Shibuya at Night. Tokyo, Japan. By Fernando Reyes Medina JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Like, actual trains departing the station to actual Dragon Quest music. Only in Japan! As pointed out on Kuma News, when trains on the Tokyu Toyoko Line depart Shibuya Station, they are sent off with the Dragon Quest Overture. Other train stations in Tokyo have jingles or play melodies (Ebisu Station, for example, has the…
It’s not that cats are important in Japanese politics. Cats are important. Full stop. This is Satoshi Shima. He previously worked at mobile carrier Softbank, and before that, he was a member of Japanese Parliament. He’s now running to represent the Mikawa region in Aichi Prefecture in the upcoming election. During Japanese elections, candidates plaster…
Mount Koya. Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. By Kenneth Choy. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Nintendo already released its first smartphone app Miitomo earlier this year. Now, apparently, it’s hiring more folks for future ones. According to Game Watch Impress, the listings are for both the company’s Kyoto headquarters and its Tokyo office. They might give an insight as to what Nintendo is up to. These listings come as last…
Dorm life can suck! Especially if your roommates smoke and you don’t. One college student in Nanning City, China constructed a breathing contraption to combat secondhand smoke. As pointed out on GameOver and Shanghai Daily, the student shares a dorm room with several smokers. So, he bought a fan to blow in clean air from…
Everything must come to an end, even Bleach Back in 2013, it was announcedthat the manga was starting its final act. According to Seiyu Fan, that act will come to a close this fall when Bleach’s 74th volume is released. Manga artist Tite Kubo launched Bleach back in 2001. Since then, there have been anime…
Finally! The second season of the Attack on Titan anime will be aired next spring. Wit Studio, which did the first season back in 2013, is returning to handle the second one, andTetsuro Araki, who was first season’s Series Director, is also back to helm as the show’s Chief Director. Via the show’s official site,…
The River. Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. By Nicolas Cheung JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
The Squid Sisters from Splatoon are the latest costume cameos for Super Mario Maker. Perfect for the underwater levels!
According to Nintendo.co.jp, there won’t be any new package retail Wii U games released in July or August in Japan. There are a few download-only and Virtual Console titles, but no big new releases. This could change, but there you go.
Deoksugung Palace. Seoul, South Korea. By Mike Hattsu JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
Overnight, footage of some silly-looking characters from the upcoming Pokémon: Sun and Moon leaked online. No way they could be real. Turns out, they were. Clips of each new Pocket Monster appeared on YouTube sporting what looked like Russian game board ratings. Considering how there are always fakes and seeing how these designs looked questionable,…
It’s really quite something else. Slated for mobile, Pocket All-Stars Smash Bros. might sound like Smash Bros. How it plays, though, is totally different. Forget the recent Splatoon clone, this one is even more brazen. Under the game’s Chinese title, it reads “Smash Bros.” (スマッシュブラザーズ) in Japanese. Smash Bros., it’s not. As pointed out by…
Hunter x Hunter manga artist Yoshihiro Togashi, who is well-known for taking breaks, is going back on, you guess it, a break. Togashi’s longest Hunter x Hunter publication streak is 30 issues, while his longest hiatus is 80 issues. The manga returned to print earlier this year, but, as Buzz Plus now reports, the upcoming…
Red Bridge. Nikko, Japan. By Vittorio Giorgi JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
If you have small children, you might wish your company did more to help. You might wish it was like South Korea’s NCSoft As reported on Korean site Pitch One, via tipster Sang, NCSoft has a pre-school called “Smiling Peanut” that is located at the first and second floors of the company’s headquarters. Smiling Peanut…
Once again, Japan is raising the bar with hamburgers. This time, it’s turned its skills to Ghostbusters. Entabe reports that J.S. Burgers Cafe is rolling out Ghostbusters themed food at its restaurants. There’s the G.B. Burger (above), which comes with burgers slathered in black olive and anchovy paste, “bloody hot ketchup,” and cream on black…
From the sound of it, add Nintendo to the list of companies that are interested in VR. Japanese Twitter user NStyles was at today’s Nintendo shareholders meeting in Kyoto and live-tweeted what was apparently said. Keep in mind that Nintendo has yet to release an official transcript, so Kotaku hasn’t yet been able to confirm.…
1000 Yen Viewpoint at Lake Motosuko. Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. By Neub Detat. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!
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