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Elden Ring DLC: How to get the “O Mother” gesture and access the Hinterland in Shadow of the Erdtree
Guide for obtaining the O Mother gesture in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC and accessing Hinterland.
Protect a birthday cake from a crowded Japanese station in this hyperactive sidescroller
Coming to Early Access on July 19, The Cake is a quirky action game from Japanese developer Racjin, known for some of the Bomberman games.
Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura has a huge stock of game proposals “lying dormant”
Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura talks about how he makes a new IP from scratch and his “stock” of potential game projects.
10,000-hour puzzle RPG Tactical Nexus becomes free-to-play because the devs “don’t want to extort money” from players who end up not playing the game
The developers of the Japanese indie puzzle game Tactical Nexus have decided to make the title free-to-play for an unusual reason.
New Pokémon Sleep study shows that Germans get the most sleep, while Japanese get the least
The Pokémon Company’s new study using data from 7 million Pokémon Sleep app users gives insight into average sleeping hours by country
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Becoming an immortal meme doesn’t mean success: Japanese author’s series stopped selling after its anime adaptation went viral for awkward animation
Author of “Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose” opens up about the negative effect the title’s anime adaptation has had on sales of the light novel series.
Indie games
Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game (Updated)
Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.
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Nintendo’s attorney weighs in on what makes emulators illegal
Koji Nishiura, patent attorney and deputy general manager of Nintendo’s intellectual property department, talks about legal problems surrounding emulation.
