JRPG

Over the last week, we have been slowly breaking down YO-KAI Watch 2, and been doing so alongside videos from Abdallah, who I've dubbed the YO-KAI King. At this point in our review in progress, we have deviated from what Abdallah has been doing in his play through.

Altus U.S.A. has announced a release date for the next Shin Megami Tensei game! We have that announcement, plus a video showing off the game’s cast. Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse will be coming to the 3DS on September 20th! I’ve never played any of the Shin Megami Tensei games before, but I hear they are pretty popular among jrpg fans. I have to say that I like the look of the newest trailer for Apocalypse. It has all the…

The Japanese RPG genre has been dominated by a few major titles, but that hasn't stopped others from stepping in and trying to get a piece of the pie. My personal favorite JRPG titles are those that involve live-action battle sequences over turn based. For that reason, I've always been a HUGE fan of the Tales of franchise, and generally, those titles are my go-to JRPG of choice. When I was informed of Anima: Gate of Memories I was pretty excited.

Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven will have you scratching your head in bewilderment on numerous occasions during this short - for Japanese Role Playing Game standards - but dynamic title. To be fair, it is a wonder this game ever made it to retail, since one of the studios involved with this title, and Rune Factory, shut down suddenly. Fortunately, Marvelous picked up the pieces and presented us with this 'different' and exciting JRPG.

Cybernet was a video game focussed TV show here in the UK back when the PS2 launched. When they weren't showing and reshowing the opening of Metal Gear Solid 2, they were showing and reshowing clips from Final Fantasy X. Look at the graphics! Look at the characters! And, oh, they've got voices as well!