Tag: Japan
Retail Therapy Nintendo Stores, Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto)
We had the good fortune of visiting all three of Japan's Nintendo stores
News Check Out This Previously Unseen Footage Of Splatterhouse RPG "Splatter World"
Existance of the Famicom title was only hinted at previously
News Rhapsody: 25th Anniversary Collection Is Coming To PS5 And Switch
Includes Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure
News Tenshi No Uta Collection Launches On Nintendo Switch This September
Update: Special edition with CD and book also available
News Professor Layton Mobile Game Gets English Translation
2008's Mansion of the Deathly Mirror is now playable in English
Random 13 Years On, Japanese Investigation Finds Sega's Toylets Still Attract A "Stream" Of Users
We're not taking the piss, honest
News Konami Once Held A Patent For Transparent Walls In Video Games
"I am extremely opposed to the way Konami operates"
News Once Upon A Time, Konami And Namco Didn't Want People To Share Reviews Or Cheat Codes
"Divulging cheats and reviewing games was a violation of their intellectual property"
News Nintendo's Game Boy Is A Hot Item In Japan Again
Classic handheld selling for high prices in Akihabara
Update: Language options confirmed
News Japanese Writer Akira Yamashita Has Launched A New Online Museum
"I can say that the era that I dreamed of has arrived"
News We're Getting A "Classic Edition" Of The PC-88, Japan's Iconic '80s Computer
The PC-8801 mkⅡ SR, to be precise
News Rare SNES Prototype Auction Cancelled After Passing The $2 Million Mark
Update: "The designated auction has been closed"
Feature The Truth About Retro Game Hunting In A Post-Pandemic Japan
Is it all doom and gloom?
News "I'm At A Loss For Words" - How A Japanese Arcade Destroyed By Fire Is Rising From The Ashes
WWE star Asuka lends her support
News New Rage Of The Dragons, Breakers Revenge And Asuka 120% Games Coming To exA-Arcadia
Plus a bunch of other titles for the arcade system
News The Highlight Of EVO Japan? A Schoolgirl Dominating A Game Made Years Before She Was Born
"Chaperoned by her parents, and casually bodied everyone"
"When I next woke up, I was temporarily blind"
News Metal Slug Artist Recalls When Neo Geo Was So Popular "People Would Commit Crimes To Get It"
"I guess they thought it was a sales vehicle loaded with SNK games"
News Visions Of Mana's New Japanese Trailer Goes Heavy On Nostalgia
The next entry in the Seiken Densetsu series
News "The Tourists Have Taken Everything" Laments Japanese Resident As Retro Runs Dry
"I don’t bother shopping for retro games in big Japanese cities anymore"
News 30 Years Later, P47's Cancelled Mega Drive Port Is Finally Being Released
The announcement was made at this year's Shooters Fes
News Game Center CX Writer Launches New Video Game-Themed TV Show
Pajapiko is described as "a gaming slumber party"
News Japan's Life-Sized Gundam Powers Down For The Final Time
18-meter tall robot deserves a rest
News Arcade Archives Holding Special Event To Celebrate 10th Anniversary
The commemorative event will take place on May 18th
News Granada & FZ Senki Axis Heading To X68000 Z, Pre-Orders Now Live
Releasing April 25th in Japan
News Japanese Gamer Uses 3DS After Burner II To Create Home Arcade Setup
Space Harrier also shown in action
News The Japanese Game Preservation Society Is Selling Off Rare Items To Fund Its Vital Work
Scanner is needed to preserve video game magazines
News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Is Being Delisted In Japan
Update: Will be delisted from all digital stores in the region
News Japanese Second-Hand Stores Are Making Their Own Famiclones To Cope With Retro Demand
"Sales have doubled at some stores"
News World's First Museum Of Video Game Art Is Being Built In Japan
Developed by Koyo, a Koei Tecmo Holdings subsidiary
News Japanese Retro Arcade That Took 10 Years To Build Goes Up In Flames
"We never imagined it would end like this"
News Uniqlo And Capcom Made A Game Starring Street Fighter Characters
Playable in your web browser
News Why Osaka's 61-Year-Old Kasuga Arcade Is Still Going Strong
Opened its doors in 1963
News 43 Years On, And Epoch's Cassette Vision Is Finally Playable Via Emulation
1981 console once had 70% of the Japanese market
Feature The History of Erotic Games In Japan
A (largely) SFW investigation from the Japanese Game Preservation Society
News Super Rare 1970s Nintendo 'Perfect Score' Trophy Sells For $660
Given away when Color TV Game Block Kuzushi launched
News A Classic "Ganbare Goemon" Manga Series Is Getting Reissued Digitally in Japan
13 volumes will be available as e-books from February 8th