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Pokémon BDSP sold over 6 million units during its launch week. On par with Pokémon Sword and Shield’s first-week sales
Pokémon BDSP sold over 6 million units during its launch week, which is on par with Pokémon Sword and Shield’s launch week sales.
Shin Megami Tensei V makes use the “Kawaii Physics” plugin for protagonist’s hair
Shin Megami Tensei V uses the “Kawaii Physics” plugin for its protagonist’s hair. The Kawaii Physics is a plugin developed as a hobby project by an Epic Games Japan support engineer to handle swaying movements.
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism is now available on Steam
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism is now available on Steam. This PC port includes new features, gameplay scenarios, and graphical options.
Nintendo Switch network services were down due to AWS outage [Update: outage resolved]
[Update: outage resolved] Nintendo Switch network services were down due to Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. The AWS outage affected other services and games including Valorant, Dead by Daylight, and PUBG as well.
Genshin Impact players are beating up cute canines with insanely high HP
Genshin Impact’s Canine Bunshin has an incredibly high HP, prompting players to try to beat it. This cute canine can be found in the “Bantan Sango Case Files: The Warrior Dog” event.
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Attack on Titan voice actor Yuki Kaji releases official voice synthesizer to counter people feeding his voice to AI without permission
Top Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji has crowdfunded and released official synthesized voices to tackle unauthorized generative AI use.
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.
