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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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“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.
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Nintendo cracks down on Switch game piracy, seeking information disclosure from Google and Reddit to identify suspects
Nintendo of America hopes to gain information from 8 tech companies to identify individuals involved in Nintendo Switch game piracy.
