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Like a Dragon’s director and lead planner talk about the weirdest content they’ve put into the series and how they cleverly coaxed the team into agreeing
Sega’s Like a Dragon series features so many bizarre minigames and fun side content. But how do the planning team heads choose which ideas make it into the game? We found out.
Blue Protocol shutdown: Japanese users lament how the anime MMORPG’s potential was a wasted opportunity
Blue Protocol spent 8 years in development but will end up running for less than 2 years, remaining a Japan exclusive.
Chinese publishers such as NetEase might be abandoning Japanese developers after years of investment
Major Chinese publishers such as NetEase and Tencent are backing out from the Japanese market after years of investment yielded few hits.
Gundam Breaker 4 shoots up the Steam charts upon release, praised as the Gunpla mech action series’ return to form
Gundam Breaker 4, Bandai Namco’s latest Gunpla building and battling game, seems to be off to a strong start.
PS5 price increase in Japan sends Xbox consoles soaring up sales charts
PS5’s imminent September 2nd price hike in Japan has caused the console to sell out. At the same time, Xbox Series X sales have increased- suggesting that some Japanese people are picking up Microsoft’s slightly more affordable console instead.
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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.