Right after Blue Protocol released in Japan, users flooded the servers in such volumes that Bandai Namco had to go into emergency maintenance. What makes the game so popular?
Right after Blue Protocol released in Japan, users flooded the servers in such volumes that Bandai Namco had to go into emergency maintenance. What makes the game so popular?
A certain detail from the trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth indicates that the world map of the new installment may be far more vast than previous titles.
The way a certain monster’s name was pronounced in the Final Fantasy XVI demo has caused a split in the Japanese fandom.
The Air bike in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is adored by fans worldwide for how simple and practical it is. How is it made and what does it do?
Due to increasing cases of scalping of Pokémon Trading Card Game cards in Japan, The Pokémon Company has signed an agreement with Mercari, a marketplace app.
A Tweet showing Honkai Impact 3rd, the 3D game with complex graphics, being played on a confusingly high-tech Chinese calculator has gone viral in Japan.
The Iun-Orok shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of those shrines that players can’t be bothered to solve the right way even if they know how.
Dialogue from Street Fighter 6 has disproven the popular fan theory that Ryu is unemployed and penniless. A tweet that presents official proof of Ryu being loaded has gone viral. Fans are also expressing newly found appreciation for his friend […]
This year is the 10-year anniversary of webtoons in Japan, and the author of ReLIFE Yayoiso has shared some insights about webtoons as a Japanese mangaka.
Players have been discovering the various fascinating connections between The Surface and the Depths in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
A man was found to be cheating Amazon by buying Nintendo Switch game cards and getting refunds for them by switching them out with fake game cards.
Players of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have been using Link’s abilities to invent everyday life machines for livestock, agriculture, and fishing.
Following an outrage from the public, Shueisha have suspended the sales of their AI-generated pin-up photobook featuring AI gravure idol Satsuki Ai.
Porhythm, the official rhythm game of Japan’s Metropolitan Police Department has recently gone viral for it’s unexpected difficulty.
Discussion about whether parents should let grade schoolers visit game centers on their own has been going on between Japanese users after an article voicing the concerns of parents and arcade staff was published.
The Jiukoum Shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has players all over the world at a loss at how to solve it’s final puzzle, though the answer might be surprisingly simple.
Bowser from the Mario Series was revealed to be 34 years old based on a video uploaded by Nintendo, and Japanese fans find this fact irresistibly sexy.
Japanese users are impressed by Mineplacer, the inverted version of Minesweeper in which you need to place mines and close all the cells in the grid.
Author of Love Hina and National Diet member Ken Akamatsu opened a discussion on the topic of preserving video games in playable form in the National Diet.
The new abilities and Zonai Devices in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom unlock an array of new ways to enjoy boomerang weapons.
Spotify Japan recently released a global playlist titled Gacha Pop, and the name has sparked interesting discussion among Japanese users.
Players have discovered that the Ascend ability in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets you physically go through your enemy’s body during battle.
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