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Kunio-Kun Crew Give Spelunker A Beatdown

By Spencer . July 14, 2009 . 9:02pm

Sikamako, the creator of geek humor videos like Sega Fantasy VI where classic consoles teamed up to fight a PSP Final Fantasy VI style, has a grudge against Spelunker.

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Kunio-kun In The Third Dimension

By Spencer . January 8, 2009 . 12:20am

Arc System Works is taking the Kunio-kun kids out for another field day, but instead of using sprites we get low resolution polygon models. Like JC over at DS Fanboy, I believe this is a first for the Kunio-kun series. Change is nice, but it’s not like the Kunio-kun games needed 3D graphics. [...]

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Japan Gets A Meager October Virtual Console Schedule

By Spencer . September 26, 2008 . 6:27pm

Since Nintendo launched WiiWare the Virtual Console has taken a back seat with fewer releases each month. October is going to be no exception in Japan where only nine new games are going to be added online. Fortunately, some of them are quality games like Donkey Kong Country 3, Kunio-Kun Soccer, and a surprising [...]

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Hangame brings Kunio-Kun brawls online

By Spencer . August 25, 2008 . 10:50am

The boys from River City Ransom are taking a break from dodgeball and getting back into street fighting. Hangame, the company Square Enix teamed up with to release Concerto Gate, said Nekketsu Kunio-Kun Online is in a testing phase. Essentially Nekketsu Kunio-Kun Online is a Double Dragon-style beat em up mixed with a MMORPG. You [...]

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Pull out your planner, Aksys dates their spring line up

By Spencer . March 13, 2008 . 8:12pm

We’ve seen a lot of vague spring 2008 release windows from Aksys and a month before their first game of 2008 comes out we got hold of their initial 2008 schedule. Aksys begins the year with MiniCopter: Adventure Flight, which comes out on April 8 for the Wii. Castle of Shikigami III follows it [...]

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March Virtual Console list looking light for Japan

By Spencer . February 29, 2008 . 10:45am

February’s virtual console list was small. Nintendo’s schedule for March is equally as lean, but it isn’t without a few highlights. Arc System Works has a Kunio-Kun game on the list and Nintendo has Metroid probably as a precursor to Metroid Prime 3: Corruption’s March 6 release. (Third month of the year, third Metroid game, [...]

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Super Dodgeball Brawlers knocked back to March in Japan

By Spencer . January 28, 2008 . 11:26am

Eager importers had the option to pick up Chou Nekketsu Koukou Kunio-Kun Dodge Ball Bu on February 21. However, it will join the mass exodus of February releases with its revised March 19 release date. Arc System Works cites a desire to increase the quality of the title as a reason for the delay. Since [...]