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Tokyo’s new skyscraper resembles Yakuza’s Millennium Tower
The Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is set to open in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district on April 14. For many gamers, the new skyscraper has brought to mind the Millennium Tower that appears in the Yakuza series.
Typhlosion is coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet via Tera Raid Battles
Typhlosion will be coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet via 7-star Tera Raid Battles.
How’d they do it? Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion’s small video sizes and fantastic lip syncing [PR interview]
Square Enix & Tose managed to successfully remaster Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion for a wide range of platforms. We asked the developers about the challenges and innovative approaches taken during the development process. [PR interview]
RE4 remake has no fall damage to the surprise of some players
Players of the Resident Evil 4 remake have taken notice of the fact that protagonist Leon does not take any damage when he falls, a concept that is conventional to the series.
Forspoken update 1.12 lets Frey run in safe zones as QoL improvement
Square Enix has released patch 1.12 for Forspoken. The new update now makes it possible to sprint in places like Pilgrim’s Refuges, the Archives, and the Mausoleum.
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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.
