Category: Feature
Don’t Believe Famitsu’s Lies – Final Fantasy Tactics’ Black Book
The Genji equipment is a series of samurai-themed weapons and armor found in most of the Final Fantasy games. In the PS1 …
Grave Rivalry – The Fate of Competing Video Game Heroes
Most video game publishers kept friendly relationships with each other, rarely referencing or parodying other games or characters other than …
Metroid Omoroid – Metroid II’s Commercial Catch Copy
In Japan, video games are often sold with “catch copy”, memorable phrases that are the equivalent to Hollywood movie taglines. …
Mugen no Shinzou (Dark Age of JRPGs)
I promised we’d meet Xtal Soft again soon, didn’t I? Mugen no Shinzou (“Heart of Fantasy”) is actually their first RPG and …
Courageous Perseus (Dark Age of JRPGs)
Hey, this is the first game in this series where I actually saw the end of it! Mostly because it …
Spanish For Everyone!
It’s hard to imagine now, but in 2007 the cell phone wasn’t our most versatile tool. The iPhone would debut …
Awesome Possum… Kicks Dr. Machino’s Butt
Awesome Possum was Tengen’s entry in the then burgeoning bandwagon of mascot platform games that really, really wanted to be …
Week of Garfield, A
Licensed games have a reputation to be terrible, especially licensed Famicom games, and A Week of Garfield is no exception. It …
