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There’s an ink version of Splatoon, but it can’t transform you into a squid…
It’s unlikely that the ink they’ll be using to print this will be the same type used in Splatoon‘s turf wars, but now you can read all about the inkling’s escapades in this one-shot manga based on upcoming Wii U game … Continue reading
A Famicom for the 21st Century?
Artist Arne Niklas Jansson has recently posted a really cool and creative new concept for a variation on the Famicom system, the ‘Famicube’, on his website Android Arts. This interesting notion takes into consideration both a brand new identity for the Famicom, as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Concept, Console, Famicom, Games Culture, NES, Nintendo
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As usual, this year’s Nintendo company guide is a thing of beauty.
Following on from 2014’s beautiful Hanafuda-inspired design, Nintendo have once again gone above and beyond with the design for their company guides, guides presented by Nintendo of Japan to their new employees, providing them with an overview of both the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Games Culture
Tagged Books, Games Culture, Japan, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto
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There’s now a manga about Street Fighter champion Daigo Umehara at school
Yes, this is real life. Daigo ‘The Beast’ Umehara, holder of the Guiness World Record for “the most successful player in major tournaments of Street Fighter”, the man known by the Japanese media as “the god of 2D fighting games”, the man … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcade, Capcom, Daigo Umehara, Fighting Games, Japan, Manga, Street Fighter
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Meteor’s 2015 Famicase Exhibition is Live
Awesome Japanese-based design store Meteor have just opened their yearly ‘My Famicase Exhibition’, an in-store art exhibition displaying hundreds of original Famicom cartridge cases, each sporting one of almost 150 different artists’ take on fictional Famicom games of their creation. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Features, Games Culture
Tagged Art, Famicase, Famicom, Features, Games Culture, Japan, Meteor, Nintendo
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This Game Boy drum kit is a must-have for budding chiptune artists
Affordable music software website Bedroom Producers Blog have recently collaborated with Fairly Confusing Waveforms to create this awesome free collection of lo-fi drum samples, all recorded straight from an original Game Boy running the LSDJ (Little Sound DJ) music creation tool! The pack contains … Continue reading
A Hokuto no Ken tournament in 2015!?
It’s about time gloriously over-the-top arcade fighter Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star in the west, based on the 1984 manga of the same name) got some love, but I never expected it to be like this! Tokyo … Continue reading
The Famicom Disk Writer kiosk has scarily catchy music
Around the launch of the Famicom Disk System, Nintendo introduced Japan to the Famicom Disk Writer; a clever method for allowing Famicom Disk System owners to change up their game library for a reduced price (generally around 500 yen as opposed … Continue reading
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Tagged Famicom, Games Culture, Import, Japan, NES, Nintendo, Retro Games
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Do you ever feel like your bookshelf is missing that Game & Watch touch?
Japanese company Columbus Circle have released an awesome (and unexpected) piece of merchandise that possibly exceeds their Famicom towel in terms of being an item I didn’t know I wanted, but do now; the ‘Retro & Multi-Stand’ bookends! Two variants are … Continue reading
Posted in Games Culture, Merchandise
Tagged Accessories, Game & Watch, Games Culture, Import, Japan, Merchandise, Nintendo, Retro Games
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