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Pokémon cakes appear in Japan, but there’s something odd about the collection
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2023 - Tweet
Can you spot what’s peculiar in this first-ever collaboration?
- Japan
- (anime • Bulbasaur • cakes • Charizard • COK • cute • ditto • Eevee • food • Gengar • Ginza Cozy Corner • Jigglypuff • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • Psyduck • SNJO • sweets • taste test • video games)
Eiko Digital Creative High School opens in two cities where students can study e-sports and more
- Krista Rogers
May 2, 2023
A new flexible learning-based high school program allows students to pursue their passions in preparation for careers in the gaming industry.
- Japan
- (COK • e-sports • education • Eiko Digital Creative High School • esports • Ibaraki • pro gaming • Saitama • schools • video games)
Massive-variation new Pikachu plushie line lets you find the perfect Pikachu just for you
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2023
Pokémon Centers Pikatto Pikapika Pikachu Campaign kicks off with the new My Pikachu line.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • cute • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • SNJO • stuffed animals • video games)
Super Mario Bros. Movie gets Japanese-dub screening in North America
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2023
As the Super Mario Bros. movie finally opens in Japan, its Japanese dub is debuting overseas on the same day.
- Canada, Japan, USA
- (Japanese language • linguistics • movies • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. movie • video games)
Pikachu helmets are coming to Japanese pro baseball team’s uniforms【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2023
Yokohama adds some Pokémon style to their batting helmets and caps.
- Japan
- (anime • Baystars • cool • cute • DeNA Baystars • fashion • hats • Pikachu • Pokemon • sports • video games • Yokohama • Yokohama Baystars)
Nintendo renames Mario character Blackie to Spike in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Apr 23, 2023
39 years after making his debut, the Wrecking Crew antagonist gets a new name.
- Japan
- (COK • Mario • nintendo • Spike • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. movie • video games • Wrecking Crew)
Pokémon starter frappe dessert drinks are waiting for you to choose them at Family Mart【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 21, 2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet starter trio, with assists from Pikachu, present a tough but tasty convenience store dilemma.
- Japan
- (anime • convenience stores • Family mart • Family Mart frappe • frappe • Fuecoco • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • Quaxly • Sprigatito • sweets • video games)
Gorgeous Legend of Zelda 3-D puzzle sets are on the way to test fans’ wisdom【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2023
Master Sword, Triforce, and Hyrule Crest present three challenges.
- Japan
- (cool • Legend of Zelda • Master Sword • nintendo • puzzles • toys • Triforce • video games)
Video game maker Konami employee tries to kill old boss with fire extinguisher
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2023
Says he wanted to kill former manager “in order to live.”
Final Fantasy X kabuki stage play to stream internationally with English subtitles
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2023
Isn’t it wonderful?
- Japan
- (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy X • kabuki • Live action • Square Enix • stage plays • video games)
Super Mario meets Godzilla in Tokyo skyline moment of serendipity
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2023
King of video games and king of the monster show up in the same place at the same time.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • Godzilla • movies • nintendo • Shinjuku Godzilla • Super Mario • The Super Mario Bros. movie • video games)
The New Kirby takeout dessert shop chain gives you the chance to eat Kirby’s butt【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2023
Little Kirby car cake is a big reason to stop by the new sweets shops in Tokyo and Osaka.
- Japan
- (cake • COK • cute • food • Kirby • Kirby Café • Kirby Cafe Petit • nintendo • restaurants • sweets • themed cafes • themed restaurants • video games)
Looks like Slime and tastes mysterious – Taste-testing Japan’s newest Dragon Quest sweets
- Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2023
Sweet edamame Slimes draw near to our stomachs as Dragon Quest teams up with maker of northeastern Japan’s most famous traditional dessert,
- Japan
- (COK • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • dragon quest walk • edamama • food • Kasho Sanzen • mochi • Sendai • slime • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tohoku • video games • zunda • zunda mochi)
What better way to fly to Japan than on the brand-new Pikachu Jet?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 28, 2023
ANA’s Pokémon plane will be ready for international flights in time for the summer travel season.
- Japan
- (Air travel • airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • anime • awesome • cute • Pikachu • Pikachu Jet • Pokemon • travel • video games)
Lush x Super Mario Bros. Movie collaboration is filled with surprises for Nintendo fans
- Oona McGee
Mar 25, 2023
Slather your body in Mario and Luigi and immerse yourself in the game world…literally!
- Japan
- (bowser • COK • cool • Luigi • Lush • Mario • movies • nintendo • Princess Peach • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • The Super Mario Bros. movie • video games)
How would Pokémon Scarlet and Violet look with pixel art? Awesome. Japanese fan shows【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2023
And it’d sound great with the Nintendo DS sound suite too.
- Japan
- (awesome • bitmap • cool • fan art • pixel art • Pokemon • Pokémon Black and White • Pokémon Scarlet and Violet • video • video games)
What if Resident Evil was a 1970s anime? It’d look like this, Capcom shows in official video【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2023
Honestly, we want a whole season of Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater.
- Japan
- (anime • Capcom • crazy • funny • Heidi • Nippon Animation • Resident Evil • Resident Evil 4 • video • video games • weird • World Masterpiece Theater)
Sega celebrates graduation season with chalkboard art of iconic video game characters
- Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2023
A touching video clip culminates with some famous well-wishers sending a special message to this year’s graduating class.
- Japan
- (art • chalk • education • graduation • moving • Persona • Puyo Puyo • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • Sonic • touching • video • video games • Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
Retro PlayStation bags and accessories take you back to the ’90s without breaking the bank
- Katie Pask
Mar 18, 2023
Celebrate your love for Sony’s flagship home console with these cute (and cheap!) accessories.
- Japan
- (39 Mart • accessories • cute • playstation • PS One • Sony • technology • Thank You Mart • video games)
Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2023
Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Arcades • Bandai • Bandai Namco • bars • crane games • drinks • game centers • Kabukicho • Namco • Namco Tokyo • Pacman • parfaits • shinjuku • sweets • video games)
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