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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth leads surge of new hits | Japan Monthly Charts
Square Enix's RPG nearly tripled the sales of next biggest releases, Princess Peach: Showtime and Unicorn Overlord
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Japan's Galapagos Syndrome shows signs of globalization
Niko Partners' Darang Candra helps us explore some of the biggest changes that have occurred in the Japanese market
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Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry launches So-Fu accelerator
The program aims to provide mentorship and project management support to indie game developers
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The creative sparks ignited by Global Game Jam
From Tokyo to Newcastle, jammers talk about the power of the event, from building bridges between languages to offering students a chance to hone their skills
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Persona 3 Reload is February's top-selling title | Japan Monthly Charts
The Atlus RPG is the first PlayStation 5 title in eight months to take the top of the sales charts
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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth fails to dethrone Momotaro Dentetsu World | Japan Monthly Charts
Sega's latest title settles for No.3 as Konami's digital board game reclaims top spot
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Japanese physical sales neared $3bn in 2023 | Japan Annual Report
Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game at retail, with Switch OLED the best-selling console
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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince at No.1 | Japan Monthly Charts
Super Mario Bros Wonder and Momotaro Dentetsu World rounded out the Top Three
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Nintendo continues run as top publisher | Japan Monthly Charts
Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope debuts as the number-one-selling title for the month
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Super Mario Wonder leads a raft of new releases | Japan Monthly Charts
Detective Pikachu Returns and Spider-Man 2 finish second and third in an October marked by big new games
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Pikmin 4 holds at No.1 for the third consecutive month | Japan Monthly Charts
Xbox Series X|S finally reaches an install-base of 500,000 players in the country
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Pikmin 4 defends No.1 spot from Armored Core 6 | Japan Monthly Charts
Switch title has already smashed series' boxed sales record after two months
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Switch hits 30m lifetime unit sales during July | Japan Monthly Charts
Pikmin 4 debuts as the best-selling game, while Nintendo boxed sales comprised 55% of the market
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Q-Games alumni form Denkiworks
The new Kyoto-based studio's debut title will be a "love letter" to Japan
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A decade of championing Japan's indies: The story of BitSummit
As Kyoto's annual convention returns this week for its 11th edition, co-founder John Davis reflects on the event's growth and future
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We explore the origins of the Japanese indie scene, and how the monthly meetup is helping to drive it forwards
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Indie spirit in Japan and Switzerland: Rinaldo Wirz on captaining Momo-pi
We talk to the co-founder about cross-cultural experiences, indie development in Japan as a foreign developer, and working on Shueisha IP
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Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft raises wages
Nintendo-owned studio says base salary increase is "in line with rising prices"
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Shueisha Games' quest to become the "Japanese Devolver"
Indie publisher’s Michiharu Mori and John Davis on working on IP old and new, and avoiding being pigeonholed
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Switch reclaims top spot in March for consoles sold | Japan Monthly Charts
The latest Kirby remains the best-selling software title, while Nintendo boxed sales comprised 31.5% of the market
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Microsoft's Activision acquisition approved by Japanese regulator
Japan Fair Trade Commission does not believe merger would "substantially restrain competition"
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US Members of Congress slam Sony's "monopoly" in Japan
PlayStation accused of anti-competitive practices over the "high end" games market in the country
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PlayStation 5 tops Japanese monthly charts for the first time
UPDATE: The newest Kirby title was February's best-seller, while Nintendo boxed sales made up 34.5% of the market
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Japanese players spent $2.9 billion on boxed games and consoles in 2022
Japan Annual Report: Switch was the best-selling hardware of the year, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were the biggest games
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Splatoon 3 passes 3m sales in second month | Japan Monthly Charts
Late release of Bayonetta 3 and Persona 5 Royal mean Nintendo's shooter holds on to No.1 spot