It had a good run, but it’s finally time to call it a day for the Nintendo 3DS. According to a report on The Verge, the Japanese Nintendo website announced the discontinuation of the beloved portable, putting a cap on a nine-year run and effectively …Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. franchise has just turned 35, and Nintendo shows no signs of slowing down their work with Mario and Luigi. After a few years of teasing about a Mario Bros. animated film, it just announced that the movie is scheduled to …Read more »
There are boys’ love anime, manga, light novels, and now there’s a special BL card game that takes you through your own “choose your own adventure” storyline in a school setting. According to SoraNews24, it’s called “Minna de Making! BL,” which translates as “Making a …Read more »
When a series of any kind runs for literal decades, the opportunities for less-than-good entries become more and more frequent — and this is just as true in The Legend of Zelda as anywhere else. Turning out games like Breath of the Wild and Twilight Princess …Read more »
If you were around when Crash Bandicoot first became a thing in the mid-90s, you no doubt remember the live-action ads. Now they’re back to terrorize Japan and the rest of the world… but specifically Japan in this case! Crash’s mission this time around is …Read more »
Anime and gaming go hand in hand these days. Whether it’s an anime being adapted into a game of vice-versa, it seems you can’t have one without the other. Today, though, we’re looking for shows that will resonate with gamers in one way or another …Read more »
Mobile games come and go, and the latest to do the latter is Case Closed Runner: Race to the Truth. Also known in Japan and elsewhere as Detective Conan Runner, the game launched in Japan in April of 2019, followed by North America a couple …Read more »
Microsoft finally revealed the prices of its two next-gen consoles—Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S—this week, putting even more pressure on Sony’s PlayStation 5 to bellow out its own asking price. While we may not know the answer yet, Truly Exquisite has revealed a …Read more »
The two women known by their professional pen name Akira Himekawa sat down for an interview about their The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga. Asked how their manga is different from the video game, we got this answer: “First off, it’s completely different from …Read more »
One of the big surprises revealed at this weekend’s Virtual Crunchyroll Expo was the announcement of a Shenmue anime based on Sega and creator Yu Suzuki’s game series of the same name. The adaptation is in the works as the result of a collaboration between Crunchyroll and …Read more »
September 13, 2020 will mark the 35th anniversary of the first Super Mario Bros. game, so Nintendo has been making some big announcements. According to Anime News Network, “Nintendo will release a Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. handheld device, as well as the following …Read more »
It turns out that LA Gladiators pro Overwatch esports player Bischu is not only a fan of gaming, but also of anime. He was interviewed by Anime News Network about his entrance into anime and his favorites. Bischu explained that anime has always been around …Read more »
Professional Japanese singer and crooner Yumi Matsutoya, who sang the theme song in Kiki’s Delivery Service, is thrilled to be doing the new theme song for the historical game franchise Touken Ranbu. In the game, you get Japanese swords (nihonto), which look like bishonen. Matsutoya …Read more »
There’s a set of toys in Japan with the English name “Who Are You?” where you start out with a colorful fluff ball and you have to wash it for it to turn into the actual toy. Once washed, you can see if you have …Read more »
Do you like playing crane games to get a toy for yourself or your sweetheart? Then your next destination might be the brand-new Tokyo arcade called Taito Station Fuchi Kururu, which boasts an impressive 454 crane games. That’s so many that the business has already …Read more »
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