2009 April « Mognet Central

The Platinum Games blog has another insightful article on the making of Bayonetta (PS3, Xbox 360), this time the 3d modelling of the heroine. Delicious.

source: ws

Dungeons and Dam artwork

April 23, 2009 at 9:36 am | In videogames | Leave a Comment

Due to its release, the Dungeons & Dam (quirky dungeon crawler for Nintendo DS that actually includes dams) website has updated with more character art by Ryusuke Hamamoto. I’ve uploaded it over here as usual, and if you right click in here you can download the animated trailer.

Garou: Mark of the Wolves to Xbox Live

April 22, 2009 at 11:31 pm | In videogames | Leave a Comment

Probably SNK’s best fighting game, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, is also coming out for the Xbox Live Arcade.

source: gamercafe

Mushihimesama Futari to Xbox

April 22, 2009 at 11:29 pm | In videogames | Leave a Comment

Cave’s lolilicious shooter Mushihimesama Futari is coming out for Xbox 360.

source: gamercafe

Art roundup

April 22, 2009 at 10:45 pm | In art roundup | Leave a Comment

The Oboro Muramasa tag at pixiv is really worth checking, more and more great fanarts have been posted these last days. Kongiku seems to be a favorite, unsurprisingly.
Lost One Zero has updated his website, and released a new issue of his fetishy e-comic Space Damsels, that’s worth checking as usual with his works, as long as the subject interests you.
And since I’m on the subject, the bondagey pics that Nomad has been posting in his deviantART account are quite good. but you need to be registered to see them

A Witch’s Tale artwork

April 22, 2009 at 10:38 pm | In videogames | Leave a Comment

More artwork of Nippon1’s new RPG A Witch’s Tale surfaced at Gpara. They already had posted some here and here. Also, don’t miss the official site.

Magna Carta II official site

April 22, 2009 at 9:43 am | In namco bandai, videogames | Leave a Comment

The official site for Magna Carta II (Xbox 360) opens here. For the fans of Hyung-Tae Kim’s artwork I’ve ripped and posted the character illustrations over here, and don’t miss these wallpapers.

The King of Fighters Sky Stage

April 22, 2009 at 9:37 am | In videogames | Leave a Comment

Probably the most retarded news of the day, a Shikigami no Shiro-like shooter featuring The King of Fighters characters for Xbox 360 Live is on the works.

source: gamercafe

More Gurren Lagann figures

April 22, 2009 at 9:31 am | In animation | Leave a Comment

Four new figures announced for the Gurren Lagann fans. Nia with short hair, Nia with long hair (other than that it’s the same figure!), Yoko as Yomako-sensei alone and with the kids. September release.

Oboro Muramasa changes publisher

April 22, 2009 at 9:25 am | In vanillaware, videogames | Leave a Comment

Originally, Oboro Muramasa (Wii) it was going to be released in the US by Xseed games, but they cancelled it. Thankfully, Ignition Entertaiment grabbed it for a September release. Let’s hope they do a good job in the localization.

source: gamercafe

Bayonetta designer talks

April 21, 2009 at 11:33 pm | In videogames | Leave a Comment

The Platinum Games blog has an article by Mari Shimazaki, the character designer for Bayonetta (PS3, Xbox 360). Don’t miss the Flickr link.

There was another thing I added to Bayonetta to make her an even more appealing character…

Glasses! This was something that Kamiya-san really pushed for, as he was aiming to differentiate Bayonetta from other female characters and give her a sense of mystery and intelligence. Of course, I think it is just because he likes girls with glasses.

source: iron jabberwock

Drossel von Flügel figure

April 21, 2009 at 9:58 am | In animation | Leave a Comment

A figure of Drossel von Flügel from Disney’s (very fun) Japan-only series, Fireball, is coming out in June.

Otomedius G artwork

April 20, 2009 at 9:39 am | In videogames | Leave a Comment

I was expecting for the Otomedius G (Xbox 360) official website to finish updating to post about it, but since it seems they will leave the “coming soon” messages, do check the character section for some nice artwork by Yoshizaki Mine. Also, this GPara article had bigger art of Esmeralda and Poini-coon

Tales updates

April 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm | In namco bandai, videogames | Leave a Comment

Gpara has a bunch of Tales articles, including pics and art of the cute Patty from the Tales of Vesperia port for PS3 (more Kosuke Fujishima designs are always good), pics of boring-looking Tales of Graces (Wii), and even pics of the (probably low budget) Tales of VS (PSP).