Japanese Entertainment News & Pop Culture since 1993
Anything related to video games
Nintendo Japan has released a statement that they will be ending online services for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U on April 9, 2024. Nintendo wrote, “Please note that if an event occurs that makes it difficult to continue the service, we may have no Read More …
“Metaverse TOKYOBAY”, one of Japan’s largest Metaverse sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, opens today where everyone can enjoy fishing in Tokyo Bay! Instead of eating the fish you catch, you’ll be given a prize every day by lottery as a fashion item for Edomae Read More …
With the STEAM sale of Capcom’s “Monster Hunter: World” bringing the game to under $10, the number of players playing the game on New Year’s Day was 131,964. This is the highest number of people playing the game since October 2020 and was the 12th Read More …
Imagineer Co., Ltd. announced on August 30 (Wednesday) that sales of “Fit Boxing” for Nintendo Switch will end at 23:59 on November 30 (Thursday). According to the official note released at the same time, the distribution of the download version of the game and the Read More …
A small “phenomenon” is occurring on Japanese auction sites and flea market apps where individuals can easily buy and sell products. The trading price of “Nintendo 3DS” (2011-2020), which is Nintendo’s previous generation portable game console, continues to soar. Futaman recently released an article to Read More …
Akajikou is a popular gamer known for competing in the popular Sega puzzle game “Puyo Puyo”. In fact, in January and December 2022, she had won the “Puyo Puyo Ladies Cup”. It was revealed that Akajikou competed while battling cancer. But her husband posted sad Read More …
BANDAI NAMCO ONLINE and BANDAI NAMCO Studios announced that the total number of players for PC online action RPG “BLUE PROTOCOL” has surpassed 600,000. Bandai Namco Online’s online game service business for domestic PCs said this is the fastest record ever and also that the Read More …
It was announced on June 15 that the official smartphone game app “Sakukoi” for “Sakurazaka46” will be released. It is a game that contains both the “adult” and “student” appearances of the members, and the opening movie that has been released also depicts the days Read More …
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu Success Special service will be ending on December 4th. The following was announced: Thank you for always using “JIKKYOU PAWAFURU PUROYAKYU SUCCESS SPECIAL”. This service has continued to operate with the support of many customers since its launch in April 2016, Read More …
The movie “Biohazard: Death Island” distributed by Kadokawa ANIMATION will be released in theaters on Friday, July 7, 2023! Along with the release date of this new CG feature film of the “Resident Evil” series, the poster visual was released. ◢◤CG長編映画 バイオハザード：デスアイランド◢◤ 国内劇場公開日決定 ━ 2023.07.07━ Read More …
Konami Digital Entertainment has started accepting pre-orders for the PlayStation 5/PlayStation 4/Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch/PC action game “Super Bomberman R2”. The release is scheduled for September 14th, and the price is 5,995 yen. In this work, a new battle mode “Castle” has been added, Read More …
Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson is reporting that a new PlayStation handheld, “Q Lite” is in development and will support adaptive streaming up to 1080p, 60FPS and requires a constant Internet connection. SONY recently released a video for “PS Remote Play”:
“Resident Evil RE:4” is a remake title based on “Resident Evil 4” released in 2005. In addition to reconstructing the original story and modernizing the play feel (operation system), the highly immersive visual expression brought about by the latest graphic technology utilizing the in-house developed Read More …
Several Japanese netizens are posting that “Atelier Ryza 3” Depth of Field is too strong and the blurriness has made them get motion sickness (some who wrote that they felt like they were drunk). Currently, the depth of field can be turned off only in Read More …
Five major announcements commemorating the 20th anniversary of the popular game variety “Game Center CX” being broadcast on Sports Variety will be unveiled on March 3. The highlight live challenge event will be held on October 29 at Saitama Super Arena. Yoiko and Arino Shinya Read More …