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Context has always been the key to successfully translating a video game from Japanese to English. Recently, though, cultural sensitivities come into play as well.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 17, 2024
How your favorite Japanese video games are translated into English
Localizers have to grapple with challenging issues of tone and nuance. Even a simple "thank you" may not be what it seems.
Silver Rathalos was among several monsters in the Monster Hunter universe that debuted at an in-person Monster Hunter Now event in Shibuya hosted by developer Niantic on the weekend of Oct. 13.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 16, 2024
Gamers hunt for monsters in Tokyo as Niantic searches for a hit
In Monster Hunter Now, the San Francisco-based company behind Pokemon Go is looking to emulate the success of the immensely popular 2016 game.
Attendees play an online game on computers in the Bandai Namco Entertainment booth at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba in September.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2024
Bandai Namco cuts jobs and culls titles as game sector woes deepen
The firm is a storied name in the industry, tracing its roots back to the introduction of the Pac-Man arcade title in 1980.
Shinobi, one of Sega's most popular video game series, is to be made into a movie.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 9, 2024
Sega's ninja game Shinobi to get the movie treatment
Sega did not give a target date for the movie's release.
The Sega Corp. and Atlus Co. booth at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba last month featured a sneak peak at Metaphor: ReFantazio.
LIFE / Digital
Oct 8, 2024
Man behind Persona games flips to fantasy in latest release
Though new to the realm of fantasy, game designer Katsura Hashino and his team were driven by the challenge of simply seeing if they could pull it off.
Attendees stand in front of the Google Play booth during the Tokyo Game Show in September 2018 in Chiba.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2024
Google Play must allow rival Android app stores, judge rules
Epic Games argued that Google Play rules and fees stifled competition and blocked app marketplaces launched by developers.
Players on Nintendo Switch game consoles. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is reportedly weighing deploying more capital to Nintendo and its sector peers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2024
Nintendo jumps after Saudi fund expresses interest in bigger stake
The Saudi government is keen to mold the kingdom into a global gaming industry player and diversify its oil-heavy portfolio.
Nintendo merchandise during the grand opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles last year.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2024
Saudi Arabia's PIF mulls larger stake in Nintendo: report
PIF currently owns 8.58% of Nintendo and also has stakes in video game companies Nexon, Capcom, and Koei Tecmo.
As is the trend in movies and TV, the games with the biggest budgets at Tokyo Game Show 2024 were by and large remakes and remasters.
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Oct 5, 2024
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
Indie gems were on the show floor, but the nostalgia from remakes and remasters drew the biggest crowds this year.
Visitors play Super Mario on a giant video game console during a media preview of the new Nintendo Museum, located inside a renovated old factory, in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 24.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 2, 2024
From cards to consoles: Nintendo opens its first museum
The museum is part of Nintendo's efforts to broaden its brand that include the release of a Super Mario animated movie last year.
The Google campus in Mountain View, California, on May 2
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2024
Epic Games accuses Samsung and Google of scheme to block app rivals
Epic says it will also raise its competition concerns with regulators in the EU
Gilles Langourieux, chief executive officer of Virtuos, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2024
Game developer Virtuos seeks acquisitions and growth in Japan
The Singapore-based company, which has been involved in such major franchises as Call of Duty and Metal Gear Solid, is in active talks with multiple studios in Japan.
Tokyo Game Show opens to the public on Sept. 28 full of cosplayers promoting a full slate of new and upcoming titles.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 26, 2024
Tokyo Game Show 2024 stacked with big returns and hyped announcements
PlayStation returns to Tokyo Game Show for the first time since 2019 as Japan's biggest gaming show opens to the public on Sept. 29 and 29.
The Nintendo Museum opens to the public on Oct. 2, but unlike the company's all-ages games, the new attraction may be geared more toward older rather than younger gamers.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 25, 2024
A first look inside the new Nintendo Museum
Set to open on Oct. 2, the gaming giant's newest foray into real-world experiences shows flashes of the same creativity that made the company what it is today.
Shop manager Komura poses with a signed Metal Gear Solid box at Super Potato, a shop selling vintage video games and memorabilia in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, on June 18.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 22, 2024
Japan is next level for retro game collectors
Game Boy cartridges, Sega Dreamcast consoles and antiquated arcade machines await tourists in some of Tokyo's stores.
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are suing video game developer Pocketpair for patent infringement.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2024
Nintendo sues 'Pokemon with guns' maker for patent infringement
"Palworld" — which sold more than 5 million copies in just three days — features weapon-wielding player avatars and monsters that look similar to Pokemon.
Japan might have created the PlayStation brand, but the cost of the latest generation of the console will exclude all but the most hardcore fans.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 18, 2024
PS5 Pro price is a sticker shock for the country that made the PlayStation
With even an entry-level PS5 now costing some ¥72,980 following the latest hike last month, an entire generation of Japanese could be cut off.
Intel in 2022 lost out on a contract to design and fabricate the chip for Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 6.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 17, 2024
How Intel lost the Sony PlayStation business
A dispute over how much profit Intel stood to take from each chip sold to the electronics giant for the PlayStation 6 gave a leg-up to AMD, which clinched the deal.
Cosplayer Xu Yunting (left), dressed as Jesse, a male character from the video game Light and Night, and video game enthusiast Feng Xinyu visit a crafts shop during their 'cos commissioning' date in Shanghai.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 11, 2024
'Dream men': Female cosplayers in China fulfill fantasies for young women
A trend called "cos commissioning" is allowing young women in China to perform idealized heteronormative relationships — with other women.
The PlayStation 5 Pro gaming console is priced at $699.99 in the United States, and ¥119,980 in Japan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2024
Sony prices PlayStation 5 Pro game console at a hefty $699.99
In Japan, the midgeneration console is priced at ¥119,980, compared with the standard PlayStation 5 digital model's ¥72,980 price tag.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Massive quake kills at least 150 in Myanmar and Thailand
Medical workers treat a earthquake survivor on a bed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyitaw on Friday, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
Student suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
Myanmar quake toll passes 1,000 as rescuers dig for survivors
A resident looks on next to a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday, after an earthquake rocked the country's central region.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Hanami season to have record ¥1.39 trillion economic impact on Japan
Cherry blossoms along a road in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 2025 cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion on Japan.
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Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
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