✨NEW EPISODE ✨ Featuring: ♊️ Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles w/ Stephen Meyerink 🦔 Sega Store Tokyo Listen now! 👇 tokyogamelife.com/episode/final-…

Does FFT have the most memorable localization ever? I chat with Stephen Meyerink about Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles! And I take you inside the new merch shop, Sega Store Tokyo! Find Tokyo Game Life on all podcast apps: tokyogamelife.com/episode/final-…

One iconic moment, three translations. But which one is best? 🤔 We chat all about Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles and the history of the game’s localization in the latest episode: tokyogamelife.com/episode/final-…

A tote bag of Red Ring Rico from Phantasy Star Online might be the most unexpected piece of gaming merch I’ve seen this year

One of the stranger souvenirs at Sega Store Tokyo: acrylic blocks, which are these big plastic bricks with art in them. I badly want to know the margins from selling a rectangle of plastic for 2000 yen.

Very impressed by the second Kirby Air Riders Direct. The game is completely packed with content and I’m really excited by all the customization options. And seeing Nova in HD like this is absolutely nuts!

I never thought I’d have to choose between a GameCube and corn, but here we are

The Pokemon Company reports that Pokemon Legends Z-A has sold 5.8 million its first week, with about half being Switch 2 SKUs. This is down from Arceus which sold 6.5 million week one, but the physical units for Z-A are slightly higher in Japan. More: corporate.pokemon.co.jp/PostImages/pok…

Korean Pokemon cards at a local Korean grocery store. Do you think someone collects all languages? 🤔

There’s no shortage of plushies at Sega Store Tokyo!

PlayStation and PS2 mini plushies in a crane game! We are only about twenty years away from a PS5 keychain plush.

What are you picking up?

Bic Camera now has a Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment demo at their Switch 2 demo stations! The first demo without Donkey Kong in it.

Kirby Air Riders amiibo on display at Yodobashi Camera! They’re real! They’re big! They’re swappable!

Pokemon Legends Z-A bundle has boosted Switch 2 sales in Japan, but it’s still often out of stock. Fun note: this Yodobashi Camera says they’ll refuse purchases if they suspect you’re a reseller.

Sega’s most important IPs according to Sega Store Tokyo: - Sonic the Hedgehog - Love and Berry - Persona 3 - Persona 5

Mister Donut will have another Pokemon collab starting 11/5! It will feature Pikachu and a Poke Ball… I mean Foongus! Even donuts are trolling us. More: misterdonut.jp/m_menu/new/251…

Some notable releases are hitting Switch 2 this week: - Luigi’s Mansion (NSO) - Dragon Quest I&II HD2D - Stray Children Fortunately these are the last games releasing in 2025 so I have plenty of time to play the-uh oh

Million dollar idea: dating app arranged like the Final Fantasy Tactics job menu