If I was asked to mention, or better yet to make a list of the top ten greatest Japanese Role-playing games ever, the number one spot would spark some controversy. Lists of that particular “greatest of all time” kind are always mostly subjective affairs. If someone wants to stand their ground and say that Quest…
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Is Pikmin 3 Deluxe All That is Left From Nintendo in 2020?
Nintendo has no games scheduled (at least no big games) scheduled for the Fall. Only a Remaster of Wii U’s Pikmin 3 is scheduled for an October 30th release, which makes us wonder: Is Nintendo back to its usual “Quality over Quantity” tricks? It has been an incredible year in terms of sales for the…
Ubisoft: Not Possible to Play Pre-PS4 Titles on PS5
A post on a Ubisoft support site, might have revealed the extent of the PlayStation 5 backward compatibility’s capabilities. Needless to say, we are not impressed. The controversial post stated that: “Backwards compatibility will be available for supported PlayStation 4 titles, but will not be possible for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, or PlayStation games.” Ubisoft…
Current Generation Console Sales Could Predict Results of the Next Race
We are in the final months before the release of new Sony and Microsoft machines, and even Nintendo is rumored to be launching a new Switch next year. So, it is likely that the latest sales numbers (and estimates) are probably close to what the final tally for this generation will be for at least…
Throwback Bit Thursday: The Legend of Dragoon
The Legend of Dragoon has been one of the strangest titles that I have ever reviewed. The Playstation Japanese Role-Playing game, released in the year 2000, isn’t a really a special RPG, but it is the one game that I felt was the definition of “Pedestrian” when I first reviewed it, and yet, somehow, it…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
The Nintendo 64 was the first home console capable of delivering great First Person Shooting experiences. While the PlayStation (and Sega Saturn) would have some first person shooters, by comparison, most (if not all) were subpar when stacked against the games that the Nintendo 64 was running in that particular genre. The Nintendo 64…
Phil Spencer: Not Interested in Outselling Sony (Or Nintendo)
It seems like there are Phil Spencer news every other day of the week, and that’s because there are Phil Spencer news every other day of the week. With Sony and Nintendo execs being pretty hermetic about their upcoming projects and plans, the gaming industry has to thank the outspoken Phil Spencer for keeping us…
Throwback Bit Thursday: Thousand Arms
The Golden Era of Japanese Role-Playing Games during the original PlayStation days produced many a great RPG on a consistent basis. It seemed then, that every month a new JRPG AAA title would arrive at store shelves for players to buy and immerse themselves for dozens of hours. During this period, in between the Final…
Xbox Series X to Launch in November but Halo Infinite Delayed Until 2021
We are not surprised. Frankly, we at the Never-Ending Realm were as disappointed as every Halo fan across the world with 343’s July 23rd Halo Infinite’s reveal. Halo Infinite’s postponement does not affect Microsoft’s Xbox Series X’s Launch date, as the company announced yesterday a November launch for its Next-Gen console. The postponement might be…
Throwback Bit Thursday: The Granstream Saga
1998’s The Granstream Saga, is not a remarkable game, it was (even 1998) a deeply flawed action RPG, that featured many good (if not great) ideas that were not executed properly. Shade (the developers) left us instead, with what in my opinion is one of the most glaring examples of wasted potential in an…








