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The newest title in the Utano☆Princesama mobile game series is the first to be released globally, and we got the chance to take an exclusive sneak peek at the game!

Japan
(anime • idol • mobile game • Uta no Prince-sama • utapri • visual novel)

Japanese Twitter users reveal the logic behind the 5K eggs in Pokémon Go

Shannon McNaught
Jul 25, 2016

Just how long is it supposed to take to hatch those eggs?

Japan
(discovery • fitness • mobile game • netizens • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • twitter • walking)

Personified drinks are are singing, dancing and “Making Love” as Cocktail Princes in Japan

Joan Coello
Jul 23, 2016

If there’s any trend our posts in the past couple of years have shown, it’s that the Japanese can and will personify absolutely anything.

Japan
(anthropomorphized • cocktail • ikemen • mobile game • personification)

Pokémon Go players discover unusual gym locations around Japan

Oona McGee
Jul 22, 2016

From parks to university campuses and even a Sega building, here are some of the new Pokémon Go gym locations players have been finding around the country.

Japan
(augmented reality • gamers • gaming • mobile game • Niantic • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

China creates its own version of Pokémon Go called “City Spirits Go”

Oona McGee
Jul 19, 2016

China’s knock-off game has a number of surprisingly similar elements and characters that look weirdly like the originals from Pokémon Go.

China, Japan
(apps • Chinese Knockoff • gamers • gaming • mobile game • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)

You can romance a pair of glasses in this new Japanese mobile dating sim

Evie Nyan
May 31, 2016

Finally, a dating sim for people who are attracted only to inanimate objects!

Games & Tech, Japan
(dating simulator • glasses • mobile game • romance games • video games)

Romance an ancient Egyptian god in the newest bizarre dating sim for mobile

Cara Clegg
Nov 19, 2015

The dating simulator scene is getting weirder and weirder, so it’s hard to be surprised by anything they come up with these days. Humans are already old news and we’re now used to romancing all manner of strange creatures. Even so**, this mobile game for girls** caught my eye with its unique character designs and by promising love with powerful ancient Egyptian deities.

Japan
(app • dating sim • Egypt • gaming • mobile game • otome game • video games)

Play an edible Tsum Tsum mobile game with individually wrapped Pino ice creams!

Oona McGee
Nov 11, 2015

If you love Japan’s bite-sized Pino ice creams as much as you love Disney’s range of adorable Tsum Tsum characters, then this special collaboration is sure to bring you joy this holiday season.

Japan
(characters • Disney • ice cream • line • mobile game • Pino • sweets • tsum tsum)

Free Zen-like mobile game about broken pots contains the wisdom of ancient Japanese philosophy

Cara Clegg
Sep 30, 2015

Do you think putting together broken bits of pottery sounds like fun? No, me neither. And I’d never imagine something that’s so tedious in real life would make a good basis for a game. However, that’s the theme behind this free Android app which draws upon an ancient Japanese philosophy and, after reading some reviews, I was convinced that I had to give it a go myself.