Stumbled across an Earth Defense Force pop up shop at Bandai Namco Cross Store in Ikebukuro. The ant plushie is the perfect piece of EDF merch.

Peak Sonic design on display at the 35th anniversary exhibit in Ikebukuro

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time standee! I wonder if this is life-sized…

Some fan messages at Yodobashi Camera Ikebukuro to celebrate the Zelda 40th anniversary, including an important request from @MrNantendo

I cleared Cai’s path in Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave! I enjoyed the story and the mount mechanics were fun to engage with. Next up is my final route: Dietrich!

The concept of eating off the NieR 10th Anniversary Tower Records plate

Taking a break from Dagda to visit Wuhu Island in Nintendo Switch Sports Resort! Really digging thumb wrestling and table tennis, plus the exploration games are fun to control. The quest to hit all the secret targets starts now.

Good prices on some N64 classics

Animal Crossing display at Kiddy Land. Gulliver in his natural pose…

Are you walking away with PN03 or Cubivore?

Coming to Mister Donut: Alolan Diglett on 11/4 and Slowpoke hits 11/25. When are we getting edible Slowpoke tails?

Mandarake Daimansai at Akihabara UDX will feature the world’s biggest Pokemon merch event from 11/21-23! Thousands of Pokemon goods will be on sale, including over 100,000 trading cards. Except for the one card you want most. More: mandarake.co.jp/dir/daimansa…

Ads for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time are now in Tokyo train stations! Just two and a half more weeks!

I visited Tamagotchi Factory in Harajuku! It’s a merch store with a lot of customizable goods, like the Minitama game where you have three minutes to stuff as many figures into an egg. Could use more Oyajitchi goods though…

Starman on Hop Star plush. This might be the peak of plushies.

Miyashita Park in Shibuya currently has a BLOFFFu pop up shop, which sells hybrid plastic/plush figures. No way Sonic was missing this.

Pokopia Halloween event has started! It utilizes the rarely used (at least for me) camouflage feature and has some nice new items, including a ghost hologram based on the original game. Lavender Town as the next DLC area? 🤔

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort ads are now in Tokyo train stations! This is how I’ll look when prop plane-ing

I visited the SNK store in Animate Akihabara! And by store I mean half of one floor inside a bigger store. Mostly KoF stuff, but there were some nice displays and you can buy an Iori jacket so…

Move over Halloween: Pokemon Christmas goods go on sale 10/22! The Clodsire sleigh is pure genius. More: pokemon.co.jp/goods/2026/10/…