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Tetsuya Takahashi is the lead writer and creator of Xenoblade Chronicles (and all things ‘Xeno’ starting with Xenogears). The man had some interesting takes on his work on Xenoblade Chronicles on an old “Iwata Asks” (A series of in-depth interviews conducted by the late Satoru Iwata) segment. One the things that caught my attention during…
As Final Fantasy VIII arrives (in remastered form) to PlayStation Now (Sony’s subscription service), long time Final Fantasy director, Yoshinori Kitase, made a blog entry on Sony’s blog page about the game. Kitase’s recollections were mostly positive, as the blog entry is clearly meant to be an advertisement for FFVIII’s remaster. Still, it is an…
Last week, I took it upon me to list the best five turn based JRPGs (of all time) according to Gamerankings.com’s vast database of critic reviews. Some of our readers agreed with the rankings, others complained that the list belonged to ‘Squaresoft’ and ‘Persona’ games. Today’s list is a little more varied, though Square games…
Last week, I made a case for The Legend of Zelda being an Action-RPG. To me, this classification makes Zelda a JRPG, as it is an action-RPG made in Japan by Japanese developers. However, from these debates (on social media) I have seen another Japanese role-playing franchise come under fire by the “This is not…
The Star Ocean series is a bit hard to discuss for me. On one hand, I consider Star Ocean: The 2nd Story one of the very best JRPGs that can be played, even today. On the other, starting with the The Last Hope (some would say since the “Till the End of Time“), the series…
So far, when we have done these types of ” best according to critics” lists, we have utilized Metacritic as the ultimate source for the listings. Today, however, we are taking a different approach. We dug back into the defunct Gamerankings.com archive to unearth their best turn based Japanese-Role Playing games of all time. Why…
The Nintendo 64 was not known for its RPGs. While it’s best three are some of the greatest games of all time (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, and Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber), apart from those, all that we are left with is Quest 64,…
A strange topic of discussion has arisen over the past couple of decades within gaming forums: The dispute of whether or not, The Legend of Zelda (series) should be classified as an Action-RPG (which would make it a Japanese RPG), or an Action Adventure, or perhaps, both. The argument has driven many to question whether…
Since 1983’s Nintendo Entertainment System, console gaming has grown from “kid hobby” into an integral part of entertainment in homes around the world. Some of these consoles have been very successful, and others have fared badly. Today, however, we list the very best selling home consoles of all time. Keep in mind that we will…
Game for Game, The Legend of Zelda is my favorite video gaming series. I don’t think I have ever handed out as many 10/10, and 9.5/10 to as many games in any other series. My favorite game of all time is a Zelda game (Ocarina of Time). My favorite gaming universe of all time is…