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Anunciado Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce 2

Bex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:43:36 +0000

A franquia Dynasty Warriors (e seus derivados) é bem conhecida; ficou famosa por trazer a tona o est

Romance of the Three Kingdoms có mặt trên iPhone

Nhân Mã — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:13:10 +0000

Phiên bản dành cho iPhone của Koei đã xuất hiện ở cửa hàng ứng dụng của iTunes vào 29/10/2009. Roman

Fist of the North Star ditangani Koei

Unit 076 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:04:22 +0000

DO WANT!!

Anda tahu Fist of the North Star/Hokuto no Ken? Jika ya, maka paragraf no. 1 ini tidak usah dibaca. Jika tidak, ini ada penjelasan singkat. Fist of the North Star atau Hokuto no Ken adalah cerita mengenai perjalanan seorang ahli beladiri “Fist of the North Star”, yang bernama Kenshiro, dimana dengan kemampuan tersebut, ia dapat menghancurkan– atau meledakkan (serius!) tubuh musuh-musuh yang menghalanginya. Lah, kenapa penjelasannya ini doang? Ya, karena menurut saya pada bagian “meledakkan tubuh” sudah cukup untuk membuat para gamer “tergerak” untuk membelinya! Betul tidak?

Kemudian, Koei adalah perusahaan game yang menangani seri Dynasty Warriors! Dynasty Warrior + tubuh-tubuh yang meledak? Kenapa nggak?!

Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2

baluzz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:54:41 +0000

-Insert your Gundam refrence here.-

Dynasty Warriors azon sorozatok egyike, amit nagyon szeretsz, vagy utálod. Hogy miért? Szeretni lehet, hogy jobban megismerheted a kínai tőrit (ha érdekel), közben tonna szám ellenséget kaszabolhatsz le over the top styleban, sok választható karakterrel (néhány részben fejlesztéssel kiegészítve), különféle módozatokban, király zenével és ketten co-op-ban is nagy móka. Viszont repetív nem is kicsit, de melyik játék nem? A kínai harcosok és a japán szamurájok (plusz ezt a kettőt egymásnak ereszteni: Orochi Warriors) után, a Koei gondolta, hogy mi lenne, hogy a Sunrise különböző Gundam sorozatainak mecháit egy játékban elereszteni a DW gameplayyel. Megszületett ez, folytatást is szült és most próbálkoznak egy Fist of The North Star crossoverrel.

Ha nem hallottál a DW franchiseról, a gameplay nagyjából így néz ki: hack’n’slash action, ahol egy harcossal kell nagy pályákon területeket elfoglalni vagy egyéb célokat csinálni több száz közkatonát megölni és magadhoz hasonló harcosokkal megküzdeni, két+ egy támadás gombbal és elszórt power upok segítségével. Most csak az embereket cseréld le Mobil Suitokra és meg is vagyunk!

Persze emiatt kicsit változtak a dolgok. Külön van a pilóta és mecha menedzselés. A pilóták hagyományos módon szintet lépnek és ez alatt kapnak pár pluszt. Az adott mechának van négy passzívja, ami meg lehetett tanulni. Ezekből hármat lehet egyszerre használni. Mechákra jobb alkatrészeket lehet szerezni, ha csaták során, meg később módosításokat végezhetünk a Mission mód laborjával.

A játékmenet szempontból újdonság a Mobil Armor bossok megjelenése. Tudjátok azok a még óriásibb robotok a sorozatokban pl. Big Zam, Pyscho Gundam stb. Velük a harc, kezdetekben idegesítő lehet, de később meg lehet szokni és könnyedén le lehet verni őket. Mondjuk nagyon cheapek tudnak lenni, különösen Devil/Dark Gundam és a az adott pálya küldetése fokozhatja a frusztrációt. Amúgy a játékmenet szokásos, de élvezetes és néha elég kemény kihívást tud teremteni, csak az AI nem lehetne hülye néha.

Jó, de milyen módokban játszhatunk? Két fő módunk van: Offical mód, ami az UC-s Gundam sorozatokat követi (sima, Zeta, ZZ, Char’s Counterattack), de a legtöbb időt a Mission módban fogod tölteni. Itt már játszhatsz az alternatív univerzumos sorozat szereplőivel (pl. Domon a G Gundamből, Loran a Turn A Gundamből, Kira a SEED sorozatokból), még unlockolhatsz többet is. Ez az afféle karrier mód: egy pilótának van legalább öt sztoris küldetése, a több küldetést frakcióktól vagy bizonyos feltételek után kaphatunk. Ebben nagy szerepet játszik a barátság rendszer, amit kicsit nehezebbé teszi az unlockolást. Mert a küldetések random felépítése miatt simán lehet az egyik pillanatban szövetséges, de egy másik küldiben már ellenség is.(szerencsére, akivel egyszer elértük a barátság szintet, onnan nem eshet vissza) Mondjuk ez a mód lehetőségre ad néhány mókás what if eseményekre.

Ja, elfelejtettem a Mobil Suitokat! Nagyon sok van belőlük és még unlockolhatunk is! A nagy részüket nagyon élvezetes használni (személyes kedvenceim eddig: Zeta Gundam, Hyaku Shiki, Burning/God Gundam, Wing Zero Gundam, Master Gundam, The O, Nu Gundam), mondjuk van egy kis balance probléma. Mondjuk, hogy melyik Mobil Suit hasonlítana Lu Bura, azt még nem fedeztem fel.

Probléma? Talán a Mission mód Sztori küldetései lehetnének, egy összefüggőbb plotban. És az AI. Más nincsen. De ettől van egy szubjektív probléma, hogy a játék nagyon repetív tudd lenni, de a sorozattól várni lehetett.

Tálalás: PS2-ön játszottam ezt, szóval nem számítottam eget rengetőre. A robotok jól néznek ki, a környezet lehetne jobb néha. Az angol szinkron okés, van jobb (meg ha jól láttam néhányuk a sorozatokban szerepelt is) meg rosszabb hang is. Japánra váltani, csak X360 és Ps3-mas verzióban lehet, ha jól tudom. A zene nem olyan jó, mint a DW-kben, de elvégzi a munkát.(bár, ahogy hallom licensz okokból, az Anime OST zenék nincsenek benne)

Végül is ez egy jó Gundam játék és a Dynasty Warriors fanok is megvehetik. Engemet meg még kíváncsivá tett a többi Gundam anime sorozatra.

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コーエーの三國志touch、かなり硬派、そしてバイリンガル。

marr0528 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:34:50 +0000

パソコン黎明期のころ、歴史シミュレーションゲームの光栄といえば、「信長の野望」や「三國志」、そして「蒼き狼と白き牝鹿」を歴史三部作として世に送り出す、歴史好きを生み出す、歴史好きのためのゲームメーカーとして有名でした。それが今やコーエーと名を変えて、かなりライトユーザー向けのゲームばかり作るようになってしまって久しいですが、今日から配信開始になった三國志touchにはちょっと感動しました。

初代三國志をベースに作り上げたという三國志touch、かなり硬派に仕上がっています。そして、まさかのバイリンガル仕様。これにはちょっと参りましたが、以下、簡単ですがレポートします。

白地にかわいいKoeiのロゴ。やはり、かつての昔の勇ましい方が好きですが、これはこれで嬉しいものです。三國志8を最後にMacのプラットホームから姿を消したコーエーでしたが、iPhoneアプリと場所こそ変え、アップルユーザーのために戻ってきてくれたのですから。

そして、おなじみの”A KOU SHIBUSAWA PRODUCTION”。と、くれば、次にくるのは「歴史シミュレーションゲーム」の文字！！（昔からの定番のパターン。）

のはずが、”from its HISTORICAL SIMULATION SERIES”。ここら辺で、なんとなく暗雲が立ちこめます…。

おなじみの題字「三國志」のはずが、”Romance of The Three Kingdoms”！！なんと、この三國志は英語版です…。こんなのはじめてだよ〜！！（ちなみに略してRTKです。）

当然、シナリオ選択も英語。

Dong Zhuoって、董卓かな？（ちなみに、先日導入した「かわせみ」では、董卓も曹操も劉備も変換できないので、「ことえり」に一瞬戻しました。iPhoneでもこれらは変換できて、ちょっと感動！）

チュートリアルにいくと、気の抜けた劉備としっかり者の関羽の漫才（？）が見れますが、これも当然英語…。「兄者、笑ってる場合ではございません！」という感じだと思われます…。

Marrさんとしては、英語専用端末のKindleもあることだし、これを機に三国志の世界を英語で知るのも良いのですが、どうも雰囲気が…。大好きな曹操を選んでも、Cao Caoって、んー。そして、コマンドも当然のように英語。

”Charity”は「施し」で、”Search”は「探索」、”Employ”は「登用」、であるか…。これは、三國志で遊ぶというよりも、どうもビジネスマインドに切り替わってしまいますので、会社のマネジメントをしている気分になってしまいそうな感じ。うーん…。

曹操のもとに集まるキラ星のごとき名将たちも、顔と能力値で何となく分かるけど、これは誰だろう…、という感じ。

えーい！これではレビューが進まないですので、とりあえず、無謀ですが隣の董卓のところに攻め込んでみましょう！

皆の者、いくさじゃー！

対峙する、Cao CaoとDong Zhuo（笑）。それにしても、董卓さんはどうしたらこんなに悪そうな顔になれるんでしょうね…。

このHEX戦場図、懐かしいですね！！この戦場で、一手一手考えながら進めていくのが、僕は歴史シミュレーションゲームの醍醐味だと思っています。この10年くらいリアルタイムの戦争ゲームがメインになってしまっていますが、やっぱりこうじゃないと、という感じ。音楽も、昔ながらの感じでグッドです！！

さてさて、とりあえず英語の画面をなぞっていきましたが、やはり気分が入り込めません。ここで、しかたなくiPhoneの言語設定を日本語に戻します。

はい。お馴染み「歴史シミュレーションゲーム」の文字。安心です（笑）。

そして、来ました！！「三國志」の文字！！

シナリオの背景を解説しててくれる場面も、これなら気分が盛り上がります。

そして、内政コマンドもこのとおり。

最後に、人材情報。あぁ、これがやっぱり分かりやすい。

というわけで、簡単ですがレポート（？）でした。

コーエーさん、三國志の次は、やっぱり信長の野望を出してほしいですね！期待してます！！

news from games

xollothnews — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:50:19 +0000

αποκάλυψη του νέου Fist of the North Star

Επίσημη αποκάλυψη του νέου Fist of the North Star | Game 2.0

Η Koei αποκάλυψε επίσημα το γνωστό εδώ και εβδομάδες Fist of the North Star Musou.

Όπως καταλαβαίνετε και από το όνομά του (που στα μέρη μας θα είναι διαφορετικό), το παιχνίδι έχει την θεματολογία του Fist of the North Star και το gameplay του Dynasty Warriors. Mε λίγα λόγια, προχωράτε και ξυλοφορτώνετε αμέτρητους εχθρούς.[next]

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Crawler του Command and Conquer 4

Πρώτη ματιά στην μονάδα Crawler του Command and Conquer 4 | Game 2.0

H EA έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα ένα νέο, πολύ ενδιαφέρον βίντεο του επερχόμενου Command and Conquer 4.

Στο βίντεο παρουσιάζεται η μονάδα Crawler, η οποία είναι μία από τις σημαντικότερες του παιχνιδιού, καθώς έχει πολλούς ρόλους στο gameplay.[next]

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Επί δύο χρόνια (!) θα διατίθεται νέο DLC για το Dragon Age

Επί δύο χρόνια (!) θα διατίθεται νέο DLC για το Dragon Age | Game 2.0

Το ότι η Bioware βλέπει το επερχόμενο fantasy RPG Dragon Age ως μια νέα χρυσή αγελάδα έτοιμη για ανελέητο άρμεγμα, είναι δεδομένο.

Μιλάμε για τρελό άρμεγμα όμως, καθώς η εταιρεία σκοπεύει να διαθέτει νέο DLC (item packs, νέα quests, expansions κλπ) για το παιχνίδι για τα επόμενα δύο χρόνια![next]

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Nέο patch για το Race Driver: Grid

Nέο patch για το Race Driver: Grid | Game 2.0

Στην απίθανη περίπτωση που τα τόσα νέα racing games δεν σας συγκινούν και θέλετε να επιστρέψετε στο σχετικά παλιό αλλά πολύ καλό Race Driver: Grid, ήρθε η ώρα να το κάνετε.

Η Codemasters διέθεσε το patch v1.3 για το παιχνίδι, το οποίο διορθώνει διάφορα bugs και κάνει κάποιες βελτιώσεις.[next]

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Shadow of Destiny για PSP

Λύστε το μυστήριο του… φόνου σας στο Shadow of Destiny για PSP | Game 2.0

Η Κonami ανακοίνωσε ότι θα κυκλοφορήσει το κλασικό adventure Shadow of Destiny στο PSP.

Στο Shadow of Destiny αναλαμβάνετε τον ρόλο του Eike, ενός τύπου που δολοφονήθηκε, και με την βοήθεια μιας συσκευής ταξιδεύετε πίσω στον χρόνο για να λύσετε το μυστήριου του… φόνου σας.[next]

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Tecmo Koei Revive Fist of the North Star

evolveteam — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:06:58 +0000

The “big secret” Tecmo Koei kept hidden is finally revealed, we’ll get an all-new Fist of the North Star game. Experts expect the title to sell at least 1 million copies domestically and rumors state the title will hit multi-platforms; mainly the Xbox 360 and PS3. Here’s the first screen shot.

New Fist of the North Star Screens and Details

David Ali — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:07:56 +0000

Dynasty Warriors developer and publisher Koei officially announced Hokuto Musou for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 today, a lucrative blend of the popular Fist of the North Star manga and proven Musou gameplay.

That announcement leaked a bit early, as Famitsu exclusives are wont to do, but Koei was generous enough to offer a clear, non-scanned, non-crap footage look at Hokuto Musou today. Most of what you’ll see are stills from the game’s opening cinematic, but two shots of in-game action also await you.

According to official word, gamers will “unleash a myriad of devastating fighting techniques and finishing moves powerful enough to bring down whole buildings,” cause enemies to “violently explode on screen” and trigger “the instantaneous breakdown of internal organs.”

Hokuto no Ken will be produced by Hisashi Koinuma of Samurai Warriors fame and feature the voices of Katsuyuki Konishi and Fumihiko Tachiki.

As someone who has unusually fond memories of Fist of the North Star’s brand of fisticuffs and exploding bodies—mostly born from playing Last Battle on the Sega Genesis—I’m looking forward to the game’s release in 2010.

–Michael McWhertor, Kotaku

Screenshots of the game at Kotaku!

Fist of the North Star Musou

chungkingangel — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:28:52 +0000

Erste Bilder zum kommenden Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) Game welches 2010 die PlayStation 3 & XBox 360 heimsuchen wird.

Welcome Back Kenshiro …

Auf der KOEI TECMO Pressekonferenz wurde das gelüftet, was die vor einiger Zeit gelaunchte Teaserpage vermuten lies. Ein brandneues Fist of the North Star Game, steht ins Zockerhaus.

Damit greift man auf ein wahren Klassiker (ab 1983), der Manga Geschichte zurück. Das Team um Tetsuo Hara (Zeichner) & Buronson (Autor) schufen mit Hokuto no Ken ein düster dystopisches Endzeitszenario.

Nach dem Atomkrieg lebt die empfindlich dezimierte Menschheit mehr schlecht als recht in der Ödnis dieser Welt. Marodierende Banden beuten die Armen und Schwachen aus.

Ken, der die Kunst des Hokuten Shinken beherrscht hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt die armen Seelen dieser Welt zu beschützen. Zu diesem Zwecke verfügt unser Held über tödliche Angriffe, die den Gegner wahrlich auseinander basteln.

Mit Fist of the North Star, besinnt man sich scheinbar im Heimatland auf ein sehr angesehenes Francise zurück. Bis zum heutigen Tage wurde zahlreiche TV Serien, Mangas und Movies veröffentlicht. Aber auch im Konsolen Business treibt sich Kenshiro seit seeligen Famicom Zeiten herum. Die Spiele sind ganz klar keine Innovativen Leitsterne in Sachen Gaming. Man hat mit den Spielen – so fern man Fist of the North Star etwas abgewinnen kann - Spass.

Nicht mehr nicht weniger.

Passend dazu gibt es via Famitsu erste CG Bilder aus dem Intro und zwei Gameplay Pics.

Und hier die beiden Ingame Bilder. Wie es aussieht verfrachtet man die Brawler Thematik von Fist of the North Star, in die typische Dynasty Warriors Engine. Wenn das ganze ringsherum stimmt, könnte dies eine launige Sache werden.

Die Homepage wurde noch nicht mit Input bestückt.

via Famitsu

© KOEI

Erste bewegte Bilder zu Fist of the North Star

Dennis — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:22:55 +0000

Auf der japanischen Videoclip-Seite Nico Nico Douga ist ein erster Videoclip von Koei Tecmos Fist of the North Star zu sehen (kotaku.com). Mittlerweile steht das Video auch auf youtube:

Leider ist das Ganze von eher mittelmäßiger Bildqualität und (jedenfalls bei uns) ohne Ton. Dennoch vermittelt es einen ungefähren Eindruck von der Videospielumsetzung der 1983 erschienen Anime- und Manga-Serie.

Das Spiel wird für PS3 und Xbox360 entwickelt.

Prey the Stars <<< Katamari

cascad — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:24:47 +0000

Jeżeli ktokolwiek śledzi nowości z Nintendo DS, to zapewne natrafił na porównanie Prey the Stars do

Hokuto Musou (Dynasty Warriors: Fist of the North Star)

cavves — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:22:09 +0000

Depois do anuncio da Tecmo Koei de um novo jogo de Hokuto no Ken, aqui, agora a confimação do titulo e suas plataformas.

Hokuto Musou (Dynasty Warriors: Fist of the North Star) será lançado para PS3 e Xbox 360 em 2010.

Os personagens já confirmados são: Kenshiro, Yuria, Raoh, Toki and Souther.

A idéia de um jogo de Hokuto no estilo Musou (muitos inimigos para destroçar na tela) é algo que faz delirar os fãs da série.

You wa shock!!!

Tokyo Game Show 2009

bartman905 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:51:13 +0000

The 19th annual Tokyo Game Show was held in Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba (just outside Tokyo) from September 24-27, 2009. For last year’s coverage, see my blog post here.

Total attendance was about 185,000, down from 194,000 last year.

The major game platform developers were prominent with large booths like Sony (Playstation) …

… and Microsoft (Xbox360), but Nintendo (Wii, Gamecube) was again absent.

There were also many software game developers like Capcom, Level 5, Konami (Japanese game developer of the very popular Metal Gear Solid and Winning Eleven soccer series) …

… Koei and Sega.

The head (oh no, what happened to the rest of its body?) of the full-scale 30th anniversary Gundam was also on display …

… as well as a car from the Gran Turismo 5 game and several cool samurai warrior battle outfits.

Just outside the Convention Center entrance, not sure which company or game, but took a picture anyway of the big guns!

Finally, TGS 2009 coverage in a video from YouTube by NetworkWorld.TV.

Video misterioso sobre Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star)

praphael — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:07:08 +0000

Exhaustion

interpolred — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:08:29 +0000

This morning was pleasant. I didn’t do much. I enjoyed my bowl of Count Chocula as I watched Prey the Stars gameplay videoes. All the while I brainstormed the cynicism with which I would approach my article on the remake of Earthworm Jim. I mean, I loved that cartoon series as a kid, and even though I only played the game briefly, I liked it a lot. I even plan on downloading the game to my Wii. I just wish the next release was a sequel instead of a remake. I guess I’ll have to hold out on Earhtworm Jim 4 for quite some time. Damn Interplay and their lagginess!

I just finished writing out a study guide for my math class. I am not looking forward to tomorrow’s quiz at all. I think I’ll do better than last time based solely on the fact that I’m a bit more prepared and have actually devoted time to studying, but the teacher’s method is so mediocre and the book is so terribly worded that I haven’t gotten a complete grasp on the material. I can only hope I pull out a much better grade than I did on the last quiz. I’m tired of studying right now, though, so I’ll have to devote some more time to math tomorrow.

On a much lighter note, the weather continues to be nice. October weather came just a few days early, and that’s something I was really happy about. I’m looking forward to Halloween once again, even though I never do anything on that day. It’s just an overall enjoyable day for me. I’ll most likely do what I usually do: get a pizza, watch Halloween, and give out candy. It’s simple, and maybe a bit cliche, but I’m a creature of habit. I’ve had that same tradition for years now, and I don’t plan on changing it.

Saiyuki, once again

Matteo Anelli — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:56:19 +0000

To perfect an old article about Saiyuki: Journey West for Ars Ludica, I was hooked by the game once again. It’s a truly masterful, yet mostly unknown, SRPG.

I feel like my backlog of newer games will slip again…

Nuclear Tackle

interpolred — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:47:59 +0000

I started playing Oni again today. It’s been about two or three weeks since I last played, so the controls were hard to get used to again. It’s bad enough that the controls are already a bit flawed. It’s a fun game, though, and I look forward to getting through it. I kind of wish I would have played that game when I barely got my PS2. I’m enjoying it now, but I’m certain I would have liked it a lot more back then. It just seems like the kind of game I would have played sophomore year in high school. It’s still kind of funny to think to think that Rockstar and Bungie released a game like that. Nowadays, both of those teams focus on completely different types of games.

I beat Prey the Stars today. As I expected, the game was incredibly short. I unlocked some extra challenges, and now the level requirements have increased for the second play-through. That’s something I’ll work on little by little, kind of like with Scribblenauts’s extra challenges.

I should be getting paid this week, and I’ll be working a concert and a dance (Or was it a football game?), so I should be getting my PS3 in no time. At this rate, my plans of getting the console before the holidays will come to fruition. I just have to really watch my expenses.

DW6.5: Big Homos Countdown #2

gtmoney519 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:44:44 +0000

(Explanation: KOEI’s series of “Warriors” games are flashy beat-em-up titles with RPG elements and always feature a very colorful cast of characters. While maligned by reviewers, they have a cult-following among people who realize that Double Dragon and Final Fight weren’t exactly Civilization IV in terms of depth either, but were still fun. With each iteration of the game series, though, the character roster has 9-10 guys who look like they can’t wait to leap into a tent and start giving each other the business. This is our light-hearted look at the poofiest of the poofters.)

#2. Ranmaru Mori

Quotes:

“Stop it! I’m a man! Why can’t you see that?”
“I shall serve with unwavering devotion!”
“I still don’t understand how the enemy spotted me that time… They said something like ‘There are no girls in the priesthood.’ What could that possibly mean?”

Weapon: An oversized sword.

Known For: Looking forward to the next Lord Nobunaga moustache ride. Being voiced by female VAs in almost every iteration of the series.

Rappers talk a lot about street cred. The idea is that they sound a little more convincing talking about a tough, anti-authority upbringing if they have actually caught a case or two. For those of us who think Cee-Lo is a soft drink, though, it’s much more difficult to get taken seriously when we pic up the mic. The reason I’m talking about this is that many of the lavender elite we’ve profiled so far have had their personas drastically altered by KOEI, their mannerisms painted with a flowery pink brush they haven’t historically earned.

Lu Xun, for example, was a burly Chinese general sort by all accounts, and the guys doing Dynasty Warriors decided he’d be a lot more compelling as a flighty young firebrand with perfect eyebrows. To give you an idea of what that’s like, imagine somebody making a video game in the year 3890, and portraying Douglas MacArthur as a lithe ballerina in high-heels and a star-spangled dildo mask, kicking the shit out of Nazi footsoldiers with an American flag halberd.

If you’re seething over the injustice of it all, you should be relieved that the character in the #2 slot of our countdown actually historically sat on more poles than Dale Earnhardt. Ladies and gentlemen (but especially gentlemen), I present Ranmaru Mori, the most famous male concubine of the Sengoku Era.

KOEI’s characterization of Ranmaru has been over-the-top enough to cultivate a legion of slavering shotakus and cosplay hags trying to jam their fat ankles into silken legwarmers. I won’t go into the full depravities that have happened on roleplay message boards because of this character’s existence, but I’m sure you can imagine it if you try hard enough. It’s a good thing I’m so desensitized that Sonic/Tails/Knuckles gangbang fan-fiction doesn’t even make me bat an eyelash anymore.

KOEI doesn’t even really make an attempt to steer the minds of their players away from the dark recesses to which we all, given the chance, typically withdraw. Would you go to jail for this? Take a close look at images below and you can see why Nobunaga, if alive today, would have been a prime candidate for a ride in the Party Van.

Things like this don’t translate well between eras, of course. Unlike certain other cultures, the Western world is still a bit squeamish when it comes to embracing unabashed man-boy banana smuggling. I’m sure that when regional lords were just chilling back in the day, doing whatever they wanted to their congressional pages and female ninjas, nobody said much about it. Were the Oda still around in the present, however, who knows what sort of backlash their Chris-Cornell-looking, smarmy-voiced leader might face?

Let this be a warning to you if you ever find yourself teleported to present-day North America from feudal Japan. First, you can no longer play hide the salami with your paper boy without suffering punitive consequences. Second, a bunch of fat weeaboo nerds are going to try to seduce your daughter if she looks even 25% Asian.

Busy Days

interpolred — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:36:41 +0000

My weekends have become two of my busiest days. I find that those are the best days to do my math homework, which is large in quantity. With all of the talking that goes on in the house, it should come as no surprise that I prefer doing my homework at night when everyone’s asleep. Last night I finished one of the assignments at around 2 o’clock. Today’s Sunday, and I have to wake up early tomorrow, so I’ll obviously have to just do my homework in whatever conditions the environment in my house may be.

I watched a few episodes from the first season of The OC last night both before and after doing my homework. I remember being a junior in high school and Matthew forcing me to watch an episode of that show. I ended up getting hooked, and he ended up getting annoyed with just how over-the-top it had become towards its final season. Good times.

I turned in a few applications yesterday. It’s probably become repetitive by now, but I so desperately need a steady job. It would be nice to get hired at one of the many GameStops I’ve applied at, but at this point I’ll take almost anything. No grocery store jobs, though. That’s really not for me. I do have that guard card. Maybe a mall cop job would be alright. Times are tough, and I need something better than what Global Event Staffing has to offer.

I picked up a game at one of the GameStops I applied at yesterday. Prey the Stars for the DS. It was only 10 bucks, and it was new, so I thought I might as well. It’s a hard-to-find game, and I had been interested in playing it for a while. I’m glad I got it. It’s one of those games that is easily overlooked due to its simplistic nature, but it’s actually a lot of fun. The only thing that bothers me is that I had to dip into my PS3 account. I have about $230, so I’m almost there. I’m really looking forward to the day when I get that awesome brand new PlayStation 3 Slim.

Nintendo Wii: Wii Classic Controller Pro Heading Stateside?

sickr — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:34:04 +0000

According to online gaming publication, Siliconera, the Wii Classic Controller Pro could be heading to America.

Koei, the developers behind Samurai Warriors 3, have mentioned the Classic Controller Pro twice in their recently published fact sheet. Looks as though the developer wishes to bundle it with Samurai Warriors 3 when it finally arrives in the States.

Source

Koei anuncia 'Dynasty Warriors Online' para PlayStation 3

Miguel Alejandro Morales Goncalves — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:09:33 +0000

En la TGS las cosas estan emocionantes este año, todas las desarrolladoras anunciando cosas y cosas

New Fist of the North Star game

Kaonazhie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:17:14 +0000

http://koeitecmo.info/new/

Holy shit holy shit holy shit Koei-Tecmo might just have turbo redeemed themselves.

Dynasty of the North Gaiden? Hokuto No Musou?

DW6.5: Big Homos Countdown #3

gtmoney519 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:46:45 +0000

#3. Kojiro Sasaki

Quotes:

“You’re tying me up? How quaint.”
“My, you’re quite strong. I’m getting goosebumps.”
“I’ll kill you in ways you never imagined.”

Weapon: His pale, uncircumcized penis. Wait, hold up. Actually a no-dachi. A big, uncircumcized no-dachi.

Known For: Talking about wanting to “defeat” Miyamoto Musashi while everyone around rolls their eyes because they know what he really means.

What do you get when you combine a man who wears way too much makeup with a man who looks like a woman? Nothing legal in California, that’s for sure. But more importantly, you get Kojiro Sasaki, a frightening queen with what looks to be a fairly serious compensation problem. You may remember this man from the last time you saw him wearing a wig and keeping women in a pit.

Kojiro captures spot number #3 on the Big Homos list with a cunning strategy combining predatory homosexual behavior with heavy use of cosmetics. His well-documented desire to plunge every inch of his oversized blade into arch-nemesis Miyamoto Musashi is the absolute barest of euphemisms, as shown in the clip below:

Why is it that when you kill a man in war, they call you a hero…but when you kill a man out of love, they call it murder?

In actual history of course, Sasaki was a famous swordsman who met his cock against Miyamoto Musashi…shit. Met his match. Match. Famously defeated in that duel by a sword carved from a boat oar, he’s a footnote in the story of Musashi, meaning his personality is not very clearly defined in whatever source material KOEI uses to shovel out the 100-character rosters in their games.

The last thing you want to have when KOEI gets a hold of you is a non-defined personality, because KOEI will take that blank space and run with it. Before all is said and done you might be a sub-educable retard, president of the FOX network, or, indeed, queer as a three-dollar bill.

Nuevos Trajes para Ninja Gaiden Σ2

shinigaminess — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:01:28 +0000

Así es nuevos trajes para Ninja Gaiden Σ2, estos trajes se podrán desbloquear en el juego de Σ2 y tendrán un estilo muy a la Dynasty Warrior y como saben esto es debido a la fusión que hubo entre estas 2 compañías y crearon Tecmo Koei.

Tal vez en un futuro se podrán ver los personajes de Dynasty Warrior con trajes de Dead or Alive pero esto solo el tiempo lo dirá.

Samurai Warriors 3 Character Art

Tony Miller — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:56:00 +0000

Koei has released some character renders from Samurai Warriors 3