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A nearly $12,000 Final Fantasy VI Statue even has series creator Sakaguchi bewildered
Square Enix has begun accepting preorders for their “SQEX MASTERLINE FFVI” statue. The statue is priced at a whopping 1,485,000 yen, which is around $11,592.
The Edo-Tokyo Museum has recreated Edo for players to explore on their mobile devices
The Edo-Tokyo Museum has released Hyper Edohaku to the Apple App Store in Japan. The app contains a 3D recreation of Ryogoku-Hirokoji, Edo’s entertainment district.
Visual novel The witch of the Ihanashi to launch this summer
Visual novel The witch of the Ihanashi is planned to release in summer 2022 on PC (including Steam). The game will support Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
Elden Ring’s Putrid Crystalian trio silently nerfed and became well behaved
The latest Ver.1.04 patch for Elden Ring has quietly nerfed the infuriating trio of Putrid Crystalians. They are more well behaved and easier to deal with.
Splatoon 3 release date announced (Sep. 9) & new gameplay footage showcased
Nintendo has announced the release date for Splatoon 3. It’s coming out for the Nintendo Switch on September 9 for $59.99. Nintendo also announced that Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers can download the Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion DLC at no additional cost.
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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.