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Nintendo Switch Sales Nearly Double In Japan

Good news for Nintendo! Switch sales nearly doubled in Japan during the last sales week, when compared to the previous week’s. According to 4Gamer, via Media Create, Nintendo Switch came in top in the country’s hardware ranking for the week of March 20 to March 26. Here’s how the Japanese hardware sales chart look for…

Kyoto Imperial Palace. Kyoto, Japan. By Timothy Shill. 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!

Kid Makes A Cardboard Nintendo Switch Because Mom Won’t Buy The Console

Gotta love the creativity of kids! Twitter user Ama-chan’s kid brother made this cardboard Nintendo Switch because their mother wouldn’t buy the real deal. According to Ama-chan, her little brother is in fifth grade and dreams of making video games in the future. If that doesn’t work out, he can always design hardware, cardboard or…

Japanese Stock Photos That Are Strange On Purpose 

That’s the point! Welcome to the world of Sukima Nurse, a stock photo site for those with very specific stock photo needs. Most stock photos seem varying degrees of goofy. But, as IT Media notes, this site is dedicated to the “one percent of maniac demands.” Sukima Nurse is an offshoot of Nurse-Web.jp, a recruiting…

An Excellent Way To Make VR Barfy 

Hope you don’t mind feeling pukey! I know I do. This is “Robot VR,” a three-minute long attraction at the Everland Amusement Park in Yongin, South Korea. Check out this short TechInAsia clip: It reminds me of this barfy VR gaming chair we posted a while back, but with more seats so you can get…

Romancing SaGa 3 is coming to the iOS, Android, and PS Vita in Japan. The game originally came out 1995, and the release date for this remastered version is TBA. No word about an international release, either.

Here’s our first look at Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2! That’s right, the crossover between Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon is getting a sequel. It’ll be out August 31 on the 3DS in Japan. No word yet about an international release. 

The Hell Just Happened On Dragon Ball Super With Bulma’s Baby?!

As previewed at the end of the last Dragon Ball Super episode, this latest one was about Bulma and her new baby. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t continue! Because, with Bulma pregnant and everyone gathered nearby, Whis did this: AND NOBODY FREAKED OUT. Well, nobody in Dragon Ball Super, that is. They reacted…

Here’s your first look at the new Inazuma Eleven anime. Titled Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenpin, it’s the latest entry in Level-5’s soccer series. The show will be broadcasting this October in Japan. 

Highschool Of The Dead Writer Daisuke Sato Has Passed Away

Writer Daisuke Sato died on March 22 from coronary artery disease. He was 52. Illustrated by Shoji Sato and written by Sato, Highschool of the Dead debuted in 2006 and was turned into an anime series in 2010. Besides Highschool of the Dead, Sato was known for the manga series Imperial Guards as well as…

Atlus Announces Shin Megami Tensei: Deep Strange Journey For Nintendo 3DS

The 2009 Nintendo DS game Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is getting a revamped version for the 3DS. According to 4Gamer, this is a “remake,” and Famitsu reports that it will have full-voice, new graphics, and around 350 new demons as well as a new character named “Alex.” You can watch the debut trailer below:…

Lanterns. Kyoto, Japan. By Cerra Buckholz. 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!

McDonald’s Is Killing Off The Quarter Pounder With Cheese In Japan

Oh dear. This is bad news! Very bad. Starting April 4, you cannot order a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Japan, because the country’s McDonald’s restaurants won’t be offering it. This also applies to the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese. According to McDonald’s Japan, some restaurants might run out of their Quarter Pounder stock before…

Reminder! The Nintendo DSi Shop ends on March 31. In Japan, there’s a program to move unused DSi points to the Nintendo eShop or even convert them to a cash refund. The Japanese program starts April 3 and ends September 29. No word yet for Nintendo’s plans in the West.

If Nier Automata Were A Retro Game

Then, I guess, its characters would look like this. Twitter user Hagetaka has been creating retro versions of Nier Automata protagonists like A2 and 2B. The cool part is that Hagetaka has also been offering a window into the process that went into creating this pixel art: Excellent work! Kotaku East is your slice of…

Monster Hunter XX sold 848,467 copies in its first week on sale on Japan. In comparison, Monster Hunter X sold 1,488,367 copes in its first week in the region, while Monster Hunter 4G sold 1,446,289 copies during its debut week. 

Defeated League Of Legends Player Rams Head Through Computer Monitor 

Goodness. After losing a match, a League of Legends player in the Chinese city of Lanzhou, one player apparently got angry and slammed his head through the computer screen. According to Ifeng, he was pissed at how poorly his teammates played and took it out on an internet cafe monitor. While other players snapped photos…

Tang Paradise Park. Xi’an, China. By Ronald Delgado. 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 Last Naruto Episode Is Tomorrow 

It’s the end of an era. The final episode of the Naruto-starring TV anime will be aired on March 23, bringing to a close a highly successful series. The first Naruto TV series debuted back in October 2002 and ran to 2007. That same year, the current series Naruto Shippuden kicked off. Now, fourteen and…

Explaining Japanese Geek Slang: “Babumi”

Recently on Japanese television, the anime slang babumi (バブみ) was introduced. For many, it was the first time they’d heard it. In the above image, the handsome guy on the left is “pre-babumi,” while the cuted up version on the right is “post-babumi.” So, what the heck is babumi? In Japanese, “babuu” (バブー) is baby…