In Rise of the Ronin, you can have same-sex romances with Ryoma Sakamoto and Shinsaku Takasugi, but does this have any historical basis?
In Rise of the Ronin, you can have same-sex romances with Ryoma Sakamoto and Shinsaku Takasugi, but does this have any historical basis?
The digital manga platform Corona Ex is charging $4.5 a month for manga translated by Google AI, which has caused a lot of anger.
SaGa RPG series director Akitoshi Kawazu asks fans to wait a little longer for the much rumored remaster of Psone classic SaGa Frontier 2.
The Like a Dragon devs announced casting auditions for a new entry to the series, but it seems it’s not Kiwami 3’s turn yet.
Kotaro Uchikoshi, director of Spike Chunsoft’s AI: The Somnium Files, posted another cryptic message that possibly means “im being overwatched by the authorities right now.”
The PS5 exclusive Rise of the Ronin has earned a Metascore of 76, which Japanese users consider to be unfairly low.
One arcade’s alleged angry notice at Konami for ending online support for Sound Voltex cabinets from 2020 has gone viral in Japan.
In a very elaborate April Fools stunt, The Pokémon Company has announced a worldwide “Pokémon Sleep Champion Tournament,” planned for 2024.
Platform 8, the official sequel to Kotake Create’s 2023 smash hit The Exit 8, combines new gameplay with familiar elements from The Exit 8.
Tekken 8’s developers revealed that pluggers will preferentially be matched with each other following the on April 2.
Update 1.050 for Dragon’s Dogma 2 addresses criticisms, adding a New Game option, Art of Metamorphosis item increase, and graphical options.
A mysterious McDonald’s-exclusive Nintendo DSi and eCDP cartridge appeared and quickly vanished from a thrift-store’s listing.
In Rise of the Ronin, historical figures like Perry and Sakamoto Ryoma drop by your longhouse- the surrealism is amusing Japanese players.
Nintendo’s Princess Peach: Showtime! has outsold both Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin in its first week of sales in Japan.
Chinese games like Honkai Star Rail and Ark Knights contain hard-to-translate idioms, prompting discussion on how to localize them into Japanese.
Visions of Mana producer reveals how the upcoming RPG will let players explore the vibrant and unique world of Mana like never before.
Producer Masaru Oyamada explains how Square Enix’s upcoming Visions of Mana stays true to the beloved Japanese RPG series’ roots.
Esports player Shunya Hatakeyama has muscular dystrophy and is raising funds to achieve his dream of competing in EVO2024 in Las Vegas.
School Paranormal Laboratory gameplay screenshot
Debates about reselling games have broken out on social media in Japan, revealing generational differences in how people consume games.
Final Fantasy 14’s director Naoki Yoshida revealed that Titan boss fight’s difficulty caused at least 300k players to drop the game.
Inspired by The Exit 8, Track No. 9 is a Japanese pixel art adventure game where you must escape a train station by spotting anomalies.
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