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Warm-up and exercise with Machamp in new Pokémon-themed calisthenics video

• Ingrid Tsai
  Mar 5, 2021
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Even if you don’t have four arms, folks of all ages and physiologies can break a sweat with Machamp!

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• (calisthenics • cute • exercise • fitness • Machamp • nintendo • Pokemon • video games)

Getting divorced in the new Story of Seasons video game means you have to kill your kids

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2021

No need for custody hearings in Olive Town, apparently.

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• Japan
• (crazy • divorce • funny • Pioneers of Olive Town • Story of Seasons • video games • weird)

Mew makes Pokémon manhole project debut in the most crazy-remote part of Tokyo there is

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2021

Pokémon Masters will need to spend an entire day traveling from Tokyo to spot the rarest of Gen I Pokémon and the evolved forms of the original three starters.

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• Japan
• (anime • bonin islands • chichijima • crazy • manhole covers • Mew • Ogasawara • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • travel • video games)

Man arrested for sending 37 death threats to Square Enix because he couldn’t win at a game

• Master Blaster
  Mar 1, 2021

He should have done some office work to relieve his stress.

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• Japan
• (crime • death threats • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest of the Stars • Hoshi no Dragon Quest • RPG games • smartphone games • Square Enix • video games)

New Pokémon Wedding Plan in Japan includes Pikachu couples jewellery

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2021

Loved-up Pikachus are ready to tie the knot with you on your special day.

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• Japan
• (anime • cake • chapels • cool • cute • jewellery • marriage • Pikachu • Pokemon • romance • video games • wedding plan • wedding rings • weddings)

Japanese drum game Taiko no Tatsujin celebrates 20 years with TikTok version, tournament, and more

• Master Blaster
  Feb 27, 2021

Beloved game is kicking it into Oni mode for 2021.

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• Japan
• (20th Anniversary • Bandai Namco • music • rhythm games • taiko • Taiko no Tatsujin • TikTok • video games)

Does Tokyo need a legal limit on kids’ video game playing time? Governor gives opinion

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2021

One year after Kagawa capped kids’ playtime, will Tokyo follow suit?

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• Japan
• (government • kids • laws • Parenting • parents • politicians • society • Tokyo • video games • youth • Yuriko Koike)

New Final Fantasy VII Remake version coming, brings ninja girl Yuffie to Midgar【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2021

Yuffie-senpai and her hunky ninja subordinate are here to crush giant robots and nab Materia.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade • Square Enix • video • video games • Yuffie Kisaragi)

Final Fantasy XVI will draw on “anguish you can only understand once you become an adult”

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 24, 2021

Producer Yoshida wants to make a game adults who grew up with Final Fantasy can get excited about.

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• Japan
• (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XVI • Naoki Yoshida • Square Enix • video games)

Downtown Tokyo losing another arcade with closure of Shinjuku Taito Station

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2021

Chain managed by Space Invaders publisher pulls plug on game center.

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• Japan
• (Arcades • game centers • shinjuku • Taito • Taito Station • Tokyo • video games)

Happy 35th anniversary to a true gaming icon: The guy from Hudson’s Adventure Island

• Master Blaster
  Feb 22, 2021

Master Takahashi is a treasured pioneer of pro-gaming.

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• Japan
• (35th Anniversary • apps • Hudson Soft • Hudsons Adventure Island • Master Higgins • Master Takahashi • Star Force • Takahashi Meijin • Toshiyuki Takahashi • video games)

Rising sun removed from Street Fighter II background in game’s latest re-release

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2021

The sun sets on E. Honda’s bathhouse mural design 30 years after it first appeared.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • rising sun • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • video games)

Official Super Mario 35th anniversary theme song is filled with Easter eggs non-gamers will miss

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2021

Gen Hoshino’s musical love letter to the Nintendo series is filled with fun for fans and newbies alike.

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• Japan
• (cool • Gen Hoshino • J-Pop • music • nintendo • Super Mario • video • video games)

If you love Psyduck, you’ll love U-Treasure’s newest Pokémon necklace

• Dale Roll
  Feb 13, 2021

Keep the headache-ridden duck Pokémon close to your heart every day!

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • jewelry • necklaces • Pokemon • Psyduck • silver • U-Treasure • video games)

Pokémon Centre in Japan apologises for mistake, makes plushie even more valuable

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2021

One person’s defect is another person’s treasure. 

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• (anime • cute • limited edition • merchandise • plushies • Pokemon Center • pokemon center japan merchandise • rare • shopping • toys • video games)

Embarrassing blunder spotted on PlayStation 5 store has Japanese Twitter in stitches

• Katie Pask
  Feb 7, 2021

Always remember to double check your spelling before you hit submit!

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• Japan
• (English • English fail • funny • playstaiton • playstation • PlayStation 5 • Sony • technology • video games)

Unlike real-life counterpart, Tokyo 2020 Olympics video game is going remarkably smoothly

• Master Blaster
  Feb 6, 2021

New updates over next two months, free of charge and misogyny!

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• Japan
• (beach volleyball • judo • Kaho Sakaguchi • PS4 • Reika Murakami • Sega • Shinichi Shinohara • switch • Tokyo 2020 Olympics • Tokyo 2020 Olympics The Official Video Game • video games)

Man arrested in Japan for selling modified Pokémon to Sword and Shield players

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2021

He might have gotten away with it if someone in Kyoto hadn’t wanted an extra-strong Sobble and Scorbunny.

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• Japan
• (anime • crime • nintendo • nintendo switch • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • video games)

Nier Automata’s creator is confused by Square Enix’s new fan art guidelines

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2021

Maybe for another series it wouldn’t be a headscratcher, but Yoko Taro is surprised about one request.

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• Japan
• (fan art • fan works • funny • Nier • Nier: Automata • Square Enix • video games • Yoko Taro)

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