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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s technique called the Slingshot has players excited
Word of the “Slingshot” technique has been spreading around the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate community. The Slingshot started spreading around the community because of a video by GimR, a professional Super Smash Bros. player.
qureate showcases The Future You’ve Been Dreaming Of’s mildly risqué features
The Future You’ve Been Dreaming Of is a 3D bishoujo stealth adventure game where you play as an invisible spirit-like being called Zashiki-Warashi, who lives inside the house of a young college student named Sachi.
Free socks are being given away to those who purchase PlayStation Store cards at Japanese convenience stores
The Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart is holding a PlayStation Store gift card campaign. Customers who purchase either the 10,000 yen or 15,000 yen value gift cards will receive a coupon that can be exchanged for a pair of socks.
Square Enix’s PR team was upset with Naoki Yoshida for saying how FFXVI is in the final stretch of development
FFXVI producer Naoki Yoshida mentioned during a livestream that Square Enix’s North American marketing/PR team was upset with him for saying how the development of FFXVI is in the final stretch, during an interview with Uniqlo’s UT magazine.
Clock Tower inspired indie horror game Soukaishin is in development
Japanese YouTuber Gatchman has announced Soukaishin (葬回診), a new horror game about a girl trying to escape from a terrifying hospital. The game is set to launch in 2022 for mobile devices.
There’s a free game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym
Japanese solo game developer Tadasumen has released a PC game called Taiikukan no Tenjyou ni hasamatta macho o tasukeru game (体育館の天井に挟まったマッチョを助けるゲーム), which can be translated to something like “a game about saving macho men stuck in the ceiling of a school gym.”
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s file size is larger than the base game
Capcom has announced that there will be a title update for Monster Hunter Rise on June 30, coinciding with the launch of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion. It’ll be around 13GB in size, which is larger than the base game on the Nintendo Switch.
Cynoroid Forsaken is a corpse-eating 2D action game being developed by JP indie dev
Cynoroid Forsaken is coming to Steam on June 4. Cynoroid Forsaken is a pixel art 2D action shooting game where you eat enemy corpses in order to heal yourself.
Ghostwire: Tokyo deals with Tengu noise complaints by adding a volume slider
Ghostwire: Tokyo's Tengu are easy to find, as they continuously make wing-flapping noises and loud screeching sounds. But some players found it annoying since Tengu are scattered all over the map and can be heard quite often.
Super Mario RPG has been partially recreated by a fan using the Unity engine
Graphic designer Finn Sylwester has partially recreated the 1996 classic Super Mario RPG using the Unity game engine. There's no plan for commercial use.
Actraiser Renaissance Ver.1.1.0 lets you disable new actions to provide a gameplay experience closer to that of the original
Square Enix has released a new Ver.1.1.0 update for Actraiser Renaissance, a remake of the original Actraiser released in 1990. The latest update introduces new options, including the “Renaissance Actions” that lets you toggle off new features added to the remake so that you can experience the game similarly to that of the original version.
Square Enix to sell Crystal Dynamics & Eidos in a $300 million deal with Embracer
Square Enix to sell Crystal Dynamics & Eidos, along with Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Thief, and Legacy of Kain IPs in a $300 million deal with Embracer Group.
Elden Ring player beats the game while over-encumbered
YouTuber Iron Pineapple uploaded a video titled “Can You Beat Elden Ring While Over the MAX Equip Load?” and as the title suggests, they challenged themselves to clear the game in an over-encumbered state, which comes with a great deal of hardship.
Nintendo Switch games are being used for fraud on Japanese CtoC marketplace Mercari [Update]
Japanese marketplace Mercari has updated its guidelines to state that all sales of Nintendo Switch download cards/codes are now prohibited to prevent fraud.
Weak yen causes the prices of Razer products to go up in Japan
Razer has announced that the company will revise the prices of its products in Japan, starting May 10. The prices of over 40 Razer products are going up due to a sharp fluctuation in the exchange rate.
Bandai Namco Research’s 3D motion datasets are available for free & can be used for AI R&D purposes
Bandai Namco Research has made a portion of its 3D motion datasets available for free on GitHub. They are meant to be used for AI research and development, and can’t be used for commercial purposes.
MaidSouls, a monochrome katana-wielding maid action game, is in development
MaidSouls is a third-person action game set in a monochrome world. You play as a katana/gun wielding maid. An alpha version is available on PC.
Earth Defense Force 6 to release August 25 in Japan. hololive VTuber decoys announced as early-purchase bonuses
Earth Defense Force 6 to release August 25 in Japan. hololive VTuber (Shirakami Fubuki, Nakiri Ayam, and Ookami Mio) decoys announced as early-purchase bonuses.
R-Type Tactics I & II remakes are in development, and they’ll likely support online multiplayer
Remakes of R-Type Tactics (known as R-Type Command in the West) and R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate are in development. The developer Granzella considers online multiplayer support to be an essential feature for the remakes.
Japan: record-breaking 55 new games launched in a single day for the Nintendo Switch
A whopping 55 new titles launched on April 28 for the Nintendo Switch in Japan. That’s a record-breaking number of new releases happening on the same day, as far as we can check.
River City Saga: Three Kingdoms to release on July 21 for Steam, PS4, and Switch
Beat ‘em up RPG River City Saga: Three Kingdoms is launching outside of Japan on July 21, 2022, for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. The price is set at $29.99.
Yuji Naka sued Square Enix for removing him from Balan Wonderworld’s directorial role
Yuji Naka of Sonic the Hedgehog fame has stated on Twitter that he prosecuted Square Enix for discharging him from Balan Wonderworld’s directorial role just six months before launch. Naka went on to say that the trial is now finished and explained why he thinks Square Enix doesn’t care about their fans.