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Pokopia will finally become real on 8/6 at Yokohama’s Minatomirai with special displays and train decorations. Basins will be bubbly. More: game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/21...

Display sign highlighting the cheaper Fire Emblem Fortunes’s Weave download card. Definitely noticed these popping up more in the Switch 2 era.

A 20 minute Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Direct hits tomorrow! I’m mostly curious about the in-between battle exploration and character building, so hopefully we get a deep dive into that.

Star Fox Command turns 20 years old today! A fun entry in the series that introduced a lot of cool ideas like vastly different endings, a variety of teammates and ships, and a structure similar to the then canceled Star Fox 2. I think it’s technically the most recent game in the timeline… 🤔

Splatoon Raiders banner outside of 7-11. You just know someone secretly has a killer collection of these.

More summer fun with Tomodachi Life ads in Tokyo. It’s definitely less hot to go to a festival in the game.

Download card for Pokemon Pokopia Expansion Pass! Calling it now: third update will be Lavender Town.

New summer themed Tomodachi Life ad in Tokyo. Don’t forget that there are seasonal items!

I’m in Dialogue Tree this week talking about Tokyo and Nintendo’s huge summer lineup! What’s the best game? Where’s a booming gaming hotspot in Tokyo? Why did we kill Metroid? All will be answered!

Everyone be quiet there’s new official Mario summer art and wallpapers. www.nintendo.com/jp/download/...

Super Mario Sunshine is coming to Nintendo Switch Online on 8/13, and Virtual Boy tracks are now available on Nintendo Music! Sunshine was kind of the Virtual Boy of 3D Mario if you think about it 🤔

Blind box magnets based on KK Slider albums are now on sale at Nintendo Tokyo! Marine Song 2001… they know what the people want.

A truly wonderful mix of vinyl soundtracks at Tower Records

Bubbly Basin hits Pokopia on August 5! A ton of new items and some interesting mechanics with the floating blocks and deep sea exploration. But Nintendo… you can slow down. I still have Star Fox medals to get.

A peak at the high literature section of the bookstore

The perfect character design doesn’t exis-

Some Splatoon plushies. Mechanic when?

Did you know there are two Japan exclusive Rhythm Heaven games? The first game was on GBA in 2006 and it was ported to the arcades a year later, complete with giant buttons. We chat about the entire Rhythm Heaven series in the latest podcast episode: tokyogamelife.com/episode/rhyt...

Splatoon Raiders display at Yodobashi Camera. They really didn’t have to cover up Mario Kart…

Nintendo Tokyo is now selling sticker sheets featuring EVERY Animal Crossing New Horizons villager! I didn’t realize there were that many frogs…