Anime and games are intimately tied together in Japan: popular games tend to get anime adaptations and popular anime…
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Richard Eisenbeis
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Japanese Correspondent. Player of Japan-first and Japan-only games. Watcher of way too much anime. Occasional streamer.
Almost as far back as I can remember, I've been a gamer. At the age of four, my family got an original Nintendo with…
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Guardian Heroes is often considered one of the best of the Sega Saturn library. It is an excellent brawler…
Monster Hunter: it has sold millions of copies in Japan. I have personally seen it played in parks, on trains, and…
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Last night at their press event in San Francisco, NIS America announced they would be releasing three new Japanese…
To start with, a fair bit of warning: I am not what you would call a Monster Hunter fan. The first (and last) game…
So you have a Vita and love Japanese games. We've already shown you how to make a Japanese PSN account and how to…
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This past weekend at the JAEPO arcade game expo in Tokyo, Konami showed off Dance Dance Revolution, the latest…
When you think of Japanese arcades, you probably think of fighting games, music games, and racing games. You might,…
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Groove Coaster was originally a fantastic rhythm iOS game made by the creators of Space Invaders Infinity Gene.…
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Perhaps the most creative game at this year's JAEPO arcade game expo was e Sports Ground. Utilizing a series of…
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Monster Hunter is everywhere in Japan—including the JAEPO arcade game expo. However, this Monster Hunter arcade is…
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Later this year, Nintendo and Bandai-Namco will release a new Mario Kart game, Mario Kart Arcade GP GX, in arcades…
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Earlier tonight here in Tokyo, Bandai Visual held a launch event for Ghost in the Shell: Arise, the new Ghost in…
Do you have a PlayStation Vita and a love of Japanese games, but feel the games you want to play take too long to…
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No one can doubt that Monster Hunter is a phenomenal success in Japan. One iteration or another has been on every…
Have you ever wanted to log on to the Japanese PlayStation Network to download some demos or buy a game or two but…
Growing up, I had two game systems: a barely working Atari 2600 (which lived largely forgotten in our guestroom…
Berserk is a franchise (in)famous for two reasons: compelling storytelling and ultraviolence. A dark fantasy, Berserk…
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Since the start of the manga back in 1990, there have only been two video games made in the Berserk franchise. The…