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News
NIS America and Falcom have announced that a native Switch 2 version of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana, will be released on Nintendo Switch 2 on February 25, 2027. The Switch 2…
Review
I’ll be honest: survival horror isn’t really my thing outside of Resident Evil. But when I heard about a game featuring anime girls with guns and eerie liminal spaces wrapped in a…
Review
Disgaea Mayhem is a new action RPG spin-off that takes the ridiculous characters, massive level grinding, and Netherworld chaos of Disgaea and puts you in direct control of combat, rather than the…
Guide
After the onslaught of JRPGs that arrived last month, October 2026 may be a little quieter by comparison. That said, there are still plenty of new releases, remasters, ports, and RPG-adjacent games…
Review
Brigandine Abyss is the newest entry in a series I’ve known about since the PS1 era, but I never actually sat down and played it. So yes, this is my first Brigandine…
Review
It’s so rare we get a brand new IP in the JRPG world. And even rarer when we get one this cool. Starbites was developed by IKINAGAMES and published by NIS America,…
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Is this the best Trails game yet? Maybe. Is it a great place for newcomers to jump in? Absolutely not. Trails Beyond the Horizon is the long-awaited moment for Trails fans in…
Review
I’m a giant Trails nerd. It’s true, and I won’t apologize for it. I love the Trails series so darn much. I hear the criticisms from those of you who HAVEN’T drunk…
Review
If you’re of a certain vintage, you might recall the game Phantom Brave for the PlayStation 2, or the re-release it received on the Wii and PSP later on. I, for one,…
Review
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m a huge fan of Nihon Falcom and all the things they do. And that fandom is very well earned. Not only have they…
Review
Well, here we are again. It’s time for another review of a FuRyu game. In general, I’m a pretty big fan of the things they do. They create what I think of…
Review
Crystar was one of my FAVORITE games of the last couple of years. From a mechanical standpoint, it really SHOULDN’T have been. The combat is clunky, the environments are repetitive, the animation…
