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The inner-workings of Famitsu
Each week on GoNintendo, we bring you a wealth of information from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. It’s probably the most well-known Japanese gaming magazine, and it’s certainly very popular in Japan. If you have a game coming out that you want to get noticed, going the Famitsu route is a very good idea.
So just how does Famitsu work? It turns out that Famitsu deals quite often with the ‘advertorial’, which ends up being a paid preview of a game. Publishers can pay for up to a 9-page spread for their games, including all sorts of artwork and information that looks just like any other preview, but money is the motivation behind it. To get more details on this practice, check out the link below.