video games developed in japan
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Gran Turismo 7 Still Lacks the Most Basic Online Features, But Don’t Lose Hope Yet
Sometimes thoroughly impressive, other times puzzlingly infuriating, Gran Turismo 7 has hardly gotten off to a smooth launch since its release in March. Of course, in 2022, everything working properly on a big-budget video game on day one is more of an exception than a rule. GT7 is hardly alone in that phenomenon. Still, there’s…
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Sonic 3’s Writers Discuss Bringing In More Game Material for the Films
The first Sonic the Hedgehog movie was a simple story of Ben Schwartz’s blue, CG rodent fighting Jim Carrey’s Doctor Eggman, but the sequel went all in on Sonic lore. Beyond bringing in Knuckles and Tails, two extremely important members of Sonic’s supporting cast, Sonic 2 brought in enough material from Sega’s gaming franchise to…
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I’m Delighted to Inform You That the Crazy Taxi 2 Website Still Exists, Thanks to Dedicated Fans
Last week, my friend José and I were playing the arcade classic Crazy Taxi 2 on Jalopnik’s weekly Thursday stream when we made a discovery that, quite frankly, stretches the limits of what’s deemed relevant content for a website ostensibly about cars. But it made our afternoons, and seemingly those of at least two viewers.…
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Final Fantasy Characters I Would Much Rather Buy an $15,270 Statue of Than Terra
This week, Final Fantasy architect Square-Enix went absolutely bananas and thought that it’d be a great idea to sell a “Masterline” 1/6 scale statue of Final Fantasy VI’s protagonist, Terra Branford. Based on Yoshitaka Amano’s iconic artwork from the game, it depicts Terra in her Magitek mech suit from the RPG’s opening. But here’s the…