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24 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
neat, I guess S.C.A.T. is in the can too
I walked into every one of the replies I am already getting
oh, they're doing Return of the Ninja too! fwiw the two aren't connected, despite the name, and share no common staff (I think it was outsourced, even) so don't go in expecting to experience some unsung action masterpiece
by ~2000, most of the Natsume vets were either in console dev or had left or ascended to management, and on top of that, most of their overseas-only GBC games were outsourced or given to newbies, so while they put out a lot of games, none of em really rivaled their classic output
oh and for those who don't know, Ninja Gaiden Shadow for Game Boy was developed by Natsume and is quite literally a Shadow of the Ninja game with Ryu slapped on

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26 Nov
uhhh, just going off JP comments I've seen but apparently a company owned & funded by Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman pretty much just bought SNK?! bloter.net/archives/483475🇰🇷
bin Salman's been hovering around the periphery of games forever and he has associated with Japanese devs & SNK in particular in the past

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23 Nov
a listing for Capcom Retro Station just showed up on Amazon JP: ten games, 8" screen, 329mm x 280mm x 315mm amazon.co.jp/dp/B08NXMXW25/🇯🇵

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22 Nov
horror mangaka Rei Mikamoto's response to a viral tweet about how Choshu Electric Railway makes twice as much money selling rice crackers as it does operating a railway: "when I worked for a game company, their best selling product was their steam buns (& they were delicious)"🇯🇵
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20 Nov
Ketsui Deathtiny's up on US PSN, $34.99 store.playstation.com/en-us/product/… the two DLCs (the 2007 IKD matsuri arrange & virt's DFKBL Ketsuipachi arrange) are $7.99 each
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