News & Reviews:   japan

Based on a statement by japantimes.co.jp, it seems that Panasonic recently developed a gadget that utilizes vacuum suction in order to pick up earbuds that were dropped onto railway tracks. The push for the development of such a gadget was due to the fact that there were around 950 cases of dropped earbuds between July and September of 2020, which has the potential to not only damage the railway tracks but also place patrons in danger if they were foolish enough to try and retrieve their earbuds.

It seems that a bunch of tweets from the user @IronManPS5 has recently surfaced on Twitter, detailing the pricing all of the variants of the PlayStation 5 as well as all the accessories the console supports. While not much is known in regards to the local pricing, the tweet gives us a better understanding of what to expect when the console and accessories are available in Malaysia.

It looks like anime characters are the best to have collaboration with when it comes to releasing special edition products. Nowadays, we can see various products ranging from smartphones to watches taking inspiration from anime series. Earlier today, we saw a collaboration between Casio's G-SCHOCK and One Piece on a watch that many One Piece fans would die for. Now, it appears that the watchmaker has another impressive collaboration as well, which is a Dragon Ball Z edition G-SHOCK watch.

In conjunction with Sega’s 60th anniversary, they have officially unveiled the Sega Game Gear Micro at the price of only 4980 Yen (~RM195). Due to the fact that there are 4 variants of the aforementioned handheld console, it’s possible to get all of them in a bundle for the price of 27255 Yen (~RM1068).

It seems that the Business Breakthrough University in Tokyo, Japan has recently held a virtual graduation ceremony using a mobile robot called “Newme” as well as Zoom, a video conferencing tool which became really popular recently. This isn’t the first time someone hosted a virtual ceremony, as there were few occasions where ceremonies like this were held in games such as Animal Crossing: New Horizon and Minecraft.

Netflix has officially announced that there will be twenty-one Studio Ghibli movies coming to the streaming platform on 1 February, 1 March and 1 April 2020. These movies include several award-winning titles such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and more.

Nintendo has officially announced the Ring Fit Adventure fitness game, which comes bundled with the Ring-con and Leg Strap will launch on the 18 October 2019. The accessories allow the player to control the movement of their character by jogging, stretching and many more.

Nintendo has announced that they will be re-releasing several Super Nintendo Entertainment System games such as Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, Super Mario World and more on the Nintendo Switch very soon. The games mentioned will be available via the Switch Online subscription service, which lets the user play online, save data to the cloud and more.

Some brands have resorted to integrate a mini liquid or graphene cooling system inside the phones, but let's be honest it can only do so much and trust me, I have the ASUS ROG Phone and it still gets on fire (performance is too strong). But someone from Japan thought of an idea and it's actually mindblowing - a water cooler radiator!

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Twitter account has recently tweeted that Final Fantasy VIII will be remastered and released onto several platforms such as the PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One as well as PC via Steam. The remastered version of the game will feature enhanced graphics, effects, and HD Textures.