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Ringo is featured in the NAG Winter Edition 2026

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa – Manga · published 15 Jul 2026, 02:26 UTC

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8 years later some players still discover the game! 3 games later Ringo still sells the best out of them and makes it possible for me to continue living by gamedev.

I consider it a pure luck actually (aka gift of Heavens), cause there's a lot more hardworking devs than me, thousands as talented but with lesser successful or even completely unknown games. So I was just lucky and can't be grateful enough.

Digital games are some kind of a mirage though. Something that exists only in the imaginary world of the internet. So it really feels different when you materialize in something substantial, whether it's a physical edition of a game, or an article in a magazine of the real world.

So I really appreciate the editors of NAG Magazine for including Ringo in this issue.

Thank you very much!

The NAG Winter Edition 2026 is available through the following stores:

https://www.takealot.com/nag-magazine-winter-edition-2026/PLID102574501
https://www.zinio.com/za/publications/nag-magazine/6182/issues/705670

P.S.

Ringo EX as a physical edition for Switch in the next year, maybe?

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