Shiny Charm in Pokemon Legends Z-A

Pokémon Legends: Z-A player grinds Shiny Charm’s 1,000 battle requirement using 3D printer contraption

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Japan has a “kidult” population of over 5 million. Consumption of toys and kids’ content fueled by nostalgia, survey shows

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Tactan/Project G trailer footage

“Find your own publisher.” NCSoft spins off in-house MMORPG dev team into subsidiary, tells them they’re on their own before cancelling project 

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Nintendo silently donated DSi LLs and TV tuners to earthquake victims in 2011. Rare engraved console surfaces 

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Japanese key animation directors have been “wiped out” by cheap outsourcing, and AI might make the issue even worse, animator says 

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Yoko Taro

“Nearly half of them are fake.” NieR creator Yoko Taro says not to buy his autographs online 

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Final Fantasy 2 game designer reveals real-life historical inspiration behind Minwu 37 years later 

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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Dragon Quest 7’s dark and sorrowful story may resonate with players now more than it did back in the day, remake producer says 

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Steam games with high Wishlist conversion rates

Steam Wishlist-to-sales study shows how genre, release timing and reviews affect success. NSFW games show unusually high conversion rate 

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Silent Hill series producer says publishers can’t expect players to get serious about an IP with just remakes

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Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding

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Creator of one of Japan’s first open-world action RPGs struggled with unemployment in his 50s due to age discrimination in the industry 

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