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Marvel Tokon debuts with less than 3,000 physical copies sold in Japan, well under Arc Systems' Guilty Gear and BlazBlue fighters

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls' second week failed to chart

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Dragon Quest 9 has been trapped on the Nintendo DS for 17 years, and franchise creator Yuji Horii was "a little disheartened" to learn fans never wanted that

Free Dragon Quest 9

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'Beast of Reincarnation' Is Here, But Reviews Are Not Too Fond of Game Freak's New Title

Game Freak's Beast of Reincarnation currently has mixed reviews a day after it was released to the video game market.

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Now 73 years old, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto hopes he's still making games in 10 years despite his family's concerns: "Isn't it about time you stopped?"

"The feeling of 'I hope we can keep going' fits perfectly"

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Shigeru Miyamoto admits Nintendo's been pumping out "a lot of remakes" as Ocarina of Time approaches, but says most people stopped playing the original games within 5 years anyway

It's not an accident

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Nintendo promises to keep "aiming for unique entertainment that only we could produce" as it shouts out its continued "originality" following recent fan vote

Nintendo says it will "continue to challenge various things" going forward

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CEO of major Japanese studio says employees get pay raises if they ace a quiz about its games, because that's "a genuine skill"

It pays to be a student of Ni no Kuni

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Ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Tifa and Cloud are as popular as ever in Japan, with new survey placing them above Link, Pikachu, and more

Mario is still the top dog, however

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Forza Horizon 6 breaks a three-year drought — the first Xbox game to chart physically in Japan since 2023

Forza Horizon 6 has become the first Xbox game since 2023 to chart physically in Japan, landing in Famitsu's top 30 and marking a rare sales milestone for the platform in the region.

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Switch 2’s Tepid U.S. Start Contrasts With Japan’s Red-Hot Console Market

Nintendo's latest handheld isn't having as much success in the States.

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'I'm a medieval otaku, after all': Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says FF9's soundtrack is some of his best work—even if it's more popular overseas

It's not a phase!

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Nier creator Yoko Taro says he isn't prioritizing a new game, pleads for updates from people who are: "Work comes second… well, probably third"

Seems he knows exactly how his fans feel

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Famitsu asks 191 Japanese developers and celebrities their Game of the Year, and lo and behold, J'RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins out

Ghost of Yotei, Urban Myth Demolition Center, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Mario Kart World make up the rest of the top 5

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Phil Spencer swears Forza Motorsport isn’t dead — just parked indefinitely

Phil Spencer confirms Forza Motorsport isn’t cancelled, explaining that Turn 10 Studios is being given more time while Xbox shifts focus to other projects. His comments come amid layoffs, rising profit demands, and growing fan concern over Xbox’s current direction.

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Phil Spencer says next-gen Xbox is first-party — the Xbox Ally hints at what’s next

Phil Spencer has confirmed that Microsoft is developing the next Xbox console, describing it as a first-party device and hinting that it builds on the Xbox Ally’s cross-platform vision. As Xbox faces mounting pressure to hit ambitious profit targets and redefine what “next-gen” means, the company’s future hardware could blend…

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Silent Hill f actor Konatsu Kato says 'I lost track of who I was both in character and in reality' while starring in the survival horror game

Silent Hill f's Hinako is one of the best horror game protagonists for a reason; her actor basically became the character as she 'lost track' of reality.

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New report suggests that there are 3 million fewer PC gamers in Japan than 10 years ago, despite the market having at least tripled in size

Does that add up?

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Mario Kart World is outselling Switch 1 launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild by over 4x in Japan, Switch 2 physical launch estimates show

But will it ever be able to totally outsell its predecessor?

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Elden Ring's upcoming update will add two new starting classes, one of them equipped with a top-tier DLC weapon it used to take dozens of hours to grab

*Tips fedora* Milady.

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Square Enix confirms the story of the 'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' part 3 is complete, and once again hints that it's dropping PlayStation exclusivity

Square Enix has recently announced the development third part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is progressing smoothly and has hinted that it may launch on platforms beyond PlayStation.

TechRadar

PlayStation CEO hints that classic franchises could be coming back

PlayStation CEO hints that classic franchises could be coming back.

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Shigeru Miyamoto thought Banjo-Kazooie was so great it helped convince him to delay Zelda: Ocarina of Time - "It's so amazing that we don't want to be outdone"

Miyamoto was a Banjo fan before any of us

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Sonic Producer Says This Surprisingly Popular Character Could Get More Games

The producer of Sonic x Shadow Generations has said that if Shadow's popularity continues to grow, we might see more games for the fan favorite character.

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First review for Persona devs' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio gives it the exact same score as Persona 5 Royal and confirms it's at least 80 hours long

Another meaty JRPG for an absolutely stacked 2024

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Danganronpa creator went into debt for The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy after the strategy RPG was canceled at its original publisher

And unfortunately, the studio is still in debt

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