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AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.

From “curing” chuunibyou teenagers to typing away emotional trauma: Japanese indie games about mental health
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Japanese indie developer triples price of their chaotic $2 USD roguelite after realizing underpricing was working against them
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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin’s gacha spin-off praised in Japan for its wholesome agriculture-themed ads that “respect the game’s worldview”
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The self-indulgent need to impress, rather than entertain, is what’s holding back some manga authors, Shonen Jump contest panel says
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Kadokawa reports sharp decline in publishing, anime business falls into deficit due to a lack of popular sequels
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Monster Hunter Stories 3 devs studied modern turn-based RPGs like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Expedition 33 for a game system that’s “convenient, but not easy”
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Magical academy visual novel Lilac will have an all-male or all-female cast depending on which version you buy
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Nihon Falcom sees 670% profit growth following Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, but remains conservative for full year due to difficulty of predicting Kyoto Xanadu sales figures
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A Western Perspective On Mecha Games. Gundam: One Year War: Maybe The Best Gundam Game Ever Made
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Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize
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Romeo Is a Dead Man's save screen hides a reference to one of Japan’s first eroge
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Atelier values its appealing characters, but future entries will pursue stronger gameplay. “We need to make games you can recommend without hesitation”
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Romeo Is a Dead Man: Everyday Is Like Monday detailed boss guide
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Former Devil May Cry dev releases new demo for 3D high school girl action game MIGHTREYA
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“Even if we tried reproducing their creations, we’d probably fail.” Fallout 76 production director praises Japanese players’ outstanding camp building skills
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PlayStation 1’s bizarre fishing reel controller was developed thanks to the obsessive attention to detail of actual fishing nuts. “It would be pointless if it didn’t feel like the real thing”
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“It was supposed to a sexy harem narrative, but it just got progressively darker.” The Hundred Line director on creating one of the game’s most popular routes
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New Mobile Suit Gundam movie boosts downloads of 1987 Guns N’ Roses song by 12,166%
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“It’s a misunderstanding, I am not interested in cyberpunk.” Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii discusses his complicated relationship with the genre
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Hotel Dusk: Room 215 author’s new mystery visual novel Dark Auction is 10% off to commemorate launch
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