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This indie game is many Japanese players’ personal pick for Game of the Year
SANABI, the story-focused 2D action-platformer made by 5 Korean university students, becomes Japanese fans’ GotY thanks to its impactful scenario and enjoyable gameplay.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player creates diabolic elevator of death
A player of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has created an ingeniously evil contraption called “The Evilvator,” which delivers deadly electro shocks to its victims.
This PlayStation 5 water-cooling unit costs more than the console itself
This niche water-cooling system for the PlayStation 5 has gathered mixed reactions from Japanese users for its price point and specifications.
Unofficial Pokémon Regitube makes a huge splash
Rubber ring TikTok monster has been adopted by Pokemon fans as the first water-based Regi Pokemon: meet Regitube!
From Dark Souls III to Sekiro to Bloodborne, which SoulsBorne boss has left the most players broken? We analyzed trophy data to find out
Everyone goes into FromSoftware’s SoulsBorne games prepared to die over and over, but which titles and bosses make the highest percentage of players want to give up?
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Exploitation of anime creators prompts investigation by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into unfair trade practices in the domestic anime and film industries.
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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Japanese Nintendo Store will no longer accept credit cards issued abroad and overseas Paypal accounts
Nintendo announced that they plan to stop accepting such payments on their Japanese Nintendo Store in order to prevent fraud.
