You’ve got to feel sad about the Harvest Moon name. It essentially created the charming life sim genre, way back on the SNES, and has become such a beloved brand. Stuff like Stardew Valley would not exist were it not for Harvest Moon. But then stuff happened. A lot of…
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“Nioh set in China” is such a logical extension for Koei Tecmo’s work with the Soulslike formula. After two successful Nioh titles, it was time to move on and find the next location for these hardcore action games, and Koei Tecmo already has plenty of heritage in building games set…
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It was just a few months ago that Octopath Traveler II was announced via a Nintendo Direct, and now, as its projected release date early next year comes ever closer, we’ve been given a brand-new trailer to highlight two very special characters in the game. Octopath Traveler II features the…
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It’s that time of year, friends! The house is filled with greens and reds, the music channels all start dropping the Wham, Buble and Mariah, the fridge fills up with eggnog and we gorge ourselves on fruit mince pie. It’s such a special time of year! We love the season…
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In September, NIS America’s showcase featured games coming to the west in early 2023. Among them was Process of Elimination, a murder mystery game reminding me very much of the Danganronpa series (and that’s not a bad thing). The murder mystery game launched in Japan in May of this year,…
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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign fills a really useful niche that has been largely overlooked over the years. On the one hand, you’ve got the highly accessible 4X strategy titles, like Civilization or Romance of the Three Kingdoms. These titles streamline a lot of the strategy in order to be…
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Last week, I covered news that the JRPG-inspired Path of the Midnight Sun will be launching in January. I was pretty excited about it. It has a strong concept: taking care outside of battles helps within battles. It’s like an entire game based on self-care! Well, I’ve now had the…
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Of all the amazing character designs that Tsunako came up with in her time at Idea Factory, Fairy Fencer F’s Tiara might just be my favourite. Not only was she an excellent fighter in an excellent JRPG, but she’s so damn pretty and that frilly blue dress and her cute…
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The retro collection trend shows no signs of easing up, and now we’re starting to get announcements for far more niche collections of games such as the Toaplan Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol. 1 here. This is excellent to see. Toaplan was definitely an original player in Japan’s games industry.…
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It’s that time of year, friends! The house is filled with greens and reds, the music channels all start dropping the Wham, Buble and Mariah, the fridge fills up with eggnog and we gorge ourselves on fruit mince pie. It’s such a special time of year! We love the season…
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