Shigeru Miyamato's action-adventure brainchild, The Legend of Zelda, is a timeless game meant for all ages. Yet somehow the main character Link can't seem to get top billing for the games he's in. Regardless, they're a bag of fun because they focus a lot on exploration, adventuring, and problem-solving. You're not

Geoff Keighley's patented Game Awards show is going to be a thing this December. As such, we're curious about the nominees for this year's showing. We've got them now; turns out these picks aren't big surprises if you've kept up with your gaming. What's really cool is that you can also pick your favourite esports host

Recently, Bandai Namco announced Nier's combat android 2B' arrival in Soulcalibur 6. She looks A-OK to play as; I sure as heck can't wait to get my hands on this android. https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/2779509852074408/ This got us thinking: who else should guest star in Soulcalibur 6? From video games

Just a heads up: in this review, we will be treating Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout as a standalone game and compare it against other games of its genre such as PUBG and Fortnite. Having said that, is this brand new battle royale entry any good? Where does it stand compared to the two behemoths monopolizin

Disclaimer: we figured we bring in a flip side to our glowing review of Assassin's Creed Odyssey to show the polarizing nature of Ubisoft's year-end open world game. I have a very long and strained relationship with the Assassin's Creed series that's over a decade old now. I was a huge fan of the first game despite i

Ah, the season of fall where we get brown leaves and cold winds. Unfortunately, this is Malaysia and we only get more heat. Sigh. Anyway, this is a new season where a bunch of new anime shows are debuting right now. Here are our top picks in no particular order. Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney  Season 2 https://www.yo

Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC Genre: 3D fighting game where weapons don't instantly maim people Update: I have tried out network play and so far it's good stuff when fighting against Japanese/Singaporean/Malaysian players on LAN cable. No disconnects save for some rage quit moments because some people cannot deal with m

Disclaimer - This guide is under development; MapleStory 2 is an ever-changing MMO after all, so keep watching this space periodically for updates. So MapleStory 2 is out in open beta form, and you have no idea what to do. Despite its colourful aesthetics and googly eyes, there's a lot to take in once you're knee deep

Do you yearn for an open world game set in the Harry Potter universe and in Hogwarts Academy? Well, you might be getting it in the far future according to a recent Reddit leak. There's a video (via Kotaku) going around online that shows a big-budget Harry Potter game. The footage is via a focus group and done in secre

This feature is brought to you by the folks from The Last King podcast. Check out their awesome show & website here and here. Adventure Time is an ambitious Cartoon Network show that balances its fantastical absurdities with long-spanning narratives. In-between the 10-minute episodic adventures concerning (mis)adv

Nintendo recently sold over 20 million units of the Switch; congratulations! That's definitely a far cry from the sales numbers of the Wii U, which is probably the worst-selling console next to the Virtual Boy. Hell, we're not sure if we should even count it in this grand scheme of equations. No disrespect to the late-

This feature is still in development. 7/5/2018: Combo videos & tech videos below. The 2D fighting game Fighting EX Layer is out on PS4 right now. Go get it now if you're into old-school fighting games. We have a video that sums up the game. https://www.facebook.com/kakuchopurei/videos/1459609614143449/ So we ta

It's only a matter of time until Level-5 and its Yokai Watch franchise take the AR gaming route ala Nintendo and the Pokemon Company. This morning, Level-5 livestreamed a presentation about its new mobile game Yokai Watch World where you catch cute little ghosts/yokais that look like cats and cuddly Japan-friendly cre

Man, it took Square Enix long enough to count to three, eh? Better super late than never: Kingdom Hearts III is going to be a reality come 2018, and we have the scoop. The preview embargo has lifted today, so now we have all this gobsmackingly awesome previews and impressions popping up all over the interwebs. How abo

I used to slag on virtual reality, since the concept sounds like a big gimmick. But then we see games like Moss, which can change our perceptions by a tiny bit. Immersion is important in games, and if it's pulled off right, your VR game is made all the more entrancing. What used to be exorbitantly-priced is now mad

Update: It's missing just one. The SNK Neo Geo Mini presentation on 9 June listed Twinkle Star Sprites as one of its titles. Windjammers is still missing though.  We at Kakuchopurei are stoked for the Neo Geo Mini. SNK is doing good by jumping onto the tiny retro console bandwagon since it had a huge backlog of

After 30 hours of Norse realm exploring, Atreus-training, puzzle-solving, side-questing, and fighting, we knew that God of War had to come to an end. So let's recap the final hour and talk at length about what it means for the franchise's future. I'm going to put extra spoiler tags here because this is really sensitiv

The time is almost here for the Avengers to assemble! Avengers Infinity War will be releasing in Malaysia next week on 26th April 2018. Now I'm going to recap Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Captain America: Civil War (2016) to Black Panther (2018). 13) Captain America: Civil War (2016) Captain Am

Platform: PS4 Genre: Action Adventure, God of War Rebirth "Don't be sorry. Be better." I may be paraphrasing here, but that's the key message and quote of the latest God of War. Kratos tells this to his son Atreus at the beginning of the game. Throughout the 20 or so hour journey, that key phrase defines the gam

Last weekend was quite a doozy for fighting game fans since it was a Final Round 2018 tournament extravaganza from March 16 to 18 (US time). Basically, it's a big-ass fighting game tournament taking place in Atlanta, Georgia of the USA, and highlights the start of the Capcom Pro Tour for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edi