Ollie Barder

The Gundam Marchosias Is Getting A Very Nice Metal Robot Damashii Toy With the upcoming 'Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans' movie, 'Urdr-Hunt', on the way, we now have a gorgeous Gundam Marchosias toy to look forward to.

The Gundam Marchosias Is Getting A Very Nice Metal Robot Damashii Toy
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Switch 2 Sells 10 Million, But Its Main Competition Is Still The Switch Now that the new financial results are out for Nintendo, we can see that the Switch 2 has done well in hardware sales, but the software sales paint a complex picture.

Switch 2 Sells 10 Million, But Its Main Competition Is Still The Switch
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‘Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Infinite Boost' Goes All Gunpla This November In a new update, the arcade heavyweight 'Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Infinite Boost' gets some gunpla themed mobile suits.

‘Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Infinite Boost' Goes All Gunpla This November
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Fumihiko Takahara On How People Have Grown Up With Takara Tomy At the recent Beyblade World Championships, I was able to sit down and talk with Fumihiko Takahara at Takara Tomy about why their toys have such long-term appeal.

Fumihiko Takahara On How People Have Grown Up With Takara Tomy
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Brutus And Popeye Create Dedicated English Books For Tourists In Tokyo Longstanding Japanese lifestyle magazines Brutus and Popeye have weighed in on the huge influx of tourists with two new books.

Brutus And Popeye Create Dedicated English Books For Tourists In Tokyo
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The Classic Mouse Designed By Masamune Shirow Is Getting Re-Released Back in 2002, Masamune Shirow, along with Hajime Katoki, designed computer mice for Elecom in Japan, and after 23 years, the Shirow mouse is now getting an upgrade.

The Classic Mouse Designed By Masamune Shirow Is Getting Re-Released
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These Are The Post Game Secrets For ‘Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake’ Now that the game is finally out, I thought it would be helpful to list and explain some of the post game secrets tucked away in 'Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake'.

These Are The Post Game Secrets For ‘Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake’
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‘Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake’ Review: The Scions Of Erdrick Following the release of 'Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake', which was entirely amazing, we now have the first two games done in the same way, and they're equally great.

‘Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake’ Review: The Scions Of Erdrick
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‘Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake’ Gets A Lovely Launch Trailer With the launch of 'Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake' looming, we’ve been graced with a lovely new launch trailer for the game.

‘Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake’ Gets A Lovely Launch Trailer
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‘Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective’ Book Review: Extremely Thorough With 'Metroid Prime 4' on the way, we finally have a visual retrospective of the first three 'Metroid Prime' games, and it is both amazing and very thorough.

‘Metroid Prime 1–3: A Visual Retrospective’ Book Review: Extremely Thorough
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‘Painting The Worlds Of Studio Ghibli’ Book Review: Pure Art There have been many Studio Ghibli-related art books released over the years, but this compilation of background art in one huge volume is something else entirely.

‘Painting The Worlds Of Studio Ghibli’ Book Review: Pure Art
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‘Mazinkaiser’ OVA Blu-Ray Review: A Turbo Smashing Mecha Classic One of the more interesting 'Mazinger'-related spin-offs is that of 'Mazinkaiser', but its origins were not from a manga or anime, but from the 'Super Robot Wars' games.

‘Mazinkaiser’ OVA Blu-Ray Review: A Turbo Smashing Mecha Classic
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Game Director And Producer Tomonobu Itagaki Dies At 58 Renowned game director and producer Tomonobu Itagaki has sadly passed away at the age of 58.

Game Director And Producer Tomonobu Itagaki Dies At 58
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The ‘Beyblade X’ World Championship 2025 In Tokyo Was A Blast Following the 'Beyblade X' national tournament last year, I attended the World Championship this year, held at Tokyo Tower in Japan, and it was a lot of fun.

The ‘Beyblade X’ World Championship 2025 In Tokyo Was A Blast
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Fly Like An Eagle And Strike Like A Hawk With These New Adorable ‘Initial D’ Toys While the likes of 'Initial D' and Eurobeat are synonymous with one another, Takara Tomy has announced some dinky new toys for fans of the series.

Fly Like An Eagle And Strike Like A Hawk With These New Adorable ‘Initial D’ Toys
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‘Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2’ Review: Full Of Stars Following the somewhat underwhelming 'Super Mario 3D All-Stars' back in 2020, we now have both 'Super Mario Galaxy' games for Switch, and they’re great.

‘Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2’ Review: Full Of Stars
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How After 40 Years, ‘Layzner’ Remains Anime’s Most Influential Classic Today marks the 40th anniversary of 'Blue Comet SPT Layzner', which is still a uniquely influential anime across anime, video games, manga, and everything else.

How After 40 Years, ‘Layzner’ Remains Anime’s Most Influential Classic
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‘Short Peace’ Blu-Ray Review: ‘Farewell To Weapons’ Still Hits Hard I have a soft spot for anime compilation movies, as they were a regular fixture of the ‘80s and ‘90s, and 'Short Peace' follows in that well-honored tradition.

‘Short Peace’ Blu-Ray Review: ‘Farewell To Weapons’ Still Hits Hard
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Amuro Ray’s Elusive Zeta Plus Gundam Gets The Diecast Toy Treatment One of the more obscure mobile suit designs from 'Gundam Sentinel' is the demonstration version of the Zeta Plus, and we now have a new toy on the way for it.

Amuro Ray’s Elusive Zeta Plus Gundam Gets The Diecast Toy Treatment
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‘Pragmata’ Hands-On Impressions: Awkwardly Fun And Very Engaging One of the few games that has had an overly long development cycle is 'Pragmata', but the result of all that extra time has produced a very interesting game.

‘Pragmata’ Hands-On Impressions: Awkwardly Fun And Very Engaging
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Tokyo Game Show 2025 Shattered Records, Though Not How You’d Expect Now that this year’s Tokyo Game Show is behind us, the official attendance figures have been released and reveal that it was a busy year.

Tokyo Game Show 2025 Shattered Records, Though Not How You’d Expect
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Tokyo Game Show 2025 Was Maybe The Busiest One Yet Following last year’s upbeat showing, Tokyo Game Show 2025 was even busier and bustling with lots of people. I also played more games than I thought possible.

Tokyo Game Show 2025 Was Maybe The Busiest One Yet
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‘Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’ Gets New Patch But No Optimization As of yesterday, Marvelous dropped a new patch (1.1.0) for 'Titanic Scion', and while it comes with a new boss, it still lacks an optimization pass for Switch 2.

‘Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion’ Gets New Patch But No Optimization
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‘Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles’ Switch 2 Review: Tactical Mastery 'Final Fantasy Tactics' was one of the best tactical role-playing games of the late 90s, and it has now been given the HD treatment, making it essential gaming.

‘Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles’ Switch 2 Review: Tactical Mastery
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‘Earthion’ Switch Review: An Astonishingly Special Shmup 'Earthion' is probably one of the best shmups I’ve ever played, and while it comes across like a love letter to the genre, it also feels like the '90s never ended.

‘Earthion’ Switch Review: An Astonishingly Special Shmup
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Amakuni Kizin Great Might Gaine Toy Review: Genuinely Astonishing One of the more involved entries in the 'Brave' saga is 'Brave Express Might Gaine', and we now finally have a toy worthy of its Great namesake.

Amakuni Kizin Great Might Gaine Toy Review: Genuinely Astonishing
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‘Samurai Troopers’ Blu-Ray Review: Mecha Mixed With Samurai 'Samurai Troopers' blended elements of mecha, sentai, and the samurai into a hugely popular and enduring anime, something this Blu-ray set pays tribute to.

‘Samurai Troopers’ Blu-Ray Review: Mecha Mixed With Samurai
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Medieval fantasy management sim RPG Dungeons & Kingdoms launches in early access this year Dungeons & Kingdoms is set to release into Steam Early Access later this year, featuring robust kingdom management intense dungeon delving.

Wrote a bit about this upcoming medieval fantasy kingdom management sim meets dungeon delver RPG hybrid game for GamesBeat.

Honestly, a pretty awesome combo with Valheim-style low-poly visuals. All made by a solo dev too!

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‘Dragon Quest VII Reimagined’ Looks Absolutely Wondrous One of the most successful 'Dragon Quest' games ever made is finally getting the remake treatment, and it looks genuinely amazing.

‘Dragon Quest VII Reimagined’ Looks Absolutely Wondrous
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‘Metroid Prime 4’ Goes Open World And Finally Gets A December Release It’s been a long road to get to the release of 'Metroid Prime 4', but we’re finally here, and December cannot come soon enough.

‘Metroid Prime 4’ Goes Open World And Finally Gets A December Release
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