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Stepping away from AR

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Siliconera: From Software released the Sword of Moonlight development tool in Japan back in 2000. Its what the studio used to create 3D RPGs, specifically its Kings Field series for PlayStation (the predecessor to Demons Souls), and as such the tool can easily create Kings Field-like games. Not long after it was translated into English by a fan. Given its age, you may think that no one would be using Sword of Moonlight still, but there exists a small community that are keeping the flame alive.

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Tony Polanco from The Koalition writes: "The Japanese helped to save the video game industry in the mid 1980s. After the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, and for more than a decade afterward, Japan was the undisputed king of video games. No other countries, despite their efforts, could hope to touch Japanese game design and innovation. After the early to mid 2000s however, things changed. Western studios became the new darlings of the gaming industry and initiated many of the revolutions and innovations that we enjoy today. During all of this, Japanese gamings influenced has severely declined and the former rulers no longer dominated the industry as they once did. Why has this happened? This question is the basis for our main topic. What made Japan the giants of gaming that they once were and why have they become a mere shell of what they used to be? What can Japan do in order to become relevant again in the eyes of the gaming community? We tackle these questi...

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At the Japan Amusement Expo held earlier this year, Taito revealed a line of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain related UFO catcher prizes: a MGSV themed alarm clock, a talking cardboard box and two lights: one shaped like a question mark and the other like an exclamation mark. Now, import store NSCX is taking pre-orders for the latter.

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SuperPhillip Central: Fossil Fighters: Frontier released in Japan back in February of last year. It only just released in North America in March of this year, and it releases in PAL territories later this week. As we continue this Nintendo 3DS-themed month, I review the game with as much depth as the dirt between a shovel and a fossil buried deep within the earth. Did that analogy make any sense? While I ponder this, you check out my review!

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While Sony's handheld continues to perform well in Japan and all across Asia, the same can't be said for Europe and North America.

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Japan received the Metallic Blue and Metallic Black New 3DS when it was launched, and theyll soon receive one more color variant, Pearl White.

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The Dragon Quest series is 29 years-old. The first game in the popular Japanese RPG series launched for Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan on May 27, 1986.

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