What’s the deal with this font?

Often described as ’Japan’s Helvetica’, what’s the story behind this commonly used font? I kept seeing it in Nintendo games or while visiting Japan, so I had to deep-dive into the typography world to find out what the whole fuss was about. Thanks to @Kaihatsu for fact checking the video and providing me with helpful sources on his typography-specific Twitter account: LET’S CHAT ON DISCORD: SOCIAL MEDIA: WEBSITE: STATISTICS: This is my 198th YouTube video of all-time