
Rusty hunters may want to sharpen their skills, as an announcement declaring the release of “Monster Hunter 4G” for the Nintendo 3DS has just been unveiled, being slated for purchase in Japan come fall – and the game will also be compatible with save data from the original Monster Hunter 4 – making for the most important gaming announcement of 2014 as far as most Japanese are concerned, the PS4 barely making a ripple these days.
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Capcom has boldly proclaimed “all games will be basically social in future,” doubtless hoping to emulate the resounding success of Square Enix, Gree and DeNA in delivering high quality social gaming to the masses – whether they like it or not.
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An official Capcom ranking of the most beloved Street Fighters has been attracting attention – mainly for the yawning and rather embarrassing (though to whom is perhaps open to question) gulf between the preferences of Japanese and Americans, with obscure schoolgirls easily ousting the likes of Ryuken…
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The glorious history of live action Street Fighter adaptations appears set to become even more celebrated, with news that yet another live action adaptation is in the works – Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist.
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Unexpectedly for a game-based film, the casting of Hiroki Narimiya as Phoenix Wright (Naruhodō Ryūichi) in the upcoming movie adaptation of Capcom’s Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban) series has been meeting with widespread approval online.
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The almost universally dreadful results of the 30 year history of game to movie adaptations, particularly where Hollywood is involved, are highlighted here by Japanese movie fans in this unsurprisingly abysmal ranking.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jul 23, 2011 05:16 JST
- Tags: Capcom, Crossover, Fighting Games, Oppai, PS3, Street Fighter, Tekken, Video Gallery

The upcoming Street Fighter vs Tekken crossover Street Fighter x Tekken: 4 Fighters is being acclaimed as perhaps the sexiest addition to either franchise yet (although this might be something of an understatement in the case of Street Fighter and an exaggeration in the case of Tekken).
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Monster Hunter fans (most of the gaming population of Japan it would seem) have been excitedly greeting the announcement that Monster Hunter 3rd Portable is to be remastered on the PS3.
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Sexy seiyuu Rie Tanaka‘s latest game-related cosplay antics, in particular her Morrigan portrayal, have been attracting attention amongst her fans for their rather pronounced sexiness.
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Top Japanese game companies such as Sega, Capcom and Konami are reported to be drastically scaling back their releases of games for console platforms, whilst drastically scaling up their output of games for mobile phones and social networking services.
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The PS3 version of Capcom’s zombie massacre game Dead Rising 2 is being criticised for exhibiting major graphical issues on the PS3, whilst the Xbox 360 version is unaffected.
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Capcom has announced it will no longer be employing programmers or designers, and will in fact be scrapping them completely.
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