Games & Tech (Page 8)

Celebrate Pokémon’s 20th anniversary with a quick poké-history lesson【Video】

A lot has happened in the past 20 years of Poké-history, and now we have it conveniently summarized for us in nine info-packed minutes.

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Keyboard with light-up, “flying” letters looks like a reverse typing rhythm game【Video】

A Japanese inventor creates a projection mapping-enabled keyboard with letters that fly out into space as you type.

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That Nintendo-themed Universal Studios Japan attraction may actually be pretty fantastic

The first details have emerged about the budget and square-footage for the upcoming Nintendo-themed attraction space in USJ—and it’s much more significant than we anticipated.

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Japanese Twitter users respond: “What do you do when a friend criticizes anime you like?”

Forget politics and religion, the truly dangerous topic is dissing your friend’s favorite anime!

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The Legend of Zelda’s Link is here to help you navigate Google Maps’ dungeons today!

Use Google Maps today and you may notice something a little different…

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Pokémon characters appear on limited edition goods from KFC Japan

Figurines, game kits, placemats and a specially marked fried chicken bucket are coming to KFC stores this spring.

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Nintendo’s new Super Famicom-themed 3DS is a blast from its awesome past

Further proof that the company’s 16-bit console was one of the best-looking systems ever made.

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Volunteers being sought for field test of Pokémon Go mobile game

The first real-world Pokémon hunt is about to begin, but it needs some hunters.

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Which sex do Japanese gamers pick for their video game characters? The results may surprise you

In the fight between skirts vs. vests, who reigns supreme?

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Japanese traditional toy kendama is about to evolve into Dendama

Equipped with a range of sensors and motion detectors, the Dendama looks set to bring this classic toy into the 21st century.

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Lovely lullabies based on Secret of Mana by Metal Gear Solid composer will give you sweet dreams

Forget hiding in boxes — it’s time for a nap!

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Popular cellphone game Granblue Fantasy is making news for all the wrong reasons

It used to be all about the classy characters with awesome designs, but now the drunk sister is stealing the show.

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Once you see it, you can’t unsee it: Japanese Twitter finds Pokémon Center’s hidden “monster”

You’ll never see Pokémon’s Nurse Joy the same way again.

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Sony ends shipments of PlayStation TV in Japan

Mini-console still available in the West.

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Build a house from stationery with awesome new Minecraft erasers from Bandai Japan

Distract yourself from studying with new Minecraft eraser sets featuring blocks and characters from the mega-hit video game.

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Powerman5000 angry at Final Fantasy 14 for “stealing” its music 【Video】

Luckily, it’s just the rock band rather than an actual Powerman5000, but this could still mean big trouble for the game’s makers.

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Pokémon fan creates spectacular 3D hologram battle dome entirely from scratch【Video & Pics】

These are a step above some other “holographic” Pokémon cards you might’ve seen before.

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IBM Japan recruiting alpha-testers for actual VR Sword Art Online game 【Video】

IBM Japan wants 208 people to be scanned into 3-D avatars and put into a virtual world designed after the one depicted in anime Sword Art Online (and hopefully return).

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Sony’s Xperia Projector turns any surface into a smartphone interface【Video】

The electronics giant recently showed off a prototype device that can project an interactive, smartphone-like display onto any surface.

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The future is (almost) now with Mitsubishi’s proposed “Aerial Display” hologram tech

Mitsubishi says it’s coming close to perfecting the kind of floating “hologram” images seen in sci-fi films—and it hopes to introduce the “Aerial Display” technology in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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