that a lot of people don't get: videogames shouldn't always talk. There is a variety of reasons for this, but I'll just touch on a few. For one, videogame characters are most oft... Monday Mind Teasers: GROW Games 13 Anyone beat last week's mind teaser yet? Didn't think so. Okay, no more games until we get past that hellacious hurdle -- see you next week!Okay, okay, okay. I'm not that cruel. But I am cruel en... Final Fantasy Gaiden's "Crown system" detailed, plus screens 11 Ok, so, Final Fantasy Gaiden: it's a 2D RPG throwback to the very first Final Fantasy game. Instead of saving Princess Sara from Garland, these four warriors must save Princess Horun from the Wit... Want Retro Game Challenge 2 localized? Open up that wallet 34 In a recent Siliconera interview with Xseed's President Jun Iwasaki and Director of Publishing Ken Berry, there's a tad bit of tit for tat over what would need to happen in order for Retro Game C... P.S. Triple-san webcomic gets an English translation 8 [As originally posted on Japanator] Want to see the PS3 at its most innocent and cute? Well, look no further than the forthcoming P.S. Triple-san webcomic that's making its way to the English spe... E3 09: Scribblenauts solves the most important questions 28 Those questions include: Who would win a fight between a Kraken and a stegosaurus? Who would win in a fight between a Kraken, God, and Albert Einstein?The answer, according to 5th Cell's Scribble... Custom delight: Reactor-88's Dr. Mario and Dig Dug Dunnys 9 Just in time to prevent my ego from getting too inflated, designer Reactor-88's custom Dr. Mario- and Dig Dug-themed Dunnys come along to remind me just what a miserable, talentless hack I am. I ... Two new Raskulls appear, for duck's sake 7 Halfbrick has sent over two new character profiles for its upcoming puzzle platformer Raskulls. Last time we talked about this upcoming XBLA title, we were introduced to King and Dragon. Now we g... The Legendary Starfy is cute, we have pics to prove it 11 That legendary Starfy is petty damn legendary, but he's never officially been out of Japan. That's about to change with this game, the fifth in the series and the first to have a North American r... Console Wars declared dead in the cutest way possible 83 When I saw this collection of images, my heart bled rainbows and my soul turned to candy. This is a vision of the future we could all have if we put our differences aside and forgot the console w... Small child prepared for zombie apocalypse, gets help from Left 4 Dead 21  The above video is retarded, but adorable. Little Aiden here is preparing himself for the zombie apocalypse after watching perhaps a little too much Left 4 Dead. Of course, one could questi... WiiWare gets vampire moles in the form of Tataite! Mogupon 7 If you listen to my WiiWare reviews on RetroforceGo!, you know that I am less than enthused about the steady flow of casual titles that has choked the service since it's inception (World of Goo b... New photos of Lara Croft model reveal that she can probably kick your ass 66 Pure Maple Syrup never looked this good! Ten new photos of Alison Carroll popped up on the internet today all decked out in Tomb Raider apparel, doing backflips and flashing her guns like dual ha... Sony wants Sackboy to be the face of PlayStation 3 37 If there's one thing Sony's lacked since it started the PlayStation brand, it was a viable mascot. Back in the day, it looked like Crash Bandicoot would have the honor, or maybe Lara Croft, but n... Kratos confirmed for LittleBigPlanet ... in a fashion 29 Never before has a marauding mass-killer-turned-servant-of-the-Gods looked so utterly darling. This clothsome Kratos highlights some of the potential fun that could be had from the sack-faced den... Art Attack Friday: wandamagick 16 Wandamagick (aka Icecream Katana) serves up a generous spoonful of kawaii fanart for today's Art Attack Friday feature. With a rather large bredth of gaming experience, Wandamagick pulls characte... Custom Kid Icarus plushie: Chibi-style! 17 If you're still reeling in shock over the supposed Kid Icarus concept art that has been floating around the net lately, this sweet version of Kid Icarus may make you feel that all is right with t... Art Attack Friday: Minus 8 21 It's spring, everyone, and if you haven't been floating through the fragrant scent of cherry blossoms or frolicking through the sun-soaked streets of New York City in eager anticipation of Karaok... BREAKING: Geoff Keightley's copy of Mass Effect arrested in teen rape scandal 38 ZIMBABWE: Police have arrested game journalist Geoff Knightley's copy of Mass Effect for indecent exposure and filthy, filthy acts of unnatural sodomy. A neighbor phoned 911 after spotting the Ma... Five Days to Smash Bros. Brawl: Top Five unfulfilled Brawl pipe dreams 98 Trying to console a child or a retarded person over the loss of a loved one is hard work. It helps to try and find ways to make the abstract emotions the grieving party is experiencing into concr... Oh my God, I think I'm going to cry: Yume Neko DS 28 [As originally posted on Japanator] I'm an equal opportunity animal fan. I love dogs, and the popular Nintendo DS title Nintendogs gave canines their time in the spotlight. But now it's tim... The definitive MMORPG: Hello Kitty Online 37 [As originally posted on Japanator -- come check out our redesign!] Out of all the properties to create an MMORPG from, the beloved Japanese 30-year-old Sanrio character Hello Kitty would pr... No Blanka, not the headbite! Stupid Street Fighter is STOOPID! 75  A Kotaku reader has compiled a selection of clips from the Street Fighter cartoon, a "best of the worst," if you will, although by all accounts, there really wasn't anything about... Art Attack Friday: ~RDCarneiro 23 Chibi-faced renditions of timeless videogame icons may always be super-kawaii, but frankly the cute overload factor just isn't enough in this day and age to distinguish one choad sized Link from ... Cavity-inducing video: Cinnamoroll Kurukuru Sweets Paradise 18  Since Leigh is posting cute Japanese stuff, I suppose I may as well show you these videos for the upcoming DS pinball game Cinnamoroll: Kurukuru Sweets Paradise. Instead of the typical stee... Bite people's arses on your Nintendo DS: Bottom Biting Bug is coming 19 This is simultaneously the best and the worst thing I'm going to see all day, and I've only been awake for half an hour. This is the Bottom Biting Bug, an insect that, well, bites bottoms. Natura... New Chocobo's Dungeon trailer, also release date 8 We haven't seen any major updates on the new Chocobo's Dungeon title coming for Wii, so I was thrilled to find this floating on the old interwebs. Plenty of new CG to google over and a confirmed ... The product of obsession: Taiko Drum Master claymation 15 I was late for the boat when it comes to Taiko Drum Master, but I've been enjoying my belated discovery. I first played it in an arcade, where I found myself instantly addicted to the music and t... Does Manhunt 2 make the mentally ill look bad? 28 He might be several weeks late to the party, but that's not stopped National Alliance on Mental Illness executive director Mike Fitzpatrick claiming himself a slice of the outrage pie. Outrage pi... Destructoid Review: Cooking Mama 2: Cooking with Friends 15 The first Cooking Mama title spawned everything from Mama cosplay to speculation that Mama was actually in direct cahoots with Beelzebub. While no one has actually been able to unmask her true in... Maple Story DS goes single player for Korea 8 I've always loved the look of Maple Story, but after a few minutes of play I already had that pointless emotion I experience when playing all MMOs - Why am I grinding this character? What's the p... Sleek PSP TV stands coming soon for Japan 6 The gadget fiend in me wants one of these shiny, colorful stands for my PSP, so I can prop it on a table and watch TV. Then I remember that I can go in the living room and watch anything I want o... CBS looks at the Manhunt 2 controversy, makes for excellent filler 41 Mainstream news wouldn't exist without fanning the flames of controversy, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a more adorable set of billows than Katie Couric. In the above clip, Ms. Kittenpuff C... Pirahna Plant Costume wins my personal costume contest 28 Excuse me, miss? Are you always this awesome, or does it become particularly acute around Halloween when you need a costume? I've seen some killer ones this year, but this takes the cake. She's a... Companion Cube is now available for snorgling 38 Female Computer Voice: Please enter the next testing room. You are doing very well. Please note that this test is impossible. We apologize for this clearly insurmountable challenge.You pick up th... Awww! Plushie Xbox 360 V2 is out 35 If you want to talk about console fanboy-ism, I'll admit that I was a Sega kid, and that I still have various Sega plushies, gashapon, key chains and various other collectibles strewn about my pa... Wicked videogame Transformers toys arrive: Mr. Destructoid weeps tears of joy 19 Transformers just got cooler. Hasbro has a cool new line of Transformers toys, called Real Gear, that transform from modern tech objects into robots. Two of the Transformers come in the form of ... Japan snags kawaii NiGHTS pre-order bonus: America envious, vengeful 11 Normally I wouldn't throw a commonly misappropriated term like 'kawaii' into the title, but after looking at the above piece of pre-order swag for the upcoming NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, can you ... Jericho Halloween Contest! Win the game, soundtrack, and more (9 winners) 107 I'm proud to announce this week's sponsor is the fruit of Codemasters and Clive Barker's labor, the new horror game Jericho arriving next week on the 23rd.  Since Halloween is around the cor... MapleStory announces Halloween content, makes even skeletons cute 17 I like free MMOs and I like cute things, so obviously I approve of MapleStory. If you already participate in Nexon's exercise in adorable online frolic, you'll be pleased to know that a Halloween... Pokemon Ranch Channel reveal doesn't actually reveal anything 13 The above clip is direct footage from Nintendo's press event yesterday when they dropped all sorts of bombs regarding hedgehogs, motorcycles and most importantly Pokémon-flavored brand s... Super deformed Final Fantasy figures are insanely cute 27 Oh dear. Cute + Final Fantasy = a whole lot of win. Our own Spiderpig did a community blog post on these limited figures and I had to pass it along. Play-Asia says they will be out this month, bu... No trucks in World of Warcraft? Only if you've not got Four Wheels of Fury 34 Toyota is currently running a commercial that uses the always popular World of Warcraft to meme-tastic effect. Obviously inspired by a certain Mr. Jenkins, our intrepid hero casts Four Wheels of ... Drown in a sea of Dewy cuteness: Water has never been so adorable 19 I don't know what's going on in that video, and frankly I don't need to know. I am far too ensorcled by the saccharine whimsy contained in these precious few minutes to care. What I do know is th... TGS 2007: Chocobo's Dungeon trailer (I died of delight, by the way) 21  I know you're thinking to yourself: Didn't she just talk about Chocobos? Why yes, I did. Now, I'm going to do it again, since the trailer for Chocobo's Dungeon is now available for me to wa... Saints Row 2 teaser site is a go, because the first one was SO AWESOME (snigger) 33 You know, I really wasn't fond of the original Saints Row. The whole thing had such an immature vibe, like it was trying to be Grand Theft Auto, but figured GTA was just pimps and brutality. It d... TGS 2007: Engrish at the Tokyo Game Show 36 We're proud to announce the winners of Destructoid's first annual TGS Engrish Awards.  Judged by a panel of barely qualified cynical Dtoid panelists, the prestigious award is presented each ... Jack Thompson whines about possible GTAIV spoof 55 It seems that Jack Thompson, my favorite person in the whole wide world, is an avid Game Informer reader. After recently reading an article printed in the magazine, Thompson is worried that he's ... Three new MySims videos: cuter than Lily Allen licking a panda bear 22 The above clip -- and the two that follow the jump -- came courtesy of Electronic Arts during my recent trip down south to have a go at MySims. Each clip shows off various gameplay concepts and... Hands-on with MySims: I haven't felt this way about a bee girl since No Rain 36 Over the last few days, I've been sequestered in a hotel room roughly 300 feet from EA's Redwood City campus. The obvious assumption is that I'm here to "acquire" copies of Rock Band vi... Angel Love Online is the first free MMO on PS3, cute strikes again 26 Come on, you knew it was coming. I am working hard make myself the Offical Destructoid Ambassador of Cute Things, so you know if it's sickeningly sweet, I'm already working hard to bring it to yo... Ontamarama DS will give you cute brain freeze 16 As Destructoid's self-proclaimed ambassador of cute Japanese things, let me say that while this new Atlus title looks to be aimed at kids, I really want to play it anyway. Give me bright colors a... Chewy, chocolate-coated gummy proposal: Viva Pinata love 24 So we know that wedding proposals take place in MMOs all the time, sweet touching moments of deep connection that occur when real people start to forget that Azeroth is not a real place, as their... Eco Creatures: Save The Forest is the DS game for Greenpeacers on the go 18 It's a well known fact that the Japanese are highly preoccupied with the preservation of nature, as evidenced in films such as Princess Mononoke and Please Save My Earth. Majestico's Eco Creature... Also, babies: Infant makes its first crawl toward a 360 controller 26 I'm sure many of us have desperately crawled, lightly wailing, toward a videogame controller before, but unlike us, this chappy has an excuse, on account of being a baby, and not a drug-addled, b... Retro themed oki-ni Dunny releases Sept 6th 22 Our beloved .Tiff was kind enough to point me in the direction of this amazing new oki-ni 8-inch Dunny, which releases Sept 6th in a limited run of 1000 pieces. She and I are obsessed with all th... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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