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#Video games: Fat Princess, the PS3 strategy game in which you engorge your faction's princess to prevent her kidnapping, has already garnered a small amount of criticism. Until now, these complaints have come...

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#Video games: I certainly wasn't expecting to see Miyuki vs. Zombies, much less an evil yandere Miyuki. We've got the opening video for the upcoming Lucky Star: Net Idol Meister PSP game waiting for you after ...

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#Video games: Well ... I admit the whole phenomenon of marrying 2D characters gives me a chuckle. After all, I have an eternal thing for Kuroshitsuji's Sebastian, but when I realize the height of intimacy I ca...

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#Video games: This is really just a bit of trivial non-news, but Canned Dogs reported a post by game auteur Hideo Kojima met with Type-Moon's head honchos Kinoko Nasu and Takeshi Takeuchi, in a dinner meeting ...

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#Video games: Our merry friends at Destructoid first broke the story, but it seems that Atlus has once again proven its ability to read nerd demand, and From Software's 3D Dot Game Heroes will be heading to th...

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#Video games: Those who pre-order a copy of Luminous Arc3:EYES, the next installment in the semi-popular SRPG/dating sim series for the Nintendo DS, will receive a bonus DVD when the game comes out in Japan. T...

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#Video games: [Beware: Some of the links contain NSFW content] The English-language eroge/visual novel scene is really heating up, as higher-profile titles are finally making their way overseas, where previous...

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#Video games: This is probably old news to you by now, but it seems that British pop star Leona Lewis has been drafted into singing the theme song for Final Fantasy XIII's international release.The song is tit...

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#xbox 360: [As posted on Destructoid]It might be telling that the first time I heard of tri-Ace's newest RPG was when it had its name changed from End of Eternity to Resonance of Fate for the international ...

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#Video games: If you're like me, you absolutely love the Ace Attorney series. From the legendary Phoenix Wright to the recent adventures of Apollo Justice, the series has done a wonderful job of bringing ...

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#Video games: The paperwork finally went through, and the patriotic soldiers starring in the Sgt. Frog manga and anime getting the RPG-adaptation supplies that they've desperately clamored for. Entitled Keroro...

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#Video games: I have to admit that I have a soft spot in my heart for the Tekken series. It was one of the first fighting games for the Playstation and, at least in my opinion, was a step up from it'...

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#Video games: Recently, we were handed the latest list of characters that will be appearing in the upcoming Wii title Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. No, you won't get to play as ...

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#Video games: It seems that the Final Fantasy XIV "Campaign Code" available with first-press copies of Final Fantasy XIII isn't going to be a beta access key after all.You can blame this bummer on De...

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#Video games: Well, you know, I want Final Fantasy XIII pretty bad. I actually dropped my jaw and salivated on the floor while I watched gameplay footage of it at this year's Tokyo Game Show, and I'm likely go...

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#Video games: I have to admit that this is the first cover I've come across in recent memory that actually looks worse than it's American counterpart, but we need to take what we can get. What you see above is...

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#Video games: Namco Bandai's new Monster Hunter-killing PSP game God Eater is looking better and better, and it is our heavenly duty to cover things that do that.Japan's premier gaming rag Famitsu has gone and...

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#Video games: Ninokuni: The Another World is a DS game created by Level-5, the makers of Professor Layton (which had an animated film and an upcoming live-action version) and Inazuma Eleven (which received an ...

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#Video games: We've told you about God Eater before. It's Namco Bandai's one-up of Capcom's Monster Hunter. It's coming out for the PSP soon, and they've released this over ten minute promotional video of the...

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#Video games: In case you can't tell from the header image, that's my blonde android lover, Aegis from Persona 3.  She's going to appear in From Software's new PS3 title, 3D Dot Game Heroes. Well, not off...

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#videos: We told you about the anime Princess Robot Bubblegum in The Ballad of Gay Tony, the latest part of the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Well, Destructoid's Conrad Zimmerman was kind enough to record t...

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#Video games: This is the worst news I have ever had to report. For three years, SCEJ's Mainichi Issho has been a free app for the PS3, and as far as I'm concerned, one of the greatest things mankind has ever ...

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#Video games: To get the above swag spread, you'd have to be madly in love with Persona 3. I am, but I don't know that I'd spend the money to get all of the above pictured stuff.Someone in Japan bought six cop...

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#weird news: You read that right. Hideo Kojima, the man behind Metal Gear Solid, along with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the character designer and manga creator for Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Ryuji Gotsubo, the ill...

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#Video games: I can't get enough of these lists from Oricon. Top 10 Gravure models, freshest young stars, and more -- they're just so much fun to discuss! The IGN list of the top 25 anime characters of all tim...

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#Video games: 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...

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#Video games: 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...

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#Video games: "Why are you so upset? Is it because your father threw you off a cliff?""Tomorrow I'm killing my father.""I know the rabbit wasn't happy to get eaten."These are som...

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#Video games: You know, I'm all for J-boy bands (coughArashicough), but all-girl band AKB48 just has a lot of members. I mean, I'd complain, but they are all cute girls so I don't think anyone would listen to ...

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#Video games: Heh. Why not?American rocker Jon Bon Jovi is working with Square Enix in a strange co-promotion that we're finally getting to see for the first time.It's pretty damned weird. Just like in any ot...

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#wii: I have to hand it to NIS-America on this one. Thanks to this newest development, they're really serious about making Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love work out on foreign shores. It's up against incr...

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#Video games: Besides Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Japan has one other RPG mega-franchise, and that's Namco Bandai's Tales series. I have I have yet to actually play a post-PS1 entry of the series, though I...

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#weird news: ...IN BIZARRO WORLD!Heh, I've always wanted to say that. But seriously, could anyone have expected more from Rockstar? Perhaps it's a sign that the medium is entering mainstream awareness, thou...

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#Video games: Well, not really. I saw this pop up on some JP blogs, and wasn't planning on sharing it with you, because really, basing characters off of popular shows isn't that surprising. It's kinda ho-hum, ...

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#Video games: Regardless of your opinion of AKB48's music *cough*ITSUCKS*cough*, you have to admit the girls that make up the group are quite cute. Of course, such cuteness has huge marketing power, and the la...

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#Video games: Well, would you look at that? It seems everyone's favorite anime about flying panties is going to be seeing some PSP action. Well, I don't really know what Sora no Otoshimono is about, but that's...

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#Video games: 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...

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#Video games: Make a top ten list of any genre of game, and no matter what you say, people are going to get pissed off. I believe it's written somewhere in the rules of the internet. You MUST NOT like somethin...

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#Video games: 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,...

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#Video games: Here's a look at the upcoming Kingdom Hearts title, Birth By Sleep for PSP. The game still comes packed with tons of zippers, belts, baggy pants, and emo hair, but more i...

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#Video games: 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...

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#Video games: We just found out late last month about Fate/Extra, a dungeon crawling/classroom scenerio RPG for PSP that sounds enough like the Persona series for me to want to check it out. And of course, it...

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#Video games: Though by "otaku idol" I mean an idol of otaku rather than an idol who is an otaku.If you haven't heard yet, Japan's PSP multiplayer scene is hot (hot HOT), and publishers have been rel...

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#Video games: Thanks to intrepid reporting of publisher Square Enix, it has come to light that Japanese fans of the Dragon Quest series are guilty of massive genocide, having murdered over half a billion innoc...

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#vocaloid: If you love all things Metal Gear Solid like my good buddy Rey here at the Destructoid office, I'm assuming you want to get your hands on Peace Walker. Kojima says it'll make you buy a PSP, due t...

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#Video games: 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...

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#Video games: [As originally posted on Destructoid] Persona 4 was a victory for RPG fans in a variety of ways -- innovative gameplay and setting, engaging story, vivid character depictions and best of all, fun...

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#vocaloid: Seriously, it shouldn't. Japanese arcades are LOUD. I mean, they're called Vocaloids for a reason, and their voices will drown in the whirling maelstrom of bleeping and blooping that is the typic...

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#Video games: UDK has noticed something rather interesting: it seems that this year, the number of ero-ge hitting the price point of 9,800 yen -- nearly $100 -- has been increasing. Last year, only 8 titles we...

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#vocaloid: Rejoice, Japanatorians and lovers of synthesized voice everywhere! A new game starring everyone's favorite Vocaloid, Hatsune Miku, is on its way!Our intrepid pals over at Destructoid have brought...

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#Video games: SeeD, the art director for the Pangya series of golf games, has passed away from an unnamed illness. The news first dropped on the Twitter feed of SeeD's friend, musical composer esti, who says t...

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#Video games:  Killer (no pun intended) demo mode video, right?  Today's the launch date for The God of Death, a Studio Mebius eroge that launches today.  Not really into these kind of things? W...

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#Video games: Why must you torture me so, Tomopop? Constantly bombarding me with cool figures, and now you've gone ahead and thrown Dizzy in my face. One that's a Hobby Japan Mail Order exclusive, meaning I ha...

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#Video games: It's not quite over for the Type-Moon's favorite franchise. Between the Unlimited Blade Works movie, a rumored remake of Tsukihime, and the ongoing adaptations of Kara no Kyoukai, the so-called &...

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#videos: Now you can let the purge begin in Little Big Planet, thanks to gevurah22! You can find the level for yourself by searching for "gevurah22 level - Mm Gundam (Beta 1)" on Little Big Plan...

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#videos: If you didn't know yet, Monster Hunter is the hotness over in Glorious Nippon. It's everywhere, and its elements are worming their way into games right and left. All the same, there hasn't been a...

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#Video games: Remember Tokimeki Memorial? No? Don't be surprised. It was one of the first dating sims around, first released for the PC Engine in 1994. It's one of the few series to ever get versions featuring...

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#Video games: As the 2009 Tokyo Game Show gets under way, it looks like Sony is preparing to really beef up its Playstation Network offerings, especially for its Japanese fans. New details have come out regard...

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#Video games: And just when I was starting to get good at the original! As to be expected, the sequel/update to BlazBlue has just been announced in the October issue of Famitsu, where we'll be getting a lot of...

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#videos: As most of you know, Tokyo Game Show is in full swing, and as such, several of our editors are currently there covering the event for Destructoid. I'm stuck in California dealing with record brea...

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#YA HA!!!!: And it's so cute it could cut a gopher from its hole!But if yer gonna be one of them durn sticks-in-the-mud who's a-lovin' them crazy moon languages, NIS America has ya covered, seein' as it's...

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#Video games: And it's wearable in public, unlike those horrid Marc Ecko Halo t-shirts. The only hint as to its Persona 3 heritage is the distinctive pattern on the front and back, matching that on the dress o...

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#Video games: At first I was a bit reluctant to post this, seeing how our big sister typically handles the majority of the coverage related to games, but I'll just come out and say it--Chrono Trigger...

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#Video games: Just to be clear, it's still a rumor, but 1Up just reported that a source close to the project confirmed that the title is in the process of being localized for the US and Europe. This comes...

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#weird news: One of the greatest issues surrounding the advent of any new technology has always been the concern regarding its misuse. Just as modern nuclear power systems might be used to construct deadly we...

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#Video games: As is known by all, the ultimate expression of youthful Japanese manliness is found in the traditional Bancho ideal. A bancho, or gang leader, is...well, Atlus really explains it the best. In ...

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#Video games: This is Halo? I don't remember ever being able to do anything as sweet as this in the games. Well, I'm not going to complain. Last night, this clip aired on Spike TV as a preview for the upcoming...

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#Video games: You may not get the cultural significance of the table flipping over outburst unless you've seen it enough before. If you don't, you'll just have to take my word for it that it happens somewhat ...

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#Video games: Many games get their own anime series adaptations, which in practice usually turn out better than the average game-to-film transition. Online magazine Dengeki polled its readers as to which game ...

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#weird news: Oops. It seems like Konami's inventive marketing campaign for the DS dating sim Love Plus may have been a little bit too successful.Moving an impressive 46,426 copies in its first week (beating o...

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#weird news: The more details come out about Square Enix's new action game NieR, the more confusing the whole affair becomes. Now we're hearing that the game has two titles, NieR Gestalt and NieR RepliCant, a...

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#Video games: Square Enix recently announced the singer and theme song for Final Fantasy XIII the other week. Her name is Sayuri Suguwara, and while she's not the lovely cosplayer I used in...

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#Video games: Got a PS3? Like anime? Then you're in luck, as the first episode of the second season of Gunslinger Girl, Distance Between Two: Brother and Sister, is free for download on the PlayStation Network...

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#videos: Growing up, I always loved the original Ninja Gaiden series. In fact, the NES version of Ninja Gaiden 2 had probably spent more time in the cartridge slot than any other game I owned, except mayb...

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#Video games: Last month, I previewed Fate/unlimited codes--Capcom's latest fighter for the PSP, based on the hit anime and eroge, Fate/stay night. Originally released as a PS2 game of the same name overseas, ...