Tag Archives: Import
“8BIT MUSIC POWER” now available to pre-order!
You may remember around a month ago we featured an article about “8BIT MUSIC POWER”, a brand new chiptune album from Japan released in Famicom cartridge format! I was quite excited to discover that Japanese artist and programmer RIKI was working on … Continue reading
Posted in Merchandise, Music, Posts
Tagged 8BIT MUSIC POWER, Chiptune, Columbus Circle, Famicom, Homebrew, Import, Merchandise, Music, NES, Nintendo, RIKI
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Listen to chiptune the way it was intended with RIKI’s “8BIT MUSIC POWER”!
Many fans of chiptune music will tell you that the best and most authentic sounding beats around are those produced by the machines that inspired the genre themselves! Be it the NES or the Game Boy, both of which sport a wide … Continue reading
‘Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.’ is the perfect guidebook to the Mushroom Kingdom
スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科！！！ すっごいデータベースでこういうのめっちゃ大好き……！ pic.twitter.com/Wdjn2ao1Uy — 3雲 (@mi3_kumo) October 20, 2015 Nintendo are continuing their celebrations of Mario’s 30th birthday with the release of an officially licensed guidebook detailing all things Mario, fittingly named ‘Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.’. Pictures are beginning to emerge … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Merchandise
Tagged Art, Books, Import, Japan, Mario, Merchandise, Nintendo
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You aren’t cool unless you’re wearing Xevious jeans.
Cospa, a Japanese fashion company who primarily produce cosplay goods, have decided to fill the gaping hole in every person’s wardrobe by creating Xevious jeans. I have to be honest, I never thought I’d end up writing about Xevious and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fashion, Merchandise
Tagged Accessories, Arcade, Art, Fashion, Import, Japan, Merchandise, Namco, Xevious
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Japan’s awesome Super Mario 30th Anniversary items are worth envying
Nintendo have created a brand new line of goods to celebrate Mario’s 30th anniversary this year, and they’re far too cool to be confined to a crane machine! They’ll be available in Taito crane machines in arcades across Japan … Continue reading
Posted in Merchandise
Tagged Arcade, Import, Japan, Mario, Merchandise, Nintendo, Toys
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Got an hour to spare? Check out some Japanese indie games fresh from Comiket 88
Comiket (Comic Market) is the world’s largest self-published works fair, hosted every year in Tokyo. It’s notable for its crazy lines and rare goods that are often re-sold for over 10 times their original selling price, and as you’d imagine, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Games Culture, Video
Tagged Comiket, Dojin, Games Culture, Import, Indie, Indie Games, Japan, Video
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Now you can pretend you’re Luigi by dealing up with these Mario playing cards
When you think of Mario’s bright and cheery adventures, gambling is unlikely to come into your mind. Well, perhaps you’ve visited Princess Peach’s Rec room in Super Mario 64 DS and placed a few sneaky bets on a game … Continue reading
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Tagged Accessories, Art, Import, Japan, Mario, Merchandise, Nintendo
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In celebration of the FA Cup final, here are some crazy football games you should try
It’s undoubtable that football (or soccer, if you like) is one of the biggest sports in the world, and in spite of various recent revelations involving a bunch of old geezers accepting ‘favours’ (in my head this would be crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Features
Tagged DS, Famicom, Features, Football, Import, Japan, NES, Nintendo, SNES, Soccer, Sports Games, Super Famicom
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CyberGadget’s new console plays almost everything, and you can pre-order it right now
This is the RetroFreak, a brand new multi-system console from Japanese peripheral creators Cyber Gadget, (who you may be aware of for bringing us this entirely necessary accessory for the 3DS). Earlier this year, all eyes were on Hyperkin’s Retron5 … Continue reading
Another piece of Splatoon merchandise that can’t transform you into a squid, but will make you look cool.
The Splatoon-centric Nintendo Direct that aired earlier this month made a big deal out of the duds featured in Splatoon, and in the British direct the voiceover man even went as far as to call it a “utopian fashion … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Merchandise
Tagged Fashion, Import, Japan, Merchandise, Nintendo, Splatoon, Wii U
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Minus World 