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Legendary 4chan-user-made VN Katawa Shoujo is Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam with over 800 reviews only four days after launch
Katawa Shoujo, the visual novel born on 4chan 12 years ago, has finally met a wider audience on Steam, and its reception is overwhelming.
Japanese game and VTuber companies see influx of violent threats, some of which falsely assume VTuber identities
Japanese police are investigating a spate of malicious threats sent to Nijisanji and other companies under assumed identities
Swery65 details the development of Hotel Barcelona’s unique Slasher Phantom system
Hotel Barcelona’s developer Swery65 talks about the game’s unique looping Slasher Phantom mechanic and how it was developed.
Atlus is looking for a new producer for the Persona team, job listing suggests
According to a new job listing posted by Atlus, the developer is looking for a new producer to join the Persona team.
Nintendo Museum opens in October 2024, here’s how to get tickets
The Nintendo Museum in Kyoto will offer various interactive games that let you get hands-on with the company’s many products and long history.
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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.
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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.
