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Here’s what to expect from this month’s Dee Dee Zine!

July 8, 2021

News by Matt S. It’s getting close to the middle of the month, and you know what that means… it’s Dee Dee Zine time! This month’s magazine is another 48-page special, filled with games, as well as pieces on Japanese culture, art, and more. Some of the features of the…

Review: Heart of the Woods (Nintendo Switch)

July 8, 2021

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Review by Matt S. To be right up-front here – Heart of the Woods is fine on Nintendo Switch, but if you want the proper experience you’re going to want to play the PC version, where there’s an R18+ patch and the sex scenes are really, really good. You don’t…

Utawarerumono Zan 2 is looking really nice

July 8, 2021

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News by Matt S. Utawarerumono Zan 2 is coming out in Japan on PlayStation 4 and 5 soon – July 22. We don’t have an announcement of a western release as yet, but NISA did bring us the first one and, as we wrote in our review, it was actually…

live-service-games-can-really-truly

July 8, 2021

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Opinion by Matt S. Putting aside the ongoing accusations of sexual harassment within the many Ubisoft towers across the globe (that in itself really should be the main subject of discussion with regards to Ubisoft, but I’m not close enough to sources to be the one to do it), yesterday…

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Why I love this “monsties”-filled JRPG

July 7, 2021

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Video by Matt S. The second Monster Hunter title to land on the Nintendo Switch in a matter of months, Monster Hunter Stories 2 is a very different experience. This game is a pure, true JRPG, with turn-based combat and the full narrative experience. And I absolutely love it. As…

Review: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Nintendo Switch)

July 7, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I have no idea how I missed the original Monster Hunter Stories on the 3DS, because the idea of Monster Hunter, but in turn-based JRPG format, is very much my jam. See, as much as I enjoy the aesthetics, design, and concept of Monster Hunter, I’m…

Blue Reflection: Second Light is going to be the most beautiful, wholesome game of all

July 7, 2021

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News by Matt S. Overnight, Koei Tecmo in Japan dropped a bunch of new screenshots and a trailer for the upcoming Blue Reflection: Second Light. The first Blue Reflection still being the most beautiful game of all, as far as I’m concerned (as in art direction and aesthetics – yes,…

Danganronpa gets its Switch release date

July 6, 2021

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News by Matt S. I already have the Danganronpa series twice over – on Vita and on PlayStation 4 – but I am so immeasurably excited to also be able to have it on my Nintendo Switch. It is, after all, the best console of all for visual novels (also…

Nintendo indulges screen porn with a sexy, sexy new OLED model

July 6, 2021

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News by Matt S. Oh my. Oh. Oh. Ohhhhhhh. Look, if Nintendo wanted some boring coverage of its exciting new console, it wouldn’t have announced it after 11pm at night. But that’s what Nintendo has done, and I’m being a good, dutiful journalist in reporting just how much I want…

Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed – Why I love this game

July 6, 2021

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Video by Matt S. It’s fan service, it’s satire, and it’s fun! Akiba’s Trip took the whole hikikomori trend in Japan, as well as the social and cultural concerns that have come from it, and spun it into an entertaining PSP game about a decade ago. Now it has been…

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