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Japanese tool protects your artwork from AI learning
Japanese company SnackTime has just launched their emamori service, which enables creators to protect their artwork from AI learning and AI image generation programs
Palworld will let you keep humans as pets and sell them on the black market
The open world survival game Palworld will allow you to capture not only Pals, but humans as well. Humans caught with a Pal Spehere be sold for high prices on the black market.
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet’s mochi-induced “Chicken Dance” gets players in a flap
Find out how Pokémon SV’s Mochi Dance from the epilogue of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC is taking the internet by storm.
Square Enix regrets making too many games that fall between AAA and indie, plans to “narrow down” lineup
Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu commented that the company has been making too many titles that “fall somewhere between” AAA and indie games, and will be focusing on fewer and more high quality titles in the future.
Why are one-time purchase mobile games getting rarer? Japanese dev explains
Japanese developer explains why the mobile game market is seeing less and less of one-time purchase game releases, in favor of free-to-play games with frequent microtransactions.
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Non-gaming news
Japanese police arrest two people for selling AI generated “obscene” Evangelion posters
The two men made a combined total of over 15 million yen selling explicit AI generated posters of popular female anime characters online.
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 stock hits highest price since listing as Japanese analysts update Switch 2 sales forecasts
Nintendo has risen for three consecutive trading days, temporarily rising to 9,775 yen on January 23. This renewed the company’s highest price since its listing.
