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Japanese Trailer for Namco’s New Bhutto Burst Kid Game
Some months ago Namco Bandai showed off some pictures of a new concept in what’s known as “kid vending” type games, something that are popular in Japan but not so much here out West.
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Namco Opening New Theme Park In Tokyo This Summer; JAEPO Website Launch
Newsfeed 1280 via For our first Stinger newsfeed of the year, they pointed us to a story about the development of a new Namco Bandai indoor theme park that is set to open its
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Editorial: Where’d The Japanese Arcade Makers Go?
We haven’t had an editorial piece in a while but Kevin Williams of The Stinger Report felt it necessary to address the subject of what is going on in the Japanese amusement space, which
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Location News: 60th Dave & Busters In Dallas, Retro Arcade Open in Japan
Normally we only have one new location to speak of per post but today we have two. Bring more of them on I say! First off Dave & Busters has been busy opening more
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Not An Anachronism: Konami Testing DanceDanceRevolution In Japan
No it's not 1998 but that is what Konami is calling the newest version of DDR.
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Next Up For Konami’s Bemani Titles: Gitadora, Future TomTom
Konami is testing out some new Bemani music titles, including new cabinet designs for their iconic GuitarFreaks/DrumMania series
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New Mortal Kombat Now Testing As An Arcade Game In Japan (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The consensus is that this game is just using a timer board as found on some arcade equipment importation websites. It seems the most logical conclusion for now, Small Room Aries has added
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Funny Table By IGS On Location Test In Tokyo
We have covered Taiwanese company IGS many times, they develop arcade games of varied styles and types that sometimes do end up out West. Last year at IAAPA they had some 3D games like
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BlazBlue ChronoPhantasma slated for Winter 2012 release (Japan)
Through most of the summer new arcade game news has really just focused on new stuff being shown off in Japan where it’s standard to reveal games months before they are released (in conjunction
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Time For Some Japanese Amusement Company Earnings Reports! (Plus Gunslinger Stratos stuff)
Some boring financial sheets, plus more Gunslinger Stratos!
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