Tokyo Game Life

Tokyo based video game podcast focusing on Nintendo and gaming culture in Japan’s capital. Available on your favorite podcast app!

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✨ NEW EPISODE ✨

Featuring:
🎂 Switch 2 - One Year Later w/ JT from @TheHouseOfMario
💴 Rare Item Studio

Listen now! 👇
https://t.co/yQQ0a5KAWs

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Some fun finds at Akihabara’s Rare Item Studio!

I feature this shop and more in the latest podcast episode: https://t.co/yQQ0a5KAWs

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Nintendo missed the actual date, but I do think they will frame upcoming projects like the rumored Ocarina of Time remake and the movie around a Zelda 40th anniversary marketing campaign.

I’ve made a mock up of what the logo will probably look like below:

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Yoshi is acting like he’s never seen a pink Yoshi before

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@Weltallid40 We’ll get ‘em next time… 😔

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State of Play prediction: Sony cancels every existing project and goes all in on PS1 JRPG remasters.

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Small Rhythm Heaven Groove display. Practice pressing A now so you’ll be ready on July 2nd.

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One year later: Did Nintendo get Switch 2 right? @nintendomaniacs from @TheHouseOfMario joins as we dig deep into Switch 2’s first year. And I take you inside a cool retro game shop in Akiba!

Tokyo Game Life on all podcast apps: https://t.co/yQQ0a5KAWs

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Big display for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Switch 2! It definitely feels like Square is treating this as a second launch for the game.

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Games used to have real names like Alcahest or Aretha the Super Famicom or Bane of the Cosmic Forge

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It’s June 1 in Japan! That means the hydrangeas will bloom soon, which is always really nice to s- NINTENDO DIRECT THIS MONTH I CAN FEEL IT

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Star Fox faces their greatest challenge yet

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New podcast episode tomorrow! A special guest joins to chat about the Switch 2’s one year anniversary! And I take you inside Rare Item Studio, a cool retro game shop!

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Apple: https://t.co/zpWJiFfQZz
Spotify: https://t.co/nsEUjTlarM

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Don’t forget to stock up on Nintendo water guns this summer

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Now playing: Mina the Hollower! Is the aesthetic of the Game Boy Zeldas the best ever? Yes, and thankfully Yacht Club Games also knows this. It does feel more Castlevania early on though.

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You can find inspiration from Japan’s Ainu people in games like Ghost of Yotei, Samurai Shodown, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Animal Crossing, and more!

We talk about Ainu in video games in the latest podcast episode: https://t.co/eO83pB2BBI

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Big display for Yoshi and the Mysterious Book! Name a more mysterious book. That’s right, you can’t.

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Yujiro Hanma from Baki is coming to Tekken 8, but did you know there was already a connection between the two franchises? Baki creator Keisuke Itagaki designed a costume for Bruce Irvin in Tekken 5! The seeds were planted a long time ago…

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Donkey Kong 64 hits NSO on 6/4! In Japan it also came with an Expansion Pak, but in a Chunky Kong sized box.

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You can find inspiration from Japan’s Ainu people in games like Ghost of Yotei, Samurai Shodown, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Animal Crossing, and more!

We talk about Ainu in video games in the latest podcast episode: https://t.co/eO83pB2BBI