Pokemon Pokopia

Night-owl Pokémon Pokopia players in Japan heartbroken about having to wake up sleeping Pokémon 

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Sony

New data ranks 7 major Japanese game companies by average yearly income, overtime and employee satisfaction 

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Homura Hime box art and Nier developers

NieR: Automata-inspired indie studio behind Homura Hime gets candid feedback from Yoko Taro and Takahisa Taura, leading to last-minute improvements

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WarioWare: Move It!

Following departure from Nintendo, WarioWare series creator Goro Abe will continue making small-scale, unconventional games 

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Nintendo Switch 2

The Switch 2’s cheaper, Japan-only model may be generating loss of $160 per unit for Nintendo, Japanese analyst says 

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OCTOPinbs

Aniplex announces “arsonist vs firefighter” multiplayer impostor game, co-developed by Fate/Grand Order and Star Ocean devs 

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Japan doesn’t have a shortage of light novel authors, but the number of readers is decreasing. Kadokawa’s pursuit for foreign talent is a way to “stir things up in the market”

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Sword Art Online: Echoes of Aincrad would take about 10 years to develop if the devs tried depicting all 100 floors of the titular world, according to series producer

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Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake demo hands-on: The camera overhaul brings big improvements, but ghosts being a tad too easy to see in HD might lessen the scare factor for some 

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Gintama

Gintama creator “stopped drawing manga and started dieting intensely” after the series finished. Upcoming Dandelion anime project was launched to motivate him 

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Kadokawa announces huge anime production center consolidating six animation studios, aiming to build a “World-Class Anime City”

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Granblue Fantasy Full Metal Alchemist collaboration event artwork

Granblue Fantasy to host Fullmetal Alchemist collab event, with Edward Elric featured as the first gacha character 

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