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Since schools in Japan have been closed because of coronavirus, kids might need something to do. And since their parents might not let them go out and about, Weekly Jump is making the digital ve…
Photo : Brian Ashcraft ( Kotaku )Every year, the Tokyo Game Show seems to have a specific theme. One year, there was a plethora of mobile games and another year VR was getting all the buzz.…
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time turned 20 years old today. In spite of this, Ocarina of Time remains a unique experience even two decades later. There have been countless open worl…
Gaming chairs? Been there, done that. I’ve seen the future, and it’s gaming beds. Japan’s Bauhutte specializes in gaming-centric furniture. If you coordinate correctly, I guess you too can …
Prev Next View AllEarlier this week, toilet paper was widely available nearly everywhere in Japan. AdvertisementEven more so after photos of shops in Kumamoto Prefecture showed toilet paper sold…
Photo : Ghibli MuseumThe Ghibli Museum in Tokyo will be closed until March 17 due to coronavirus concerns. The call to close the museum was made in accordance with Tokyo’s decision to cancel eve…
“It’s just around the corner!” read the April 1992 issue of Nintendo’s in-house magazine Nintendo Power, in a piece about the SNES CD-ROM drive. AdvertisementThe ‘Play Station’ prototy…
Image : ASCIIFor years now, the live-action Akira film has languished in development hell. The project has cycled through a handful of directors, but the current attached director, Taika Wa…
Released in Japan this past December, the soft reboot of Sega’s long-running steampunk mecha series, simply titled Sakura Wars, is set to release on PlayStation 4 on April 28. It’s Sakura W…
Back in the less-wild, more lawful days of region locking, a new game featuring virtual songstress Hatsune Miku coming out on a Nintendo system in Japan meant a run on import shops. But the…
