45 years of shonen manga are about to come to a bubbling head when J-Stars Victory Vs. arrives. The fighting game celebrates Japanese manga magazine Shonen Jump 's anniversary by pitting some of its biggest stars against one another, mixing series like Dragon Ball Z …Read more »
Level-5's Guild02 series of Nintendo 3DS games is doing a pretty good job of delivering on the promise of more downloadable oddities. The first batch, Guild01 , included games from the likes of Suda51 ( No More Heroes , Lollipop Chainsaw ) and Yasumi Matsuno …Read more »
Walk a few minutes from Akihabara station, Tokyo’s nerd mecca, turn a few corners and in an otherwise nondescript alley, you’ll find Game Bar A-Button, a cozy home-away-from-home for fans of retro games. A Button is a veritable retro game museum, stuffed to the brim …Read more »
While the PlayStation's polygonal models of Final Fantasy VII 's colorful cast don't exactly hold up today—it's questionable whether they were even remotely attractive in 1997—it turns out they are perfect for something: 3D printing. Joaquin Baldwin ( Joabaldwin ) put a 3D printer to …Read more »
Fans of Final Fantasy VII may not have gotten the remake they've always demanded yet, but at least you'll be able to dress up in Cloud Strife's duds once more when Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII comes out on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. That's …Read more »
New Super Mario Bros. U is getting its own unique brand of DLC today in the form of New Super Luigi U , which puts the spotlight on Mario's lankier, more agile brother. The downloadable stand-alone release, which continues Nintendo's Year of Luigi, is priced …Read more »
One of the best parts of attending an anime convention is getting to see all the great and creative costumes and outfits people come up with. Anime Central , which took place last month just outside of Chicago, is the largest anime convention in the …Read more »
New Etrian Odyssey: Millennium Maiden isn't exactly a new entry in the dungeon-crawling RPG series. Rather, it serves as a reimagining of the first game, which was originally released on Nintendo DS in 2007. Millennium Maiden takes that foundation and enhances it on 3DS, adding …Read more »
Man at Arms is a cool little web series that has swordsmith Tony Swatton forging real versions of weapons from games, cartoons, and more. Swatton and his crew have tackled weapons ranging from Finn's Golden Sword from Adventure Time to Sora's Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts …Read more »
I'm so torn on Namco Bandai's Naruto Powerful Shippuden , which brings the super-deformed style of Naruto spin-off anime Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals to Nintendo 3DS. On one hand, it's a great-looking game with crystal clear 2D art and backgrounds that don't throw …Read more »
There comes a time in a man's, or woman's, life in which one must step out of the shadow of his, or her, forerunners. Today is that time for our fair Giana. It was only about a year ago that Otaku USA took a look …Read more »
The next major crossover game from Namco Bandai is getting ready to celebrate 45 years of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan. J-Stars Victory Vs. (formerly Project Versus J ) brings some of the biggest manga stars together to throw down in over-the-top action on PlayStation …Read more »
The heavy hitters of Shonen Jump have been having a lot of fun together lately. In addition to the upcoming J-Stars Victory Vs. crossover fighting game—which celebrates 45 years of Shonen Jump by making everybody brawl—Toriko, One Piece 's Luffy, and Dragon Ball 's Goku …Read more »
Sega’s had its ups and downs over the years, but it was the doldrums of the mid-late ‘90s that produced one of its most memorable characters: Segata Sanshiro, a karate gi-clad consumerist hero who appeared in countless TV commercials, championing Sega’s then-struggling Saturn game console …Read more »
The latest trailer for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 is just in time for the fighter's North American launch, and introduces Madara in a preview of his battle against the five Kage. Developed by CyberConnect2 ( Asura's Wrath , .hack series), Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 …Read more »
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