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The Nintendo Wii is often left out of ‘J-RPG’ conversations. The Wii, contrary to popular belief, did have a few good J-RPGs, and we have taken it upon ourselves to list them here. Editor’s Note: The Legend of Zelda was left out of the conversation for a variety reasons. First, the debate as to whether…
Novermber 11th, 2021 will mark the 10 year anniversary of what (along with The Witcher 3) is the most successful single player Role-Playing Game of the last decade, in Skyrim. It will also mark 10 years since we last received an original Elder Scrolls entry (the longest stretch of time without a main entry). But…
As we reported last week, Tales of Arise‘s demo launched this week (today) on Xbox and PlayStation online shops. Â The demo is fairly short, and after about an hour of play, I can safely preview some of the game’s most important changes, and what has largely remained unchanged from previous entries within the long running…
When we think of Japanese Role-Playing Games (turn based or action), and some of its most iconic heroes/heroines most of us think of Cloud, Terra, Locke, Zidane, Link, etc.  The Final Fantasy series has been the most popular JRPG franchise on the west (let’s pretend for a moment that Pokemon doesn’t exist), and as  a…
How often have we asked ourselves the following questions: Why are there so few Turn-Based console RPGs these days? Why did Final Fantasy ditched turn-based combat? Are we ever going to get back to the JRPG golden era (1990s)? Etc. Well, Square Enix is not letting us shape Final Fantasy, yet. But it seems that…
With the Tales of Arise demo landing next week on consoles, I thought it would be a perfect time for me to remember my favorite Tales game: Tales of Vesperia. Tales of Vesperia Was a Shinning Light Amidst The Darkness Japanese Role-Playing games came out of their golden stretch (which started in the mid 90s)…
Announced since 2019, and delayed from an originally intended summer launch last year, Namco’s 17th installment in the long running  Tales series, Tales of Arise, certainly has us intrigued. Thankfully, it seems that we won’t have to wait much longer in order to get a feel for how the newest entry will play, and fit,…
We have been doing a bunch of ‘top five game’ articles for weeks now. Some of these turned into top ten lists, as we would round out the lists with “Bottom 5 of the Top  10” features. But what about the worst games for each platform, and genre? Fear not, the wait is over. We…
The Star Ocean series holds a special place in my heart. The second game in the series (The 2nd Story) remains one of my favorite J-RPGs of all time. The series is one of the longest running J-RPG franchises that continues to receive a console entry. However, in my personal opinion I feel that the…
For all intents and purposes, Shenmue was billed as the game to save the Dreamcast. Shenmue was meant to be an ambitious multi-chapter saga set in an open world environment. According to multiple sources Shenmue and Final Fantasy VII hold the records for the most expensive games made in the 1990s. It is hard to…