You are looking at the cartridge art for Street Fighter II Turbo’s Japanese release. It’s not only different from the…
In the first three days on sale in Japan, Pokémon Sword and Shield sold 1.365 million copies at retail. While digital downloads aren’t included, these sales figures have made the games the biggest first-week Switch sellers to date in Japan. If you missed it, read Kotaku’s Pokémon Sword and Shield review here.
This week, Nintendo Tokyo will open its doors to the general public. Today was a press preview, allowing for a peek…
The Beauty Of the Japanese Countryside. Hyogo, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft | Twitter
For years, there has been speculation that Professor Oak and Ash’s mom Delia are totally together. As in like, doing…
In 2005’s Kingdom Hearts II, Ayumi Ito first voiced Tifa Lockhart and since then has continued to be the character’s…
Japan is known for its video arcades, from the tiniest little collections of claw games in basements to entire…
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Want to know how the arcade scene has changed in Japan? According to Abema Times, there were over 26,000 arcades in 1986. As of last year, there were around 4,000. For more on the challenges arcades are having in Japan, check out Kotaku’s previous coverage.
High school students in Japan decided to bring the RX-O Unicorn Gundam to life.
On November 1, a billboard went up in Tokyo’s Akihabara near the station. The advertisement featured about ten…
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The Tsukiji Fish Market might be gone, but its memories live on in Kotaku articles and in digital recreations. The short film Memories of Tsukiji, which premieres this December in Tokyo, brings the market to life thanks to photogrammetry and point cloud technology. More info on the movie’s official site.
Online in Japan, fans are wondering why the mascot character and the official representative for the country’s…
Odaiba. Tokyo, Japan. By Adrian Tiu.
Anime eyes might look OK in, well, anime, but on real-life humans, they look freaky as hell.
If you’ve ever been to Japan, maybe you’ve visited one of the country’s numerous gardens. They are wonderful places…
Each year, folks in the town of Chikuzen, Japan, create sculptures out of rice straw to mark the fall harvest.…
Super Nintendo World won’t open at Universal Studios Japan until next spring. But recent snapshots show how…
