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Persona 5 vocalist debunks beautiful story of how she was discovered
Lyn Inaizumi dispels rumors about being discovered in a jazz club for Persona 5. But how did she and Persona composer Shoji Meguro actually meet?
Popularity of Steam sales leaves developers in a game pricing dilemma
Hyogo Onimushi is a Japanese indie game developer who created the visual novel adventure game Return to Shironagasu Island, available on Steam. In a recent post on X, he discussed how Steam’s advance notifications of large-scale and genre-specific sales have…
The Witch from Mercury director confirms same-sex marriage between Suletta and Miorine
Hiroshi Kobayashi, the director of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury anime, has confirmed that the series does in fact end with the female protagonists Suletta Mercury and Miorine Rembran getting married. This ends a long period of the anime’s production side being vague about the same-sex relationship.
Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma’s stance on linear games was probably largely misinterpreted
After an interview with IGN, it was largely reported that Eiji Aonuma, the producer of The Legend of Zeda: Tears of the Kingdom, thinks linear games are a things of the past, causing negative reactions. But did he really make such a sweeping statement?
Dragon Ball creator’s Sand Land manga gets open-world ARPG adaptation
Bandai Namco is adapting Akio Toriyama’s Sand Land into a sprawling, story-driven action RPG. Latest trailer shows off the Unicycle vehicle and combat against various monsters in the vast desert.
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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.
