Years before Animal Crossing became a global success, Nintendo warned its localisation team how "difficult" it would be to make the game work outside of its native Japan. Speaking to Time Extension, ...

We walked through the many halls of Tokyo Game Show on day one, and lived to tell the tale. Day one of Tokyo Game Show has officially concluded, and thus has a long day of demos, swag giveaways, and ...

Why did E3 die, yet Tokyo Game Show endured? Leaving Japan's premier gaming trade show, this was the question dominating my thoughts. It was an unusual event compared to previous years. Many major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Following last year’s upbeat showing, Tokyo Game Show 2025 was ...

Nintendo is dominating the Japanese market, as all of the top best-selling games for the past week were for Switch games. Here is the ranking list: The same goes for hardware as well. Between December ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Now that this year’s Tokyo Game Show is behind us, the official ...

A video shared to social media in October and November 2024 authentically showed a segment from a Japanese game show where contestants try to serve tea in a tilted restaurant. In mid-November 2024, ...