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Speculative fiction is a broad umbrella genre denoting any narrative fiction with supernatural or futuristic elements ; this encompasses the genres of science fiction , fantasy , horror , alternative history , magic realism , and superhero fiction , as well as combinations of the previous genres . It typically strays strongly from reality and so may feature fictional types of beings like mythical creatures and supernatural entities , technologies that do not exist in real life like time machines and interstellar spaceships , or magical or otherwise scientifically inexplicable elements . The term ' s popularity is sometimes attributed to Robert Heinlein , who referenced it in ___MASK61___ in an editorial essay , although there are prior mentions of speculative fiction , or its variant " speculative literature ". Japan (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of Japan ") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . Asia is Earth ' s largest and most populous continent , located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres and sharing the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe . Asia covers an area of , about 30 % of Earth ' s total land area and ___MASK32___ . 7 % of the Earth ' s total surface area . The continent , which has long been home to the majority of the human population , was the site of many of the first civilizations . Asia is notable for not only its overall large size and population , but also dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of ___MASK80___ . ___MASK80___ billion people . The supernatural ( Medieval Latin : " superntrlis ": " supra " " above " + " naturalis " " natural ", first used : ___MASK84___  ___MASK24___ AD ) includes all that cannot be explained by science or the laws of nature , including things characteristic of or relating to ghosts , gods , or other supernatural beings , or to things beyond nature . The PlayStation ___MASK81___ ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March ___MASK80___ , 2000 in Japan , October 26 , 2000 in North America , November 24 , 2000 in Europe , and November 17 , 2000 in Australia . It competed with Sega ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles . , sometimes written as Micro Cabin , was a Japan - based video game developer and publisher incorporated in ___MASK41___ , who grew from the yachi Electrics Microcomputer Club . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , ___MASK54___ years and ___MASK37___ months after its initial launch . Its successor , the PlayStation 2 , was released in 2000 . The PlayStation 2 is the best - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , ___MASK36___ . Sony ' s next console , the PlayStation 3 , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . Sony ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of ___MASK94___ . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . The Tower of Cabin is an unusual spinoff of the fantasy role - playing video game series called Xak by the Japanese developer MicroCabin . The Tower of Cabin was released just before MicroCabin decided to discontinue the development of Xak III for MSX . The Tower of Cabin was also ported to the NEC PC9801 . In this game , the player plays as a new MicroCabin employee as they wander the MicroCabin headquarters building in Japan with a goal to work with the various lead programmers and developers in making the company more successful . This is very similar to the Japanese game known as Segagaga ( Dreamcast ) in which the player runs the entire Sega company as the president of Sega Corporation . This game featured many characters from the Xak series such as Latok , Fray and Pixie . There were two unlockable mini - games in The Tower of Cabin : a short fighting game between Pixie and Fray and a text adventure called Crusader that took place within the Xak universe . Abandoning previous ventures in favor of toys in the 1960s , Nintendo then developed into a video game company in the 1970s , ultimately becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan ' s third most - valuable company with a market value of over $ 85 billion . From ___MASK93___ until 2016 , Nintendo was also the majority shareholder of Major League Baseball ' s Seattle Mariners . China , officially the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK57___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over ___MASK49___ provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . The is a home video game console released by Sega on November ___MASK9___ , ___MASK13___ in Japan , September 9 , ___MASK28___ in North America , and October 14 , ___MASK28___ in Europe . It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles , preceding Sony ' s PlayStation 2 , Nintendo ' s GameCube and Microsoft ' s Xbox . The Dreamcast was Sega ' s final home console , marking the end of the company ' s ___MASK8___ years in the console market . Microsoft Corporation ( commonly referred to as Microsoft or MS ) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond , Washington , that develops , manufactures , licenses , supports and sells computer software , consumer electronics and personal computers and services . Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems , Microsoft Office office suite , and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers . Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup . As of ___MASK5___ , it was the world ' s largest software maker by revenue , and one of the world ' s most valuable companies . Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe , often but not always without any locations , events , or people from the real world . Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element , theme , or setting . Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds . Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific and macabre themes , respectively , though there is a great deal of overlap between the three , all of which are subgenres of speculative fiction . Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group , which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics ( video games , network services and medical business ), motion pictures , music and financial services . These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world . Sony ' s principal business operations include Sony Corporation , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Sony Interactive Entertainment , Sony Music Entertainment , Sony Mobile ( formerly Sony Ericsson ) and Sony Financial . Sony is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of ___MASK86___ , the fourth - largest television manufacturer in the world , after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics and TCL . The is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on September ___MASK35___ , ___MASK97___ ; in North America on November ___MASK8___ , ___MASK97___ ; in Europe on May 3 , 2002 ; and in Australia on May 17 , 2002 . The sixth - generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony Computer Entertainment ' s PlayStation 2 and Microsoft ' s Xbox . Korea is a historical state in East Asia , since ___MASK6___ divided into two distinct sovereign states : North Korea ( officially the " Democratic People ' s Republic of Korea ") and South Korea ( officially the " Republic of Korea "). Located on the Korean Peninsula , Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast . It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the East Sea .