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Disgaea dev's spooky new Stardew Valley-like is finally confirmed for a western release months after its Japanese announcement
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Honogurashi no Niwa, a cozy but spooky new farming sim announced for launch in Japan back in July 2025, is…
Nintendo Switch is more popular among Japanese teens than Disney, Pokémon and Nintendo itself, survey finds
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Nintendo Switch is the second most popular brand among Japanese teenagers, beating out the likes of Disney and Pokémon.That’s according…
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii: English translations of Japanese games lose ‘flavour’ because it’s ‘a simple language’
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Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has said that Japanese games typically lose some “flavour” when they’re translated to English, because…
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English is "a simple language," so "the flavor tends to get lost in many ways" when translating games from Japanese
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Localization is a tricky process. You’ve got humor, tone, and social dynamics to contend with amid the surface translation. JRPG…
I’ve been looking forward to a game called Screamer for a little while now. Out at the end of March…
"An aggressive copyright troll" spent years abusing DMCAs to turn a bizarre Japanese PC game into lost media, until "they f***ed with" preservation-focused historians with a legal team
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If you’ve heard of Cookie’s Bustle, it’s likely because of a long-standing campaign to erase most traces of its existence…
Armored Core 6 is an otome game if you squint at the mecha in the right light and admit he's handsome, Japanese fans of the FromSoftware game decide: "Yeah, I get it"
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Fine, its post-apocalypse wasteland isn’t as sexy as the thigh-high boots you’ll find in a comparable game like Stellar Blade,…
True Japanese horror games avoid "jump scares and graphic violence," Fatal Frame 2 directors say, because they respect that "frightening things can be beautiful"
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I’ve been spending a lot of time fixating on little things in my Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly remake demo.…
Felicity’s Door, a new rhythm action game from a Japanese indie studio, has arrived on Apple Arcade.Created by Tokyo-based AREA35,…
Legendary Japanese shooter studio was skeptical of Sony's PS1, but not for the same reason as everybody else: "I don't want to work with them because they've got beards"
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There are many reasons why I’ve decided to keep to myself instead of making a new friend out of a…