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Nintendo’s former headquarters is turning into a hotel named Marufukuro
Nintendo’s former headquarters is turning into a hotel named Marufukuro and is scheduled to open on April 1. Starting at 100,000 yen (approx. $900) per night.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel reaches highest concurrent player count for a Konami title on Steam
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel reaches highest concurrent player count for a Konami title on Steam. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel peaked at around 159,000 players on the game’s launch day.
Crackdown on Japanese mobile game cheat makers and buyers found successful
Japanese game developer PONOS has announced that charges were filed against 19 suspects who allegedly created or purchased tampered game data of The Battle Cats, a free-to-play tower defense game.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel releases on PC and consoles as a free-to-play title
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel releases on PC and consoles as a free-to-play title. Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel lets players play the official Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game digitally.
PLAYISM GAME SHOW 2022 to be held on Jan. 22 (PST)
Japanese indie game publisher PLAYISM has announced the schedule for their online event PLAYISM GAME SHOW 2022. It is scheduled to take place on January 22 at 23:00 PST (January 23 at 16:00 JST).
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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.
nintendo
Pokémon Red and Green are no longer the top selling Pokémon games in Japan
Nintendo reveals that the highest selling Pokémon game generation in Japan has changed for the first time in 28 years.
