Namco Bandai's upcoming Fragile, is certainly a gorgeous example of a Wii role playing game. Certain elements, as my rough attempt at translating (read: guessing) the Japanese description shows, reveal the platform's weaker side, but the overall result is a heaven of sheer stylised beauty. The rest of the game doesn't fail to impress either. It [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
For nearly a decade, Atlus's Megami Tensei spin-off series, Persona, was a franchise only the most hardcore of Atlus faithful played and owned. In an inexplicable series of events, after Persona 3 was released on the PlayStation 2 and new copies stopped being pressed, the rarity of the title caused a wave of gamers to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Our hands-on preview of Neverland Card Battles last month showed us a glimpse of the card-based SRPG that "an introductory player would really find interesting." That assessment was given by Nate Fitt, who was on hand from YUKE’S Company of America, the game's localizer and U.S. publisher. Originally entitled Cardinal Arc during its initial Japanese [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Before you ask, the answer is no; Peter Pan does not appear in Neverland Card Battles, and neither does Michael Jackson. The "Neverland" in question, instead, is a long-running property from Idea Factory, a Japanese developer who has used Neverland's characters and world in a number of games. Fans of the franchise may have seen [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Last month, we had a chance to offer a preview of Yggdra Union, a PSP remake of the GBA strategy-RPG of the same name. Developed in Japan by Sting Entertainment and put through Atlus' localization process, the game tells the story of an epic, nation-spanning war across the realms of Fantasinia, featuring clashing armies, magic, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I had the chance recently to spend some time with Yggdra Union, a colorful fantasy strategy-RPG from Atlus and Sting Entertainment. The game, a quirky, card-based, semi-real-time tactical JRPG, is actually a PSP remake of a GBA title which was released in 2006. I never had the opportunity to try the original, but according to [...]
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
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