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Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68
Acclaimed Japanese mangaka and creator of Dragon Ball series dies at 68. Toriyama died of complications caused by acute subdural hematoma.
Final Fantasy VII devs initially disliked One Winged Angel, series composer reveals why
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu revealed that final boss battle theme One Winged Angel wasn’t well received by his colleagues at first.
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto receives lifetime achievement award
Shigeru Miyamoto accepted a lifetime achievement award at Japan’s 29th AMD awards ceremony, reflecting on his long career at Nintendo.
Someone ran Grand Theft Auto on a wi-fi router
Two modders have successfully booted Grand Theft Auto: Vice City one a household wi-fi router.
Super Mario Maker players rush to complete the world’s most fiendish Mario stages before server shutdown
Nintendo’s Wii U servers will shutdown in April, making Super Mario Maker unplayable. Team 0% aims to clear all 41,113 user-made stages by then, but time’s running out.
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Non-gaming news
“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.
