https://automaton-media.com/en/author/aki-nogishi/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:25:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/author/aki-nogishi/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/japanese-no-code-rpg-engine-bakin-makes-developing-hd-2d-style-games-easy-just-start-making-your-game-and-stop-overthinking/ https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/japanese-no-code-rpg-engine-bakin-makes-developing-hd-2d-style-games-easy-just-start-making-your-game-and-stop-overthinking/#respond Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:01:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=51363 RPG Developer Bakin launches fully on August 28 for PC (Steam).  ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/japanese-no-code-rpg-engine-bakin-makes-developing-hd-2d-style-games-easy-just-start-making-your-game-and-stop-overthinking/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/the-secret-behind-project-sekai-colorful-stage-feat-hatsune-mikus-super-expressive-animations-we-asked-the-devs-how-live2d-makes-it-happen/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/the-secret-behind-project-sekai-colorful-stage-feat-hatsune-mikus-super-expressive-animations-we-asked-the-devs-how-live2d-makes-it-happen/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=39274 Interview with the developers of Colorful Palette's Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. 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Shunji Mizutani reveal how publisher and developer worked together to create an engaging indie game]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/interview-how-personality-test-game-refind-self-sold-over-200k-collaboration-developer-publisher/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/the-idolmaster-shiny-colors-song-for-prisms-ambitious-switch-to-3d/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/the-idolmaster-shiny-colors-song-for-prisms-ambitious-switch-to-3d/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:49:02 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=30025 An interview with the creators of The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism about how they made the impressive leap from 2D to 3D.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/the-idolmaster-shiny-colors-song-for-prisms-ambitious-switch-to-3d/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230614-19486/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230614-19486/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:28:38 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=19486 The way a certain monster's name was pronounced in the Final Fantasy XVI demo has caused a split in the Japanese fandom.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230614-19486/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230524-19099/ Wed, 24 May 2023 09:15:01 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=19099 Right before the release of the Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.4 - The Dark Throne, Naoki Yoshida caused excitement among fans with two special T-shirts he wore.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230515-18880/ Mon, 15 May 2023 08:25:01 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=18880 "Yoshida Zelda" started to trend on Twitter in Japan thanks to FFXIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida making an appearance in a livestream while playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on his Nintendo Switch.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230404-18330/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:32:07 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=18330 Square Enix's soon to be new president, Takashi Kiryu, joined a Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) stream and expressed his love for the game.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230225-17981/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:38:01 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=17981 Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) gear causes strange nipple-like mark to appear on the male Elezen’s chest. Is it really a nipple or just a shadow?]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20230224-17977/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:05:47 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=17977 The Idolmaster fan & singer Gen Hoshino has his song "Koi" covered by his favorite idol Miku Maekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage.]]>