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  • Racing with the Hot Brothers

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    While I anxiously await to see what crazy stunt Takeshi Okamura will perform during his annual year-end TV special (last year was pretty damn classic), I guess I can start trying to best his MARIO KART DS times. Japanese comedians Takeshi Okamura and Hiroyuki Yabe not content to be Mario and Luigi in commercials have…

  • Where's the Dragon?

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    Microsoft’s pulling out the big guns! Just now, in the span of a few minutes, twice I saw a commercial that shows Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the FINAL FANTASY series, sitting in front of a computer with Akira Toriyama (with Toriyama’s face hidden, of course), and he says something like, “Toriyama, you really are great!”…

  • America Hates RR6

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    I’m a huge fan of the RIDGE RACER series, and played the hell out of the PSP version. I had no idea it was such a low-seller in the US. Namco’s Ridge Racer 6 is the lowest selling Xbox 360 game in America selling only 9,091 units. By comparison the highest selling title, Call of…

  • Revolution in Action

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    A Google clip showing Nintendo’s upcoming console, code-named Revolution, in action. Man, I can’t wait to start playing with that thing!

  • Xbox 360 Woes

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    Oh la la… The train wreck that is the 360 Japan Launch continues. Unloved 360s consoles collect dust, and retailers are unable to return those unwanted Xbox 360s to Msoft due to contractual obligations. To cut loses and cover their arses, stores are left with no choice but to offer discounts. The originally 38,800yen (about…

  • Mario Kart Worldwide

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    I’ve been having a blast with MARIO KART DS these past couple of days playing by myself, but oh man, it’s nothing like playing with other people. Today’s meetup was a bit of bust, with only Paul showing up, but we had a killer time playing MARIO KART DS. We tried a few rounds of…

  • Xbox 360 Launch Party

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    The Xbox 360 launch is today, and Kotaku has a few pics from last night’s launch party at the Aoyama Xbox Lounge. Yuko was just telling me that they’re reporting huge line-ups at game shops for the system, so looks like this launch is at least going to beat the last Xbox’s rollout. If you’re…

  • Gaming Meet

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    As I mentioned yesterday, we’re having another gaming session at Cafe Pause tomorrow (Saturday). We’ll meet up at around 16:00, PSP and DS in hand, with a whole bunch of games (including GTA and MARIO KART DS) to try out. Everyone is of course welcome to join in the fun. Update: I like how Paul…

  • Mario as Okamura

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    I love the TV campaign for MARIO KART DS that stars my favorite Japanese comedians, the manzai duo 99, and Kotaku points to this page where you can watch them online.

  • Xbox 360 Countdown: Who Cares

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    The Xbox 360 gets released on Saturday here in Japan, and it seems like (not surprisingly) they failed on getting people excited about the console — I know I don’t really care. I know I tossed off a throwaway joke about Japan and the 360 at the end of my last post about the console.…