The wait is finally over for Jack Jeanne, a rhythm adventure game from developer Broccoli and Tokyo Ghoul creator Sui Ishida that offers up something fresh and exciting every time you play. The stage is your world with the launch on Nintendo Switch, and you …Read more »
Now that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has made its six-year-long awaited debut, loyal fans took the chance to celebrate by taking a much-deserved “Zelda holiday”. With new game releases, there are bound to be artists rushing to make inspired content. Remixed …Read more »
There’s a new crime story in America involving Pokémon , but this time it isn’t about theft of Pokémon cards. Instead, an international drug ring — allegedly using Pokémon art cases as part of their disguise — has been caught. The news comes from ABC6 …Read more »
Akira Toriyama’s 2000 manga SAND LAND is getting an anime movie adaptation coming out later this summer, and it was just revealed it’s also getting a video game. To be more specific, it will be an action role-playing game developed by ICLA. A trailer that’s …Read more »
We won’t know what will happen to Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator and former Square Enix employee Yuji Naka until next month, when a Japanese court’s judgment is set to be handed down for his alleged insider trading. However, Taisuke Sasaki—another former Square Enix employee who …Read more »
Stealing Pokémon cards has been a big issue lately. Just yesterday Otaku USA reported on a 25-year-old man in Tokyo being arrested for allegedly stealing about $15,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a single store. That same man admitted to the charges and has said …Read more »
Pokémon cards can go for a lot of money, and unfortunately as a result there is a problem with people stealing them, including from stores. A 25-year-old man in Tokyo just got arrested for allegedly swiping Pokémon cards worth 2.2 million yen (approximately $15,738) from …Read more »
Video game director and programmer Yuji Naka of Sonic the Hedgehog is in hot water over accusations of insider trading. Cornell Law School explains: “Insider trading is the trading of a company’s securities by individuals with access to confidential or material non-public information about the …Read more »
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been a global blockbuster, and it has a new claim to fame: it has now out-earned Frozen at the box office! The Super Mario Bros. Movie has brought in $1,288,321,030 and is still going. Frozen, on the other hand, …Read more »
Online RPG Final Fantasy XIV is celebrating its 10th anniversary with some real-life events in Japan that sound, well, pretty awesome. The events will feature both fireworks and music from the game. Or, as the official site explains it: FINAL FANTASY XIV 10th ANNIVERSARY FIREWORKS …Read more »
A YouTuber in Nagoya, Japan is in hot water for allegedly putting up footage of video games and anime on YouTube and profiting off these, as he’s not involved in the creation or distribution of the content he shared. In fact, all of this has …Read more »
Aksys Games has been preparing for the launch of otome adventure Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo, and now the time has finally arrived. You can explore the new game’s many secrets right now on Nintendo Switch, so order your copy and start forging your own …Read more »
If the pre-hype wasn’t enough of an indication already, all the chatter during and after launch likely clued you into the fact that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was going to be a pretty huge deal. You’d be totally right to assume …Read more »
A thief or thieves broke into a specialty shop in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan and stole about 600 Pokémon cards. If these cards had been properly sold, the store would have made around 6.5 million yen (which is about $48,000). Among the cards is one …Read more »
Hidekazu Tanaka, an anime and video game composer who has worked on Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and more, has been found guilty by the Tokyo District Court for various counts related to preying on women and …Read more »
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