The official Pokémon theme park opened in Japan today and it’s already looking like a must-visit

Pokémon’s 30th anniversary celebration is ramping up for some big announcements later this month, but one of my favorite facets of it may be the new theme park that just opened in Japan.

When I first saw pics of PokéPark Kanto, I thought it looked a little cheap, with a bunch of Pokémon statues lining a forested area. But the videos coming out of Japan today make it look like an absolute blast, whether you’re a child or a grown-up child (like me) who grew up on the series.

Japanese social media was flooded by the most adorable pictures and videos, and I can’t get enough of it. It’s all so wholesome and cute. There’s a Pikachu stage show called PikaPika Sparks where a bunch of people in electric rat costumes dance around, and it’s amazing.

But that’s just a small part of what PokéPark Kanto has to offer. As you walk around the area, performances take place featuring all sorts of Pokémon-costumed theme park workers, and there are countless little Pokémon scattered about everywhere for you to take pictures with.

And merch. Oh, the merch. This place is going to make absolute bank. There’s mini plushies of just about every original 151 Pokémon you can think of, Mickey Mouse ears-like headbands featuring Eeveelution ears, clothes, drinks, Pokémon-themed food, and more. And I want to buy all of it.

Below I’ve shared some of my favorite PokéPark Kanto posts that I’ve found on Twitter/X this morning alone:

I love this adorable Vulpix:

And there’s even a theme park employee dressed as Nurse Joy who can heal your friends:

Needless to say, this theme park is going to be a smash hit, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see more pop up. This first iteration in Yomiuri Land in Tokyo has a waitlist to even get in, so be prepared to wait for quite a while if you’re looking to book a plane ticket.

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Nioh 3 is a truly visual masterpiece that’s better played in high graphics, but the performance in the early hours hasn’t been smooth. If you’re on a PC, you can easily tweak certain settings to get more out of your hardware.

We already got an early taste of PC gameplay, all thanks to the demo that’s available for free. While a massive benefit is continuing the main story on the full version, it also gave us an idea about what the best set of visual settings might look like.

Best Nioh 3 graphics settings

Before I dive deeper into the settings, here’s how my setup looks.

• AMD Ryzen 5600G
• NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 GB
• 16 GB of DDR5 RAM

Here are the settings I rolled with on my PC.

• Display Mode: Borderless
• VSync: Off
• Resolution: 1920×1080 (depends on your setup)
• Frame Rate Cap: 60 FPS
• Graphics Presets: Custom
• Upscaling: DLSS
• Sharpening: 1.0
• Rendering Resolution: 65%
• Dynamic Resolution: 60
• Minimum Rendering Resolution: 50%
• Maximum Rendering Resolution: 65%
• Frame Generation: Off
• FPS Dynamic Adjustment: On
• HDR: Off
• Post-Effects Resolution: Standard
• Motion Blur: Off
• Chromatic Aberration: Off
• Len Vignette: Off
• Noise Filter: Off
• Mach Band Noise: Off
• Color Precision: Standard
• Depth of Field: Off
• Lens Flare: Off
• Bloom: Off
• Subsurface Scattering: Off
• Shadow Quality: Standard
• Ambient Occlusion: Very Low
• Model Quality: Standard
• Model Texture Quality: Standard
• Number of Models Displayed: Few
• Wind Sway: Off
• Anisotropic Filtering: Off
• Effects: Standard
• Motion Quality: Low
• Screen Space Reflection: Very Low
• Background Mesh Quality: Standard
• Terrain: Low
• Grass Density: Low
• Volumetric Cloud Quality: Low
• FPS (Cutscenes): 30
• Cutscene Quality: Standard
• Global Illumination: Standard

There are two pointers to note.

• I kept Vsync off because you reduce the load on your system but sacrifices very little in return. Hence, it’s best to keep it off.
• Keeping the FPS capped to 60 gave me the best results. There were no lags, no stutters, and the performance held steady at 60 FPS. However, you can choose to go for uncapped if you have a better system.

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