
Attempts to sell the popular Nintendo DS hack devices, known as “majikon” and usually used to allow illegal copies to be run on the console, have recently soared on Yahoo Auctions Japan, but with a new twist; rather than selling the device, sellers are now selling “a right to buy the device”, which they appear to be unfailingly converting into an actual device.
This is a surely a direct result of the recent ban Nintendo established on the device.
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Perhaps inspired by patriotic displays of anti-Japanese sentiment, a Chinese YouTuber has assembled this interesting selection of pictures of Japanese depravity, calling it “The Hentai Kingdom of Little Japan”, and the results are entertaining to see:
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A Tokyo district court has finally awarded Nintendo the ban on “Majikon” and similar devices, usually used to circumvent copy protection on games for the Nintendo DS.
The ban, long sought by Nintendo and a coalition of five game makers, bans import sales of the devices, and prevents the sale of such stock as is in the region. Major online auction sites now prohibit dealing in the tools.
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Chinese innovation belongs with the toilet, if the latest outstanding display of the best the Middle Kingdom has to offer is anything to go by. Faucets and sinks are also included.
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Yet another example of some rather extreme architecture, this time found in China. Though the building itself looks relatively sound, one has to wonder what kind of nuisances are present from living so close to the highway, though there is a more pressing question raised by the building’s construction…
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A fourteen-year-old boy was killed after the chair he was sitting on exploded, propelling sharp chair parts into his rectum, causing extensive bleeding, which he succumbed to before medical attention could stem the flow.
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A visual novel adaptation of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, the Dream of the Red Chamber, made by Chinese and in the Chinese language, looks to be a work of considerable quality, as the CG presented below readily attest.
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China’s audacity in flagrantly copying and pirating all it can continues to impress, with the news that an entire Chinese clone site of NicoNico Douga has been created, carrying the very same MADs and copying exactly the signature tickered comments of NicoNico Douga.
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A Chinese gaming rag, 掌机迷, one bearing a striking resemblance to Famitsu, has taken a distinctly Chinese approach to respecting copyright, by helpfully including the full ISO and similar data on its cover disc for the games it is reviewing.
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Taiwanese anime fans have uncovered plagiarism of truly staggering proportions in the Chinese language MMORPG “女神ONLINE ~NORN SABER ONLINE~”, by “developer” Chinese Gamer International. It looks as though just about every single element of the game, from CG to sprites, and even TV commercials, is tainted with plagiarism.
Sadly, it seems the uniquely Chinese approach to copyright we have come to be familiar with is not restricted to the mainland…
In terms of the breadth and brazenness of its plagiarism, Norn Saber Online is undoubtedly in a class of its own:
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How to spot a MikuMiku fake: on the left we see Comrade Miku, and on the right we have Good Smile Miku; you will likely recognise the figure in question as being the now iconic and extremely popular Nendoroid Hatsune Miku (try Kagamiku if you want something in stock)…
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A man was lately greeted by a friendly looking sort whilst about town:
“Mate, I got an iPhone I nicked from the shop over there. They’re normally 4,000 yuan ($600) y’know, but I can let you have this un for 500 yuan ($70), ‘ow about that then?”
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