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japan EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Online Lessons 101: Monster Slaying in Monster Hunter Tri 16 Look, when I think of Monster Hunter, the last thing I think about is the high school education system. Apparently I must be in the minority, as Capcom seems to think that Monster Hunter and educ... No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise gets site, erotic teaser 34 No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise is coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 and we're pretty damn pleased about that. To herald the arrival of Suda 51's barmy action game on HD consoles, a new teaser site has ... PSP Comics detailed and dated ... for Japan 9 At least three PSP fans have been impatiently tapping their feet, waiting for news on the PSP Comics service that Sony boasted about ten thousand years ago. Today, we're one step closer to the se... Namco Bandai countdown for RPG has me hoping Xenosaga 53 Xenosaga. Fu*k you if you don't like Xenosaga. I feel that strongly about it. The Xeno series is, hands down, my favorite RPG series ever, with Xenogears being my favorite game ever. Ever. Charge... Demon's Souls dynamic theme as lonely as the game 32 Demon's Souls is a lonely game. Even though its multiplayer features are geared towards letting players know that their suffering is shared, a Demon's Souls player is alone in Boletaria. From Sof... Hudson bringing Japanese horror to the Wii with Calling 19 Hudson is typically known for their easy, accessible and casual style games. Lately though, they’ve been working on branching out to different genres, one of which is the first person horr... Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks bonus: Feather stylus 19 There's a new Japanese website for DS game The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. There's not much going on there. Really, there's only one link to click and when you do, it shows you the above imag... Capcom's Jun Takeuchi frowns on Japanese gamers 24 "I just can't understand why Japanese gamers are so reluctant to play networked games." Capcom's Jun Takeuchi has an interest in networked games. He headed up Lost Planet and Resident Evil 5, so ... Keyboard Cat lives on...kinda 23 After seeing the above video, I'm now appalled that Wii Sukeban Shachou Rena only sold one-hundred copies. This looks to be the best thing ever created! Jim told us that this is officially the w... Iwata: Wii situation cannot be defined as healthy 68 It's no secret that the Wii isn't the scarce object of lust that once it was, now freely available to purchase and no longer selling out everywhere in the world. Nintendo, of course, does not lik... Japanese Final Fantasy Tactics concert will have 61 songs 16 Remember the first time you booted up Square's PlayStation strategy RPG Final Fantasy Tactics? If you're like me, one of the most memorable things was the opening song. Hell, all the music was fa... DSi LL looks like a pocket buster in this video 29 I almost always have a game system on my person. Usually the PSPgo here lately, it being no bigger than a cell phone. Lately game companies seem to be releasing things that are less and less poc... Seriously: Hideo Kojima judging a Twilight fanart contest 51 [Hot otaku news ripped straight from the headlines of Japanator] You read that right. Hideo Kojima, the man behind Metal Gear Solid, along with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the character designer and mang... PSPgo sells 28,275 at Japanese launch 25 Sony's miserable new PlayStation Portable, the PSPgo, has launched this past Sunday in Japan, a month after North America and Europe. The sales tally sees a launch that could be accurately descri... Japan: Bayonetta PS3 sales double Xbox 360 sales 89 Well, there's no accounting for taste. Despite the fact that Bayonetta's lead platform is the Xbox 360 and that the PS3 version of the game is a somewhat sub-par port by Sega, Japanese gamers hav... Ace Combat + Idolmaster = model planes? 8 Japan and their cross-promotions. Fighter jets and dancing girls come together to make model jets. Makes total sense. Namco Bandai's games Ace Combat 6 and Idolmaster have been handed over to mod... Atlus snaps up MMO company Gonzo Rosso 4 Gonzo Rosso, the MMO-y, game-y cousin of that similarly named anime company, is now under the control of Atlus. Like a summoned persona. And not the U.S.-based Atlus you're thinking of, the small... Yes! Tomena Sanner confirmed for US WiiWare 11 Remember that weird-ass Japanese game where a breakdancing salaryman was doing flips and sh*t? Yeah, that one. It's right up my alley, and it's probably right up yours as well. When we first hea... Kojima, Suda amazed by DSi virtual girlfriend Love Plus 55 If you haven't seen Konami's virtual girlfriend Love Plus and its effect on lonely men, then you're really missing something. It's...amazing. Grown men are kissing DSi screens. I could go on abou... Insomniac: Sony Japan listens to Western market now 31 Perhaps if Sony Japan had listened to Western concerns, the PS3 might have had a better time of it when it launched over here. According to PS3 developer Insomniac, Sony Computer Entertainment Ja... See for yourself: Bon Jovi in Final Fantasy commercials 18 Remember when we told you that American rocker Jon Bon Jovi would have his music in Japanese commercials for Square Enix's Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers.  Well, it's... Scat porn maker loves Bayonetta and her 'erotic' hair 20 Japanese porn distributor V and I may have different ideas on what is and isn't sexy, but when it comes to Bayonetta, it appears we're both pulling in the right direction. V is known for such adu... Importing FTW: Bayonetta PS3 is region-free, in English 35 If you're anything like Jim, you can't wait for Bayonetta to come out. Well, guess what? You don't have to. Siliconera has confirmed that the Japanese PS3 version, at least, is not only region-fr... Persona 3 Portable page update: Wallpaper, video, Yukiko! 17 If you're a Persona series fan and are daydreaming about the release of Persona 3 Portable here in America, you might want be interested in clicking around the P3P webpage to see some of the new ... New DSi with bigger screen to hit Japan this year 51 For those of you straining your eyes to see the Nintendo DSi's 3.25" screen, Nintendo hears your cries. According to Japan's Nikkei post, Nintendo will be releasing a Nintendo DSi with a 4&q... Bayonetta posters get totally naked 25 I wish we could get posters this awesome. Today in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Sega put up some Bayonetta posters that feature a rather alluring young lady with her sensitive portions covered in hair. ... Review: Domino Rally 20 As far as I know, Domino Rally has not yet been released in stores. It's also not available on GameStop's site, or most other online retail outlets. The game came out over a month ago, but I thin... Monster Hunter giving Wii friend codes the chop in the US 30 If I were going to be crass, I guess I could describe Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise as "Pokémon for grownups." That's not quite right, but Monster Hunter is reaching pocket m... Bayonetta does Shibuya 14 Bayonetta does Shibuya. It doesn't roll of the tongue as well as Debbie Does Dallas does, but Shibuya is definitely more hip than Dallas is, so we'll let it slide. Actually, she 'did' Shinjuku to... Bottom-boob: Ikki Tousen Xross Impact for PSP has it 22 People from my neck of the woods snicker or giggle when we hear the name Ikki Tousen. See, we all kind of look down on it like we haven't watched it or don't enjoy it. Don't believe that crap for... Glutton for punishment: Prinny 2 announced 17 Nippon Ichi isn't done punishing you. Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? was a ball buster, and now a sequel is coming.As far as details go, there isn't much. An article on Dengeki about the Japan... New Taiko cameos: YMCK, Dragon Quest, Idolmaster 8 The Taiko Drum Master series has a new Wii game coming, called Taiko no Tatsujin Dodon to 2 Dai Me. Sticks and all it'll cost 7,980 yen when released on November 19th. Why am I talking yen? Well,... Karaoke bar gets a Rune Factory food menu 8 Ah, Japanese game tie-ins. They're sometimes so strange that they seem misguided and pointless. Still, they're fun to talk about.This one ties together Marvelous Entertainment's upcoming game Run... Resonance of Fate: Screens, JP release date, soundtrack 12 I'm all over End of Eternity, Sega and tri-Ace's upcoming role-playing game. It'll be called Resonance of Fate here in the US. Either way, I was blown away by its slick look and crazy battle mode... How stuff works: The making of Ninja Gaiden's wall boobs 6 How did Koei Tecmo go about attaching some breasts to a wall? This is the sort of question you should be asking yourself late at night. And conversely, the type of answer you should be seeking ou... In case you've forgotten: 20+ new La-Mulana screenshots 8 I'll be the first to admit that I'm not familiar with Nigoro's action-adventure Metroidvania La-Mulana or the MSX games (like Maze of Galious) to which it pays homage. (In brief, you have to guid... Grassroots effort to localize President Cat Rena begins 23 While social networking and Web 2.0 have caused many a misanthropic headache (see Jonathon's weekly Fanboy Friday posts, for example), Twitter and Facebook can certainly be useful. On the rather ... Germany getting Muscle March, may be hope for us 19 Hey you!Muscle March, the WiiWare game that almost defies explanation, was a Japan-only title for awhile now. But now it seems that Germany is also going to be able to enjoy muscle-bound men cha... Bayonetta's Japanese launch commercial is ludicrous 33 Bayonetta is soon to rape the face of Japan while we in the West have to wait until next year. That sucks, but what doesn't suck is this utterly ridiculous commercial. If you want to watch a cut... Oh look, it is a blue and a pink Wii remote 11 Controller colors are so exciting, aren't they? Not really, but I'm duty bound to inform you that Wiimotes are now being made available in blue and pink flavors. At least in Japan. The new Wiimot... New Sega arcade gives players the jump on UFO catchers 5 No, not Unidentified Flying Objects. We're talking about "crane games" here. Anyone that's played them knows how much of a bitch it is to actually nab something with the claws. My advic... Yakuza designer would 'never want to make' a GTA game 28 Sega's Yakuza series has often been likened to Grand Theft Auto, since both games involve gangland dirty work in the big city. Despite the similarities between the two games, however, franchise d... Moogle, milk, and rock these new Crystal Bearers vids 5 I guess Bon Jovi wasn't enough, as Square-Enix has just started with another weird way to promote Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. This time it involves a moogle with marac... Fist of the North Star planned for worldwide release 33 It was inevitable, but it's good to get it confirmed, right? Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors-style take on Fist of the North Star has been confirmed for release outside of Japan. Although Koei has ... God of War III demo coming, but only for a select few 29 Everybody's favorite Ghost of Sparta will be donning the Blades of Chaos and cutting Gorgon heads off next month, when a God of War III demo comes to the PlayStation Network. Here's the catch, th... Fist of the North Star meets Dynasty Warriors? What? 61 First teased at TGS, a Fist of the North Star game has now been officially unveiled and given scant details by Tecmo Koei. The game, based upon the post-apocalyptic Manga, is heading to PS3 and X... Here's a nice, long look at Persona 3 Portable 22 Thank the promotional gods for the Japanese style teaser clip. They're always longer than your typical Western trailers,  they're always narrated, and they're always slightly over the top. W... Huge Breast Fantasy gives free boobs away 34 The bigger the breasts, the better the fantasy. Japanese (obviously) game Huge Breast Fantasy is one of those titles that give everything away in the name. Put simply, it's a game for people that... Learn about evolution and lizard men with Shootanto 22 Ask any true blooded bible thumper and they'll tell you that evolution is a crock. Our great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great (etc.) grandparent... White Knight Chronicles 2 has pointy boobs, droopy boobs 14 Okay, so boobs aren't necessarily the point of the new screenshots released for upcoming PS3 role-playing game White Knight Chronicles 2. But this is Destructoid, so you can't expect to get that ... Japanese Flash game Eki Golf is hilarious, fun 10 I love Flash-based web games, especially the ones that come out of Japan. This new one, Eki Golf (Station's Golf) lets you play as a balding salary man at a train station. His boredom has him hit... Top 40 Japanese game composers form an alliance 19 Video Game Sound Creator's Alliance is what the newly formed group of 40 Japanese composers call themselves. Several musical badasses are among the ranks, including Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill), Y... Monday Mind Teasers: KOI2 12 Last week was full of violence as Karoshi (Japanese for "death by overwork") brought us countless levels involving suicide strategies. If you thought that was the peak of Japanese odd v... 'Love Square Enix' soundtrack has pretty music on it 30 Do you love Square Enix? If you do, you may very well want to import a new soundtrack CD that's hitting Japan on November 25. Titled Love SQ, the soundtrack is a compilation of classic videogame ... Tokyo Game Show mack-daddy masterclass 15 You have probably heard that Tokyo Game Show was a bit disappointing this year; that the number of attendees was down, there were no big announcements, and some companies were missing from the fl... Tales of Graces includes DS minigame, also a DSi title 9 The new Wii entry in Namco Bandai's Tales series of games, Tales of Graces (TGS preview here), will come with a DS bonus game. It's called Kamenin Merchant, and will be accessible via the DS Down... Japanese Bayonetta commercial features hot model action 33 Sega really isn't shy of throwing Bayonetta assets around, and the latest is a very saucy Japanese commercial that features a "real life" Bayonetta sucking on a lollipop and saying &quo... Only Japan is getting two versions of NieR? 36 If you're curious to see the differences between NieR Gestalt for Xbox 360 and NieR Replicant for PS3, then you'll need to find a young rich Japanese widow to marry and become a citizen in the la... New Hot Shots game is trash...promoted 2 That's not to say that the new Hot Shots game is trash, though that's what you'll find it hanging around.Minna no Sukkuri means "Everyone's Refresh." Yeah. It's a new PSP game from the ... Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver sells 2 million already 29 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver released only two weeks ago in Japan but has already managed to accrue two million sales. 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