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Some impressions on today’s Japanese Nintendo Direct.
Nintendo Direct live-streams always seem to either get people excited or get them riled up, but regardless they’re always something I (and I’d like to think many others) look forward to, regardless of the announcements. Today’s Nintendo Direct was Japan … Continue reading
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Tagged 3DS, amiibo, Animal Crossing, Capcom, Chibi-Robo!, Dr. Mario, Fire Emblem, Japan, Mario, Monster Hunter, Nintendo, Nintendo Direct, Wii U, Yoshi
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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
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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
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Tagged Fashion, Import, Japan, Merchandise, Nintendo, Splatoon, Wii U
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Splatoon manga now available in English
Kantopia has posted a fully translated version of the new Splatoon manga from CoroCoro magazine. It’s short, but sweet, and you can read it here! I won’t take away much of your time, if you want to find out a … Continue reading
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
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
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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
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Tagged Art, Famicase, Famicom, Features, Games Culture, Japan, Meteor, Nintendo
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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
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