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Stop blowing into your Switch game card slots – Nintendo rebukes tradition of Japanese gamers
Nintendo recently made a post on their official Twitter account in which they refuted one long-standing custom of Japanese gamers – blowing onto their device to make it run better.
Spindas can have unique spot patterns again in Pokémon HOME with ver. 3.0.1 update
The latest update Ver. 3.0.1 for Pokémon HOME released on July 4 fixes several problems, including the issue of all Spindas’ spot patterns showing up the same.
City of Kyoto under fire for problematic Pokémon card vending machine in subway station
The Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau has come under fire for installing vending machines that sell “original packs” of Pokémon cards that many deem legally and morally questionable.
Percentage of Japanese language users at record high on Steam, surpassing even German and French
According to Valve’s Steam Hardware & Software Survey, Japanese is currently the sixth most used language on the platform, meaning that there has been a significant increase in Japanese users in June.
Game studio in Japan struggles to find employees as the industry grows stronger
Japanese game studio Indie-us Games has recently revealed via Twitter that the company has lost all their prospective employees to other companies due to rising competitiveness in Japan’s growing game industry.
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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.
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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 has always communicated through its products, without explaining itself much – Shigeru Miyamoto gives insights into new museum
Shigeru Miyamoto discusses the philosophy behind the new Nintendo Museum and how his signature unintentionally became one of the exhibits.