About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Kaihatsu about the representation of Ainu culture in video games and includes final thoughts on Tomodachi Life and Monster Hunter Stories 3.

Type designer and YouTuber Kaihatsu returns as we chat about Ainu in video games! We discuss how northern Japan’s indigenous people have been portrayed in games like Ghost of Yotei, Samurai Shodown, Pokemon Legends Arceus, and how their culture may have influenced countless games. Plus I give some final thoughts on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Monster Hunter Stories 3! And I dig deep into a lot of Nintendo news including the newest Star Fox game and analyze the financial report! Follow our guest! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Kaihatsu Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kaihat.su Twitter: https://x.com/KaihatsuYT (0:00) - Intro Feature (0:55) - Ainu in Video Games w/ Kaihatsu Games (52:34) - Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream final thoughts (1:02:30) - Monster Hunter Stories 3 final thoughts News (1:09:47) - Star Fox, Nintendo FY26 analysis, Tokyo events Social media: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tokyogamelife.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokyoGameLife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tokyogamelife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tokyogamelife/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@tokyogamelife Website: https://tokyogamelife.com/ Like and subscribe on…

People in this episode

Host: Tokyo Game Life

Guest: Kaihatsu

Topics covered

• Ainu culture in video games
• Tomodachi Life
• Monster Hunter Stories
• Nintendo news
• indigenous representation
• video game analysis

Keywords

• Ainu
• video games
• Tomodachi Life
• Monster Hunter Stories
• Nintendo
• Ghost of Yotei
• Samurai Shodown
• Pokemon Legends Arceus
• Star Fox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nintendo

Books & works: Ghost of Yotei, Samurai Shodown, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Monster Hunter Stories 3, Star Fox

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