I think it’s unfair that Kotaku has people sending them tips for cool news, but we don’t. That’s how they can have awesomely cool posts such as the following Street Fighter music mash-up video.
Created by Hyadain, it’s an awesome Street Fighter theme song remixed with tons of actual Street Fighter sound effects. Actually, I don’t know if it’s a theme song, because it’s mostly in Japanese, but they do say “Street Fighter” a lot in the lyrics. In any other circumstance, this would be horrible tacky and bad, but as always is the case with things like this, it’s another case of it’s-so-bad-it’s-awesome!
Japan loves them some Monster Hunter (I think nearly 1 in 4 PSP owners own a copy of MH). To foster this love, over the this past weekend our colleagues in Japan held the second annual Monster Festa event. While I couldn’t be there to report on the event, uber Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu was! Here’s their report, translated lovingly by our awesomely bilingual intern, Reed.
Started last year at the release of Monster Hunter 2, Monster Festa is a national tournament to determine the best monster hunters in Japan. This year, Monster Festa ’08 began by commemorating the release of Monster Hunter 2nd G. Starting in Fukuoka, the tournament will have regional tournaments set up in Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, and Nagoya, with the winners competing at the national tournament in Tokyo on 5/25. Like last year, teams consist of two people and compete in time-attack challenges.
Over 2200 participants waited in line for the Fukuoka tournament to begin, with the first couple coming all the way from Tokyo and waiting in line by 5:30 that morning.
In addition to a large vendor’s room, image girls dressed up as the character “Sherry”, the games’ directors Ise (2nd G) and Fujioka (2nd), as well as the games’ producer Tsujimoto were there to support the participants. Throughout the event, the main four (Ise, Fujioka, Tsujimoto, and Koshima) got on stage to show off their characters. At one point, Fujioka held a tutorial to explain some of the background behind certain characters and other aspects found throughout the game. At the end of the event, the winning team was announced and to the crowd’s surprise, the judges decided to send the running up team to Tokyo as well.
Other notable things to do at the tournament was the downloadable quest area, an art gallery and art contest, and photo opportunities with the image girls, Otomoairu and other life-size cosplayers.
This is only the beginning of this year’s Monster Festa, so stay tuned for more!
Check out the Famitsu article for more pictures of the event.
I’ve had to do some odd things in my professional career — organize a community-driven bikini pageant, help Harvey Birdman into his costume, bring Snoop Dogg and Biz Markie bags full of video games at a John Singleton party in Miami — but I have never had to officiate over a ceremony where a cartoon character was named to an ambassadorial position. Yet.
Amerika-Mura in Osaka is one of those truly uniquely Japanese locales that most gamers/anime fans/n3rrrdz assume makes up 90% of the island nation of Japan (the other 10% split equally between ninjas, robots that turn into other things and giant rubbery monsters). Gwen Stefani might have taught a nation of teenaged white girls about Harajuku, but those chicks are posers compared to the hardcore rock fashionistas that cruise this Osaka hotspot. Read on for more, with some great photos I took on my trip. Read the rest of this entry »
By now, you’ve undoubted seen videos of the Human Tetris antics. Here’s another video along the same lines, seeking to recreate the venerable Pac-Man in live-action form.
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