Bonus: Why doesn’t anybody know about Daytona USA 2/Sega Racing Classic 2?
The (second) never-ported sequel to one of my favorite games, hidden away in Like a Dragon Gaiden, is just weird and difficult enough to take it out of the mainstream
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I revisited the Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy in theaters and it's still a masterpiece
(This will contain spoilers for the now over 40-year-old original Gundam films. These plot points are so old and so well-known that even if you haven’t seen Mobile Suit Gundam, you’ve probably seen an anime that’s made a joke about them. Giving you a spoiler warning for
I saw Atarashii Gakko the other day, and now I understand with all my heart how those idol guys feel
I saw a major Japanese idol group a few years ago. I won’t say who because I don’t want their fans to read this and take it the wrong way. That’s how idol stuff is, I’ve learned. There’s a reason for that word, “idol”, and
I inevitably got hooked on Konami medal games for a week - 2 - Coin pushers, horses, and everything else
"For example, the game gates progress with gear that only stays equipped for one dungeon and which costs medals to use: how interesting, you know what we call that? An ante!"
I inevitably got hooked on Konami medal games for a week - 1 - Intro and Bingo
(This ran quite long so I decided to split it into two pieces: one is a general introduction to the concept, and the other is about the various bingo games I played.) Recently I got hooked on watching a Youtuber play various Japanese medal games— fake money gambling games with