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Monster Hunter Wilds fan animation has Alma “Dragon Ball-fuse” with the Handler from Monster Hunter World
Unlike Dragon Ball fusions, such as Gotenks and Gogeta, the resulting fusion isn’t a melding of Alma and the Handler’s personalities or physical attributes. Rather, it only features Alma wearing her ...
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Japanese shrine once repaired thanks to Ghost of Tsushima fans bans all tourists after “unforgivable act of disrespect”
The Watazumi Shrine is one of the locations on Tsushima Island that gained significant worldwide attention after the release of Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima in 2020. The shrine is ...
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Atelier Yumia’s development scale was the largest in the franchise’s history, according to Koei Tecmo
Koei Tecmo Games launched the RPG Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land on March 21. The latest mainline entry in the Atelier series was the largest undertaking in developer ...
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Castlevania official musical by Japan’s all-female Takarazuka Revue unveils new poster
Artwork by Ayami Kojima for 1997's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It was revealed last year that Japan’s all-female Takarazuka Revue will do a stage adaptation of Konami’s Castlevania video game ...
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Death Stranding 2 dominates top four spots on Japan pre-order ranking
In the week between March 16 and March 22, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach took the top four sports on Amazon Japan’s most pre-ordered video game ranking, with the Collector’s Edition already sold out ...
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“This wasn’t something Capcom forced me to do” Mega Man 2 creator talks about why the game was made in only three months
Releasing on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1988, Mega Man 2 came out mere months after 1987’s Mega Man, the first game in Capcom’s iconic series. One of the key creators of Mega Man 2, ...
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Silent Hill f ban in Australia retracted, age rating up for review again
In response to AUTOMATON’s inquiry, the Australian Classification Board has stated that its “Refused Classification” (RC) rating of Silent Hill f has been retracted. At the time of writing, the game ...
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Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi talks about his decision to leave Bandai Namco and the inspiration behind his new game
Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi recently talked about why he left Bandai Namco Games (now Bandai Namco Entertainment) and formed Studio Uvula. Speaking to Game*Spark, Takahashi discussed ...
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Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai encourages Japanese developers to pursue the kind of games Japanese people love instead of adapting
In recognition of his extensive Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games YouTube channel, Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the Art Encouragement Prize from the ...
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Having a Nintendo Switch logo in your game’s YouTube trailer boosts views big time, Japanese dev finds. But does it translate to sales?
Certain videos on Japanese indie game brand ANMC’s official YouTube channel have been seeing their view counts skyrocket compared to others. Bizarrely, the most viewed videos are those with the ...
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Goddess of Victory: NIKKE fans lose it over new character Bready’s figure and stretch marks
Many aspects of Bready’s design are being celebrated. From her chubby physique to her love of bread, it looks like many players will be rolling for Bready when she becomes available. Fans also picked ...
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Like a Dragon cleverly avoids complaints about reused assets by getting players emotionally attached to its recurring locations
At GDC 2025, Sega’s RGG Studio held a session about the Like a Dragon series’ development, entitled “RGG DESIGN: The Secret to Narrative-Driven and Short-Term Development in Like A Dragon” (as ...