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Fashion, food and fighting – Splatoon gets real in HITEYE’s Shibuya guide fanzine
A new project from RAW-Fi is putting a stylish, Splatoon-inspired spin on your ordinary city guidebook. Embracing Nintendo’s squid/kid phenomenon head on, HITEYE‘s latest edition compiles the hottest locales in Shibuya – the area of Tokyo which inspired Splatoon‘s ‘Booyah Base’ hubworld … Continue reading
Robotic Akira from Virtua Fighter perhaps the most terrifying thing to walk the earth
When people talk about the supposedly impending ‘rise of the machines’, in which the technology we have created turns against us and rules over us with an iron, circuit-filled fist, it’s unlikely the thought that said machines will be practicing … Continue reading
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Tagged Fan Works, Fighting Games, Japan, Sega, Sega Saturn, Virtua Fighter
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An hour of dojin games from Comiket 90
Edelweiss are back with their latest dojin and indie game trailer compilation video straight from Comic Market, the world’s largest self-published works fair held in Tokyo twice a year, which reaches its 90th instalment this summer. Featuring more than an hour’s … Continue reading
Spend the day in Tokyo with SUDA51
French web-series Toco Toco, which takes a look at Japanese culture through the eyes of the country’s creative minds, is back with a series of brand-new, new-look episodes focusing specifically on game creators. Leading the line-up is Goichi Suda, known more widely … Continue reading
The sights, sounds and tastes of the Kirby Café
By now it has become well-known on social media that next month, three Japanese cities will play host to a pop-up café themed around Nintendo’s resident eating specialist Kirby. Focused on offering a far cuter experience than in your average café, the Kirby … Continue reading
Branching Paths – A captivating journey through Japan’s indie game scene
In the last decade or so, indie games have become a big deal. The people and teams who work to create their own unique gaming experiences, as well as the culture surrounding them, have caught the attention of gamers, media … Continue reading
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Tagged Branching Paths, Features, Film, Indie, Indie Developer, Indie Games, Japan, People, Reviews, Toco Toco
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You’ve Probably Never Played… Sonic Cafe mobile games
Sonic Cafe series Developer(s): Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Platform(s): Mobile Release Date: 2001-2007 It would be no stretch to say that Sonic has been around. Featured in games of all genres and on almost every platform under the sun since Sega’s exit … Continue reading
Gorgeous minimalist prints celebrate 20 years of iconic Pokémon design
Designer Dan Clarke has produced some stunning work for Arkotype, a passion project of his creation that stylishly combines gaming and graphic design, which we have featured on numerous occasions. His latest project is a minimalist design for a print featuring all … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Design, Fan Works, Merchandise, Pokémon
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More cart-based chiptune goodness with “8BIT MUSIC POWER NEXT”
Following on from the success of 8BIT MUSIC POWER, the unique chiptune album which released earlier this year in authentic Famicom cartridge format, homebrew developer and artist Riki Iwasaki has announced at the 2016 BitSummit indie developers conference that a sequel is in … Continue reading
Japanese indie game scene documentary Branching Paths releasing later this month
Japan’s indie game scene has a tendency to receive a lot less attention than its western counterpart, despite a keen community of hobbyist and professional developers alike spread across the country. Events such as BitSummit have begun to gain traction as … Continue reading
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Tagged Branching Paths, Film, Indie Developer, Indie Games, Japan
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