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Pikachu’s voice actress talks about the challenges of playing the most famous Pokémon of all

Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2016
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It’s not easy being Pika.

Japan
(anime • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • voice actors)

Hey, listen! Realistic-looking The Legend of Zelda hoodie now available to pre-order

Jamie Koide
Feb 25, 2016

Get Link’s look without having to craft your own costume with this cool The Legend of Zelda hoodie.

Internet, USA
(cosplay • fashion • Legend of Zelda • link • nintendo • video games)

IBM Japan recruiting alpha-testers for actual VR Sword Art Online game 【Video】

Master Blaster
Feb 24, 2016

IBM Japan wants 208 people to be scanned into 3-D avatars and put into a virtual world designed after the one depicted in anime Sword Art Online (and hopefully return).

Games & Tech, Japan
(anime • IBM • light novels • manga • Sword Art Online • video • video games)

Hideo Kojima huggy pillows keep showing up at American anime and game conventions 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2016

Now you and the director of such video game hits as Metal Gear can snuggle all through the night.

USA
(body pillows • funny • Hideo Kojima • huggy pillows • Metal Gear • video games • weird)

Soon, you’ll be able to play Pac-Man in virtual reality for just a couple of bucks

Mike
Feb 20, 2016

A Japanese startup is working with Bandai Namco to rework the classic arcade game into an immersive virtual reality experience—using a touch-control VR headset that will cost under US$20.

Games & Tech, Global, Japan
(Bandai Namco • Makuake • Namco • pac-man • startups • video games • virtual reality • VR)

GameSpot: Hideo Kojima wants new game to expand into anime

Anime News Network
Feb 20, 2016

Kojima: “I want to make something that will have a big enough impact to become a series”.

Games & Tech, Global, Japan
(anime • Hideo Kojima • Metal Gear Solid • New Game! • video games)

Capcom’s Attack on Titan arcade game features omni-directional maneuver gear controls

Anime News Network
Feb 20, 2016

Attack on Titan: Team Battle supports 8 players in versus or cooperative game modes.

Games & Tech, Japan
(anime • arcade game • Attack on Titan • Japan • video games)

Pokémon parfait pins, plates, and key chains are positively precious 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2016

We’d eat them right up, if they weren’t made of plastic.

Japan
(anime • cute • key chains • Pikachu • Pokemon • toys • video games)

Chun-Li’s boobs aren’t the only things that can defy gravity in Street Fighter V 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2016

Physics continue to get weird in Capcom’s latest fighting video game.

Global, Japan
(Capcom • Chun-Li • funny • glitch • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video • video games)

Japanese drinks maker offers tiny Street Fighter V figures with cans of Umami Blend coffee

Jamie Koide
Feb 19, 2016

Japanese beverage company DyDo is celebrating its new blend of canned coffee and the release of Street Fighter V with these awesome, hanging character figures.

Games & Tech, Japan
(campaign • canned coffee • drinks • figures • games • Street Fighter V • video games)

Announcing the winners of the RocketNews24 Pikachu ramen giveaway contest!

Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2016

After reading through a mountainous pile of entries, we’re ready to announce the four lucky instant noodle/Pokémon fans who’ve won some Pikachu ramen. Are you one of them? Read on to find out!

Japan, USA
(anime • contest • cup ramen • food • Instant Ramen • Pikachu • Pokemon • ramen • video games)

Playing games while lying down a pain in the neck? Try this new Wearable HDMI Monitor!【Pics】

Scott Wilson
Feb 18, 2016

For those of us who don’t want a little thing like sleep getting in the way of our gaming.

Japan
(funny • HDMI • monitor • smartphone • video games • wearable devices)

1 in 10 emotional viewers “cried” at Pokémon Super Bowl 50 advert

Anime News Network
Feb 18, 2016

The Pokémon franchise aired a nostalgia-inducing commercial for its 20th anniversary during the Super Bowl football game on February 7.

Games & Tech, Japan, USA
(anime • commercial • emotional • nintendo • Pokemon • Super Bowl 50 • video games)

Dazzling animation “Kaizo Trap” shows what being sucked into an expert game would look like【Video】

Scott Wilson
Feb 18, 2016

You’re gonna lose a lot of lives on this one…

Games & Tech, Japan
(animation • epic • kaizo • NES • video • video games)

Capcom forgot to fix that ludicrous Chun-Li boob jiggle “glitch” in Street Fighter V【Video】

Mike
Feb 17, 2016

After inadvertently causing a stir at last year’s E3, Capcom assured players that Chun-Li’s freakishly bouncy breasts were merely the result of a bug that would be fixed for the game’s release…

Global, Internet
(Capcom • Chun-Li • fighting games • game physics • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video games)

Scratch Titans to death with a coin in giant Tokyo ad for new Attack on Titan video game 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2016

Interactive ad gives you a chance to save Shinjuku, plus win cool prizes while you’re at it.

Japan
(anime • Attack on Titan • Koei Tecmo • manga • playstation • video • video games)

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. appear as the gods of wind & thunder in new ukiyo-e woodblock print

Oona McGee
Feb 13, 2016

Mario and Luigi appear in a new artwork that combines traditional Japanese art techniques with the modern-day video game world.

Japan
(art • nintendo • Super Mario Bros. • ukiyo-e • video games • woodblock print)

Crafty Dragon Quest Builders player creates Mario Kart-inspired custom race course

Mike
Feb 13, 2016

A creative Dragon Quest Builders player has managed to build a Mario Kart-inspired in-game race course so impressive, he received praise from the game’s producer himself.