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Every single Nintendo Super Famicom game offered for sale in one bundle by Japanese collector
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019 - Tweet
Over 1,000 titles, including ultra-rare unreleased games and prize versions, could be yours with just one click (and a lot of cash).
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • crazy • nintendo • retro games • Super Famicom • Super NES • video games)
Disney is making an anime-style game where you meet handsome villain boys
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019
Video game features character designs from a famous manga creator, starts with hot guys “twisted from Alice in Wonderland.”
- Japan
- (anime • Black Butler • dating simulators • Disney • Disney Twister-Wonderland • manga • otome games • romance games • video games)
Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix receives death threat from gamer angry at loot boxes/gacha
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019
”Wash your necks and wait!” commands gamer who didn’t get the item he wanted.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • Final Fantasy • gacha games • loot boxes • Square Enix • threat • video games)
Japan’s new era name sounds exactly like Final Fantasy’s “Prelude” when plotted as musical notes
- Casey Baseel
Apr 3, 2019
Listen to this video, and you’ll swear one of the greatest pieces of video game music was secretly a prophecy that took 32 years to come true.
- Japan
- (cool • Emperor • Emperor of Japan • era name • Final Famtasy • gengo • music • new era name • Reiwa • Square Enix • video games)
Japanese gamers with “Multiplay Phobia” avoid online play so they won’t cause trouble for others
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2019
Even before anyone gets mad at them, they don’t want to spoil other people’s fun.
- Japan
- (COK • online games • phobias • society • video games)
Watch Ryu from Street Fighter unleash a shoryuken combo on a Red Bull can in epic stop motion
- Koh Ruide
Mar 29, 2019
Crumples it so easily, we don’t think there is going to be a round two.
- Japan
- (awesome • Capcom • cool • Red Bull • Ryu • shoryuken • stop motion • stop motion animation • Street Fighter • video games)
Brand-new Pokémon maternity wear and baby clothing line announced for Japan
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2019
Monpoke will also have toys and picture books for extra-tiny would-be Pokémon Masters.
- Japan
- (anime • babies • COK • fashion • kids • maternity • maternity wear • Monpoke • mothers • parents • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)
Gaming toilet design could be Japan’s greatest bathroom contribution since washlet bidets
- Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2019
An ergonomic advancement for the modern gamer.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • funny • illustration • interior • Toilets • video games)
Here comes a new T-Shirt! Uniqlo Street Fighter II and V shirts
- Master Blaster
Mar 21, 2019
Next time you dismantle a car with punches and kicks, do it in one of these neat champion edition shirts.
- Japan
- (Dhalsim • fighting games • Guile • shoryuken • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • Street Fighter V • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video games)
Nintendo has made maybe the coolest video game pamphlet ever for Yoshi’s Crafted World【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2019
Crafty designers create an endless loop of origami-style fun out of what looks like a simple sheet of paper.
- Japan
- (ads • awesome • clever • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • video • video games • Yoshi • Yoshi's Crafted World)
Epic Street Fighter comeback actually isn’t a comeback, but is something even more amazing【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2019
Taking the concept of action movies and applying them to fighting games is an awesome new idea for e-sports professionals.
- Japan
- (awesome • Capcom • cool • e-sports • hadouken • Ryu • Street Fighter • Street Fighter V • video • video games)
Wrinkly Pikachu cookies are the latest Japanese interpretation of Ryan Reynold’s CG Pikachu
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2019
Edible fan art comes after the latest preview taste of the live-action Detective Pokémon movie.
- Japan
- (anime • cookies • cute • Detective Pikachu • food • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games • weird • Wrinkly Pikachu)
Sega suspends sales of yakuza video game after actor/musician is arrested on cocaine charges
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2019
It’s one thing to play a crime boss in a game, but when the real life actor starts breaking the law, Sega is ready to pull the plug.
- Japan
- (crime • Drugs • Judge Eyes • Judgement • Masanori Taki • Pierre Taki • scandal • Sega • video games • yakuza)
Dragon Quest wedding: Japanese video game lovers celebrate with classic Sony PlayStation details
- Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2019
Mind-blowing wedding goals include a personalised video game and RPG character sketches for each guest.
- Japan
- (anime • Dragon Quest • gamers • games • Japanese weddings • love • playstation • romance • Sony • video games • weddings)
Taiwan’s Pokémon Go granddad is still at it and now has twice as many phones
- Master Blaster
Mar 13, 2019
What? Uncle Pokémon is evolving!
- Taiwan
- (Chen San-yuan • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Smartphones • Taipei • Uncle Pokemon • video games)
User edits Dragon Ball Z SFX and music into Apex Legends, everyone memes in response
- Katy Kelly
Mar 13, 2019
A Twitter user made a great video, turning an FPS game into a Dragon Ball battleground. But that darned choice of music…!
- Japan
- (anime • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • lawyers • Takahiro Karasawa • video games • weird)
Japanese couple celebrates marriage by pulling Master Sword from Legend of Zelda wedding cake
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2019
Newlyweds skip standard Japanese wedding protocol and do what they really want to do: raise Nintendo sword high to declare their love for one another.
- Japan
- (cakes • cool • marriage • Master Sword • nintendo • the legend of Zelda • video games • weddings • Zelda)
Japanese Dragon Quest fan finds her one-button fix for composer’s questionable politics
- Casey Baseel
Mar 9, 2019
Koichi Sugiyama’s political beliefs keep some gamers from enjoying the video game series, so this famous Japanese psychiatry expert has her own special cheat code.
- Japan
- (controversy • Dragon Quest • Koichi Sugiyama • music • politics • video games)
Mouthwatering Pokémon KitKat “ad” has us dreaming of the future of Japanese sweets【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2019
The lovingly animated concept video is too good to be true…for now.
Hard-drinking Wrinkly Pikachu fan art explodes on Twitter following Detective Pikachu trailer
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2019
Japanese artists bring the Pokémon icon’s anime-to-live-action evolution back to illustrated form.
- Japan
- (anime • art • cute • Detective Pikahcu • fan art • funny • illustration • Live action • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • weird • Wrinkly Pikachu)
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