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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Animal Crossing display at Kiddy Land. Gulliver in his natural pose…

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Are you walking away with PN03 or Cubivore?

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Coming to Mister Donut: Alolan Diglett on 11/4 and Slowpoke hits 11/25. When are we getting edible Slowpoke tails?

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Mandarake Daimansai at Akihabara UDX will feature the world’s biggest Pokemon merch event from 11/21-23! Thousands of Pokemon goods will be on sale, including over 100,000 trading cards. Except for the one card you want most.

More: https://t.co/MFGblzzSqx

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Ads for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time are now in Tokyo train stations! Just two and a half more weeks!

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I visited Tamagotchi Factory in Harajuku! It’s a merch store with a lot of customizable goods, like the Minitama game where you have three minutes to stuff as many figures into an egg. Could use more Oyajitchi goods though…

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Starman on Hop Star plush. This might be the peak of plushies.

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Miyashita Park in Shibuya currently has a BLOFFFu pop up shop, which sells hybrid plastic/plush figures. No way Sonic was missing this.

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Pokopia Halloween event has started! It utilizes the rarely used (at least for me) camouflage feature and has some nice new items, including a ghost hologram based on the original game. Lavender Town as the next DLC area? 🤔

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Nintendo Switch Sports Resort ads are now in Tokyo train stations! This is how I’ll look when prop plane-ing

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I visited the SNK store in Animate Akihabara! And by store I mean half of one floor inside a bigger store. Mostly KoF stuff, but there were some nice displays and you can buy an Iori jacket so…

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Move over Halloween: Pokemon Christmas goods go on sale 10/22! The Clodsire sleigh is pure genius.

More: https://t.co/gxadAKqjxd

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I visited Sonic the Exhibition - Across Generations - at Ikebukuro Parco! A very solid exhibit that had a lot of unique art, fun physical displays, and dev documents. Definitely worth checking out for fans of the blue blur

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Nintendo released an overview trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with new footage! And we get a look at the Hall of Fallen Foes, a new addition where you can see enemy statues and even rematch bosses.

Watch: https://t.co/FZoPZSielR

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Billion if not trillion dollar idea: plushies of every playable Fire Emblem character like the Pokemon Fit merch line

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Now on Nintendo Switch Online: Kururin Paradise, the sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin, gets its first western release! Monster Rancher Advance and Metal Slug Advance are also available!

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Yodobashi Akiba has an area where you can write down your Zelda memories and they’ll put it on a big display. I didn’t even know there was a Zelda memory pad 🤔

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MSX2 version of Final Fantasy at BEEP. I’m all for definitive editions of classic games, but I wish obscure ports like this could also be available on modern consoles.

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Theodora’s route cleared in Fortune’s Weave! Really enjoyed the characters and overarching story, plus the team composition and new features made it feel like a fresh experience compared to Leda’s path. But like in 3H, battalions are kinda undercooked. Next up: Cai!

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I’m always amazed when I see Animal Crossing amiibo cards still on sale. I wouldn’t be surprised if the eventual Switch 2 game supports them, so maybe it’s time to stock up 🤔