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Finally! First-ever Pokémon manhole covers installed in downtown Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2021
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Pokéfuta are waiting for fans outside two of Japan’s best museums.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Ueno • Ueno Park • video games)

Killing Machine appears at Japanese baseball stadium, Dragon Quest fans thrilled【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2021

Video game monster brings the heat with a sizzling fastball.

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• Japan
• (awesome • baseball • cool • crazy • Dragon Quest • Seibu Lions • sports • video • video games)

Experience a job putting dandelions on sashimi for eternity in new VR game!

• Master Blaster
  Jun 14, 2021

Easily the most sophisticated sashimi dandelion simulator to date.

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• Internet, Japan
• (chrysanthemum • dandelion • food • Oculus Quest • sashimi • video games • VR • VR Sashimi Tanpopo • work)

Landmark Akihabara arcade Adores is the latest Tokyo game center to go out of business

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2021

Only a few days remain for the crane game specialist.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • Arcades • closing • crane game • crane games • game centers • UFO catchers • video games)

Final Fantasy VII silicone mold lets you make Buster Sword chocolates, ice cubes in your freezer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2021

Cloud’s iconic weapon is ready to help quench your thirst and satisfy your sweet tooth.

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• Japan
• (awesome • Buster Sword • chocolate • clever • cooking • cool • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • ice cubes • Square Enix • video games)

Ness’ Earthbound hat comes to the real world thanks to New Era, Earthbound popup store on the way

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2021

Quirky classic Nintendo video game inspires fashionable caps and gigantic plushie of franchise’s mascot creature.

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• Japan
• (Earthbound • fashion • hats • mother • new era • nintendo • plushies • video games)

Super Mario Bros. is actually a three-person co-op game, as long as you play it like this【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2021

No one needs to wait their turn to play as Luigi thanks to an epiphany about the Nintendo classic.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • famicom • funny • NES • nintendo • SNJO • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video • video games)

New Pokémon x McDonald’s collaboration features Pikachu on milkshakes and desserts in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2021

Limited-edition series is a treat for the eyes and the taste buds.

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• Japan
• (anime • apple pie • cute • desserts • drinks • fast food • food • limited time • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • McShakes • milkshakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Huge life-size Slowpoke Pokémon plushie wants to hang out in your home, but you have to act fast

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 3, 2021

Lovably laid-back Pocket Monster is only available for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • big • cool • crazy • interior • plushie • Pokemon • Slowpoke • video games)

Nintendo to convert former Kyoto factory into museum of the company’s history

• Master Blaster
  Jun 2, 2021

A historic venue for a historical facility.

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• Japan
• (factory • Kyoto • museums • nintendo • travel • Uji • video games)

Ōkami menu and merch coming to Capcom Cafe in June for limited time

• Master Blaster
  May 31, 2021

Now you can have your Amaterasu and eat it too.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • Capcom Cafe • food • Ikebukuro • Okami • restaurants • Tokyo • video games)

Final Fantasy gets new vinyl music collection with Final Fantasy IV-Song of Heroes

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2021

Selected soundtrack from first 16-bit cartridge game in the series includes two arrangements of each piece of music.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy IV • music • records • Square Enix • video games • vinyl • Yoshitaka Amano)

Smash Bros. director Sakurai says he’s not retiring from video games…”probably”

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2021

Well, that’s a relief…maybe.

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• Japan
• (Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)

Crazy pigeon dating simulator Hatoful Boyfriend being delisted for PlayStation, iOS, and Android

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2021

One of the weirdest, most compelling otome games to ever come out of Japan is flying the coop.

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• Japan
• (birds • crazy • dating simulators • funny • Hatoful Boyfriend • otome games • romance games • video games • weird)

Have a Super Mario Summer with Nintendo’s newest line of outdoor leisure products

• Dale Roll
  May 22, 2021

Spruce up your at-home camping with these awesome Mario goods!

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• Japan
• (barbecue • camping • cool • fun • goods • Mario • nintendo • summer • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games)

Could Piplup be the newest face of Pokémon? Mysterious, cute video prompts speculation

• Dale Roll
  May 22, 2021

Piplup fans, your time has come!!

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • funny • Piplup • Pokemon • video games • YouTube)

Berserk creator’s death inspires massive memorial gatherings in Final Fantasy XIV【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2021

Dark Knights come together to pay respects to Kentaro Miura, who was a light in their lives.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • Berserk • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XIV • Kentaro Miura • manga • memorial • moving • touching • video • video games)

Retro game dream — A massive collection of 99.36 percent of every Game Boy game ever released

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2021

Collector approaches achievement of 100-percent completion.

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• Japan
• (awesome • collection • cool • crazy • Game Boy • nintendo • retro games • video games)

What’s better than a Pokémon PC cushion set? A two-Pokémon one!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 20, 2021

Both sides of this Pokémon’s split personality are here to help you with/distract you from whatever you’re doing at your PC.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Morpeko • PC cushion • plushies • Pokemon • Premium Bandai • video games)

Giant Pokémon huggy pillow is a dakimakura version of a sweet that’s too cute to eat【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2021

Mega-size Tokyo Banana Eevee is here to nourish us with warm fuzzy feelings.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • cute • dakimakura • Eevee • food • huggy pillow • interior • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

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