U.S. troops and other commuters in Japan will soon be able to purchase unregistered Suica and Pasmo smart cards again, ...

Coop and Chris explore the world of marketable plastic goodies and how anime can turn out to be a half-hour toy commercial. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this ...

The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers’ ...

The GameCube paved the way for unique design & games. Rare titles continue to appreciate in value, enticing collectors to pay ...

Don James, executive vice president of Nintendo of America, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dice Awards.

Plenty of licensed games are bad, but the worst sin any game can commit is to be boring. While the licensed games I’m about to talk about pretty much all have their flaws, some more glaring than ...

Star Fox designer Takaya Imamura has shared a new piece of art, as well as his hopes that 2 of his past games will come to ...

Japan's Fair Trade Commission is investigating complaints of unfair practices in the anime industry. Animators in Japan join productions as freelancers, prompting investigations into low wages and ...

(Mainichi/Hiroya Miyagi) TOKYO -- A survey revealed that Japan's "giri choco" culture at workplaces is dying out as only about 10% of people continue to give "obligatory" chocolates to their work ...

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Their business practices aren’t perfect, but Nintendo makes games like nobody else. It’s true. They don’t load their games with microtransactions and day one DLC, or ask you for extra money to ...