Posts tagged japan 
Mint white 3DS XL freshens Japan in April, Pikachu 3DS XL appears in US ad
In more pretty-3DS-variant-not-headed-here news, Nintendo revealed a new mint and white skin for the 3DS XL in Japan, priced ¥18,900 ($197) headed for the country on April 18. The new color also gets its own spotted variant in a bundle with the 3DS sequel to the popular Mii collecting sim ...
Error code 105-3102 keeps Wii Us out of eShop, from updating firmware in Japan
Japanese Wii U consoles have run into a nasty error involving the eShop: error code 105-3102. Essentially it blocks the console from the eShop, but also prevents affected consoles from updating their firmware. Nintendo is currently working on a fix, the company stated. In the above video, ...
Nautical grappling platformer Umihara Kawase returns on 3DS
Umihara Kawase is a bizarre series about a young girl with a fishing line. It's been released on Super Famicom, PlayStation, DS and PSP in Japan, and nowhere here – though there are ways to get it. It's the kind of gameplay you know from Bionic Commando, but focused entirely on the grappling. ...
Sony sells Tokyo office building for $1.2 billion
Sony announced its second sale of major offices in as many months today, the company offloading its Tokyo-based Sony City Osaki building for ¥111 billion (around $1.2 billion). Following last month's sale of its US headquarters for $1.1 billion, Sony entered the Osaki building and its premises ...
3DS Light Blue, Gloss Pink models announced for Japan
Boys and girls in Japan can look forward to new Light Blue (above) and Gloss Pink (below the break) variants of the 3DS, which are sure to do no harm to the ever-growing sales figures in the country. The brightly colored handhelds come with 4GB SD cards rather than the typical 2GB, and will be ...
Mega Man gets equipped with Japanese laptop
Joining Sega in the unlikely trend of video game-themed Japanese laptops, Capcom is looking to release a Mega Man special edition Ultrabook PC. And, like Capcom tends to do for Mega Man projects, it's polling fans to find the best design. As this inscrutable practice takes off, we feel the need to ...
Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons to hit 3DS eShop in Japan [update: Western release confirmed!]
Update: As eagled-eyed commenter TravenousMaximus spotted, Zelda series producer Eiji Anouma confirms the games are coming to other territories' Virtual Consoles. Posting on the Zelda Miiverse page, Anouma writes, "The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages will be released for Virtual ...
Watch Japan's Nintendo Direct for third-party 3DS games right here [update: it's sooo over]
The PS4? That's sooo yesterday, friend. This is today, and today sees Nintendo pump out another one of its Direct broadcasts, this one intended for screens in Japan - of course, that doesn't mean we can't tune in. Following on from last week's 3DS-o-rama, this Direct is focused on third-party ...
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon skit sees Miyamoto clean up
You may have missed it amongst all the goings-on of the North American and European broadcasts, but last week's Nintendo Direct for Japan featured a cute little sketch which saw Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata get into the spirit of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. This week, Nintendo republished it ...
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle breaks out in Japan August 29
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle – that's the new Jojo game from Namco and CyberConnect2, not the HD re-release of the Capcom fighter – will be released in Japan on August 29. Along with the announcement, Namco sent out the dynamic, exciting, and surprisingly long trailer ...
