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Nintendo made an interactive alarm clock, and it’s awesome in so many ways【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 10, 2024
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Motion-sensing Alarmo wants to make you feel like you’re waking up in the game worlds of Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, and more.

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• Japan, USA
• (alarm clock • Alarmo • awesome • clever • cool • gadgets • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • sleep • Super Mario • video games • wellness)

Street Fighter sushi bento boxes are here so you won’t have to fight on an empty stomach

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2024

Eye-catching regional sushi gets awesome-looking bento illustrations of video gaming’s martial arts masters.

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• Japan
• (bento • bento boxes • Chun-Li • cool • food • kakinoha sushi • Nara • persimmons • Street Fighter • Street Fighter 6 • sushi • video games)

KFC Genshin Impact fried chicken combo meals now on sale in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2024

Fried chicken really is the best paid content.

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• Japan
• (anime • food • fried chicken • Genshin Impact • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • manga • video games)

The official cosplay booth models of Tokyo Game Show 2024【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Sep 30, 2024

A photo roundup from Japan’s biggest video game celebration.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • City of the Wolves • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • Fatal Fury • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves • Metaphor: ReFantazio • SNJO • TGS • TGS 2024 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2024 • video games)

Game over for Classic Mini Famicom and Super Famicom as Nintendo announces end of repairs

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2024

If you’ve got one that needs fixing, get it done ASAP.

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• Japan
• (famicom • NES • NES Classic Edition • nintendo • Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom • Nintendo Classic Mini Family Computer • Nintendo Classic Mini Super Famicom • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • Super NES Classic Edition • video games)

Why don’t busty Fatal Fury ninja girl Mai’s clothes ever tear? We ask the developers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2024

We sit down with the City of the Wolves producers to see if Seiji’s boyhood dream will ever be fulfilled.

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• Japan
• (City of the Wolves • Fatal Fury • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves • funny • interview • Mai Shiranui • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SNK • TGS • TGS 2024 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2024 • video games • Yasuyuki Oda)

Top cosplayer Enako cosplays at Tokyo Game Show for SNK’s City of the Wolves【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2024

Enako’s Futaba is joined by cosplayers portraying Mai and other members of the new Fatal Fury game.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • City of the Wolves • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • Fatal Fury • Mai Shiranui • SNK • TGS • TGS 2024 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2024 • video games)

Nintendo Museum’s official merch includes awesome giant controller cushions【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2024

Museum has giant controllers to play games with, and giant controllers to relax with.

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• Japan
• (cool • famicom • museums • NES • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Super NES • video • video games)

New Pokémon Gaming Headset for Nintendo Switch will turn you into Pikachu

• SoraNews24
  Sep 27, 2024

Straight from Tokyo Game Show 2024, this cute product is set to become a hit with Pokémon fans. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • gaming • gaming headset • Pikachu • Pokemon • TGS 2024 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2024 • video games)

Why does video game star Terry Bogard pose before his iconic attack? We ask the developers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2024

We’ve got a burning question about Fatal Fury/The King of Fighters’ Burning Knuckle, and only SNK themselves can give us the answer.

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• Japan
• (City of the Wolves • Fatal Fury • Garou • King of Fighters • Mark of the Wolves • SNJO • SNK • Terry Bogard • video games)

“Pokémon with guns” game Palworld’s developer gets sued by Nintendo/Pokémon Company

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2024

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company’s legal teams used Infringement of Patent Rights claims! Will they be effective?

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• Japan
• (COK • lawsuite • nintendo • Palworld • Pocketpair • Pokemon • Pokémon Company • video games)

Huge life-size Porygon plushie is a way to reconcile with the most maligned Pokémon of all

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2024

Plushie matches official Pokédex size specs.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Porygon • video games)

Pikachu/Game Boy manhole cover installed at Nintendo Museum, not viewable by general public

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2024

The newest Pokémon manhole cover is also the first to feature the classic Nintendo hardware, but not everyone will get to see it.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Game Boy • Kyoto • manga • manhole covers • museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • video games)

First-look video of new Nintendo Museum shows off giant controllers fans can actually play games with!

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2024

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto gives up a sneak peek at the Kyoto video game museum that’s set to open before the end of the year.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • crazy • Kyoto • museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Shigeru Miyamoto • video games)

Luigi set to star in Family Mart’s latest collab event with exclusive sandwiches and blankets

• Master Blaster
  Aug 19, 2024

Player 2 ready.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Family mart • FamiPay • food • instant noodles • Luigi • nintendo • sandwiches • Super Mario • video games)

The best independent fan cosplayers of summer Comiket【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 17, 2024

Over 10,000 fans cosplayed at this year’s summer Comiket, and here are our favorites.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • C104 • COK • Comiket • Comiket 104 • cosplay • cosplayers • Handsome men • manga • SNJO • Summer Comiket • Summer Comiket 2024 • video games)

Pikachu and other Pokémon star in airline ANA’s new safety video!【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2024

Please return your seatback to its upright position for takeoffs and landings, Lucario.

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• Japan
• (Air travel • airlines • ANA • anime • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video • video games)

New Famicom game cartridge business card holders from Sega Plaza cause a stir in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2024

Sega serves up Nintendo nostalgia with five classic games, but they won’t be easy to get.

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• Japan
• (business cards • card cases • cool • crane game prixe • famicom • Family Computer • nintendo • Nintendo Lego • Sega • Sega Plaza • Super Mario • Super Mario World • toys • video games)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Pokémon Happy Meal toys are better than ever

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2024

Collection includes a palm-sized Poké Ball we’d happily pay good money for.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Happy Set • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • SNJO • toys • video games)

The best booths and cosplayers from Summer Comiket 2024【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Aug 14, 2024

Famous anime, manga and game characters spring to life for C104.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • Blue Archive • C104 • COK • Comiket • Comiket 104 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • SNJO • Summer Comiket • Summer Comiket 2024 • Tokyo Big Sight • video games)

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