Today marks 10 years since one of my all-time favorite rhythm games, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, launched on the Nintendo 3DS. The sequel to the original Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Curtain Call was jam-packed with amazing Final Fantasy music, characters, and stages. Not to mention the absolutely addicting touch screen…
Sega has uploaded a new multiplayer trailer for Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble, the upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive installment, and it reveals something pretty cool: this latest ball-rolling romp has 16-player multiplayer. I can’t imagine how chaotic that will be when playing against brand-new players, but it seems like a…
Nintendo is continuing its trend of offering obscure or childhood favorite N64 games to Nintendo Switch Online. Not long ago, we unexpectedly received Rare’s cult classic destruction simulator/time attack extravaganza Blast Corps. Before that, 1080 Snowboarding filled the arcade Snowboarding game spot on Nintendo Switch left by the absence of…
Bravely Default II has been available for a few weeks now, but I still find myself focusing on Project Triangle Strategy’s demo. Say what you will about the amount of time it got last Nintendo Direct, those sprites are gorgeous and it at once feels new and familiar. Of course,…
By the early ’10s, JRPGs were going through a sort of renaissance. After spending a lot of the ’00s with a bad rap and titans of the genre like Final Fantasy breaking away from established conventions to more action-y or cinematic routes, various titles came along to breathe life back…
The folks behind Octopath Traveler are making a new gorgeous entry in the “2.5 HD” aesthetic, this time in the tactical RPG genre. Titled Project Triangle Strategy (which is hopefully not its final title), this game will feature multiple choices and branching paths, a cavalcade of playable characters, and a…
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu focuses on Bravely Default II, and the magazine has released snippets of an interview with game producers Tomoya Asano and Masashi Takahashi. While we’ll have to wait for the full release and translation for everything, here are some brief tidbits: Asano began the interview…
To state that 2017 was a pivotal year for Nintendo would be an understatement. After almost a half decade of struggling with the Wii U, the Big N was putting all their chips into a new console — and to help sell the masses on said console, they needed a…
Octopath Traveler continues to sell like hot cakes all around the world. In Japan, the second shipment of copies sold out in a matter of hours. Square Enix issued yet another apology regarding the game’s availability. It’s clear that the company underestimated demand for the game everywhere, as it’s also…
Octopath Traveler released last Friday to rave reviews and near universal acclaim (stay tuned for our own coming soon), and now director Keisuke Miyauchi of Acquire and producer Masashi Takahashi of Square Enix have been interviewed in a brief Q&A video posted to Nintendo’s social media. Here’s a brief rundown…
Welcome back to our coverage of the Octopath Traveler demo! Last time we covered the tales of Ophilia and Primrose, and this time we’re wrapping up the prologues of the eight protagonists as we take a look at our last two stars, the gregarious, genial Alfyn and the astute, stately…
It’s July, Nintendo fans! It’s time for barbecues, late summer sunsets, and, of course, new video games. There’s plenty of good stuff coming to Nintendo systems this month, so let’s dive right in! July 2nd If you like the lobs and volleys of Mario Tennis Aces, you might also…
We live in an era of hot takes and hasty judgment. In the age of social media, most things are prescribed with one of three labels – good, bad, or eh – before we quickly move on to the next piece of information. When confronted with a deluge of content,…
Square Enix announced in May 2021 that they were remaking the all-time classic Dragon Quest III with HD-2D graphics, the high fidelity sprite work and lighting style found in games like Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy (and their own remake of Live A Live). Now over two years later, how’s…
It’s that time again, folks – Nintendo is here to bring out the big guns. F Zero is coming back from the grave! We’re seeing another Kid Icarus! Mother 3 is finally! Getting! Localized! All of your dreams are coming through, no matter how implausible they may be! And if…
