A lot of games are on Switch and Vita via streaming in Japan, this is just new to the West.  Japan already had things like Phantasy Star Online 2 and Resident Evil 7.

“Today’s Mini Direct, which Nintendo says will be its last of the year, was no different.”

A quick correction: They specifically say, “Welcome to our last Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase of the year.” That phrasing seems to mean that this is the last Partner Showcase of the year, but there may certainly still be a first-party-focused Nintendo Direct still coming (or an Indie Showcase, as that also…

My eyebrow raised into the stratosphere when they announced that Minecraft Steve would be a DLC character at the same time they announced that Travis Touchdown was just a Mii costume.

I came to mention the same, insta buy for No More Heroes 1 and 2. Normally $20 a piece but they have a sale atm for 10% off.

No More Heroes 1 & 2 are also available right now on the eShop, if anyone’s interested. I’m so happy about that.

Just a brief mention of No More Heroes 3 in this post and none of the fact that No More Heroes 1 and 2 were dropped onto the eShop out of nowhere. Seriously, I just happened to check the eShop right when the Direct was stealth released and they were both just sitting there staring at me like they’ve always been there.

It has feet on the side.  You should have no trouble finding how to set it.

Well no wonder he’s in Smash.

Regarding #2: Unless I’m mistaken, all of the characters in the King of Fighters games are engaging in a tournament of consensual violence, where all of the participants know what they’re getting into, what sort of danger is involved, what the rules are, and what compensation and treatment plans are present.

One of my favorite accounts on Twitter is the Wickwood County Historical Society, or @wickwoodcounty. It’s a cool little story project with the account posing as the chronicler of a fictional county in western Minnesota that has been overrun by hauntings and the occult. It captures a really great sense of setting for…

Still remember the first night we had the PS2 playing Summoner 2 and my arse of a father had a strop at not being able to complete the first level (the ship to ship fight) that I was capable of doing when I was still not many years older than five.

apologies in advance for this, but

These remind me of a web horror story from the livejournal days, The Dionaea House, spread over various websites and blog sites from 04-06. Unfortunately, it seems like some of the sites are now down, but much of it has been recreated or saved here: https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3576102/viral-horrors-paranoi…

That sounds like “The Dionaea House,” which I just learned was written by Eric Heisserer who went on to write the screenplay for Arrival.

I love stuff like this. I remember back in the Livejournal days there was an account by, I think, a babysitter who ends up working in a haunted house. If I remember correctly the house also flagrantly disregards the laws of physics in terms of space and available rooms, something like that. Maybe it was called ‘the…

I don’t really use any social media (aside from, y’know, Kinja and Disqus), but I like this idea, and I’ve thought for years that this interactive form of storytelling through multimedia was one of the coolest potential uses of the internet/social media. I think my first encounter with this was the Bloodstains series…

I might feel differently if I were Korean.

I get Korea’s issues with Japan but this seems a little unreasonable. It’s a symbol that doesn’t really look like anything, and a shrine that Japanese people still pay respect to. If they don’t like the content packs then they could just not buy them.

The new Yukata in that colour/style looks like a Jedi robe, so it has that going for it.