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• Japanese Retailer Wont Buy Back Xbox 360s? [Only In Japan]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  In Japan (like in many places in the world!), there is a strong culture of selling back used games and hardware. Japan especially is quite good about keeping instruction manuals and boxes in pristine shape as many who purchase gaming goodies do so with intent to sell back in the future. For retailer TSUTAYA, the ...
  2 days ago

• Maru Relaxes In The Sink

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “Maru’s back! And this time he ain’t doing sh*t!”
  2 days ago

• Fat Princess Gets Fifth Finger, Release Date For Japan [Psn]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  After suffering a short delay, it appears that PlayStation Network game Fat Princess will be released in Japan on Christmas Day. And the reason for that delay? Previous speculation about a lack of fingers may have been accurate. In newly released artwork for the PlayStation 3 game, the Fat Princess cast is ...
  2 days ago

• Final Fantasy XIII Gives PS3 Its Biggest Week In Japan, Passes 1.5 Million [Playstation 3]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Looks like Square Enix s newest numbered Final Fantasy is off to a good start, giving the PlayStation 3 a not-too-surprising surge in sales in Japan, according to early figures from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. Enterbrain puts Final Fantasy XIII sales at over 1.5 million over the course of the games first ...
  2 days ago

• Maru Vs. New Box

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “Because the covers of the fluorescent lamp have been put away, Maru plays with the box which it was in.”
  2 days ago

• Wii Dominance Continues In Japan, PS3 Dominance Due Shortly [Console Taisen]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Continued strong sales of New Super Mario Bros. Wii means continued strong sales of the Wii. In fact, this weeks sales are much better than the week prior , putting the Wii atop the Media Create chart with 135,000-plus sales. Anticipation for Final Fantasy XIII also means a big boost for the PlayStation 3, which ...
  5 days ago

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii Holds Onto #1 In Japan [Sales Get]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  New Super Mario Bros. Wii continues its strong sales performance in Japan, moving the Wii game well past the million mark with another 431,000 copies sold. You know, maybe Nintendo should make *more* Mario games! Sure, New Super Mario Bros. Wiis rock solid performance comes as little surprise and we expect to see ...
  6 days ago

• Japan’s Wooden Supercar

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “The frame and mechanical bits are metal like other vehicles. Everything else is wood. It’s to promote the city’s wood/furniture crafting industry and that of the company that built it.” — TayouJin
  1 week ago

• This 15-Year-Old PSP Character Is Missing Something [Nsfw]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Its a mystery, but not! The released art for PSP game Misshitsu Sacrifice from Japanese publisher D3 appears to have forgotten things — namely, underpants. This promotional image features more of 15-year-old Miki than perhaps shed like to be shown. And as the Japanese internet has pointed out, this game ...
  1 week ago

• Square Enix Launches Virtual Money You Can Really Buy [Only In Japan]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Square Enix is the latest company to launch its own virtual monetary denomination, the Square Enix Crysta. One Crysta is the equivalent to one Japanese yen, and with the yen stronger than the U.S. dollar, that means the Square Enix Crysta is more valuable than Uncle Sams greenbacks. The Crysta can be purchased in ...
  1 week ago

• New Super Mario Bros. Wii Leads The New Of The New [Sales Get]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan last week, giving the console its biggest first-week software sales in the country to date, more than 950,000 copies sold, according to Media Create . That puts it ahead of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, ahead of Mario Kart Wii, and ahead of everything else released ...
  1 week ago

• Japanese Noodle Bath

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “Make time for a nice relaxing… noodle bath.”
  2 weeks ago

• Man Quits Women, Marries Video Game Character

  
  YourTango | The Latest Smart Talk About Love — Authority: 572
  You know how relationships are "hard?" And you more or less cant live with women (or men) AND cant live without them? Well, per BoingBoing, a man has decided to quit the old "human" romance rat race. A fella called Sal9000 isnt giving up on love, just love with things that are three-dimensional. The phenomenon of love ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2009: The Year The Xbox 360 Practically Vanished In Japan [Console Taisen]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Looking back, 2006 and 2007 were awesome years for console sales. 2008 was so-so. 2009? Blergh. This colorful graph from the TV Tokyo news shows console sales in Japan from 2005 to 2009. Each platform is color coordinated, and there is a color key in the corner. The gray box that reads その地 means "Other". ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kitty Coin Bank

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “Okay, this makes me want to get this bank, just for the kitty.” — ^_^
  2 weeks ago

• Breakdancin’ Robot

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “Awesome engineering feet, but puts us no closer to robots taking over the world. There is absolutely no AI used here. Still, the balance achieved and degrees of freedom they packed into this guy is still incredible.” — ashgavs
  2 weeks ago

• Nintendo DSi LL Has Strong Second Week, Wii Squeaks By PS3 In Japan [Console Taisen]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  The bigger, larger and more enormous Nintendo DSi LL continued to outsell the competition in its second week on the market in Japan, another 67,000-plus hardware units sold. Its a stark contrast to competitor Sonys most recent PSP revision. While the PSP continues to sell well in Japan—another 38,000 handhelds ...
  2 weeks ago

• Quentin Tarantino Sells Out

  
  UniqueDaily.com — Authority: 586
  “Immediately after the confrontation with his angry wife, Quentin gets in his SUV, runs over a fire hydrant and crashes into a bonsai tree.”
  2 weeks ago

• Professor Layton Schools Competitors On Sales, Nintendo Conquers Chart [Sales Get]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  Level 5s latest Professor Layton puzzle-adventure, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue, debuts at the top of Japans video game software sales charts, another 300,000 Nintendo DS games added to the series impressive sales. Professor Layton and his apprentice Luke didnt have much in the way of competition this week, with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Japans Top Ten "Crap Games of the Retail Shop" [Japan]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 804
  One game shop has listed the top ten letdowns of 2009. The retailer isnt talking about the buggiest or worst titles, but rather, the games that didnt do as expected. In short, this is a list of titles that fell short sales-wise. 10. Persona Retail expectations were high, but the game got off to a slow start and ...
  3 weeks ago

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