VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Masayuki Uemura, the creator of NES, has passed away at age 78
Masayuki Uemura, the creator of NES, has passed away at age 78. Uemura worked at Nintendo from 1971 to 2004 and was in charge of the development of video game consoles such as NES and Super NES.
Ace Attorney characters recruited to teach Japan’s youth the dangers of marijuana
Ace Attorney characters recruited to teach Japan’s youth the dangers of marijuana as part of Capcom's cooperation with the local police enforcement in Osaka.
An unofficial Super Smash Bros. Ultimate database uses machine learning to make tier lists
Unofficial Super Smash Bros. Ultimate database Shiratsuki-theory uses machine learning to make tier lists. Shiratsuki-theory is constructed using data from a number of sources and aggregated using machine learning.
Japan Metaverse Association has been established to promote NFT, and the initial receptions are quite negative
Japan Metaverse Association has been established to promote NFT, and the initial receptions are quite negative. How they view NFT/blockchain tech as an essential part of the metaverse, rubbed people the wrong way.
Pokémon BDSP sold over 6 million units during its launch week. On par with Pokémon Sword and Shield’s first-week sales
Pokémon BDSP sold over 6 million units during its launch week, which is on par with Pokémon Sword and Shield's launch week sales.
Shin Megami Tensei V makes use the “Kawaii Physics” plugin for protagonist’s hair
Shin Megami Tensei V uses the "Kawaii Physics" plugin for its protagonist's hair. The Kawaii Physics is a plugin developed as a hobby project by an Epic Games Japan support engineer to handle swaying movements.
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism is now available on Steam
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism is now available on Steam. This PC port includes new features, gameplay scenarios, and graphical options.
Nintendo Switch network services were down due to AWS outage [Update: outage resolved]
[Update: outage resolved] Nintendo Switch network services were down due to Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. The AWS outage affected other services and games including Valorant, Dead by Daylight, and PUBG as well.
BlazBlue Centralfiction Steam player count reached an all-time high after the rollback netcode test began
BlazBlue Centralfiction Steam player count reached an all-time high after the rollback netcode test began. The Rollback Public Test is currently taking place in order to test out the implementation of rollback netcode.
Visual novel A YEAR OF SPRINGS is getting a console release on December 10
Visual novel A YEAR OF SPRINGS is getting a console release on December 10. A YEAR OF SPRINGS is a collection of short stories that explore LGBT+ subject matter.
Pokémon BDSP players are holding random online battles through unified password
Pokémon BDSP players are holding random online battles with a specific ruleset through a unified password (6350 4649). Pokémon BDSP doesn’t have official random online matchmaking.
BlazBlue Centralfiction and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle to support rollback netcode in 2022
BlazBlue Centralfiction and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle to support rollback netcode in 2022. The “Rollback Public Test” for BBCF will begin on Steam December 6. It will be open to all owners of the Steam version.
Yakuza’s Baka Mitai sung by students in Sweden. Sega and Kiryu’s voice actor react
Yakuza’s Baka Mitai (aka Dame Da Ne) sung by students in Sweden, surprising a Japanese teacher working there. Sega and Kiryu’s voice actor reacted to the video as well.
KaraCreate, a Japanese-style voxel & pixel art RPG, is coming to Steam
KaraCreate, a Japanese-style voxel & pixel art RPG, is coming to Steam. Create and battle soul infused mechanical creatures called Karakuri.
FFXIV: Endwalker’s release brings increased traffic to spoiler blocking service in Japan
FFXIV: Endwalker’s release brings increased traffic to Japanese spoiler blocking service fusetter, a service that lets users post symbols in place of characters and longer bits of text into Twitter.
Metal Max Wild West spin-off Metal Dogs to release on PS4/Switch April 2022 in Japan
Metal Max Wild West spin-off roguelite game Metal Dogs to release on PS4/Switch April 2022 in Japan. The overseas release plan is yet to be determined.
.hack//G.U. Last Recode is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 11, 2022
.hack//G.U. Last Recode is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 10, 2022 in Japan and Southeast Asia, and on March 11 in the West. The game was developed by CyberConnect2 and initially launched in 2017 on PlayStation 4 and Steam.
Vtuber comes to life in Vtuber Maid Ramie announced for Switch and Steam
Vtuber Maid Ramie visual novel announced for Nintendo Switch and Steam. Live together with a Vtuber maid girl. The Switch version comes out in December, followed by the Steam version in January.
Smash Ultimate ver. 13.0.1 nerfs Min Min & Pyra/ Mythra, buffs Inkling, Bowser Jr, and more
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 13.0.1 nerfs Min Min & Pyra/ Mythra, buffs 20 fighters including Piranha Plant, Inkling, Bowser Jr, and Meta Knight. This is the final fighter adjustments for Smash Ultimate.
Latest Pokémon BDSP update fixes softlock issues (ver. 1.1.2)
Latest Pokémon BDSP update (ver. 1.1.2) fixes softlock issues. However, what was actually changed is not made clear.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin new update overhauls “Sakuna the Efflorescent” minigame
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin new update went live. It overhauls the “Sakuna the Efflorescent” tower-defense minigame, adds a bunch of dishes, and makes various adjustments and bug fixes.
You can finally cut Rathalos’ tail in FFXIV with patch 6.0 (Endwalker)
FFXIV patch 6.0 (Endwalker) will make it possible to cut Rathalos’ tail. It was not possible to do so until now, due to a rating-related reason. Rathalos was added to Final Fantasy XIV as a part of Monster Hunter: World collaboration content in 2018.