The One Piece Warriors games do exactly what they need to do, combine two popular brands into one for some mindless fun and decent storytelling. The only sad reality with the Japanese releases are the pricing, since Jump and Koei together set the price at roughly ¥7200. Other than that, though, it’s good stuff. Very…

This is beyond incorrect. Saying one thing is more important than the other is like saying functioning with only legs is better than only arms.

Is there anything in regard to us signing in with our PSN ID or XBL ID?

Not the data of the Streetpass, but what the game is actually using. Like you said, simple high scores, Hunter cards (Monster Hunter), and token distribution (Xenoblade) are super simple, because they aren’t attached to the core game at all. That’s why games like Monster Hunter and Xenoblade have a Streetpass limit of…

This can’t be helped, because the 10-Mii limit is not for the plaza in general but connected to all of the Streetpass games and activities. Other games that can handle more because of significantly less data usage is possible, of course, but the Streetpass games use a lot of data and it would be harder to implement a…

I’ve had this since it launched in Japan on April 1. It’s amazing! I didn’t pay for the Plaza upgrade, because it seemed meaningless, but all of the new hats/outfits are great, both fishing and zombie game are really fun, and the addition of editing your speech bubble is really cool! Wait till you see some of the…

It’s definitely a rip off, because it’s completely cosmetic. The practice of selling crap like this is stupid, unless it’s done like Team Fortress 2, where the main game is free and the only charge is hats. Smash Bros 4 is a full-priced retail game, and it’s charging people for skins. These should be free, or they…

Bungie actually had a great reputation prior to Destiny. The Marathon games were so good for their time, and of course, Halo: Combat Evolved until Halo Reach were all great shooters with decent stories (ODST being the best story of all of them). They truly did build a great reputation in the gaming community, so…

This definitely isn’t a ripoff, as Mewtwo was truly a promotion before anything else. The price had to reflect that promotion. If Mewtwo was simply $1 or $2, it would truly devalue the promotion of giving Mewtwo away for buying both versions of Smash 4. Lucas will be interesting, since he’ll be a stand alone DLC…

I have to disagree about your last paragraph. Destiny is not a good game without the raid. It’s strong points are the obvious, as per Bungie. It has amazingly tight controls and plays well, but besides that, it’s pretty bad. The story is horrendous, and the lore of the game can only really be understood if you go to…

You might be the only one interested. The Vault of Glass was the true backbone of Destiny shortly after its initial release. It showed the depth and ability of what an FPS online Raid could look like, and honestly, despite its glitches, it was awesome. I played Vault of Glass so many times, and I honestly enjoyed each…

Well... funny you should mention, since Japan is one of the only countries in the world with a decreasing population.

I have to disagree. I missed out on the Wii version because of time, mostly. I bought the New 3DS version here in Japan recently, and wow! I am loving it. It’s nice too, because I travel downtown for work frequently. I get to play little spurts of it at a time, and it’s definitely a great travel game, despite being a…

Hmm. No. Not really. “Weird ass strange creature thing” is just a silly translation, although I completely understand where he’s coming from. However, the point in translating is trying to find an equivalent or a decent representation of the word or idea. Yokai’s kanji (妖怪) mean “Bewitching” and “apparition”, which…

I understand the developers and their thinking, but my aggravation isn’t with Splatoon particularly. It’s actually with the Wii U and it’s lack of a Chat Party option. If this were an actual option, where friends can actually party up in a chat and talk to each other, then this Splatoon lack-of-voice would be…

Sorry for the terrible quality, butt...

I’ve always translated the word 妖怪 (Youkai) to Phantom for those who come to Japan and are interested in the series. Like you said, Brian, it’s definitely not a ghost, and like you also said, it’s not something that translates over well, like many other Japanese-centric ideas and things.

It’s interesting actually, because Christians in Japan are actually really awesome people. On the majority, most Japanese people are pretty awesome as a social device. Buddhists are great, Shintoist are great, Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, tend to be great, and it’s actually really awesome seeing a people…

Umm... it's definitely not wrong. I've studied the matter immensely, and I have lived in Tokyo for years. You are literally comparing two extremely different terms, too. Cosplay literally comes from the Japanese use of 和霊英語 (Wasei-Eigo, Japanese-made English). Japan borrowed both the terms "Costume" and "Play" and,…

Because it's actually a profession now. The term was coined in Japan a long while ago, and like manga and anime, and translated over very well to other countries. Cosplay is just a short and hyphenated term for "Costume Play", which literally does mean "playing dress up".