The Metropolitan Police Department on Monday asked go-kart companies to improve safety as the popularity of their driving tours grows. The MPD asked five go-kart rental companies in Tokyo to encourage patrons to wear helmets and protective gear while driving amid an uptick in fender-benders. The ...
Nintendo Co. found out with its first smartphone game it's tough to get people to pay $10 even if the draw is Super Mario. With its second mobile title, the Japanese powerhouse is taking a different approach that is potentially more lucrative — and ...
The Japan Times newsroom selected these tech and digital stories as the most important of 2016. 1. All systems go: For a few weeks in the summer, it seemed to be all that anyone was talking about was "Pokemon Go," an augmented-reality game you play ...
SuperMario makes a dash for smartphones For years, people have asked Nintendo if the Kyoto-based game maker was going to create titles for smartphones. Now, finally, the question has been answered. This isn't actually Nintendo's first phone app, but it is its first proper Mario game ...
The operator of Universal Studios Japan in Osaka said Monday that it will open a Nintendo-themed area featuring the game maker's popular characters by summer 2020, investing over ¥50 billion ($432 million). USJ Co. said it will create an area called "Super Nintendo World," showcasing ...
Nintendo Co. will release "Super Mario Run" worldwide for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad on Dec. 15 in U.S. time zones, a highly anticipated launch that has a high bar for success after this summer's "Pokemon Go" phenomenon. The game, the first mobile edition starring ...
Apple Inc. unveiled a new water- and dust-resistant iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras at its fall product event Wednesday, and said that a "Super Mario" game was coming to the new phone and that "Pokemon Go" would feature on its upgraded Apple Watch. The excitement ...
"Super Mario" takes you to a whole new level Gamers who grew up in the 1980s may remember that the coolest part of the Nintendo game "Excitebike" was a design mode that let players make their own tracks. Imagine what it would be like to ...
Nintendo Co. is ignoring "compelling evidence" that "Super Mario" and its other video games would sell on smartphones and tablets, according to a Hong Kong hedge fund manager who urged the company to shift gears. Seth Fischer, chief investment officer of Oasis Management Co., called ...
Nintendo Co. isn't offering Super Mario games on smartphones. Other people are. A game called "Super Mario" has been available to download on Baidu Inc.'s 91 Wireless online application store in China and was available on Samsung Electronics Co.'s online China app store by Wednesday. ...
Calling all 'Dragon Quest VIII' fans The classic RPG "Dragon Quest VIII" is headed for release on smartphones this winter. And one Android-powered smartphone in particular is going to be more than ready. NTT Docomo is releasing a Sharp smartphone embellished with Dragon Quest motifs. ...
Gangsters. Hostesses. And lots and lots of street fighting. No, this isn't a night in Shinjuku's Kabukicho red-light district. It's an evening with "Yakuza," Sega's crime opus on the Wii U.
