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Super Mario’s super nipples make their video game debut in Super Mario Odyssey【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2017
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Nintendo’s mascot goes bare-chested at the beach in his newest adventure.

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• Japan
• (nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Odyssey • video • video games • weird)

Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy attractions coming to Universal Studios Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2017

Theme park announces its first-ever tie-up with the pair of massively popular anime, video game franchises.

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• Japan
• (anime • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Osaka • Sailor Moon • theme parks • travel • Universal Cool Japan • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

Video game battles as woodblock prints, “Ukiyo-e Heroes: Boss Fights” now available online 【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 13, 2017

Over ten new designs showing off battles so epic they transcend art periods.

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• Japan
• (art • culture • David Bull • Final Fantasy • Jed Henry • Overwatch • the legend of Zelda • ukiyo-e • ukiyoe • video games • woodblock prints)

Handsome anime men help you pick out a bra, drift off to sleep in new smartphone romance game

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2017

Japanese lingerie maker aims provide players with sweet, possibly spicy dreams.

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• Japan
• (anime • dating simulators • fashion • lingerie • romance games • romance simulators • video games • Wacoal)

Pokémon GO now doctor-approved thanks to Tokyo University study

• Richard Simmonds
  Sep 8, 2017

Results of first scientific study into Pokémon GO‘s health benefits reveal game lowers stress levels.

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• Japan
• (augmented reality • computer games • health • mental health • mobile games • nature • phone games • pocket monsters • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • scientific reports • smartphone games • Tokyo University • video games)

Video game answers age-old question: Could Jesus kick Buddha’s butt?

• Master Blaster
  Sep 8, 2017

Two-dimensional fighting game Fight of Gods offends me deeply, but I wonder how religious people feel about it.

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• Global, Internet, Taiwan
• (Buddha • Fight of Gods • Jesus • religion • Steam • video games)

Super Mario isn’t a plumber, Nintendo officially says

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2017

Like that summer in high school you spent flipping burgers at a fast food joint, Mario’s plumbing days are part of his past.

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• Japan
• (Mario • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • video games)

Chun-Li and Cammy, Street Fighter video game’s first fighting females, get Japanese lingerie sets

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2017

Strongest woman in the world and special forces operative inspire intimate apparel options.

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• Japan
• (Cammy • Capcom • Chun-Li • fashion • lingerie • Street Fighter • Super Groupies • video games)

Game-loving couple rents out Tokyo arcade for their wedding ceremony, battles it out on Tekken

• Meg Murphy
  Aug 28, 2017

Surely these are relationship goals for gamers everywhere.

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• Japan
• (Arcades • game centers • marriage • romance • Takadanobaba • Tokyo • video games • weddings)

“I didn’t care if it was some old guy”: Man dates female avatar in online game for six years

• Master Blaster
  Aug 24, 2017

It didn’t matter if it was real love or not. Masashi Takamoto just needed to escape.

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• Japan
• (child abuse • game addiction • Mabinogi • video games)

Super Mario and Princess Peach wedding registration forms make matrimony super in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2017

The first couple of Nintendo grace the legally binding documents.

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• Japan
• (COK • marriage • marriage registrations forms • nintendo • Princess Peach • romance • Super Mario • video games • weddings • Zexy)

Forget coffee breaks, science says take video game breaks!

• Viewster
  Aug 22, 2017

As if gamers haven’t gotten enough great news from the scientific community, here comes more!

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• Japan
• (coffee • video games • Viewster)

Proof that Japanese Twitter users have Dragon Quest on the brain 【Pictures】

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 22, 2017

Brain-addled fans of the hugely popular Dragon Quest game series see it in everything around them.

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• Japan
• (dragon quest builders • DragonQuest • Japanese Twitter • slime • twitter • video games • weird)

Japanese writing system gets turned into handsome anime men with Hiragana Boys video game

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2017

Feast your eyes on anime eye candy and learn some Japanese at the same time.

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• Japan
• (anime • anthropomorphic • hiragana • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • video games)

Even when getting stabbed in the face, Pikachu remains cute, photos prove【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2017

No attacks are effective at damaging Pikachu’s cuteness.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • funny • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2017 • video games)

Retro freak classic game console returns in cocktail table form【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 18, 2017

Relive the classic games of your childhood on a piece of stylish furniture.

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• Japan
• (cool • furniture • interior • retro freak • retro games • tables • video games)

Street Fighter II and UBIQ collab shoes put some extra kick in your step

• Shannon McNaught
  Aug 18, 2017

Who needs a plain old Street Fighter II t-shirt when you could have shoes instead?

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• Japan
• (fashion • shoes • Street Fighter • Street Fighter II • UBIQ • video games)

Pokémon terrariums let you feel like you’ve got Pikachu, Eevee, and other Pocket Monsters as pets

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2017

Six Pokémon species inhabit the awesome Poké Ball-shaped capsules.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Eevee • Pikachu • Poké Ball • Pokemon • Snorlax • toys • video games)

Mewtwo makes long-awaited Pokémon GO debut in Yokohama fan event

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2017

The most sinister Pokémon of all crashes the Pikachu Outbreak festivities.

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• Japan
• (Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games • Yokohama)

World’s largest Pikachu and Poké Ball appear on Ferris wheel in Japan【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2017

It takes a big Poké Ball to catch a giant Pokémon.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • Ferris weel • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pikachu Outbreak 2017 • Poké Ball • Pokemon • video • video games • Yokohama)

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