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Neon Genesis Evangelion collab sends Goddess of Victory: Nikke soaring up Japan’s app store charts
Nikke’s recently-launched Evangelion collaboration, featuring popular characters like Rei and Atsuka, is a hit in Japan
Bandai Namco Online shares views on DEI and its implementation in Western releases of Japanese games
Bandai Namco Online, developer of Blue Protocol, recently held a seminar in which they shared their views on DEI.
PS5 just significantly raised its prices in Japan, and people aren’t happy
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces steep new prices for the PS5 and its peripherals, citing severe global conditions.
Street Fighter 6’s CPU is designed to feel “pressured” just like a human and make input mistakes
Capcom’s engineer breaks down the structure of Street Fighter 6’s human-like CPU using a card game analogy.
Extremely rare Final Fantasy 7 Lego set auctioned off for $12,500
One of two available LEGO sets based on Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII was recently sold for a whopping $12,500.
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Non-gaming news
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.
