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The reason why Nintendo’s Super Mario smartphone game won’t have in-app purchases is brilliant
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2016 - Tweet
It seems that, as always, game designer Shigeru Miyamoto knows exactly what he’s doing.
- Global, Japan
- (Mario • nintendo • Shigeru Miyamoto • Smartphones • Suoer Mario • Super Mario Run • video games)
New Japanese VR dating simulator reads your brainwaves and chooses the ideal girlfriend for you
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2016
No need to choose who’s the best girl when you can let brain activity sensors make the selection for you.
- Japan
- (dating simulators • Tokyo Game Show • video games • virtual reality • VR • weird)
Is Pokémon’s main human character about to leave the anime franchise behind?
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2016
Satoshi is set to go to school for the first time ever starting this fall, but what does that mean for the Pokémon animated timeline?
- Japan
- (anime • Pokemon • Pokémon Sun and Moon • video games)
This just might be the greatest UFO catcher game ever【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 13, 2016
Amazingly generous arcade makes the diabolically difficult game super easy in celebration of something that had the entire town feeling good.
- Japan
- (Arcades • baseball • Hiroshima • sports • UFO catcher • video • video games)
Nationwide Pokémon GO ban sought by Indian lawsuit that claims title is religiously offensive
- Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2016
Pokémon GO’s eggs apparently contain not only baby Pokémon, but seeds of controversy too.
- India
- (controversy • lawsuit • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • religion • video games)
Sony’s newest commercial for the Persona 5 PS4 bundle has 5,000 reasons to love it【Video】
- KK Miller
Sep 11, 2016
If you needed a console to go along with the new game, this is the right bundle for you, but don’t take our word for it, let Meiji Era poet Ichiyo Higuchi tell you all about it.
- Japan
- (Ichiyo Higuchi • Japanese commercials • persona 5 • PS4 • PS4 slim • video games)
Nintendo is coming to iPhones with Super Mario Run for iOS devices
- Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2016
Two more beloved Nintendo series to also appear on Apple devices soon after.
- Japan
- (Apple • iOS • iPhone • Mario • nintendo • Smartphones • Super Mario • video games)
Pokémon Go to Launch for Apple Watch
- Anime News Network
Sep 8, 2016
Separate Pokémon Go Plus accessory still slated for this month.
- Global
- (Anime News Network • Apple • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)
Fan artist draws the terrifying hybrid monsters birthed by Pokémon GO’s graphics glitches
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2016
Suddenly, we’re really frightened by the game’s promise that there are Pokémon all around us.
- Japan
- (fan art • funny • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • scary • video games • weird)
Sony set to make “aggressive” move into AR phone gaming market thanks to success of Pokémon GO
- KK Miller
Sep 7, 2016
Which Sony intellectual property do you want to chase around in the real world?
- Global
- (augemented reality • Pokémon GO • Smartphones • Sony • video games)
Give your gaming setup some Japanese style with this sweet floor chair
- Evie Nyan
Sep 6, 2016
Take your gaming to the next level: the floor!
- Japan
- (gaming • gaming chair • Japanese style • video games)
Nintendo’s been hiding a secret about Pokémon’s Snorlax for 20 years 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2016
Clever Pokédex Easter egg finally pays off as sleepy Pocket Monster’s true power is revealed for first time in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
- Japan
- (clever • cool • Easter egg • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon Sun and Moon • Snorlax • video • video games)
Non-profit organization creates database to reunite lost video games with their original owners
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2016
Overseas shopping trip leads to creation of Japanese NPO that deeply respects the sentimental value of old-school video games.
- Japan
- (cool • nintendo • NPO • retro games • video games)
Tokyo is getting a sports bar-style restaurant where diners can watch video game contests
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2016
Square Enix set to open new cafe in downtown this autumn.
- Japan
- (cafes • e-sports • food • restaurants • Square Enix • Tokyo • video games)
Experience I am Setsuna’s moving theme as a beautiful paper-tape music box
- KK Miller
Aug 31, 2016
I am a paper-tape music box that plays “Winter Journey’s Tale” in steady plinks so you can revisit that snowy vista.
- Japan
- (I am Setsuna • music • music box • soundtrack • video games)
No Mario’s Sky fan game combines summer’s biggest release with Mario gameplay, but for how long?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2016
Planet-hopping platformer’s infinite levels likely to disappear from the Internet very soon.
- Australia, Internet
- (fan games • Mario • nintendo • No Man's Sky • Super Mario • video games)
Pokémon Moon is keeping it a little too real with the descriptions…
- Michelle Hughes
Aug 30, 2016
Encountering Pokémon in real life via Pokemon GO is cool. Lapras on the edge of extinction due to poaching? Not so much.
- Japan
- (Lapras • Pokemon • video games)
After turning into Mario, Japan’s prime minster gets turned into an awesome pixel art GIF
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2016
Journey from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro recreated in the style of Nintendo’s classic games
- Japan
- (art • GIF • nintendo • pixel art • prime minister • Super Mario • video games)
Pokémon’s Eevee becomes the latest adorable PC cushion wrist rest from Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2016
Pikachu’s old Pokémon rival isn’t going to let him hog all the cuddly spotlight.
- Japan
- (anime • computers • cute • Eevee • PC cushions • plushies • Pokemon • stuffed animals • toys • video games)
Historical race horse schoolgirl lesbian idol singers, all in one new Japanese video game【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2016
These fillies have definitely filled up at the anime trope trough.
- Japan
- (anime • horse racing • video • video games • weird)
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