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Comment on Megami Tensei developer’s frustration with goblin encounters in Dungeons & Dragons is what inspired the series’ demon negotiation system by Regas

Regas — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:22:02 +0000

Been a Megami Tensai fan since before Shin got dropped off the name, back when Nocturne and Persona 3 (2?) were prominent titles of the franchise. Absolutely loved the game and even had the version with Dante in it so when I saw him, it became my all-time favorite game.

Comment on WataMote anime studio Silver Link sees financial losses for third consecutive year, despite revenue growth by Otaku Time Traveler

Otaku Time Traveler — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:11:38 +0000

I wish I had money like Elon Misk, I would help them out.

Comment on Toei Animation to establish new studio in Vietnam to expand global production capacity. New Dubai offices also in preparation by Zyolluax

Zyolluax — Fri, 15 May 2026 06:05:51 +0000

Nice. It’s good to foster more animators so the industry can continue onwards

Comment on Japanese adult game dev blocked from receiving Steam proceeds from all-ages version of their game by domestic bank by ClemCa

ClemCa — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:47:10 +0000

With how you literally can’t live without a bank account in modern society, banking should be a right in all countries. There should be a human right to banking.

Comment on Japanese psychological horror BL visual novel about two obsessive game creators no longer coming to Steam due to “not meeting platform criteria” by zeynep

zeynep — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:26:22 +0000

what a shame 🙁 looking forward to the release

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by A Giraffe

A Giraffe — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:44:46 +0000

In reply to Goat. This show is following along the lines of 80s and onwards Magical Girl shows produced by Studio Pierrot, such as Creamy Mami and Fancy Lala, which were the progenitors of the Magical Girl genre as we know it. The core conceit of those was always about a young girl's fantasy wish fulfillment of being able to turn into an older teenager with superpowers who could use those to achieve global pop star fame or the like without having to actually Live as an adult, and those had generally few "fight scenes", if any at all, focusing mostly on original songs and interpersonal drama. Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura and later Precure have all established popular Magical Girl shows as battle anime, but the type of show still persists to this day in things like Aikatsu and Pripara, which are ostensibly idol anime with transformation sequences. Basically instead of transforming to "solve problems" or "save the world", think of this show as a kind of Hannah Montana instead, with much lower stakes and a focus on letting young girls live out a fantasy of having magic powers and a bustling music career.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:09:51 +0000

I like Urusai Yatsura, Sailor Moon, Ranma, Azumanga Daioh and Spy Family but this Shojo looks too aimed at young girls for me. If a had a daughter I would show it to them though.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by King

King — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:20:41 +0000

This is going to bomb. Sure there will be people who like it, but magical girl transformations without battles sounds dumb. Literally what would be the point/plot? Not my cup of tea when it comes to genre, but this isn’t going to go over that well. The community is going to crash out period.

Comment on CyberAgent’s game business sees 106.3% rise in operating profit and 3.5x increase in global sales thanks to Umamusume: Pretty Derby’s worldwide success by Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:30:45 +0000

Umamusume deserves it, the Anime and the game is worth looking into. The translations and faithfulness to the characters and respect the lore is really great.

Comment on Japanese manga author clarifies they don’t endorse their fictional story events actually happening in real life after being harassed into leaving X by Sylv

Sylv — Thu, 14 May 2026 09:14:15 +0000

In reply to Null_CB. You are okay with action/horror movies depicting brutal violence against humanity. By that logic, does that make you a murderer? To which standard is morality applied here?

Comment on Japanese gamers surprisingly put off by the idea of a GTA set in Japan, and no, it wouldn’t “just feel like a Yakuza game” by BLEACHED

BLEACHED — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:05:05 +0000

In reply to John. California alone has a population less than a third on Japan while roughly the same area, yet multiple people are murdered every day there alone (1782 reported in 2024). Japan is culturally and ethnically homogenous, so its public transport is safe instead of being a place where people are set on fire on trains, pushed onto the tracks or being murdered by insane felons arrested and released 14 times like Iryna Zarutska was.

Comment on Cookie Run developer solicits voluntary resignations amidst financial losses, cuts executives’ pay by 50% by Joseph Cunningham

Joseph Cunningham — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:45:34 +0000

Or maybe, and it’s an eye-opener on their end, they could actually listen to the community, stop glazing over Shadow Milk Cookie, and let the Cookie Run franchise slow down for now?

Comment on Yo-kai Watch developer Level-5 issues warning against piracy over activities in “certain online communities,” threatens legal action by 6B273AE6

6B273AE6 — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:42:38 +0000

when the localization budget goes to litigation instead

Comment on Yo-kai Watch developer Level-5 issues warning against piracy over activities in “certain online communities,” threatens legal action by LEVEL5

LEVEL5 — Wed, 13 May 2026 07:48:29 +0000

Right call. PC pirates ruin any chance of releasing games in the West.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Raptor

Raptor — Wed, 13 May 2026 04:52:12 +0000

In reply to Goat. Easy they will use the power to fix things magically. Got beaten up at school bip bop boop now you didn't

Comment on Steins;Gate Re:Boot developers announce full ban on streaming and uploading gameplay footage by Bruhguy1707

Bruhguy1707 — Wed, 13 May 2026 02:15:36 +0000

No one can stop a pirate from sailing the seas

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Kaiser

Kaiser — Wed, 13 May 2026 00:07:19 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. There will be one OVA episode where they briefly fight something. Then the weeb boards will explode in bickering and analyzing power levels.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Ryuken

Ryuken — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:49:20 +0000

Few people will watch it we need action,fantasy,comedy

Comment on Even from a developer’s perspective, Wuthering Waves’ use of Unreal Engine is borderline perverse. A UE4 game decked out in custom technology by Falbright

Falbright — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:01:57 +0000

Wuthering Waves is certainly not trash. Stay away from it, sir, if you don’t like it.

Comment on Japanese gamers surprisingly put off by the idea of a GTA set in Japan, and no, it wouldn’t “just feel like a Yakuza game” by John

John — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:16:29 +0000

The implication here is both funny and offensive, that they just imagine America as a place where robbery and murder in broad daylight feel like natural occurrences.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Goat

Goat — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:44:45 +0000

Serious question from someone who has no idea how the magical girl genre works: I thought the point of the magical girl transformation was something like sailor Moon where they power up to fight battles. What do they do with the transformation when they don’t use it for fighting powers? I know this sounds like a “how do you solve your problems without violence” question, but I hope you can see where I’m coming from, seeing how many other anime series solve their problems with violence.

Comment on Japanese man sentenced to 2 years in prison (suspended for 5 years) for uploading gameplay and anime footage against guidelines by Ben

Ben — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:19:55 +0000

Holy crap. If the game is so bad people don’t want to buy it after seeing it, the guy did a service for the community. Gameplay videos are on one hand (sometimes) free advertisement , on the other hand are also secondary content, the streamer entertaining the audience. Sometimes I don’t feel like playing, I rather watch someone play and that in itself proves that there’s added value and it’s a different kind of entertainment.

Comment on Steins;Gate Re:Boot developers announce full ban on streaming and uploading gameplay footage by Gaelic76

Gaelic76 — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:49:09 +0000

In reply to Nico Darian. You are one to speak douche, I make my mind up seeing the visuals and gameplay before hand

Comment on Steins;Gate Re:Boot developers announce full ban on streaming and uploading gameplay footage by J

Tue, 12 May 2026 12:09:36 +0000

You can’t stop people from streaming the game, but you sure can turn people off from buying it.. Never really thought of buying these games, but I can promise I’ll never buy from a dev with this attitude.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Dogma

Dogma — Tue, 12 May 2026 11:12:41 +0000

I can’t dude, that looks like Gumball if he was a magical girl

Comment on Snowbreak: Containment Zone to resume service after over two months of server downtime by Cherryst75@gmail.com

Cherryst75@gmail.com — Tue, 12 May 2026 09:25:23 +0000

What a bad post. Players are definetly NOT happy.

Comment on “I’m so tired of battles.” Naruto and Bleach studio Pierrot’s new magical girl anime was a breath of fresh air to make thanks to “no battles allowed” rule, producer reveals by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2026 07:40:08 +0000

That’s not going to work! Powerscaling websites like the Outskirts Battledome, Vs Battles Wiki, and SpaceBattles are just going to figure out how to powerscale that series..!

Comment on Steins;Gate Re:Boot developers announce full ban on streaming and uploading gameplay footage by Volscian

Volscian — Tue, 12 May 2026 04:59:37 +0000

Well, I mean with only 1 new ending (to my understanding), this makes it akin to a DLC they’re charging full price for. The original wasn’t exactly worth multiple playthroughs to begin with, so for someone who might be interested in maybe seeing the new ending but not wanting to pay for the game, I guess I’ll just move on and be happy never knowing.

This opinion coming from someone who has bought multiple games that have multiple endings, seeing only one and wanting to enjoy the rest first-hand. That kind of hook sells me more than viral marketing, and taking it away stops any potential sales coming from my wallet. Good luck to the devs, I don’t want to see anyone out of a job, but I will not support this form of behavior.

Comment on Steins;Gate Re:Boot developers announce full ban on streaming and uploading gameplay footage by Nico Darian

Nico Darian — Tue, 12 May 2026 02:28:18 +0000

The hubris of Americans on full display here..what douches

Comment on Even from a developer’s perspective, Wuthering Waves’ use of Unreal Engine is borderline perverse. A UE4 game decked out in custom technology by jwhbsrinvfriygrf

jwhbsrinvfriygrf — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:16:34 +0000

In reply to Maxx. Go back to twitter lil bro. You're too retarded for sites like these