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Cloud’s Buster Sword is becoming an awesome real-world clock for Final Fantasy fans

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2022
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Hey, Buster, tell me what time it is!

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• Japan
• (awesome • clocks • cool • crazy • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • interior • Square Enix • video games)

Japanese company asks fans to refrain from sending Valentine’s chocolate to game characters

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2022

Company known for its games filled with handsome samurai says thanks, but no thanks.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Koei Tecmo • Touken Ranbu • Valentine's Day • video games)

Sega name to be removed from all of its arcade branches in Japan as part of rebranding

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 28, 2022

Sayonara, Sega.

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• Japan
• (Arcades • COK • game centers • Genda • GiDO • Sega • video games)

Hands-on with Pokémon Legends: Arceus from someone vomit-inducingly bad at action games

• SoraNews24
  Jan 27, 2022

If you’re so bad at action games that even you non-gamer spouse clowns on you, will you still have fun with the newest Pokémon game?

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• Japan
• (nintendo switch • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokemon Legends Arceus • SNJO • video games)

How to make your kids hate video games using Animal Crossing

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2022

Japanese dad turns play into punishment.

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • kids • nintendo • nintendo switch • Parenting • parents • video games)

Former Nintendo headquarters reopens as hotel in Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

Reservations now being accepted for a night in gaming history.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • cool • culture • gaming • history • hotels • Kyoto • nintendo • travel • video games)

Japan’s Hardcore Gamer General Election generates different results from casuals survey…sort of

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2022

One director dominates the top 10, which looks very different from the casual poll, except in one way.

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• Japan
• (Breath of the Wild • COK • Dark Souls • Hidetaka Miyazaki • Legend of Zelda • survey • video games)

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A pop-up cafe to open in Akihabara

• Master Blaster
  Jan 19, 2022

Don’t forget to press “select” too if you bring a friend.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Ganbare Goemon • Gradius • Konami • konami code • Mystical Ninja • pop-up cafes • Tokyo • Twinbee • up up down down left right left right b a • video games • Yie Ar Kung-fu)

Touken Rambu chocolates are a treat for anime fans and a test of how well you know the characters

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2022

Our resident blade boy supporter doesn’t need to look at the label to know what flavor her favorite characters are.

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• Japan
• (anime • chocolate • COK • SNJO • sweets • Touken Rambu • video games)

Nintendo issues warning about scam sites pretending to be the company’s official homepage

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 14, 2022

Sites offer deep discounts on Switch, but could be taking something else in return.

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• Internet, Japan
• (COK • fraud • fraudsters • nintendo • scam artists • scams • video games)

Japanese firefighter docked pay for making over a million yen from game streaming

• Master Blaster
  Jan 13, 2022

If you’re a firefighter in Japan, the only thing you can stream is water.

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• (civil servants • COK • firefighters • game streaming • live streaming • side jobs • society • video games • YouTube)

Liev Schreiber’s son deemed “too beautiful” in Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jan 12, 2022

Many are likening his look to Studio Ghibli’s Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle.

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• Japan, USA
• (actors • anime • anime characters • bishonen • celebrities • Final Fantasy • hollywood • howl • Howl's Moving Castle • Kai Schreiber • Liev Schreiber • twitter • video games • Yuri!!! on Ice)

Giant Pokémon Go video display at Shinjuku Station brings our reporter to tears

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2022

A moving moment…for more reasons than one. 

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• Japan
• (ad • advertising • augmented reality mobile game • marketing • mobile games • Niantic • nintendo • P.K. Sanjun • Pokemon • Pokemon ad • Pokémon GO • Shinjuku Station • SNJO • Tokyo • video • video games)

Stay warm with Gelato Pique’s new line of Animal Crossing loungewear coming out this week

• Shannon
  Jan 12, 2022

Along with Tom Nook, you can also wear Lolly, Skye, and more!

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • Animal Crossing: New Horizons • cute • fashion • loungewear • nintendo • pajamas • roomwear • video games)

Power up with this positively scrumptious kakuni braised pork Pac-Man manju from Nagasaki

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 11, 2022

Famous Kyushu specialty meets classic video game in this gastronomic dream team.

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• Japan
• (Bandai Namco • COK • collaboration • curry • food • Iwasaki Honpo • Kyushu • manju • Nagasaki • Namco • pac-man • video game • video games)

What’s inside the Super Mario lucky bag from Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2022

Fukubukuro merch to make any Nintendo fan say, “Oh yeah! Mario time!”

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• Japan
• (anime merchandise • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2022 • merchandise • nintendo • SNJO • Super Mario • video games)

Limited time Pokémon Lapras Cafe in Miyagi Prefecture promotes tourism in northern Japan

• Shannon
  Jan 2, 2022

Like Lapras? Like the northern Tohoku region? Then you’re in luck.

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• Japan
• (anime • cafes • Chansey • cool • cute • Geodude • Lapras • Miyagi • Miyagi Prefecture • Pokemon • restaurants • themed restaurants • travel • video games)

The best cosplayers of Day 1 of Winter Comiket 2021【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2021

Welcome back, Comiket cosplayers!

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • Comiket 99 • cosplay • cosplayers • SNJO • video games • Winter Comiket 2021)

2021’s top stories in video game and Nintendo news【SoraNews24 Year in Review】

• SoraNews24
  Dec 31, 2021

How to shut down anti-gaming haters, confusing fan art guidelines, an N64 personality test, and a Zelda arrest.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • funny • Legend of Zelda • Nier: Automata • nintendo • Pokémon GO • retro games • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games • weird • year in review • Year in Review 2021 • Yoko Taro)

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Grand Underground Spheres enter real world, wait for you to eat them

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2021

You don’t have to go digging into the earth to find them, either.

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• Japan
• (candy • food • nintendo • Parco • Pokemon • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl • Shibuya Parco • sweets • video games)

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