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I have legit never heard of this magazine before.

I was jokingly referring to your reviews of Famitsu and such where you point out some stuff and it critique it.

Kind of half-disappointed there's no rant.

Well, if you're gonna be a butt craftsman, never half-ass it.

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What the hell is even happening here though?  It's not actually porn, it just looks like it if you squint.  Oh Japan.  Why you so freaky?

As you know since you lived in Japan so long, depiction of sexual penetration is banned by imperial decree which is why tentacle porn got invented, as a workaround.

Plus, all I see is some lady thoroughly enjoying some butternut squash lolololol.

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Do people get excited the mag is 300 pages, or annoyed that the file is on the large side? 

I don't think anyone cares about the file size. 500MB isn't much nowadays.

Trust me, learning Japanese lead me down some rabbit holes to say the least lol. When I went to Japan last year for the first time, I wasn't surprised by all the 18+ games and stuff in electronic areas like Akiba, etc because I expected it. I don't really think it is a big deal honestly though there probably are no doubt plenty of pearl clutchers.

Although, there still is a Puritanical perspective on sex and nudity here, I don't know if that might be the reason why there are delayed downloads. Some people might just be late and/or that grabs their attention.

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I hate how anytime a small majority complains with their views on it, it affects gaming.

Don't like nudity, here we'll cover it up. God forbid women can't show off their sex appeal.
Don't like hitting any other than men, here we'll change the character to a different person. You still okay the overall murder and violence though?

Those are just a few examples and it still pisses me off they had to do PR for it to please the shrieking ones. As long as it something like a video game and not actual people hurting anyone, if you don't like it, leave it be. They have to ruin it for everyone.

It's pretty awesome much you have contributed to Japanese gaming magazine conservation. As someone who grew up around the time of golden Nintendo Power era, I always wondered what the Japanese magazines were like but didn't know a way to get them or they were probably way too expensive.

Anyway, thanks for all you have done and hopefully will continue do so.

All these 12 year old beer mags are making me thirsty lol.

What is a guide! A miserable pile of secrets!

I miss Castlevania.

Thanks. Games on cover:

Final Fight 2
Seiken Densetsu 2
Shining Force 2
Ys IV
Shin Megami Tensei
Street Fighter II Turbo

Games on cover:

Final Fantasy V

Populous 2

Namcot Open

Thanks.

Some games released in the west are featured on the cover: Super Castlevania IV, Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past.

Thanks. Always love classic Famitsu

This is a magazine issue I always wanted to look at again (I think I my brother had this issue) because I have played FFT start to finish several dozen times.

More Famitsu goodness. Thanks.

Thanks, this looks great.

That's a great cover.

Edit: It's by Hajime Sorayama. No wonder it's so good. One of the best of Lara I've seen.

Games featured on cover:

• Final Fantasy IV Easy Type
• Romancing Saga
• Ransei no Hasha
• Shining Force.

Thanks for the scan.

Nice. Thanks.

Thanks. Looks to be some great games on the cover.

Thanks again, Dengeki in all its iterations is a solid magazine in my opinion.