For fans of the Final Fantasy series, there isn’t a more anticipated game (apart from the eventual FFVIIR-2) than Final Fantasy XVI. Unfortunately, those of us hoping for a showcase on the upcoming Tokyo Game Show might be disappointed by the game’s expected absence from the show. Naoki Yoshida shooting for “I want to buy…
The Top 5 PlayStation 2 Games According to Critics
This week’s top five will resonate with most of our readers. With 158 million units sold (world wide), the PlayStation 2 was once in a lifetime phenomenon that most of us owned. Today we travel back in time to analyze the games that Metacritic ranked as the top PlayStation 2 games in existence. 5. Grand…
Xbox Series X Review: Is it Time to Upgrade from the One X/Pro?
The Xbox Series X (along with the PS5) launched on November 2020. The launch was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent effects of semi-conductor shortages. In short, everything conspired to keep these new machines out of store shelves. Instead, orders for the consoles had to be placed online, a practice that opened the…
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Known Improvements
With The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword just a few days away, we wanted to take a look at all of the known improvements that Nintendo will be making to the game. Originally released on the Nintendo Wii, Skyward Sword has aged a bit and motion controls are not as popular as they once were….
Throwback Bit Thursday: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is my least favorite 3-D Zelda. It was released in 2011 at around the same time that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim did. Consequently, Skyward Sword gathered dust for months before I managed to finish it. Out Dated Visuals Skyrim looked amazing on the Xbox 360. Conversely, Skyward Sword…
Bottom 5 of the Top Ten Greatest PlayStation Games According to Critics
Last week, we covered the top five best PlayStation games ever, according to Metacritic. Today, we are doing the next five. Keep in mind, that as the titles states these rankings are solely based on the games’ Meta scores, and do not necessarily reflect how the Never Ending Realm’s editors would rank these titles. 10….
Nintendo Announces New OLED Nintendo Switch
Today, Nintendo finally announced its long awaited “New” Switch “upgrade” portable/console hybrid. The “new” system’s OLED screen is a little larger than the Normal Switch’s LED screen, and the system has twice the amount of internal storage. What’s New? Nintendo did not announce precise specification numbers for the machine. We expected a real upgrade in…
Final Fantasy IX TV Series Announced
Announced in June, it was revealed that Final Fantasy IX was getting a revival but in a different medium. This time, the beloved game will be getting an animated TV show geared towards children between the ages of eight and thirteen. Cyber Group Studios has worked out a deal with Square Enix to handle the…
5 More Top JRPGs For The GBA According To Metacritic
Last week we covered the top five JRPGs for the Game Boy Advance according to Metacritic. This week we wanted to expand upon that list with the bottom 5 of the top 10 JRPGs for the Game Boy Advance. Keep in mind that there are two more Final Fantasy ports on this list. While they…
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds Breaks Revenue Records
Not that long ago, we reported that J-RPG Developer/Publisher Level-5 was leaving the U.S. to focus on the Japanese market. We figured that such move would signify the end for its Ni no Kuni franchise on the West. Level-5 moved the franchise to the fertile world of mobile gaming, and it seems that the move…








