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Overcooked makes even Japanese celebrities fear their co-players
Couch co-op cooking game Overcooked can make even the calmest people rage, reveals Rino Sashihara, former member of Japanese idol group AKB48.
Rise of the Ronin’s inclusion of same-sex samurai romances explained
In Rise of the Ronin, you can have same-sex romances with Ryoma Sakamoto and Shinsaku Takasugi, but does this have any historical basis?
New manga platform stirs controversy with botched machine translations
The digital manga platform Corona Ex is charging $4.5 a month for manga translated by Google AI, which has caused a lot of anger.
Square Enix’s SaGa Frontier 2 Remaster is coming, reveals director
SaGa RPG series director Akitoshi Kawazu asks fans to wait a little longer for the much rumored remaster of Psone classic SaGa Frontier 2.
New Like a Dragon game in the works, but it’s not Kiwami 3
The Like a Dragon devs announced casting auditions for a new entry to the series, but it seems it’s not Kiwami 3’s turn yet.
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Yaranaika meme’s source manga Kuso Miso Technique banned in Japan by Amazon
Kuso Miso Technique, the manga that inspired the immortal Yaranaika meme and recently crowdfunded an OVA adaptation, has been banned from Amazon in Japan.
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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Nintendo and The Pokémon Company file lawsuit against PocketPair’s Palworld
A patent infringement lawsuit has been filed against Palworld dev PocketPair by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.