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TENGA provides sex toy for one disabled gamer’s homemade chin controller
Fighting game player Shunya Hatakeyama announced that sex toy maker TENGA has provided him with some products. Hatakeyama suffers from muscular dystrophy and uses a TENGA toy to add cushioning to his homemade chin controller. After hearing about this, TENGA decided to supply him with additional products.
Beverage company releases a Puyo Puyo-like that teaches players about fiber in vegetables
Otsuka Pharmaceutical has released a game based on their carbonated Fibe Mini beverage. The browser-based game was made using Puyo Puyo Programming, a resource for learning how to program that makes use of the source code from Sega’s Puyo Puyo puzzle game series.
This Minecraft recreation of a Japanese townscape is surprisingly detailed
An image posted by a Twitter account called Misosiru City has been drawing the attention of social media users in Japan. At a glance, you might think it’s just a picture of a town in Japan, but it’s actually a Minecraft world.
Pokémon GO’s newly added Zorua ends one player’s years long “Pikachu only challenge”
A Pokémon trainer who set out to only catch Pikachu in Pokémon GO has seen their self-imposed challenge come to an unfortunate end. The trainer thought they had captured another Pikachu only for it to reveal itself as Zorua.
Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher is selling well in Japan with physical copies being hard to come by
Bandai Namco Entertainment has acknowledged that physical copies of Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher are difficult to find at some retailers in Japan and apologized for the situation via the game’s official Japanese Twitter account.
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Niconico mass deletes videos and shuts down adult-oriented fanart portal to comply with international laws
Niconico services’ regulations were revised last October to accommodate international laws pertaining to sexual and violent content.
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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’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.
