I have written plenty on Nintendo, and the Nintendo 64’s blunders in losing ground to Sony’s PlayStation in the mid to late 1990s. But today, it is about honoring Nintendo’s last cartridge based console, as it is, undoubtedly, my favorite Video Gaming system, ever. 25 years ago I was 11 (about to turn 12) The…
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Tales of Arise (PS5, Xbox Series X) Review
Since 1995, the Tales series has graced consoles every generation (from the SNES to the Xbox Series X/PlayStation 5). Namco’s Action-RPG series has managed to outlast Suikoden, Lunar, Grandia, Wild Arms, Legend of Legaia, and maybe even Star Ocean on home consoles. In fact, apart from The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Dragon Quest, and Final…
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Prince’s Edition Out Now on Switch
The newest entry in the Ni No Kuni Series (Cross Worlds) is a mobile multiplayer game. Level-5 (Ni No Kuni, Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy) announced a few months ago that it was leaving the U.S. market in order to focus on the Japanese market, and the rapidly growing mobile gaming space. The move has paid…
Sega’s New Mystery RPG? Tales of Arise is Quickest in Series to Hit 1 Million
Tales of Arise’s stunning commercial success (1 million copies sold in 7 days), assures that the series will continue into the future (yay!). So far (I am writing the game’s official review for the site), Arise, is by far, the best Tales game that I have played since Tales of Vesperia. That said, Namco clearly…
Top Ten Best Nintendo 64 Games Ever According to NER
Unlike our previous ‘Best Nintendo 64 Games‘ list, which was mostly objective (we just listed the game based on professional critic averages score). Today’s list is -nearly – fully subjective. These are my personal favorite Nintendo 64 Games. The criteria used for the placement of these games is the following: How good (and impactful in…
First Look: Forspoken (Project Athia) Square Enix’s Impressive PS5 Exclusive
While most of the focus of the recent PlayStation 5 game showcase has gone to titles like God of War: Ragnarok, and Spider Man 2. As an open-world action RPG fan, Forspoken, Square Enix’s newest PS5 exclusive title, has me nearly as excited about its prospects as God of War: Ragnarok itself. The Final Fantasy…
First Look: God of War: Ragnarok Story/Gameplay Trailer
Is God of War: Ragnarok Another Cross Generation Game? While Spider Man 2, and Wolverine were also announced in Sony’s last week game showcase ( each with its respective trailer) as PS5 exclusives, not much actual gameplay was shown, so it is hard to gauge how “next generation” the two games will look. However,…
JRPG News: Is Fantasian Sakaguchi’s Final Game? Tales of Arise Arrives This Week
Hironobu Sakaguchi might have released his final (no pun intended) game in Apple Arcade’s Fantasian. “I am Nearing the End of My Video Game Development Career” According to a recent Washington Post Interview, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Creator of Final Fantasy (and other great RPGs) feels that Fantasian could be his final game. Sakaguchi is fond of…
Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 Xbox Exclusive? and Cyberpunk 2077’s Next Gen Update
This week, as we have previously speculated on NER since Bethesda’s buy out, industry insider, Jeff Grubb (VentureBeat), claimed that both Starfield, and The Elder Scrolls 6 will be Xbox ‘exclusive’ titles. The statement comes as Bethesda’s Pete Hines (SVP Marketing and Communications) made some lukewarm statements where he wasn’t specifically shutting out the PlayStation…
Cross-Generation Games and the Struggle to Find a Next-Gen Console
How many times have you walked into your local big retail chain in hopes of finding either an Xbox Series X or a PlayStation 5, and found yourself walking out empty handed? The answer for me is that: I have lost count! It took me nearly 9 months to find an Xbox Series X, and…