When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
In a new interview posted by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier today, the noted industry pundit had a chance to talk with Team Cherry ahead of the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date. As many have been wondering for the better part of a decade, why did Silksong take seven years…
HAMSTER continues to bring the arcade goods home to the Nintendo Switch, with the studio confirming that yet another classic conversion is landing tomorrow – Vs. Gradius. The beloved Konami “shmup” originally started as an arcade release, but this isn’t a port of that version. Instead, as Siliconera reports, it’s…
The storied history of Fire Emblem localizations is something I’ve delved into many times in the past, but at this point the series’ present speaks for itself. Here we are with a massive and contemporary title holding up Nintendo’s summer, letting the series’ growth speak for itself. Best of all,…
Few Final Fantasy moments are more timeless and venerated than that of Final Fantasy VIII’s Rinoa Heartily, meeting her flame-to-be Squall Leonhart and proclaiming to his garbled, pixelated mosaic of a face that he’s “the best looking guy here.” The contrast between Squall’s anime boy studliness and the reality of…
As August turns to September, Switch owners will be able to take a digital trip to Japan’s Shimane Prefecture in Root Letter: Last Answer, an updated port of the 2016 visual novel from Kadokawa Games. In the game you try to uncover the truth behind a murder that took place…
Bandai Namco has confirmed that the upcoming Story of Seasons spin-off starring the iconic Japanese robot cat Doraemon will be launching in the west on October 11th. The game, which has you play as Doraemon’s human friend Noby, involves bringing a farm back to life with the help of his…
It’s almost been a year since Nintendo Switch Online launched and brought with it a library of NES games that has steadily grown ever since. Many fans assumed this was effectively Nintendo’s Virtual Console replacement, but since last September, the service has yet to expand beyond the 8-bit hardware –…
While every Final Fantasy has its share of iconic party members, Final Fantasy IX was a revelation in its day for reviving the classic Jobs with individual characters that infused the basic designs with tons of personality. That was all down to character designer Toshiyuki Itahana, who has continued to…
Killer Queen Black, a port of the indie arcade game Killer Queen, was announced for the Switch at E3 2018. The game was announced to release physically as well as digitally back then; however, the game’s August 2019 placeholder date seems more and more unsure as this month moves along…
Last week, River City Girls gave us a look at Misako, her personality, and her skills in a new trailer — and today her BFF is getting the same treatment. Enter Kyoko, the kind of girl who’d crash her friend’s classes when she doesn’t even go to the same school….
Final Fantasy fans were beyond thrilled to learn that Final Fantasy VIII Remastered would be coming to Nintendo Switch during the big reveal at E3 a few months ago. And now it looks like that release will become available beyond the digital realm, as Play-Asia has listed physical copies for…
It turns out Cooking Mama is making a return sooner than we thought! Some months-old press releases are being uncovered across the internet, revealing a Switch game that’s set to launch this fall, with the subtitle Coming Home to Mama, and it’s being pitched as a reboot of the series….
It looks like another batch of Joy-Con colors is on the way, and while they aren’t new, they’re a whole lot more convenient. Best Buy US has listed the new pair of green Joy-Con on its site as of this writing, and they’re set for release on October 27th, just…
