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Muteki Mario sake bar offers a different powerup
Gadling's Jeremy Kressmann just happened to be out drinking in Shinjuku, where he happened upon, of all things, a Mario-themed sake bar. "Muteki Mario" ("Invincible Mario") features Mario figurines and decorations, and even playable Mario series games in the bar. Jeremy faced off in some Mario Kart Wii during his visit. Oh, also they have booze.We found just two tiny pictures of Muteki Mario that do absolutely nothing to show off any Marioness present, though a Pac-Man and ghost are just visible behind the bar. We also found a street map, in case you happen to be near Shinjuku Station, a nerd, and thirsty.
EA unveils Booze Training
EA is proving that they really are interested in Japanese audiences: not only are they designing MySims with Japanese gamers in mind, but they are making training games. Three of them!They're all about drinking, too: Bartender DS, about mixing drinks; Sakashou DS, about sake, and Sommelier DS, about wine. The software is designed to help you choose fine beverages and properly store your wines. Sim City DS producer Hiroshi Murakami said that it was his hope that people would spend the 2950 yen on Sommelier DS and then buy good wine instead of going directly to the cheap stuff.
JVC's EX-A10 with "sake-soaked" wood cone speakers
Mmmm sake, nectar of the gods; if it wasn't for our interns being constantly embalmed in the stuff we might have seen the merits of slathering it onto our speaker cones -- no, really. In an apparent moment of clarity, JVC has seen fit to do just that with their new compact EX-A10 "home theater" system with unique "sake-soaked" wood cone speakers. It seems that after 20 years of trying, it was a deep tub of sake which finally enabled JVC to press acoustically-rich birch into speaker cones without splitting the wood. Besides the organic goodness, this desktop mini-system features JVC's K2 and CC Convertor technologies found in their top-end AC receivers which are said to improve sound quality for both CDs and compressed MP3 and WMA files and of course, an AM/FM tuner and alarm clock like any self-respecting shelf-system should. Now, don't get too hung up with all that "home theater" talk. Sure, it plays DVD video (and audio) discs, but the EX-A10 only manages two-channel decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound signals. It does, however, offer analog and optical audio inputs and component, S-Video, and composite outs for TV hook-up. Available now for a gimmicky-rich $1000 bills.
