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Japanese “Overwatch Hostess Club” gets banned, lewd “Apex Legends Hostess Club” takes its place
Mere hours after an Overwatch Hostess Club on Japanese X was banned likely for breaching Blizzard’s terms, a similar Apex Legends account popped up.
Japan’s hit free-to-play RPG Heaven Burns Red to get an English release
Story-driven free-to-play RPH Heaven Burns Red is finally getting and English release.
Tose, one of Japan’s biggest outsourcing game companies, reports losses due to games being cancelled
Tose, a major co-development company, reports a large deficit due to in-progress games being cancelled.
Tekken’s Harada hints at new play side-swapping mechanic
A new option for choosing what side of the screen you fight on might be coming to Tekken 8 in the future, Katsuhiro Harada suggests
Nintendo runs out of Wii U spare parts in Japan, ends repair service
Nintendo Japan has discontinued its repair services for the Wii U, sparking concerns about console preservation on social media
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“Let’s meet again in hell” Japanese out-of-print manga archive Manga Library Z begrudgingly shuts down, but swears to be back
After having all of its payment options disabled, Manga Library Z officially shut down on November 26, but J-Comi promises to bring it back.
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
Super Nintendo World’s new Donkey Kong Country area finally unveils its entrance in Japan
The entrance to Super Nintendo World’s new Donkey Kong Country expansion in Universal Studios Japan, Osaka has finally been unveiled.
