Nintendo DS toast
Source: Twinavi
Archive for the category Videogames
Taito Station
In Europe almost all arcade stores disappeared at end of the 90s, as video game consoles became as powerful or even more than arcade machines, and started to be affordable to everybody. In Japan the arcades are not in their heyday but they are still quite alive; they are known here as game centers. One [...]
Pokémon cars
My brother has sent me this Pokémon itasha pictures. Itasha is a word used to refer to decorated cars with manga, anime or video game motifs. It’s something that has become quite popular in some otaku circles of certain age that have enough money to afford it. Source
Level 5 and Studio Ghibli RPG
One of the most anticipated video games in Japan this year is the RPG “Ni no kuni” (二ノ国) that will be released for Nintendo DS and PlayStation 3 next December. The game is being jointly developed by Studio Ghibli (one of the best animation studios in the world) and Level 5 (one of the best [...]
Mario Paper Stop Motion
This video was made by some students at a Japanese school using color post-its, a camera and a lot of patience. It reminded me of Paper Mario / Mario Story on the Nintendo 64.
God Hand commercial
Here you have another one of those very rare Japanese commercials. The commercial advertises the video game God Hand, a beat ‘em up published by Capcom for PlayStation 2 in 2006. Any theories that explain what is going on in the commercial?
Game Center Gamers
I still find astounding the skills of some of the people that you can find in Japanese Game Centers (thats how arcades are called here). I found these two gamers in Shibuya, I wonder how many years have they spent to reach that level.
