

Bandai is begging IdolMaster fans enraged by the withdrawal of 4 of their beloved idols in favour of 3 new male characters to stop slandering the game’s seiyuu. Fans for their part have now accumulated over 6,000 signatures demanding the removed girls be restored.
Meanwhile, otaku fans have been even more enraged by Yukiho revealing “I love men”…
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The news that IdolMaster 2 has dumped Ritsuko, Iori, Azusa and Ami as playable characters whilst adding a trio of sexy male idols has provoked a storm amongst the franchise’s notoriously creepy fans, with every tactic from an Internet hate campaign to a formal petition coming into play.
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IdolMaster fans have been stunned to learn that IdolMaster 2 will be adding a trio of hot bishonen to its traditional line-up of pubescent girls, even as a number of traditional fan favourites have been dumped from the game.
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Bandai and US rock band Linkin Park have announced an unusual collaboration in the form of a limited edition HGUC 1/144 RX-78GP01Fb Gundam GP01Fb Full Vernian “Linkin Park Edition.”
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The Japanese RPG is now being derided not only as an exercise in guiding a party of overwrought adolescents around a clichéd science-fantasy world, but also as a sham RPG “more akin to an adventure game.”
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Hollywood’s franchise raping antics continue with the revelation that even the producer of Tekken is willing to publicly trounce the recent $35 million Tekken movie, calling it “terrible” and entreating Tekken fans “don’t even ask me about that!”
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Namco’s practice of allowing users on other platforms to pay for the privilege of beta-testing Tales games for PS3 users seems to have reached its pinnacle with Tales of Graces – comparing the PS3 version (above) to the Wii beta (top) shows some rather stark differences.
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Japanese RPG fans have been confronted by this provocative ad, pointing out some of the most hackneyed aspects of the genre.
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International fans of Namco’s blockbuster Tales series of RPGs desperate to see English releases have launched that most effective of pressure campaigns, an Internet petition.
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In a move unlikely to surprise many given its handling of “Xbox 360 exclusive” Tales of Vesperia, Namco has announced a perfect edition of Tales of Graces on the PS3.
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Capcom and Namco have unveiled Street Fighter x Tekken, including spectacular gameplay scenes visible below, and have also announced Tekken x Street Fighter.
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Echoing recent comments by Codemasters, the CEO of Namco Bandai has also candidly stated that selling full games is old hat and that games should really be nothing but vehicles for DLC.
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