
The top ten selling games in the Japanese market of 2008 are sure to make fans of Sony and Microsoft despair, revealing as they do an almost embarrassing dominance by the resurgent Nintendo:
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Upcoming Nintendo DS loli spanking game キモかわE! / KimoKawaE! is set to receive a prerelease add-on at Comiket, in the form of a pen-sized vibrator which can be used to better discipline (spank) your unruly charges in place of the DS stylus (as it vibrates), or alternatively to reward them (by rubbing them).
Fans of such games are excited.
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The Vippers present this rather impressive collection of images drawn on the humble Nintendo DS, using such art capabilities as can be had with DS art software. The results can be quite impressive, certainly taking into account the medium, and range from original art to character doujinshi:
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It certainly didn’t take long for DS enthusiasts to uncover the presumably unintended erotic potential of the new DSi and its image manipulation powers.
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As we heard, several games based on recently concluded loli pantsu anime Strike Witches are due, one for the DS and the other for the PS2. Further details rule out the possibility of an interesting shooting game; the PS2 version looks to be a standard adventure game, whilst the DS is said to be simulation game. Both are due in the spring.
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It has been announced that the new Nintendo DSi is set to get upgrades in line with what was rumoured, with Nintendo’s handheld now looking to be part of a wider plan to create a media distribution platform. The device will go on sale in November for ¥18,900, with an international release to follow in 2009.
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The huge success of the Strike Witches DVD edition has been accompanied by a commemorative event at Akihabara, with the cast in attendance; although the hoped for news of a second season did not emerge, announcements did include the news that there are to be Strike Witches games for both the Nintendo DS and the PS2.
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Fans of the Nintendo DS will be excited to learn of the upcoming new model, set to include a camera and music player (able to record music from CDs and the like), and improved memory card and wireless networking capabilities. A larger screen is also promised.
It is to go sale before the year is out, at a price of ¥16,800.
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Touhou Rhythm Tengoku, in all its tegaki glory. The game itself, for the GBA and lately the DS, is still yet to receive an English release, strangely enough…
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Some poor 2channer exhibits his rain soaked box; I know parcels being left out or used as footballs by callow delivery people is uneventful enough internationally, but in Japan? Unthinkable.
No word on whether his Quiz Magic Academy survived the disaster.
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The upcoming Tales of Hearts, for the DS this winter, is set to have two different versions, one with cutscenes in the anime style the Tales series has traditionally used to great effect, and another in a Final Fantasy style CG style; all of this is very puzzling, but what is even more puzzling is how the two will look.
As you can see, the 3D version comes of looking like “a gang of cosplayers”, and there is little doubt which version will be selling, in Japan at least.
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The release of the latest portable To Love-Ru title,Waku Waku! Rinkangakkou-Hen, is due in but a few days, and it would appear the DS is set to receive a title straining the limits of what Nintendo will allow… Of the various mini-games, one is entirely devoted to the prospect of spraying a girl with sweet milk, and the developers seem to have made every effort to confuse the milk in question with a certain other milk.
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