Pre-orders are live for Nintendo Switch 2 games in Japan, and there’s a rather concerning note attached to all third-party ...

Was it the colorful, Yoshi's Island-inspired art? The catchy soundtrack ... Released in a huge box that contained a strategy guide with puke-scented scratch-and-sniff stickers, Earthbound was ...

She’ll soon meet Yasuke, a Samurai who seeks to rid Japan of the corruption that has ... to be an epic lead if you’re the focus of the box art. Tales of Berseria continues the long-standing ...

The protagonist art is much the same as the NA / EU version here, but that blurred background has been replaced with a map of Magvel, making the most of the Japanese GBA box's horizontal real estate.

A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art. By Nick Haramis In ... he’s given a mysterious box with strict instructions never to open ...

Go back 30 or 40 years, and video game cover art had some clear issues. It didn’t always follow precise style guides. It was frequently made in a vacuum by someone who had no idea what the game looked ...

(Miki Hayakawa/New Mexico Museum of Art) Review by Maura Judkis Gray is the predominant color of the landscapes Japanese American artist Hisako Hibi painted during the three years she spent ...

Tottori is one of the last prefectures in Japan to establish ... Warhol’s “Brillo Boxes,” “A Set of Six Self Portraits,” canvases, and a cast of “Campbell’s Soup Cans.” Image: Tottori Prefectural ...

Manga Manners is a series of informative poster-style art panels featuring characters from popular series from publisher Kodansha who give quick single-point pieces of advice about Japanese manners ...

It relied on limited concept art, data, and technology. And it often sold a fantasy that didn’t accurately represent the game inside the box. Yet the lack of those things led to thousands of ...