Category: Review

Heavenly Guardian / Snow Battle Princess Sayuki

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Pocky and Rocky / Kiki Kaikai

Between two of the best games on the SNES and a decent GBA outing, the Kiki Kaikai series was looking

Pocky & Rocky with Becky

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Pocky and Rocky / Kiki Kaikai

For the franchise’s foray onto the then-new Game Boy Advance, Taito once again loaned the franchise out to another developer,

Pocky & Rocky 2

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Pocky and Rocky / Kiki Kaikai

At a glance, Pocky & Rocky 2 is exactly what you’d expect from a sequel – it has more stages,

Pocky & Rocky

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Pocky and Rocky / Kiki Kaikai

After a year off, the series would make its return in 1992 on the Super Famicom as Kiki Kaikai: Nazo

Kiki KaiKai: Dotou-hen

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Pocky and Rocky / Kiki Kaikai

Often mistaken for a port, Kiki Kaikai: Dotou-hen is instead the franchise’s black sheep, an ambitious but curious mixture of

Kiki Kaikai

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Pocky and Rocky / Kiki Kaikai

Kiki Kaikai (“Mysterious Ghost World”) certainly wasn’t Taito’s first foray into run-and-guns or shoot-em-ups, but it stands out as their

Taito Milestones

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Taito Milestones

Taito Milestones is a collection of ten games from Taito’s early history, with releases spanning from 1981 to 1987. Alpine

L-Man

L-Man, also known as 蜥蜴超人, (“Lizard Superman”), is a Taiwanese fighting game, set in a modern-day equivalent rife with animal-based

Stella Deus

The Japanese strategy RPG scene in the middle of the 2000s was dominated by Nippon Ichi. With Disgaea: Hour of

Contract J.A.C.K

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series No One Lives Forever

Coming after the success of No One Lives Forever 2, Monolith developed a third game, which is more of a

No One Lives Forever 2

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series No One Lives Forever

No One Lives Forever 2 (or NOLF2) had a lot of expectations from fans after the critical awards that the

The Operative: No One Lives Forever

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series No One Lives Forever

Founded in 1994, Monolith Productions made a name for themselves in the mid-1990s with first person shooters like Blood and

Magic Castle

The year is 1997. Keiichi Matsunami and Hiroyuki Itoh have left their job in order to make their own job,

Powa!

The indie Game Boy game Powa! owes a lot to some of its cutesy 1990s portable forebears, particularly Nintendo’s Kirby’s

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