At Jump Festa 2017 in Tokyo, Square Enix unveiled the newest trailer for Dragon Quest XI, set to release in Japan sometime in 2017. The opening cinematic, as well as some gameplay, were revealed. Dragon Quest XI, like its predecessors, continues the tradition of fighting monsters and exploring worlds. From the little gameplay we’ve seen so far, it looks like the world ...
Read More »Pokemon Stars is rumored to be a Nintendo Switch Pokemon RPG
It is known that each pokemon generation has certain core games, Generation I had Red and Blue, Generation II had Gold and Silver, and those core games are usually followed by a sister game that is essentially an improved version of both, like Pokemon Yellow or Pokemon Crystal. Consoles can also get Pokemon RPGs that feature battles and a continuous adventure, like ...
Read More »Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Coming today!
After some teasing last month, Nintendo has announced a new Nintendo Direct about Animal Crossing for today, November 2. The Direct will premiere at 7am PDT / 10am EDT. This event will be about Animal Crossing’s fall update, as well as a new version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf that comes packaged with the new update. New Amiibo cards are to be expected ...
Read More »Layton Returns after a 4 year hiatus
A new game from the widely popular puzzle game series Professor Layton, developed by Level-5, is back in 2017 featuring a completely new cast of characters but with the same premise as the previous games. This time around, Level-5 has convened with A-1 Pictures to bring us the title Lady Layton: The Millionaire Ariadone’s Conspiracy. This new story is a ...
Read More »Zero Time Dilemma Review – Plaudite! Acta est fabula!
Zero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the Zero Escape series. The series began with 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors in 2009, and was followed by Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward in 2012. Now, the final installment is finally here. Zero Time Dilemma takes place between 999 and Virtue’s Last Reward. There are some sequels that are fully playable even if you haven’t ...
Read More »Moco Moco Friends Review – Plushie Pocket Monsters
Moco Moco Friends is the latest in the growing collection of monster-collecting RPGs on Nintendo 3DS. In this game, you’ll play as the adorable and silly Moco, who has just graduated from Plushkin Magic School. Her goal now is to explore the dungeons of her world and befriend as many Plushkins as possible. Plushkins are small anthropomorphic plushies that can help Moco ...
Read More »SEGA 3D Classics Collection Review
SEGA has played a really important part in gaming history. They dominated the arcade market in the late 70s and early 80s, and created a vast library of console classics through the 80s and 90s. Arcade games, Mark III / Master System, and Mega Drive / Genesis games all appear in SEGA 3D Classics Collection, a compilation of ten fantastic ...
Read More »Return to PopoloCrois Review – Comfort Gaming
Introduction If you have no idea what PopoloCrois is (and why we’re “returning” to it), you’re forgiven. The first PopoloCrois game (published by Marvelous) was only ever released in North America on PSP in 2005. However, in Japan, it has a much more storied history. A manga series, a novel, and five video games all preceded the series’ debut in ...
Read More »Pokémon Sun & Moon Confirmed for Holiday 2016
This morning, Nintendo released a brand new Nintendo Direct video focused entirely on Pokémon. In addition to discussing the imminent digital release of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, a new announcement was made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmzDL1l3Fag This holiday, we’ll be seeing two brand new entries in the Pokémon series: Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. The video shows ...
Read More »Dementium Remastered Review
Introduction Renegade Kid released Dementium: The Ward for the Nintendo DS in 2007. Having a survival horror / first-person shooter on Nintendo DS was pretty awesome, and reviewers praised the horror elements and the use of the relatively limited DS technology to make a solid game. It was followed by Dementium II in 2010, which was also well received. After some legal problems, ...
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