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Big news in the gaming world as sales of Sony’s PlayStation 4 predicted to surpass those of Nintendo’s Wii U in Japan — despite the fact that Nintendo’s system had a full year head start.

Japan
(nintendo • Playstation 4 • Sony • video game • Wii U)

Spy on a hot prisoner with amnesia in Capcom’s new mobile romance sim

Evie Nyan
Sep 2, 2016

In this newly-released mobile romance app from Capcom, players must find clues to a crime by spying on an incarcerated mega-hottie with amnesia…

Japan
(app • Capcom • dating sim • romance • toraware no paruma • video game • visual novel)

Japanese net users marvel at the evolution of The Idolmaster’s graphics over the past 10 years

Krista Rogers
Feb 1, 2016

Longtime fans of video game franchise The Idolmaster celebrate over 10 years of musical idol-rearing fun with comparison pictures of the series’ graphics over time.

Japan
(anime • Idols • The Idolmaster • video game • video games)

Watch as Korean pro gamer recreates Japanese player’s legendary full parry in Street Fighter V

Krista Rogers
Jan 26, 2016

Korean pro gamer Infiltration replicates The Beast’s legendary moves in this recent tweet of him playing the yet-to-be-released Street Fighter V.

Japan, Korea
(arcade • Daigo Umehara • fighting • Infiltration • Seon-Woo Lee • Street Fighter V • twitter • video game)

Japanese-language voice for League of Legends’ Wukong revealed, sounds kinda familiar…

Krista Rogers
Jan 12, 2016

Who was chosen to voice the Monkey King in the Japanese-language version of League of Legends? His voice sounds oddly familiar…we’re just Saiyan’.

Internet, Japan
(Dragon Ball • league of legends • Masako Nozawa • online • Son Goku • video game • voice acting • Wukong)

Attack on Titan game reveals new characters, story details

Anime News Network
Nov 9, 2015

The official website of KOEI Tecmo‘s game based on Hajime Isayama‘s Attack on Titan manga revealed new characters and story details about the game on Sunday.

Japan
(anime • Anime News Network • Attack on Titan • characters revealed • Koei Tecmo • manga • video game)

Gotta catch em’ all, especially if they’re “Free!”

Joan Coello
Aug 5, 2015

Birds of a feather flock together, so the saying goes. And that concept applies to non-humans as well; it’s not uncommon for pets and their owners to act, and sometimes even look, somehow similar after spending years together. Even in the super popular anime and game series Pokémon, where the aim of the game is to collect as many pokémon as possible, many of the pokémon trainers in the series use pocket monsters that somehow resemble them.

But what the characters of the anime series Free! were pokémon trainers? Which creatures would they have under their well-toned wings? Find out as this Japanese fan puts her imagination to work in a series of awesome Pokémon x Free! crossover illustrations!

Japan
(anime • fan art • free • Pokemon • twitter • video game)

Nurture your inner cat collector with “Neko Atsume” the kitty-catching game for Android and iOS!

Evie Nyan
Apr 15, 2015

You know what everyone in Japan loves these days? Smartphone games. They keep you busy on the daily commute without requiring too much in-depth concentration, and Japanese smartphone game makers are seriously smart – they know how to keep players hooked. By combining the human need for constant “reward” feedback with our penchant for adorable cartoon kitties, they’ve come up with a winner of an app that everyone who likes fun can’t stop playing – Neko Atsume!

Now available for both Android and iOS and with a whole slew of new features, there’s never been a better time to get into this incredibly addictive yet simple cat-collecting time-waster…

Japan
(app • cat • cats • Kawaii • kitties • neko atsume • smartphone • smartphone game • video game)

A man fell down a massive hole in China and turned the experience into an iPhone game

BUSINESS INSIDER
Jan 14, 2015

A man from New Zealand fell down a 9 metre hole in China, broke his back, and has just turned the horrific accident into a new slapstick mobile game.

Mark Major, 28, explains on his website that his scary experience inspired “Plummet”, which he hopes will be available for iPhone early this year. He tells Business Insider that he’s waiting for Apple to review his iTunes app and it should be due for release soon.

Major says he had no warning about the accident. He was walking past a construction site in Beijing when the earth just gave way.

China
(mobile gaming • Plummet • video game)

More than 100 artists recreate Final Fantasy VII in epic fan video

Scott R Dixon
Dec 16, 2014

Nearly 20 years after the release of Final Fantasy VII, the iconic Japanese RPG is still regarded as one of the best video games ever made. And although fans may have been disappointed by the recent announcement that the game won’t be given a facelift for its PS4 debut, Final Fantasy VII lovers can wallow in their grief by an amazing video compiled from 200 original works of arts from more than 100 artists. The artwork recreates key scenes from the video game, taking viewers on a very nostalgic walk back to the many days spent on their PlayStations with Cloud and his friends.

Internet
(art • fan art • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy 7 • Final Fantasy VII • playstation • Sony • video • video game)

New Pokémon Center opens, resellers snatch up thousands of dollars of limited edition plushies

Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2014

For the most part, Japan does a pretty thorough job of separating its video games from reality. Even after decades of Super Mario Bros., the country isn’t beset with inhumane monsters stomping on box turtles for fun, and while some dude did once take a swing at me in Shibuya Station, Tokyo’s sidewalks are almost universally free of would-be street fighters.

One notable exception, though, is Pokémon, in that people who love hunting for the monsters in the game tend to also like searching for cool merchandise based on the series in real life. But while fans have a mutual respect for each other’s dedication and efforts to catch ‘em all in the game, some were a little less impressed when they showed up to shop at Tokyo’s newest Pokémon Center, only to find some covetous shoppers had bought up all of the store’s special stuffed animals, with one individual spending the equivalent of thousands of dollars on Pikachu plushies.