Daniel Bueno

The Hello Cycling bicycle rental app will hold a collaboration event with Genshin Impact in Japan. Special themed bicycles will appear in some Japanese cities and the campaign will be held between February 1 and March 31, 2025.

A new line of Attack on Titan sukajan jackets, hoodies, and t-shirts featuring Eren, Mikasa, Levi, and the Colossal Titan was announced. The items in the new collection are now available for pre-order from Never Mind’s fashion brand store Never Land, and will release in Japan on January 29, 2025.

The perpetrator of the Kyoto Animation arson attack has withdrawn the appeal for his verdict on the first trial. The defendant and perpetrator Shinji Aoba was charged with murder and arson, and was sentenced to death for the attack. [Thanks, NHK!]

There are a lot of interesting Homunculus Abilities that Lilac can use in Ender Magnolia, however some are clearly more useful than others, or might fit your playstyle better. Here ae some of the most successful abilities and combinations I have found during the course of the game.

Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist can be a challenging game and the limited number of healing charges that protagonist Lilac can use is a big contributing factor to the game’s difficulty. Fortunately, there is a way of increasing the number of times you can heal before resting on a Respite and resetting the enemies.

As part of a new corporate restructuring, Sony Group Corporation announced that Hideaki Nishino will be appointed the new president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE,) effective April 1, 2025. Additionally, Hiroki Totoki will be the new CEO of Sony Group Corporation.

Idea Factory and Compile Heart are reportedly working on a new numbered Hyperdimension Neptunia game. It appears that the new game will be announced before the end of 2025. [Thanks, ryokutya2089!]

Nintendo announced that the Japan regional version of the Nintendo eShop and the My Nintendo Store will stop accepting overseas payment methods, such as credit and debit cards issued outside of Japan or PayPal accounts created in countries other than Japan. The changes to the payment method options will go in effect on March 25, 2025.

The AnimeJapan 2025 website is running a new poll on the top manga series that the public wants to see turned into an anime adaptation. The ranking is currently public, but the places of the series are subject to change as people keep voting until the February 12, 2025 deadline.

Capcom announced a new Capcom Spotlight and Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase program that will showcase the latest title in the hunting action series as well as various upcoming games from the developer. The spotlight will appear on February 5, 2025 at 7am JST (or February 4 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET.) [Thanks, 4Gamer!]