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Net users take issue with mobile phone game’s graphics being “moe-fied” for Japanese release
- Krista Rogers
Dec 6, 2018 - Tweet
Unnecessary revamping of graphics leads some to view it as a case of anime-ization gone too far.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • art • Golden Voyage Age • illustration • twitter • video games)
Super-disturbing whole-roasted Pikachu pastry made by overly talented fan chef【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 3, 2018
Maximum points for accuracy to the Pokémon source material, zero points for cuteness.
- Japan
- (anime • baking • crazy • food • funny • gross • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • sweets • video games)
Adult PreCure fans learn anime game for little girls can be emotionally devastating for grown-ups
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2018
Dialogue in new Nintendo Switch video game is just fine for little kids, but “a form of harassment” for older fans.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • magical girls • nintendo switch • otaku • PreCure • Pretty Cure • society • video games)
Anime girl breast bread going on sale at Tokyo bakery【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2018
Ninja girl anime/video game franchise Senran Kagura continues to have one thing (or two things) on its mind.
- Japan
- (anime • bakeries • bread • crazy • food • Senran Kagura • sweets • video games • weird)
Pikachu can now be part of your legal signature in Japan thanks to awesome Pokémon personal seals
- Casey Baseel
Nov 24, 2018
Why just say “I accept the terms of this transaction” when you can say “I accept the terms of this transaction, and also PIKA!”
- Japan
- (anime • cute • hanko • Hankos company • inkan • personal seals • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games)
Japan reacts to latest Monster Hunter movie promo images: “Why is Alice from Resident Evil here?”
- Katy Kelly
Nov 23, 2018
The latest snaps of Tony Jaa and Milla Jovovich in their Monster Hunter guises have drawn a mixed set of reactions from the Japanese net.
- Japan
- (cool • Live action • Milla Jovovich • Monster Hunter • movies • Tony Jaa • video games)
Man in Japan arrested for selling modified Super NES Classics with extra games, making 540 bucks
- Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2018
Tiny-scale operation for pint-sized retro console resales is still too big for Japanese police to look the other way.
- Japan
- (Classic Mini Super Famicom • COK • crimes • nintendo • Super NES Classic Edition • video games)
Spinning Pikachu toy from Taiwan lights up in a dizzying tornado of madness
- Krista Rogers
Nov 20, 2018
This toy makes us wonder if Pikachu missed a lucrative career as either a breakdancer or a strobe light by sticking around with Ash too long.
- Internet, Japan, Taiwan
- (anime • crazy • funny • Pikachu • Pokemon • Taiwan • toys • video • video games)
Osaka woman terrifyingly attacked by intruder while playing video games in her home late at night
- Master Blaster
Nov 19, 2018
Chilling home invasion is like something out of an urban legend.
- Japan
- (circuit breaker • COK • crime • home invasion • Kaizuka • Osaka • scary • video games)
Pokémon wedding video tells beautiful story of a couple who met while playing Pokémon GO
- Oona McGee
Nov 19, 2018
Couple uses NOSTALGIA ATTACK! And with personalised features and 8-bit graphics, it’s a CRITICAL HIT!!
- Japan
- (8-bit • anime • cute • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • retro • video games • weddings)
After being banned for ugliness, the Pikachu Donuts are back, but are they cute this time?
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2018
Is the final-version Pikachu Donut cuter before or after we cut its face in half?
All 151 original Pokémon now available as Tokyo Pokémon Cafe latte art, and you choose your own
- Casey Baseel
Nov 17, 2018
Plus, can’t decide between Pikachu and Eevee? Adorable combo plate means you don’t have to.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • food • latte art • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • restaurants • themed restaurants • Tokyo • video games)
Brand new Pikachu donuts pulled from market for being too uncute to live【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2018
It’s hard to make Pikachu look anything less than adorable, but Mister Donut has found a way…several ways, in fact.
- Japan
- (anime • character food • cute • donuts • food • funny • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • sweets • video games)
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu movie trailer surprises fans with first look at live-action characters
- Oona McGee
Nov 13, 2018
Japanese fans react to the voice of Ryan Reynolds and the decision to give Pikachu so much fur.
- Japan
- (3DS • anime • Detective Pikachu • Legendary Entertainment • Live action • movies • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Ryan Reynolds • video games • Warner Bros)
Super Mario history book accidentally ships with “Grabbing Pussy” poetry collection inside
- Casey Baseel
Nov 8, 2018
Series of crazy coincidences leaves Nintendo fans being told “let me see your masculinity on view in full physical arousal.”
- USA
- (books • crazy • funny • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. 3 • video games • weird)
Hollywood producer talks about upcoming new Super Mario movie, doesn’t make it sound not terrible
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2018
Even with Mario’s creator “front and center” in the movie-making process, this could go very wrong.
- Japan, USA
- (Illumination Entertainment • movies • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Super Mario • video games)
Tokyo University of the Arts to offer graduate program in video game design next year
- Dale Roll
Nov 4, 2018
The exciting program may be the first graduate video game design course at a Japanese university.
- Japan
- (education • graduate school • schools • Square Enix • Tokyo University of the Arts • universities • video games)
Kirby will devour you and your kids as an adorable new plushie pillow【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2018
Manufacturer says new cushion “makes the dream of being sucked up by Kirby come true!”
Mario Segale, the man whose name inspired Nintendo’s “Mario,” dies at age 84
- Scott Wilson
Nov 3, 2018
Without him, who knows what the name of the famous video game plumber would be.
- USA
- (Mario • nintendo • video games)
Shibuya Behavior game goes behind the wheel of a revenge-bent compact truck on Japanese Halloween
- Master Blaster
Nov 3, 2018
A game to remind us about the true spirit of the holiday: bloody revenge.
- Japan
- (crime • halloween • Shibuya • Shibuya Behavior • Shibuya Halloween • video games • werd)
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