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Genshin Impact’s Tartaglia trends in Japan because of his “sexy straps.” Why do people find chest and thigh belts so sexy?
The word “ecchi belt,” or “sexy strap,” began trending in Japan after the Genshin Impact official Twitter account posted an image of Tartaglia to commemorate the character’s birthday. In the image, the character is wearing what fans have dubbed as “sexy straps.”
FFXIV VTuber Nora gets criticism after ostracizing a stranger in their party, with an unrelated company even making a statement
FFXIV VTuber Nora gets criticism after ostracizing a stranger in their party. The backlash was so strong words like “outsider,” “VTuber,” and “FF14” were trending for days in Japan.
Umihara Kawase developer’s new game, MilkChan, hits Japanese arcades in July
Studio Saizensen, the developer behind Umihara Kawase, has announced that jumping delivery action game MilkChan will be coming to arcades. MilkChan is scheduled to be available in Japanese amusement venues in late July.
Dungeon crawling RPG Nevergrind Online’s popularity soars in Japan, causing servers to go down
Dungeon crawling RPG Nevergrind Online’s popularity soars in Japan. “By the time your readers see this article, Japan will be #1 in units sold for Nevergrind Online. Within the last week, 87% of units sold have been in Japan.”
First look at Yakuza 8 revealed by MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura who will be appearing in the game
It has been revealed that MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura will appear in Sega’s Yakuza 8 which is currently in development. Asakura, who is also an active YouTuber, posted footage of his visit to Sega’s offices.
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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.
nintendo
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.
