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Bandai Namco announces plans to open virtual reality experience center

• Anime News Network
  Mar 29, 2016
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Bandai Namco announced on Monday that the company will open a virtual reality “experience center” in Tokyo next month.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (Bandai • event • gaming • hands-on • Japan news • Tokyo • video games • virtual reality • VR)

Sazae Radio: Now you can hear a lot more than just the ocean in a seashell!

• Preston Phro
  Mar 28, 2016

Someone’s actually put an actual radio in an actual seashell, because marketing!

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (Chiba • radio • Sazae Radio)

Surprise! The new “leaked NX controller” is, indeed, fake. But the build video is pretty cool!

• Preston Phro
  Mar 26, 2016

The controller is a total fake, but we’re still impressed with the work that went into making it.

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• Games & Tech, Internet
• (fake • game controller • nintendo • NX)

Learn to mix drinks like a pro with the latest app from the series that was BANNED in Korea

• Cara Clegg
  Mar 26, 2016

The latest in the controversial drink-mixing visual novel app is now available.

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• Games & Tech, Japan, Korea
• (alcohol • Bar Oasis • gaming • iOS • mobile gaming • smartphone • visual novel)

Here’s how the awesome new Pokémon GO mobile game will look on your smartphone

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2016

Developers release new details about Pokémon gyms and team play.

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• Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Global, Japan
• (augmented reality • mobile games • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Smartphones • video games)

Nikon is marketing its cameras directly to cosplayers with Cosgenic cosplay photo tip series

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2016

Costuming and makeup are just the first steps towards a great cosplay photo shoot, so the Japanese camera maker is here to help with the rest.

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• Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Japan
• (anime • cameras • cosplay • Nikon • photography)

New smartphone game lets you date real-life J-pop idols, but shockingly gives them 100 Boyfriends

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2016

Nogizaka 46 romance simulator is an odd mix of daydream fantasy and unintentional cynicism.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (datig simulators • Idols • J-Pop • mobile games • Nogizaka 46 • romance simulators • Smartphones • video games • weird)

This could be our first look at Nintendo’s next-generation gaming controller

• BUSINESS INSIDER
  Mar 24, 2016

There’s been lots of speculation about Nintendo’s next generation gaming console, which will reportedly be called the NX.

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• Games & Tech, Global, Japan
• (console • controller • leak • nintendo • NX • photos • video games)

Cool new alarm clock earphones wake you up not with sound, but vibrations

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2016

Never miss your stop on the train or make your bedmate get up earlier than necessary again.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (alarm clock • clever • cool • earbuds • earphones • gadgets)

Nintendo: Wii U production to continue in next fiscal term or later

• Anime News Network
  Mar 23, 2016

Next fiscal year begins in April.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (consoles • nintendo • production • video games • Wii U)

Real-life Pokémon battles would be absolutely merciless, cosplaying frog video shows us 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2016

Respect the Venusaur, and don’t blink while you’re doing it.

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• Anime & Manga, Cute, Games & Tech, Japan
• (animals • cosplay • cute • frogs • funny • pets • Pokemon • Venusaur • video)

This video of an artist creating stunning blackboard art for Dark Souls III is mesmerizing

• Preston Phro
  Mar 23, 2016

Creating blackboard art this good looks almost as difficult as playing a Dark Souls game.

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• Games & Tech, Internet, Japan
• (blackboard art • chalkboard art • Dark Souls • Dark Souls III • Rena Rena)

The Pokémon Company, U.K. artist create world’s largest Pokémon trading card mosaic

• Anime News Network
  Mar 22, 2016

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• Europe, Games & Tech, Japan
• (anime • giant • mosaic • nintendo • Pokemon • video games • world record)

Dicing onions has never been so cute: Lolita kitchen knives to fill all your chopping needs

• Preston Phro
  Mar 21, 2016

Whether you’re into pink frills or black one-piece dresses, there’s a knife here for you!

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• Cute, Food & Drink, Games & Tech, Internet, Japan
• (cooking • goth loli • Goth Lolita • kitchen knife • knives • lolita)

New robot cat toy “Hello! Woonyan” is set to bring you mechanical cuddles, meows, and more

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 20, 2016

Now you and your kids can experience the fun of owning a cat without any of the hairballs!

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (cat • pet • robot • Takara Tomy • technology • Woonyan)

IBM’s Sword Art Online virtual reality MMO project teased in screenshots, videos

• Anime News Network
  Mar 18, 2016

Videos show players playing demo that includes bazaar environment, combat.

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• Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Japan
• (anime • Sword Art Online • Test • video games • virtual reality)

Roll a perfect six every time with this Japanese inventor’s new robotic die

• Preston Phro
  Mar 18, 2016

Now, if only there were a 20-sided version, all our characters would be level 60!

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• Games & Tech, Internet, Japan
• (cool • funny • robotics • technology • twitter)

Watch the touching animated tribute to late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata【Video】

• Philip Kendall
  Mar 17, 2016

The former Nintendo frontman is remembered in this short but incredibly moving animation.

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• Games & Tech, Global, Japan
• (GDC • memorial • nintendo • Satoru Iwata • video • video games)

Resident Evil/Biohazard games get stage musical in September

• Anime News Network
  Mar 17, 2016

Former Takarazuka actress Reon Yuzuki stars in musical of survival horror games.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (biohazard • Capcom • Japan • musical • play • Resident Evil • stage • video games)

T-virus perfume to go on sale at the Capcom Café — certified fresh by Umbrella Corp.

• KK Miller
  Mar 17, 2016

Smell like death, or at least the undead, with this brand new limited-edition scent inspired by Biohazard.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (biohazard • Capcom • merch • perfume • Resident Evil • T-virus • video games)

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