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I've been so busy and been having s rough time but I'm hoping to make a blog post soon! I think I'll make it about another childhood game or website (*´ω｀)o

I hope your day is full of the warmest sun rays and the gentlest of breezes. Thank you all for following me ∘˚•⊹♥︎

#card captors #cardcaptor sakura #kawaii #anime #cute #manga #nostalgia #90s anime #blogpost #90s manga #clamp manga

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I love Sailor Mercury so much, she has always been my favorite sailor senshi for how smart, kind, elegant and supportive she is 💙🩵

Who's your favorite sailor senshi from Sailor Moon? ヾ(✿❛3❛)ノ

#sailormoonsenshi #90s sailor moon #sailor senshis #pretty guardian sailor moon #sailormoon #sailor mercury #sailor scouts #sailor moon crystal #90s anime

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✰~ Squid Girl ~✰

Is one of my favorite slice of life/ comedy anime I'd seen in many years. Not only is it adorable and easy to casually binge watch at a slow pace, its also a family friendly show!

（●´∀｀）ノ♡

Squid Girl follows Ika Musume, a half squid half girl sea creature that comes up to invade the human world for polluting the ocean. However, through some silly hijinks, she ends up working as a waitress for the damages she causes and actually ends up living with the humans who sort of adopt her into their family. The episodes focus on her day to day life learning about humans, how she learns to grow closer to her new friends and how she still tries to invade the land anyway.(*´ω｀)o

The show has 2 seasons with each season containing 12 episodes each, so it isn't a very long anime. This was one of the ones I showed to my siblings as they were getting into anime growing up and they always recall how fun it was to watch and nostalgic it is for them. If you're looking for a nice and cute anime to watch with your family, friends or even just for yourself - Squid Girl is a big personal recommendation!

#kawaii #cute #nostalgia #anime #manga #blogpost #2000sanime #2000snostalgia #squidgirl #squidgirlanime #ikamusume

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I've noticed I've got new followers lately!!! I hope you are enjoying my blog and I hope you don't mind the waiting periods since I work alot.

I hope you enjoy your stay!

(^o^)

#cute #blogpost #blogging #blog

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🎊Wishing everyone a Happy New Year

☆(≧∀≦*)ﾉ🎉

#luckystaranime #lucky star manga #lucky star #anime #Cute #Kawaii #Manga #2000snostalgia #2000s anime

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🎄Feliz Navidad and Happy Holidays🎄

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#luckystaranime #lucky star #lucky star manga #2000snostalgia #2000s anime #feliz navidad #merrychristmaseve

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Here's a hint at what my next blog post will be about! (☆^ー^☆)

Comment if you remember this anime ~ ♥︎♡♥︎

#squid girl #squidgirlanime #Anime #Comedyanime #Sliceoflifeanime #2000sanime #blogpost #Kawaii #Cute #2000snostalgia

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I hope everyone is doing okay!

Ive been fighting a sore throat for a week now and it sucks but it's getting better ♥︎

Take care of yourselves since its flu season

( ˘ ³˘)♥

#lucky star #luckystaranime #Luckystarmanga #cute #Blogpost #Blogging #Kawaii

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Where are all the magical girl games?

This is something that I thought about recently since I remembered Sailor Moon drops for the app store and how sad I still am that it shut down. It was a cute and simple puzzle, match 3 type of mobile game where you would collect the characters from Sailor Moon and use their move sets when you did combos or as special "attacks" to clear out parts of the puzzle. It even had the show's villains and side characters included. What made me love it was all the detail it had from the different costumes to even the free content we would get like phone wallpapers. Sadly it did shut down in 2019, but it was going since 2016 so not too short of a span. ( ｡ •̀ ᴖ •́ ｡) </3

Something I realized while thinking about this game was how there hadn't been a single other Sailor Moon similar or even simple app/ game to come out. Which is odd because usually with popular franchises of any kind, they get at least a few more games at the same time or one right after the other shuts down. Since the new Sailor Moon Crystal came out in 2015 it made sense when the game popped up. Even though it's been some years since then (which is crazy to think about honestly), anime as a whole has only gotten more popular and mainstream leading to many other anime franchise app games to come out. Some games to think of as an example would be One Piece Treasure Cruise, Naruto x Boruto Ninja Voltage and Pokémon Masters EX. I included these specific titles because they've been consistently updated to include content from the newest episodes or game releases as we speak.

Sailor Moon is no less relevant than these other titles, it's still just as popular as it was in 2015 and 1992. The merchandise collaborations, like the Jimmy Choo collection or even just going into any big store and finding Sailor Moon graphic tees is a showcase of how big this franchise is still is. Even if it's no longer ongoing, that still doesn't diminish it's popularity. So then.. Why haven't we gotten a new Sailor Moon app game? Or actually.. Why haven't we gotten a Sailor Moon video game at all since 2001 when it was only a Japan exclusive anyway? Or the biggest question of all that strikes me as weird -

Where are the magical girl games? (at least for western audiences)

( ;´ - `;)

Sailor Moon isn't the only big magical girl show that had a revival recently. We saw Cardcaptor Sakura come back as Carcaptor Sakura Clear in 2018 and Tokyo Mew Mew came back in 2022 (last year!). But none of them got so much as an app game, let alone a video game. And these are just my personal top 3, but Magical Girl anime are a HUGE untapped market as a whole!

If you look up "Magical Girl Anime" in Anime-planet.com for example, you get 11 pages showcasing about 21 (if you include movies of course) of magical girl content - of which vary in different eras, starting as early since the 60s. And I'm just talking about anime I'm not talking about manga, because that is an even BIGGER untapped market.

You might be thinking by now, "Well surely there are plenty of games that were created before for the genre." And you're right! There were releases that were made in the past, but it's been such a long time since many of the bigger franchises that are still popular today, got a full release of a game or even an app game.

Let's look at a list of video game release dates for each of the top 3 franchises I listed earlier as an example to get idea of the time frames. I will be listing Western and Japanese releases, but not any collabs with other games. Also, I won't do this perfectly in chronological order, it's only organized by the year it first debuted in Japan. Lastly, I don't read Japanese so I don't know which ones are re-releases so obviously expect to see the same games just on a different system in another or same year. Good? Good. Let's go!

(づ๑•ᴗ•๑)づ♡ ~ (My sources will be linked at the very end of the post)

Sailor Moon

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon - 1992 (Gameboy) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon - 1993 (Super Nintendo) - Japan and EU

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R - 1993 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Kessen Dark Kingdom - 1993 (Sharp X68000) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon - 1994 (Sega Genesis) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon R - 1994 (Gameboy) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jōgai Rantō!? Shuyaku Sōdatsusen - 1994 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S - 1994 (Sega Pico) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Quiz Taiketsu! Sailor Power Ketsushuu - 1994 (Playdia) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor V - 1994 (Sharp X68000) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon - 1994 (Turbo CD) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Kotaete Moon Call! - 1994 (Terebikko) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Collection - 1994 (Turbo CD) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S - 1995 (Game Gear) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS - 1995 (Sega Pico) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S Kurukkurin - 1995 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story - 1995 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S - 1995 (3DO) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Fuwa Fuwa Panic - 1995 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor Moon to Hiragana Lesson! - 1995 (Playdia) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Youkoso! Sailor Youchien - 1995 (Playdia) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor Moon to Hajimete no Eigo - 1995 (Playdia) - Japan

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - 1995 (Arcade) - Worldwide

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars - 1996 (Sega Pico) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Various Emotion - 1996 (Sega Saturn) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zenin Sanka! Shuyaku Soudatsusen - 1996 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: Fuwa Fuwa Panic 2 - 1996 (Super Nintendo) - Japan

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Shin Shuyaku Soudatsusen - 1996 (Playstation) - Japan

Quiz Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Chiryoku Tairyoku Toki no Un - 1997 (Arcade) - Japan

The 3D Adventures of Sailor Moon - 1997 (PC) - US

Sailor Moon Horoskop & Games - 2000 (PC) - EU

Kids Station: Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon World - Chibiusa to Tanoshii Mainichi - 2001 (Playstation)

Sailor Moon: La Luna Splende - 2011 (Nintendo DS) - Italy

Silver Crystal for Sailor V - 2014 (Iphone, Android) - Japan

Sailor Moon Drops - 2016 (Iphone, Android) - WW

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Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura: Itsumo Sakura-chan to Issho! - 1995 (Game Boy Advance) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura - 1999 (Playstation) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura to Fushigi na Clow Cards - 1999 (WonderSwan) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura Clow Card Magic - 2000 (Playstation) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Tomoyo's Video War - 2000 (Dreamcast) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Tomoe Shougakkou Daiundoukai - 2000 (Gameboy Color) - Japan

Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart - 2001 (Playstation) - Japan

Card Captor Sakura: Sakura Card de Mini-Game - 2003 (Gameboy Advance) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura Card-hen Sakura Card to Tomodachi - 2004 (Gameboy Advance) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura-Chan to Asobo! - 2004 (Playstation 2) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Happiness Memories - 2019 (Iphone, Android) - Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: Repaint Record - 2020 - (Iphone, Android) - Japan

˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

Tokyo Mew Mew

Hamepane Tokyo Mew Mew - 2002 (Game Boy Advanced) - Japan

Tokyo Mew Mew – Tojo Shin Mew Mew! – Minna Issho ni Gohoshi Suru Nyan - 2002 (Playstation) - Japan

Berry Berry Mew Mew - 2005 (PC) - Korea (original Japanese name and date unknown; also to note the game was fandubbed to be released in Korean)

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As you can see by these lists, Sailor Moon saw the most releases, but Cardcaptor Sakura had the most recent release of the 3 although it was also sadly short lived and Tokyo Mew Mew with a whopping 3 games (that I could find). And again, I'm not including any collaborations that happened with the franchises for other games, I wanted only to focus on their own actually released games for different platforms/ systems.

Even with a list so big, the very last full video game that wasn't a mobile game for Sailor Moon was released in 2011 for Italy on the Nintendo DS - for Cardcaptor Sakura it was in 2004 for the Playstation 2 in Japan - and Tokyo Mew Mew in 2005 through not even an official release in Korea as that was done by fans who released it fully dubbed in Korean for PC. I found NOTHING in the last 8 years that wasn't a mobile game that didn't last, if even that, for these big titles. That's crazy to me! Especially with the rise of popularity of Anime and video games becoming so popular and mainstream.

⊹˚. ♡ It's not like there isn't an audience for these kinds of games either! With the rise of video games and cozy games specifically, feminine/ girly/ girl video gamers are making themselves known (me included!). While we still face a lot of scrutiny just because we are feminine presenting/ girly/ or just for being a girl, we are still much more out in the open about our interests in Anime and Video games of all kinds. ⊹˚. ♡

I'm going to use The Bratz franchise as an example. People during the pandemic and even now still think about about their childhood of playing dress up games, listening to early 2000s pop music, the fashion aesthetic of the times and the brands of toys that were all over the shelves we either had or wished we had. The Bratz team came back full force with new/ reruns of dolls, a webshow and a video game. And I'll say it now, Bratz Flaunt Your Fashion was not all too groundbreaking when you compare it to what it was based on ~ Bratz Forever Diamondz for the Playstation 2 and Nintendo DS. But it's still a fun game and people ate it up!! Why? Because we MISS these kinds of games! We miss girly and feminine games aimed for the shes, hes, theys, xers, etc. that love to dress up and appreciate sassy and fun characters.

I'm not saying we should have to revive franchises that are finished of course, but I AM saying that there is a demographic that would pay good money for a fully released magical girl genre game. Because we are starved for games that feature these and other magical girl franchises, since the majority or all were released for Japan and never had a chance to meet the Western audiences that have wanted it for years. ( ˊᵕˋ )♡.°⑅

Unfortunately, the popularity for nostalgic things may not be enough and unless the companies who own these titles actually open up the idea to make lucrative money by making games for fans of magical girl series', we will likely never really see modern day release of games like those again.

So what can we do? The answer is putting our faith into indie game and small video game developers! If you are an indie game dev or a small video game developer who also loves magical girls, I beg you to please comment your company and your socials. I want everyone to be able to find those who make similar or same type of games that are for the fans of all things magical girls. Even if it's not about magical girls, if it's cute, aesthetic and pastel, comment about it!

♡٭*( ‘꒳’ )

I leave you all with a small list of magical girl themed games/ similarly cute games I found that could help scratch that itch:

Magical Girl Dash - Steam

Hero Hours Contract- Steam, Nintendo Switch

Hero Hours Contract 2 - Steam, Nintendo Switch

A Magical High School Girl / 魔法の女子高生 - Steam, Nintendo Switch

Märchen Forest - Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4

Life After Magic - Steam

Calico - Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox

Blue Reflection - Steam

Blue Reflection Second Light - Steam

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And here we are at the end. I want to thank you if you've read this far and I would love to hear about your favorite magical girl video game of any year of any kind or even just talk about what kind of game you'd like to see in this genre!

(*^^*)♡ ~ Sources:

Tokyo Mew Mew Wiki

Giant Bomb

Wikipedia

Life After Magic Twitter

Life After Magic Tumblr

Steve O'Gorman Twitter

Official Calico Site

Anime-Planet

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I've been thinking that for my next big post id talk about Magical Girl games/ lack of games today, based off specific franchises as examples.

Taking a bit longer than my other posts because I'm trying to fit all I want to say into words that aren't so scrambled (｢๑•₃•)｢

#blogpost #blogging #blog ideas #magicalgirls

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Man..o。*・

I can't believe it's really been 10 years since I started watching Attack on Titan and now it's really over. I've never watched an anime so consistently and for so long before but I'm really happy I did for this one.

Many things have happened and changed in those 10 years, but through it all I was always excited for the next episode with friends and family alike. Safe to say I cried alot haha. But they were bittersweet tears because just like Eren, Mikasa and Armin, we grew and changed with them.

Thank you for the memories and see you later ❤️

#attack on titan #atot #Anime #Manga

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🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃

🧡💚💜 I hope everyone has a wonderfully spooky day and even if you don't celebrate I hope you have a lovely day 💚💜🧡 It is also my birthday so yay (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡

#halloween #happyhalloween #halloweenbirthday #mybirthday #itsmybirthday #yay

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I was really pleased with the Five Nights at Freddy's movie ★(ﾉ´∀`)

My husband and I and a group of friends met up last night in either cosplay or our Halloween costumes!

🖤 It's a good time 🖤

#fnaf #five nights at freddy's #five nights at Freddy's movie #fnaf movie

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There are so many things I love about this time of year, from new video games, to the Halloween decorations and the change of weather to a crispy cozy feel.

☕️<( ´͈ ◡ `͈ ) 🍂

Another thing I'm big on is watching Halloween movies I saw growing up! So here are some of my personal favorites that I like to binge:

🍁 Halloweentown 🍁

🕸️ Scooby-doo on Zombie Island 🕸️

🍂 Monster House 🍂

🖤 Mom's got a date with a Vampire 🖤

🌙 Scary Godmother Halloween Spooktacular ✨

🪰 ParaNorman 🪰

These are just SOME of my favorites! To be honest my actual list is waayyyyyy too big haha, but I hope I gave you all some ideas for something new or newly remembered to enjoy this month.

( つ'w')つ・・*:★・:・★

🎃 Halloween is only 5 days away - I hope everyone has a Spooktacular time 🎃

#halloweentown #paranorman #monster house #scary godmother #scarygodmotherspooktacular #Momsgotadatewithavampire #disney channel original movie #halloween #halloween movies #scooby doo #scooby doo on zombie island #zombieisland #cartoonnetwork #cartoonnetworkmovie #2000s nostalgia #nostalgia #fall #october

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Look at my son ~ ♡٭•˚∘✩

#keroppi #sanrio #cute #Kawaii #Selfie #Myson #Plushie #Plush #Sanrioplush #Keroppiplush #Halloweenkeroppi #Halloweensanrio #emo

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☆*:.｡.Kirby and The Crystal Shards.｡.:*☆

This game came out in 2004 for the Nintendo 64, one of my favorite consoles ( ´ ω ` )ノﾞ It's a side scrolling classic Kirby style type of game where you go to different worlds, finishing levels, gathering friends new and old to defeat the big bad of the game - O2. While I would usually post a photo of the antagonist and explain more on the story, I would rather you experience the full thing for yourself if you haven't played the game yet! ♡

This game was incredible for a smaller me many years ago. I love the animated scenes, the music, the different planets and levels, and of course the characters! There's a pic of one of the levels that's all Autumn ~ (´,,•ω•,,) The soundtrack is especially nostalgic to listen to, even now - ☆ Here's the Pop Star theme song ☆

While Kirby Triple Deluxe and Kirby and The Forgotten Land hold a special place in my heart, Kirby and The Crystal Shards has always held the top Kirby game to me in my heart. Growing up, this was my first ever Kirby game and I always remembered how I would re-play it over and over. So much so, that I could remember which powers were needed to open up certain secrets in the maps like the back of my hand! (o^ ^o)

One of my favorite things about this game as well was the mini games that you could play either with bots or any friends locally. It also has a villain gallery, a juke box to listen to the songs from each level and boss, an art gallery and more. I love looking at the art gallery because you get to see such lovely designs of the characters and the mini games were especially fun to just pass the time with. ( ◡‿◡ *)

I will always recommend this game to anyone who likes the usual Kirby side scrolling formula, but are looking for something a little more nostalgic to enjoy. It's as cute as Kirby can be and it's always a fun time in my book ヽ(o＾▽＾o)ノ

#kirby #kirbyandthecrystalshards #nintendo64 #kirbygames #nintendo #cute #kawaii #retrogaming #retrogame #kirbymusic #3dkirby #waddledee #king dedede #adeleine #ribbonkirby #Youtube

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4am

I like this how this photo came out with the lights (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞

#photography #my photos #its 4am #waiting for the bus #work