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What does Splatoon 3 take and evolve from FPS/TPS history? [Jini Talks Games: Perspectives from Japan]
What does Splatoon 3 take and evolve from FPS/TPS history? As a Nintendo fan and writer who has played many shooters, I want to try explaining this more objectively and fundamentally. [Jini Talks Games: Perspectives from Japan is a project that aims to deliver English translations of opinion pieces by Japanese writer Jini.]
Starfield’s enormous amount of dialogue had a Cyberpunk 2077 localizer liken it to Frieza showing up in DBZ
Cyberpunk 2077′ localizer reacted to Todd Howard’s remark about Starfield having over 250,000 dialogue lines. “This is like Frieza showing up after you just got done taking on Raditz and Nappa.”
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak update brings back gesture spamming to some extent
Capcom has released Ver.12.0.1 of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, an update that includes a change to gestures and pose sets. Despite recently being reduced to one gesture input per second a few days earlier, the game now accepts up to 4 inputs per second while maintaining the stability of its Lobbies.
Why did Sega change Yakuza to Like a Dragon? We asked the devs and learned that the title “Like a Dragon 8” isn’t finalized yet
In September, Sega announced three new titles in its Yakuza series: Like a Dragon 8, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, and Like a Dragon: Ishin!, although Like a Dragon 8 isn’t a finalized title yet. We spoke with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio representative to find out why they changed the English title for the series from Yakuza to Like a Dragon.
Relayer Advanced is coming to Steam on October 27
Dragami Games has announced Relayer Advanced for PC via Steam and GOG.com. The Steam version is set to release on October 27 (JST) with the GOG.com version following on November 10 (JST) for $49.99.
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Becoming an immortal meme doesn’t mean success: Japanese author’s series stopped selling after its anime adaptation went viral for awkward animation
Author of “Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose” opens up about the negative effect the title’s anime adaptation has had on sales of the light novel series.
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.
