


Chinese have been pondering the differences between the school-buses of Japan, noted for their “extreme cuteness,” as compared to those of the US – described as being “like tanks.”
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A Pokémon collector was apparently so keen to catch ‘em all that he forcibly cut the Pokémon off a 6-year-old girl’s clothing with scissors.
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Nintendo is claiming people who exchange save data are infringing its copyright.
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Pokémon’s star critter Pikachu has been made into a kiddy riding machine any number of times – but some have voiced concern that the Korean versions have not preserved the cuteness the character is famed for.
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Pokémon Apokélypse, a fan-made trailer portraying a “dark and gritty reboot” of Nintendo’s hugely successful Pokémon franchise has lately been proving hugely successful itself.
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One of 2ch’s notorious blood festivals has begun as trojans distributed amongst prospective Pokémon pirates have seen the illegal contents of many a hard disk laid bare for scores of creepy Internet vigilantes to have their way with.
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Nintendo’s latest Pokémon title “Pokémon Black and White” has sparked outrage amongst pirates for including a feature which prevents users of pirated copies from advancing in level.
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This recent photograph taken by one of 2ch’s many resident otaku appears to show K-ON!’s lead vocalist, Yui Hirasawa (or perhaps her equally adorable body double-cum-sister, Ui) helping to promote Hiroshima’s baseball team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, a team as useless as it is badly named.
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The title of world’s most obsessive Pokémon collector ever has been seized by a British lady.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Dec 28, 2009 18:16 JST
- Tags: Dragon Quest, DS, Nintendo, Pokemon, PS3, PSP, Rankings, RPG, Wii

The 30 top selling games of 2009 amply demonstrate the Japanese market continues to revolve around Nintendo, RPGs and the occasional dash of Sony, with precious little in the way of originality or novelty on display, not that these games are necessarily bad.
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Final Fantasy XIII appears to be the most anticipated upcoming sequel amongst western gamers by a substantial margin, the bitter truth of the matter evidently still not having crossed the language barrier.
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The 2008 market for character goods in Japan was estimated at $17.1 billion, and recently released statistics allow the top anime franchises to be ranked according to how much merchandise they sold, a very important metric as sales of anime goods can dwarf proceeds from anime sales.
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