Opoona 2 is the return of everyone’s favorite Wii star, Opoona, making a long-awaited appearance on modern platforms. There are some quirks to his return, but there’s no doubt about it: Opoona is back and here to stay.
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Yakuza Kiwami is an amalgamation of disparate pieces for disparate audiences. It’s a project of convenience as much as it is one of veneration, of recycling as much as innovation. It tries to be a lot of things to a lot of people in ways that pull it in different directions, but ultimately, none of those motivations pull it away from being a solid Yakuza game.
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Lazy summers. Low-key evenings. Quiet breaks. Games have long existed to be best at these times, reveling not in excitement and epic consequences but in the smaller things. It’s a few minutes here to customize your home, some optimization or upkeep as you make small but steady progress. And never has a system been as good at this sort of low-stakes play as the Nintendo 3DS.
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Ever Oasis‘ release timing is ideal for what it’s trying to do: be, much as its name implies, a respite from the hot, dry days of summer. To be a tale about rallying and working together to keep on living and fight away the darkness that pervades our world. To bring refreshment through familiarity and sustenance, seeking not to wow you with style and taste but to quench a more primal, nostalgic thirst.
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Zoo Keeper is a great puzzle game that was released in the West! Um, on some platforms. This 3DS installment remained confined to Japan, and that’s a shame because it’s a lot of fun and could have done a lot for owners of the handheld back in 2011. Watch!
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The games importing hobby can be a difficult one to get into, purely due to logistics. As always, we want to help! So here’s the rundown on systems’ barriers and specialties, to help you know where to start.
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Welcome to Let’s PlayPlay! Graham and Jenni check out PlayPlay 2, Volume 0, the first demo disc of the Japan-only counterpart to PlayStation Underground’s PS2 series. PlayPlay, also known as PurePure or プレプレ, was a subscription service for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 that sent quarterly demo discs in the mail full of demos, trailers and commercials.
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Shephy is weird. Shephy is adorable. Shephy is a game for the Nintendo Switch. Let’s get into it.
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