
Astoundingly popular desperate romance simulator Love Plus has received news of another soon to be rampant title in the franchise, cleverly named “Love Plus+” and featuring the by now rather well traveled trio of girls who graced the previous titles.
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Top ota-idol Shoko-tan has being sharing some rather intimate photographs of her private play sessions of late, to the delight of followers.
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The frosty reception enjoyed by Nintendo’s newly unveiled 2DS hand-held looks to have already frozen over completely, with confirmation that it has only one screen under its casing and somehow still weighs more than the 3DS doing little for its reputation as anything but “joke hardware.”
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Nintendo’s announcement of the 2DS, boasting no 3D, no hinges and a lower price, looks as if it may please parents but has gamers in an uproar – most seeming to be of the opinion that it is another Virtual Boy or even PSP Go.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jan 26, 2013 02:25 JST
- Tags: DS, Namco Bandai, Nintendo, PS3, PSP, Rankings, RPG, Statistics, Wii U

Authoritative 2012 sales figures for Japan’s video game market have been released, with Nintendo’s array of child-friendly mega-franchises dominating sales more strongly than ever.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 26, 2012 21:58 JST
- Tags: Bullying, Comiket, DS, Events, Love Plus, Marriage, Otaku, Relationships, Twitter


An otaku wedding where the bride arranged for the surprise destruction of her new husband’s (ex) virtual girlfriend Nene by ceremonially smashing the memory card with a mallet has prompted a wave of disgusted criticism online, with even non-Love Plus fans decrying it as “bullying” and “tasteless.”
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Nintendo has announced its new model 3DS XL, boasting a bigger screen, chunkier console and heavier weight – barely a week after Miyamoto had apparently been insisting that no such console existed.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2’s first week sales figures reveal it has been outsold by Tales of Xillia, a fact which is being greeted as a massive humiliation and confirmation that Final Fantasy brand now lies in ruins.
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Unexpectedly for a game-based film, the casting of Hiroki Narimiya as Phoenix Wright (Naruhodō Ryūichi) in the upcoming movie adaptation of Capcom’s Ace Attorney (Gyakuten Saiban) series has been meeting with widespread approval online.
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The 3DS version of Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been released and appears to be exerting strange influences over popular blogging idol Shoko-tan…
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Following the illustrious example set by Sweden, Australia’s game censorship board has revoked the rating of Dead or Alive Dimensions, effectively banning it, accusing the game of containing “content not drawn to the board’s attention.”
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Busty 3DS schoolgirl beat-em-up Senran Kagura’s preview is even more jiggly than previously thought, coming so packed with bouncing 3D breast physics that overly excited 3DS fans have already proclaimed that “with this the 3DS will last 10 years!”
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