Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s Qurious Crafting failures draw attention on social media
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The misery that can result from randomizing your armor with Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Qurious Crafting is drawing attention on social media. Qurious Crafting sometimes makes the armor worse.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Yiga Clan members discovered to be identity thieves
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The disguises worn by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Yiga Clan members aren’t random, but the members masquerading as other NPCs. A Reddit user and YouTuber has taken pictures in the game of Yiga members in disguise and painstakingly tracked down the NPCs whose identities they’ve stolen.
Tower of Fantasy quickly finds itself with a cheating problem. Cheaters dominate the PvP leaderboards
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It looks like the existence of cheaters has quickly been confirmed in Tower of Fantasy, and the development team has announced that they will be taking measure to deal with the issue. One Reddit user has pointed out that cheaters are dominating the game's leaderboards.
Takoyaki Party Survival tasks you to survive on an all-octopus ball diet
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Takoyaki Party Survival is an online multiplayer game where the goal is to survive by eating a nutritionally balanced diet of takoyaki (Japanese octopus balls). Players take part in a “takoyaki party” where they compete to see how many days they can last while only consuming takoyaki of various ingredients.
A new iteration of the Tokyo fantasy game BLACK STELLA is in development
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A new title in the BLACK STELLA series is in development. It will be available on iOS and Android and is scheduled to release in the spring of 2023. The title is set to be the successor to BLACK STELLA Iи:FernØ, a mobile game that will soon be ending its service.
A short visual novel has been created using Midjourney AI artwork
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Japanese game developer @8co28 has made a short visual novel called Hekimu that uses artwork generated by Midjourney. Midjourney is an AI program that generates images based on textual descriptions.
The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate discourse around Steve being too strong is brewing up again
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The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate discourse around Steve being too strong is brewing up again after Onin wins a tournament at Super Smash Con 2022.
RTA in Japan: Viewers of a My Summer Vacation speedrun join the game’s characters in morning gymnastics
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During the Japanese speedrunning event RTA in Japan Summer 2022, there was a speedrun of the game Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey-. A scene from the event showing attendees performing morning gymnastics together has become popular on Twitter in Japan.
Japanese politician apologizes for saying kids would get bored of video games after 3 hours
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Ken Akamatsu, the manga artist turned politician in Japan, apologizes for saying kids would get bored of video games after 3 hours. The controversial remark stems from a concern the politician has about video games being made out to be the bad guy.
A suspicious individual invades the stage and steals popular YouTuber Hikakin’s mic during an influencer event
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A suspicious individual invaded the stage during an offline event for popular streamers and YouTubers in Japan. The intruder took the YouTuber Hikakin’s mic and proceeded to make a statement saying, “Nice to meet you all. I’m going to become the coolest man in the world.”
A small fire reportedly breaks out at Nintendo headquarters’ Development Center
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A small fire broke out at Nintendo’s Corporate Headquarters Development Center, NHK reports. Some desks and chairs were partially burned, but no one was injured.
Nintendo Switch Sports brings back Matt, the legendary Mii character
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Nintendo Switch Sports brings back Matt, the legendary Mii character. Matt first appeared in Wii Sports, where he served as an opponent in Boxing and inflicted anguish on players with his overwhelming strength.
A new Touhou Project game featuring Marise has been announced [Update: The game is now available on Steam]
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Team Shanghai Alice has announced new Touhou Project game Black Market of Bulletphilia ~ 100th Black Market. (バレットフィリア達の闇市場 〜 100th Black Market.) ZUN stated that “Marisa takes on the leading role in the game, something that is surprisingly rare.”
Unreal Engine 5 used to create a Japanese townscape in stunning detail
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Unreal Engine 5 was used to create a Japanese townscape in stunning detail. By looking closer at 3D artist Ranjeet Singh's creation, we can start to pinpoint just what region of Japan it might represent.
Tower of Fantasy players thought “JP Fuc Test Server” was an insult, prompting devs to explain its meaning
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Tower of Fantasy official Twitter account provided an explanation regarding the name of the "JP Fuc Test Server" that a portion of the Japanese playerbase took as an insult.
Sunsoft says they’re back and will be announcing upcoming titles on August 18
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Sunsoft, the originator of kusoge (Ikki and Atlantis no Nazo), says they’re back and will be announcing upcoming titles on August 18. The company’s own VTuber will also be revealed for the first time and presiding over the occasion.
Tower of Fantasy players recreate characters from Genshin Impact, Valorant, and even a hololive VTuber
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Tower of Fantasy players are recreating characters from other games like Genshin Impact, Valorant, and Arknights. One player even recreated Shishiro Botan, one of hololive production's Virtual YouTubers.
Sengoku Basara producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has left Capcom and joined NetEase Games
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Hiroyuki Kobayashi recently took to his personal Twitter account to announce that he left Capcom at the end of March and joined NetEase Games. There have been a number of career Japanese game creators moving to the Chinese company NetEase Games recently, including Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi.
Square Enix’s The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story gets an update that makes it easier to play
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Square Enix has released update v1.0.3 for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story. The update fixes issues that players had regarding the tempo and replayability of the game.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s latest update brings back a skill from Frontier
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The Adrenaline Rush skill added with the recently released Title Update 1 for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, is actually the revival of a skill from Monster Hunter Frontier. Many hunters who played Frontier were hit by a wave of nostalgia.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s Twin Vine is the perfect counter to Lucent Nargacuga
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Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s Twin Vine is the perfect counter to Lucent Nargacuga. You can easily track Nargacuga by watching the movements of the Ironsilk even when the monster turns invisible.
Bridget boosts Guilty Gear Strive’s player count as the character’s gender identity becomes a hot topic
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Ark System Works has released DLC character Bridget as part of Season Pass 2 for the fighting game Guilty Gear -Strive-. Possibly as a result of Bridget’s debut, the Steam version of the game has seen a huge surge in players.