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#culturesmash They were young. Attractive. During the 1960s and 1970s, a conveyor belt of female pop idols hit the record charts in Japan, releasing forgettable single after forgettable single. They didn't write their own music, and they didn't have to. Their job was to be cute. More »

#yodawg Let's say you have a loved one sent to a prison, and you need to smuggle them a 3DS inside a Game Boy. (Look, just go with it). Goteking, who gave us the iPod-in-a-Dreamcast-VMU, now supplies a 3DS case made from a Game Boy. More »

The Nintendo 3DS launched in Australia on Thursday, March 31, finding 31,000 eager owners over the following four days and establishing a launch week sales record for handhelds in the region. (The Wii currently wears the console crown for single week sales in the country, with a record of 32,000 units sold during its debut.)

Australia's launch numbers, of course, pale in comparison to the impact made by the 3DS in North America. According to the most recent NPD figures, the 3DS sold over 370,000 units in its first seven days of availability. That's about 1.1 million Ds!

#blip Aksys Games today said BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II will release for the Nintendo 3DS on May 31 in North America. A PSP version also will drop on the same date. There's the launch trailer touting the fighting sequel's new features. More »

Nintendo said that the 3DS version of Blazblue: Continuum Shift 2 would be out in North America on May 24, but publisher Aksys offered a different timetable today, when it officially announced the PSP and 3DS releases of Arc System Works' fighter.

The bad news is that CS2 will actually arrive a week later, on May 31. The good news is that it won't have to needlessly compete with Dead or Alive Dimensions by being released on the same day! We have galleries of each version, so the PSP and 3DS releases can battle one-on-one for your fighting game budget. There's also a trailer after the break.

#rant Kids today are spoiled with their iPod touches and iPads and PSPs and 3DSes. When I was their age, portable games certainly DID NOT look comparable to their console counterparts. More »

#aftershock March's Tohoku Earthquake destroyed towns, took people's lives and left tens of thousand homeless. Out of courtesy, game developers postponed games and one company even canceled a title outright. March was a bad month for the video game business in Japan. March was a bad month. Period. More »

#partylikeits2004 A couple of interesting things to note from the launch of the Nintendo 3DS: it was outsold during the month of March by the Nintendo DS, 460,000 to 400,000. Granted, the DS had a whole month to sell that number, but still. More »

#littlelink While The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D for the Nintendo 3DS may be in development at a third party, the game is in good hands. And is still, for something first released last milennium, looking great. More »

#video What happens when a bunch of game journalists and game developers from Capcom converge in Miami for a multi-day showcase of Capcom games? A lot of 3DS Street Passing. This is how Nintendo's unusual approach to social networking is supposed to work. More »

Marvelous's new 3DS game, Senran Kagura, is a side-scrolling action platformer starring a group of five ninja school students battling evil mercenary ninjas. You can juggle enemies in aerial combos, double-jump and dash around the screen. Sounds awesome, right?

Oh, by the way, all the characters are young women, "ranked" by bust size. During the game, their clothes tear off, and occasionally the screen will zoom in and display their decreasingly covered bodies in 3D.

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Senran Kagura will be out in Japan this summer.

#gamingsrussmeyer Senran Kagura aims to please. So does game designer Kenichiro Takaki. According to Takakai, what inspired inspired the game is probably what will inspired players to buy it: boobs. More »

The latest trailer for Konami's Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights gives us a seconds-long look at the game's isometric action-RPG gameplay at around the 1:20 mark. Which is fortunate, because the rest of the video is nigh-indistinguishable from Professor Layton and the Mustache of Mystery.

#valuecheck Brisk and violent, played better with a friend and fueled by a gamer's zeal to achieve a higher score, Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D is as fun as it is barely a Resident Evil game. More »

#thedoctorisin With an older, learned gentleman in a silly hat determined to solve mysteries alongside his young assistant, Konami's Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights for the Nintendo 3DS could easily be confused with Nintendo's Professor Layton at first glance. Let's look a little deeper. More »

As promised, the Global Link service for Pokémon Black and White is now live. Head over to the Global Link website and register your copy of Pokémon to unlock new features in your copy of the games. More »

#portableconsole You're an adult. You like to keep things classy. You like to rock your 3DS in a pouch that not only keeps it safe, but does not scream "I GOT THIS AS A PREORDER BONUS FROM GAMESTOP". You should, then, look at Watefield's 3DS cases. More »

#anotheryearanotherfifa Or, your first look at a heavily rendered image of a famous football player (in this case, Kaká), the quality of which which you won't see in the actual game outside of the intro and replay sequences. More »

#burstingout Senran Kagura -Shojotachi no Shinei- is an upcoming 3DS action game that features "costume damage" and saucy scenes in 3D. More »

#allthingscapcom Two new Resident Evils. A big new dragon game. The next Street Fighter twist. A Dead Rising remake. And one Hindu-inspired epic with an amazing boss battle. More »

#speakuponkotaku In today's love-fueled Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Maureliuswolf explains just how amazing his Pokémon-loving wife as they ramp up to their second anniversary. More »

It's April. Spring! And Nintendo has a list of what games are hitting its platforms (the Wii, the DS and the 3DS) for the next three months of April, May and June. More »

Pokémon Black And White's Global Link feature goes live on Wednesday, giving players the chance to sync their game with their PC, play with their favorite Pokémon in a web-based Dream World, access the Global Battle Union, and much more. More »

#quotable During an interview with Fortune Magazine, SCEA's charming CEO Jack Tretton discussed the company's business strategies...and then indulged in some nasty smack talk. More »

Sure, the augmented reality cards included with the 3DS are super neat, but how about making a giant one and posing it next to an oversize Tetsujin 28-go statue? Ohhh ... right. Or maybe drawing one on a whiteboard? But you've already done that too? Okay, okay, we've got it -- you could wear one like a shirt! Wait, what?! Dammit!

Well, anyway, assuming you weren't one of the first 3,000 European 3DS registrants to receive Nintendo's bonus AR t-shirt, Level Up Studios has you covered! The company's $18 black t-shirt comes adorned with the same question mark block seen on the official Nintendo equivalent, only a bit larger (and nicer looking, we'd say).

Head past the break for a video of the shirt in terrifying live action.

According to a new GameStop listing, Mama is going to start making recipes with more depth of flavor. Or at least more illusion of depth. The retailer has listed Cooking Mama 4 for 3DS, with a release date in October.

It's perfectly plausible for there to be a new Cooking Mama game coming out in the fall, of course, as that's the cornerstone of Majesco's business. The publisher has recently begun moving toward more 3DS games, with announcements of The Hidden, Face Kart: Photo Finish, and Pet Zombies in 3D.

Meanwhile, if you want Cooking Mama on your 3DS ahead of time, you can scan the Cooking Mama Mii prepared by Majesco.

Later in May, you’ll finally be able to bring over your DSiWare games to the 3DS. I’m sure there are many people that plan to do that, but just be ready to clear some space on your 3DS. According to the 3DS manual, you’ll have to store your DSiWare on the 3DS’ [...]

Looking to swap 3DS Friend Codes with the world at large? The folks at Modojo have you covered, with a nifty Facebook App that allows you to do just that.[3DS Friend Finder] More »

The 3DS launched in Japan a little over a month ago, but already, the handheld seems to be losing a bit of steam. The deep-screened device slipped to second place in the weekly Media Create rankings, falling behind the PSP by a margin of about 15,000 units. What's more, according to a report from Japanese news site Inside Games, only around 836,000 3DS units have been sold in Japan so far -- a little over half of the initial Japanese shipment.

The earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11 are likely a huge contributing factor to the device's slow start, and could be tied to the lack of a strong post-launch software lineup, which is certainly hurting sales. Only one 3DS title, Namco's Pro Baseball Famista 2011, made it into the Top 10 in software sales for the week of March 28, compared to six PSP games.

#batterypark Let's face it. The onboard battery for the 3DS stinks. It gets around 3 to 5 hours on a single charge, depending on the settings. Those numbers aren't anywhere near the DSi XL or DS Lite. Too bad there isn't a solution. Well, turns out, there is. More »