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Big In Japan: Yoshiki Okamoto, Monster Hunter And Cultural Divides - Guardian Unlimited
yokshiki okamoto is a games industry legend. he started at capcom in 1984 and has his name on some of their biggest franchises, including resident evil, devil may cry, street fighter and the smash monster hunter. he's treated like a rock star in ...
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Switch Crime Action Manga Ends In Japan
otoh saki and tomomi nakamura , the manga writer/artist duo better known as naked ape, have ended their switch "stylish crime action" manga in the november issue of monthly g fantasy magazine on october 18. the manga centered around two narcotics cops, kai and hal, who go undercover in japan.
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Top Shelf Licenses Japan's Ax Underground Manga
the north american publisher top shelf will be releasing ax collection , a 400-page selection of underground manga stories from seirinkogeisha 's bimonthly ax alternative manga anthology.
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Why Isn't Grand Theft Auto Huge In Japan? - Kotaku.com
game developer yoshiki okamoto is best known for his years at capcom, where he worked on titles like gyruss and forgotten worlds as well as his involvement in final fight and street fighter ii . he's an industry vet and has been around. when he looks ...
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Capcom Confirms Motogp 08 Will Be Hitting Retail This Week - Mcv
the definitive two wheeled racing experience will be speeding into stores this friday 24th october london– october 20, 2008– capcom® a leading worldwide developer and publisher of videogames, has today confirmed that motogp 08 will be released ...
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Saling The World: Wii Music, Fable Ii Head U.s. Multiplatform Charts
gamasutra's weekly column, "saling the world", covers the top five real-time amazon.com charts for every available platform in the united states, japan, and europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. this week's charts, with data taken from october 23rd, 2008, find wii music leading cross-console software sales in its first week of north american release, while fable ii ...
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Resident Evil: Degeneration Dvd/blu-ray On December 30
resident evil: degeneration , makoto kamiya and digital frontier 's computer-animated film adaptation of capcom 's biohazard/resident evil game franchise , will ship on dvd and blu-ray disc in north america on december 30. the film takes place seven years after the main game storyline of the zombie horror franchise and reunites the characters leon ( paul mercier ) and claire ( alyson court ). ...
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Japanese Cosplayers Keep Fantasies Fresh (with Febreze) - Wired News
tokyo — the raging popularity of street fighter iv in japan meant plenty of chun-lis and kens in "cosplay alley" at this year's tokyo game show. many people dressed up as the characters, which are mainstays of capcom's fighting-game franchise ...
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japanese hardware: sony celebrates successful psp-3000 launch [10.24.08] the launch of the new psp-3000 console has proven a huge success in japan -- psp sales skyrocket to almost 160,000 and dominate the weekly hardware sales chart. meanwhile, the ...
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'mega Man 9' A Blast From Retro Past
he's back .... the jumpy little blue guy with the arm cannon who goes around shooting robots gone bad.
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15:00 (bst), 20/10/2008 Motogp 08 Press Release Provided By Games Press London – October 20, 2008 – Capcom® A Leading ...
london – october 20, 2008 – capcom® a leading worldwide developer and publisher of videogames, has today confirmed that motogp 08 will be released across europe on friday 24th october.
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Get Ready For Street Fighter Iv This Winter - Softpedia
street fighter is one of the most popular fighting franchises all over the world. from japan to africa, all it met was success, with many people still flocking to the arcades to play their favorite characters, like ryu, ken or chun li. currently we ...
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Dragon Quest Ix Playable At 'jump Festa' Event - Wired
missed playing dragon quest ix at the tokyo game show? that's because the game's presence was limited to a new trailer (right) shown inside square enix's closed theater. to play it, you'll need to go to jump festa in december. still a good three ...
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Codes Geass : Over One Million Discs Served
the japanese anime distributor bandai visual has announced that it has shipped over 1 million dvds and blu-ray discs of the code geass military robot franchise as of this friday.
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1st 13 Minutes Of Switch Anime Volume 1 Streamed
the animate.tv video-streaming website has posted the entire 12-minute, 30-second first half of the first volume of the switch original video animation series in narrowband and broadband versions on friday.
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Japanese Developer Talks About Cultural Differences - Softpedia
different territories have different types of markets, be it cars or electronics, you cannot create something that will appeal to the worldwide population. such is the case in the gaming industry, while shooters like halo will attract north american ...
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More Mega Man 9 Dlc - Fake Man! - Kotaku.com
capcom unleashes another wave of mega man 9 dlc upon an unsuspecting public this week, with three separate dlc packs available today on wiiware, tomorrow on xbox live, and wednesday on the playstation network. the first of the three packs is a new ...
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Japanese Cosplayers Keep Fantasies Fresh (with Febreze)
: photo: lisa katayama/wired.com tokyo — the raging popularity of street fighter iv in japan meant plenty of chun-lis and kens in "cosplay alley" at this year's tokyo game show. many people dressed up as the characters, which are mainstays of capcom's fighting-game franchise, while hundreds of others donned costumes inspired by videogames and anime series, both mainstream and obscure. ...
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Fullmetal Madness
like a lot of game nerds, i spent far too much of my childhood waiting for stuff to come out.
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Tiffcom: Tokyo Delegates Talk Japanese Remakes - Screendaily
us studio and independent producers spoke about the challenges and realities of negotiating, buying and producing remakes based on japanese properties at the "hollywood remake business talk session" held in tokyo today. the seminar was conducted ...
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