Help, Appendices
What's new
2026-10-05: New games from everywhere, and Recently added
Tana now looks for new Western releases every week as well as Japanese ones, and games that were announced before they came out are now added once they're released. The home page shows the games most recently added to Tana, from every region, newest first.
2026-09-29: Help pages
These help pages are now live at tana.gamingjapanese.com/help/, with a link at the top of every public page and at the bottom of the app.
2026-09-28: Discord server and subreddit
Tana now has a Discord server (discord.gg/RfwNdPS8G) and a subreddit, r/tanashelf. You'll find links on the Community page and at the bottom of every page.
2026-09-27: Cover variants and edition notes
You can now add a Cover variant when a game was printed with different box art under the same serial, and describe what makes an edition different. Comments on game pages also count toward your contribution orb now.
2026-09-25: Sharing, Community and the leaderboard
Your collection now has its own share link with a picture of your shelf, a shelf image you can download, and embed code. There's a new Community tab with the leaderboard, a Following feed and wants matches, and game pages show how many collectors own and want each edition.
2026-09-25: Asia and Korea
Asian and Korean releases now have their own regions, in ochre and plum.
2026-09-25: More editions
Serials and European country editions for PS1, PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast and GameCube, and reprint lines like Greatest Hits, Platinum and Player's Choice across most platforms. Japanese edition names now show in Japanese.
2026-09-24: The shelf view
Collections now open as a shelf, with real box sizes. The list view is still there.
2026-09-24: Western-only games
About 12,000 games that only came out outside Japan were added, along with the Western only and Physical in the West only stamps and filters.