The remake train of Dragon Quest just doesn’t seem to be slowing down. While we still wait for the next new numbered installment of the series, remakes of the Erdrick trilogy have been keeping us occupied for the past few years. Now, we’re skipping ahead a whopping four games for our next remake, the rather […]
Many of us of a certain age remember how Terminator 2: Judgment Day shaped our world, only to flash forward and find ourselves playing one of the many terrible licensed games based on the film for home consoles by LJN or Ocean. Years later, Bitmap Bureau has been programmed to go back in time and […]
You never know what life will throw at you. Tetsuya is reminded of this when the apartment that he and his younger sister live in goes up in flames. Perhaps even more surprising is how he suddenly ends up as a live-in dorm mother in a girls’ dormitory. LOVEPICAL-POPPY! follows the twists and turns of […]
Ninja Gaiden is going all out celebrating this year with Koei Tecmo’s “Year of the Ninja” campaign, which began with the excellent Ninja Gaiden II Black back in January. While we’re still a ways off from the release of Ninja Gaiden 4 at the time of writing this, what we do have is another major […]
It’s time yet again for another outing in The Legend of Zelda series. After Breath of the Wild and its sequel upped the ante on the series’ capabilities in full 3D, now marks the return of top down Zelda after almost 11 years without a new entry in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. […]
Metal: Hellsinger clearly struck a chord with a lot of gamers, coming out to rave reviews and winning awards. Funcom have now brought this mix of FPS, rhythm, and heavy metal into virtual reality with Metal: Hellsinger VR. Revenge Will Be Mine Metal: Hellsinger VR has you take on the role of ‘Unknown’, who has […]
Sisters: Last Day of Summer (sisters ~Natsu no Saigo no Hi~) is a short visual novel developed by Jellyfish and published in English by JAST USA. Notably, it’s fully animated, which gives it a feel closer to an interactive anime rather than a stereotypical visual novel. The English version is based on the ‘sisters ~Natsu […]
Senren Banka (or Senren * Banka) includes a common route with six heroine routes and a ‘bad ending’. Two are locked behind other routes. This guide will tell you about the choices to access the various routes, and explain the situation regarding the patch. If you have not yet purchased this visual novel, you may […]
When one of the greatest producers of turn-based strategy announces a collection of classic games that haven’t seen the light of day for quite some time, I get rather excited. Phantom Brave is a game that I hold near and dear to my heart, and Soul Nomad is one of the few games I haven’t […]
Back when I was a strapping young lad, I was a huge fan of Nippon Ichi Software. Whilst I knew nobody who appreciated their games, they crafted some of the best turn-based strategy games to ever grace the humble PS2. Masterpieces like Disgaea, La Pucelle Tactics, and Makai Kingdom showed off the company’s desire to […]