Tag: Japan
- Tokihiro Naito was the creator the groundbreaking RPG series 'Hydlide' 
- News After 40 Years, This Iconic Japanese Arcade Is Closing Its Doors For Good - "We look forward to the day when we will be able to see you again!" 
- News McDonald's Japan Launches Special Street Fighter-Related Burgers - And the "Overflowing Energy McFizz" 
- News Got A Spare $8,000? Then You Could Own The Rarest Game On Sega Saturn - Delisoba Deluxe was never sold in retail stores back in the day 
- News Henshin, A New Japan-Focused Indie Store, Hits The UK This Month - Robots, plushes, vinyl and Japanese video games 
- "I felt such a strong respect for the original" 
- News "You Still Can't Beat Me" - 100-Year-Old Grandma Plays Her Super Famicom Every Day - "I don't want to just sleep all the time" 
- News "Rarest" Nintendo Famicom Game Found In US Retro Store For $12 - "I cannot put into words how happy I am" 
- News Wizardry Is Getting A New Anime Based On The 'Blade & Bastard' Novel Series - From Kumo Kagyu (Goblin Slayer) and so-bin (Overlord) 
- Edited by Kazutoshi Iida, designer of Doshin The Giant 
- News Final Fantasy IX Just Got A Picture Book Prequel In Japan, Featuring The Game's Best Character - 'Vivi and Grandpa On the Day of Departure' is out now in Japan 
- News Sega Teases Its New Store In Tokyo - Was confirm last year by the company's transmedia boss 
- News Tenshi No Uta's Super Famicom Sequel Looks Like It's Getting An English-Language Release - The Japanese version will be released in physical form later this year 
- News "One Of The Rarest Video Games In History" Has Finally Been Preserved, And Here's Some Footage - Only a single copy of TRIPITAKA is known to exist 
- News Castlevania Is Getting A Musical, "Awakening Under The Moon" - Update: Overseas tickets now on sale 
- News Watch The Emotional Moment This Legendary Tokyo Arcade Powers Down For The Last Time - Nakano TRF closed its doors for good on May 18th 
- Feature We Might Be About To Lose A Powerful Force In The World Of Video Game Preservation - "When you do the maths, we are completely out of cash in September" 
- News SNK's Athena & Psycho Soldier Are Getting Some New Retro-Themed Merch In Japan - "SNK×BEEP Athena Goods" features reprints of some classic merchandise from the '80s 
- News A New Compilation Celebrating The 'Ys' Series Is Being Released In Japan Next Year - Available to pre-order now 
- News 30 Years Ago, PlayStation Used These Bizarre Ads To Sell British Games To The Japanese - "It'll certainly challenge those clever little fellas" 
- News City Connection Celebrates 20 Years With Two New Famicom Games - Live broadcast and sale have also taken place 
- News 34 Years Ago, Nintendo Begged Fans Not To "Risk" Importing SNES Consoles From Japan - "But before you rush out to buy one, consider these facts" 
- News A Rare Armored Core Mobile Game Has Just Been Reissued On Nintendo Switch In Japan - 'Armored Core Mobile Mission' will also arrive on Steam later this month 
- News Ghost Of Tsushima Hit A Sales Milestone In Japan Only Before Met By Crash Bandicoot 3 - That's according to a new interview with Shuhei Yoshida 
- News Even Japan's Flea Markets Are Better Than Ours - Tokyo's Shinagawa market is "huge" and "crazy" 
- News Popular Tokyo Arcade Offers Update On How It's Doing Post-COVID-19 - Mikado Game Center is an arcade located in Tokyo's Takadanobaba neighborhood 
- News The Future Of A-Cho's YouTube Channels Has Been Secured, Following Deletion Fears - The a-cho amusement arcade in Kyoto closed last month 
- News The English Version Of 'Cho Aniki COLLECTION' Has Landed On The Nintendo Switch eShop - The "muscular shooter" is back, but its high price may put some people off 
- News Tokyo Xtreme Racer Hits Steam Early Access Later This Month, Costs $30 - Update: "This limited-time price will be exclusive to the Early Access version" 
- News 35 Years Later, P-47's Cancelled Mega Drive Port Finally Has A Release Date - Update: Retro-Bit is handling western distribution 
- Best Of 2024 The Truth About Retro Game Hunting In A Post-Pandemic Japan - Is it all doom and gloom? 
- Best Of 2024 The History of Erotic Games In Japan - A (largely) SFW investigation from the Japanese Game Preservation Society 
- Best Of 2024 3 Cities, 17 Stores – Our Epic Retro Gaming Hunt Across Japan - Here are all the places we visited! 
- News As Japan's Arcades Dwindle, 'The Last Game Centers' Aims To Celebrate Their Legacy - "The ultimate version of the project" 
- Random Sega Is Reviving A Saucy Viz Mega Drive Ad For New Japanese Clothing Range - "Daphne had never been fulfilled until Mega Drive came" 
- News Sega Saturn Wireless Earphones And Wireless Charger Go On Sale In Japan - Just in time for Christmas! 
- Japan Post changes its rules regarding lithium batteries 

















































