Now that The Mario Galaxy Movie is on streaming services, I bought it and made a watchable VHS version for my collection. I recycled a Star Trek Voyager tape, which was just the right length. I then put the box art together based on the official DVD box art, and old VHS movies.

Another baseball night in Omiya. Go Lions!

Mini display detailing the upcoming Splatoon Raiders download cards. Never seen download card specific promo materials before, it emphasizes the price difference e between physical and even gives a date for when the download card becomes available which I’ve never seen before.

Got to see The Super Mario Galaxy Movie today! Fun movie! A bit of a lull in the middle but I enjoyed it overall. Still kind of processing it all, really!

Sure, why not? I enjoyed the demo quite a bit!

Mario Movie on TV tonight here in Japan. Less than a week until the Galaxy movie releases here.

Baseball night in Omiya tonight! Seibu Lions vs Chiba Lotte Marines. My first game of the season. Let’s go Lions!

Wow. Hard to believe that the 3DS launch here in Japan was 15 years ago! This was my haul on that day.

Both Switch 2 flavors will be first-come, first-served on the Nintendo Store starting on the afternoon of February 6th. Customers still must've registered Nintendo Accounts by 2025/12/21 at 23:59 JST and accumulated at least 50 hours of play time on the Switch.

Resident Evil 4 for the Gamecube was released on this day in North America, 21 years ago (2005) #retro #art #gaming #ResidentEvil

I got the chance to go to the Nintendo Museum and Nintendo Kyoto yesterday and today. Wow. So much fun! The first time I’ve been to Kyoto in 8 years. Wish I could have stayed longer!

Though one of the last games I beat this year, it was my favorite. Final Fantasy Tactics was just awesome! I wish I would have played it sooner. Here’s to 2025 and what’s to come in 2026!

I beat Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles yesterday. What a game! When it was all said and done, I put in roughly 70 hours into it!

Izakaya night. It’s been awhile!

本日、ドリームキャストの誕生日。 1998年11月27日、ドリームキャストは登場しました。

8 videos, 5 written hands-on impressions, two Patreon exclusive podcasts, a regular show and social media updates. It was a lot of work, but I'm proud of what we were able to accomplish for coverage of TGS this year. Looking forward to next year and everything else in between!

A little pre-Tokyo Game Show baseball this evening.

Did you know that in the first 100 episodes of Tokyo Game Life, there have been over 60 different guests? WOW! Here’s a list of the ones on BlueSky, and they all deserve a follow. Check them out! go.bsky.app/6qwRaKq

Great night for a summer barbecue. And hitting the weeds after neglecting them for so long!

Had a BBQ this evening. Nothing too fancy but good stuff!

A Tetris 99 multi-theme event started today. I already have all of the themes, but it’s fun just popping in and playing on these during the events.

Special delivery. For me. Hehehe. 👀

I just have to get through work tomorrow and then my Switch 2 should be here in the early evening. Starting to feel the damn hype!

I went to the fancy 109 Cinemas Premium location in Shinjuku today for showings of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi today. I had never seen them in theaters up to this point. Still my favorite movies and what a blast! They even had cosplayers!

I got my Multi-Language Switch 2 pre-ordered and paid for. That thing is coming on launch day!

Xenoblade Chronicles X came out ten years ago today in Japan. It took me awhile, but I rolled the credits on this one and wrote multiple articles, including a review on this, at the time. Really enjoying my current replay of it on the Switch for the first time in English.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghibli or LOTR)

Banger. youtu.be/y6wLcx7AkRM

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Star Wars: A New Hope on TV tonight. Let’s go!

I can’t believe it. I won the lottery here for a Multi-Language Switch 2! This came via a notification via the My Nintendo app! If you have that on your phone and applied for the lottery, check it out! It was not showing up on the web version.

Okay. Awesome! Looks like I have a Switch 2 GameCube controller pre-ordered. If you’re in Japan, try out the My Nintendo Store online before they’re all gone!

I wonder how many of these are eligible applicants (Japanese accounts, 50 hours of gameplay, etc).The wording from Furukawa didn’t seem to specify that.

I met George Lucas at Star Wars Celebration Japan! #SWCJ #StarWarsCelebration

Baseball in Omiya tonight! #SeibuLions

I thought the Direct was pretty great! Except for the region locking bit at the end of the Japanese version.

That time of year again. Please don’t be bad this year, Seibu!

Got my physical copy of Xenoblade Chronicles X today. Amazon Japan had a “stainless tray” option, so I went with that. Let’s be real, it’s just a fancy ashtray. lol!

Let’s go, Cubs!

Let’s DONKEEEEY!

What I thought would be a few hours of my afternoon ended taking 7 hours. Cleared out my closet, purged junk and fit more stuff back in said closet. The before, during and after.

At the Tokyo Dome today for Wrestle Dynasty!!!

Happy New Year!

It’s a boys night with me an the cat. He’s snoozing. I finished watching AEW World’s End (which was a lot of fun) and I’m now catching up on some NFL, kicking back a few beverages.

I went to go see LOTR: War of the Rohirrim today. Got lucky enough to find a showing with English voice. Fun movie! I bought these cool acrylic figures, post card sets and a movie pamphlet.

My Christmas gets this year.

My Christmas Eve! Had fun watching Red One tonight.

I have collected all the Nikkes after spending $0 and clicking red dots for two years. Ask me anything

The Japanese versions of the Donkey Kong Land trilogy plus the GBC Donkey Kong Country port, aptly titled Donkey Kong 2001 (it released in January 2001 in Japan).

12 years ago today, the Wii U launched in Japan! Here’s my launch haul.