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Hideo Kojima seems excited for Norman Reedus’s arrival in Japan for Comic Con 2024
With the announcement of Death Stranding stars Mads Mikkelsen and Norman Reedus’s coming to Comic Con, Hideo Kojima fans are hoping for a reunion.
Super Mario Maker’s hardcore players have just one fiendish level to beat before server shutdown. Can they do it?
Team 0% are a level away from clearing all 41,113 user-created stages in Super Mario Maker before Nintendo’s Wii U online servers shut down.
Creator of Unicorn Overlord’s jiggly food also made the characters “jiggle”
The creator of Unicorn Overlord’s bouncy food animations has revealed himself in response to fans’ pleas, revealing interesting details.
Are Japan’s console and mobile game markets shrinking in favor of PC games? Developers discuss
Japanese developers offer their views on the state of Japan’s video game industry, including the decline of the mobile and console markets.
Tales of series, Dragon Quest illustrator Mutsumi Inomata passes away
Character designer and illustrator Mutsumi Inomata, who worked on the Tales of Series, Dragon Quest, Tekken and City Hunter, has died aged 63
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New Gundam co-produced by Evangelion’s studio Khara rakes in 598 million yen in three days, taking top spot at box office
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- sees explosive popularity in its opening weekend, taking the No. 1 spot at the Japanese box office.
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.
nintendo
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.
