Splatoon 3 was recently updated to Ver. 2.1.0 and brought with it a buff to the Triple Inkstrike special weapon that has grabbed the attention of the community.
Splatoon 3 was recently updated to Ver. 2.1.0 and brought with it a buff to the Triple Inkstrike special weapon that has grabbed the attention of the community.
Greninja will be coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet via 7-star Tera Raid Battles. Greninja’s Tera Type will be Poison, and like Charizard and Cinderace before it, will have the Mightiest Mark.
Splatoon 3 Splatfest result: The Splash-o-matic dominates the Splatfest once again in Japan. When looking at the results for Japan, of the top ten players for each team (30 players in total), 17 of them used the Splash-o-matic.
Esports commentator Aru has posted a tweet saying that he had the opportunity to hear a lot of feedback regarding Street Fighter 6’s real-time commentary feature. He believes that the feature works surprisingly well when streaming fighting games.
An eConstruction machinery event was held in Japan last month. Following the event, construction companies voiced their acknowledgment of esports players, saying, “We have confirmed that the abilities of esports players can indeed be used in the remote operation of construction machinery.”
A man was arrested in Japan for copyright infringement against Nintendo and Koei Tecmo Games. The suspect illegally copied games from Koei Tecmo Games and Nintendo to a microSD card. The card containing the game data was then sold on an auction site.
Bandai Namco Entertainment has acknowledged that physical copies of Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher are difficult to find at some retailers in Japan and apologized for the situation via the game’s official Japanese Twitter account.
Nintendo released their latest update to Splatoon 3 and there were soon reports on social media of a new bug that caused the counter in Rainmaker to immediately drop to 1. Nintendo is aware of the issue and stated that they will release an update soon to fix it.
A tweet posted by an illustrator points out differences between character designs in older Japanese games compared to more recent ones. A number of experienced game developers and character designers chimed in on the subject.
Japan’s Tokushima prefecture has released an RPG called e-防災ゲーム (e-Bousai Game), which translates to e-Disaster Preparedness, and teaches players about preparing for natural disasters while they play.
Splatoon 3 was used for an AV Splatoon (adult video Splatoon) stream conducted by Japanese VTubers. The participating VTubers would chroma key the opposing team’s ink color to make it transparent while having a porn video playing in the background, causing one of the VTubers to get banned from YouTube.
Byking has released 5 free games to Steam from the company’s BykingRooKIES brand. Byking is a game developer in Japan known for their involvement with titles like My Hero One’s Justice. The 5 free games they recently released were developed by new employees at the company as a part of their introductory training.
A Discord server in Japan looking to facilitate matches for Valorant and Apex Legends players was suddenly deleted. The server’s name contained the Japanese word “合コン(goukon)” which is a kind of party for singles to meet and find dates. Perhaps due to its sensational name, the server was even trending on Twitter in Japan.
Splatoon 3’s first Splatfest since launching has now come to a close. Along with the results, the weapons used by the top-ranking players, notably the Sloshing Machine and Splash-o-matic, have also been garnering attention.
Splatoon 3: “Cheater” went trending on Twitter in Japan as infinite special weapons shots torment players. On social media there is a report of a player who has used the Tenta Missiles special weapon 87 times in a single match.
Since the launch of Splatoon 3, players have been putting together all sorts of creative and detailed designs for their lockers. We even ran an article about it just recently, though players seem to be coming up with new and fresh ideas by the day.
Splatoon 3 players have discovered that Shiver’s clothing can become transparent under certain conditions. The method is quite simple and involves looking at Shiver through the body of a Jellyfish or other translucent items.
Vertical shmup Radirgy 2 (working title) is due out in Summer 2023 and will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5. The game marks the first new title in the shmup series since Radirgy Swag was released in 2019.
VTuber Miro Amakusa has pulled off the seemingly impossible and reached Rank X in Splatoon 2 while being restricted to only using their feet to control the game. The VTuber began the challenge on August 14, 2021, and was able to complete it in roughly one year.
Beyond, a cloud and server operations company, has released Tensei shitara Beyond no Intern Datta Ken, which can be translated as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Beyond Intern. It’s an RPG where players can experience what it’s like to be an intern at the company.
The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls mascot Pinya Korata is getting a $1,200 ceramic statue (bizen ware statue). Only 15 of these statues will be produced and they will be available for 165,000 yen (roughly $1,170) each.
Japan’s Kyushu University has released over 1,400 digital 3D biological specimens. The majority of the models fall under the CC BY 4.0 license, meaning it is possible for anyone to download and use them. A large percentage of the newly released models are of aquatic life, but there is still a diverse range of insects and plants.
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