With the release of Fire Emblem Echoes and Fire Emblem Heroes, and Warriors on the way, this year has given Fire Emblem its time to shine. So where do you start if you want to get into the series? What’s the next step if you enjoy Heroes, and where do you go after that? We’re here to help you answer those questions.
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Princess Maker 2 is a 23-year-old game. Yet it’s only now, on the Princess Maker series’ 25th anniversary, that we’re finally seeing an official English release. A series taking that long to leave Japan isn’t that remarkable a feat. There are plenty of worthwhile titles trapped in a single region. It’s unusual in this instance due to the number of ports that exist.
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Game Freak makes fanciful games. It doesn’t matter if the developer is encouraging us to catch’em all with Pokemon, drill our way to diamonds in Drill Dozer, play our cards right in races with Pocket Card Jockey or sending a badass elephant to save the day in Tembo. The games are always set in bright, colorful worlds full of personality.
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Want to get into the Kunio-kun series? Great! With a new English release, River City: Tokyo Rumble, releasing this week for 3DS, it’s a great time. But… here’s the thing. It’s really basically four series. Read on and we’ll help you get started!
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Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse will be heading to the Nintendo 3DS next week. Given that Roman numeral in the name, you may think it’d be wise to start playing previous numbered installments in the Shin Megami Tensei series to prepare.
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With Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon out on the Nintendo 3DS last year and Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate gracing Vitas two weeks ago, you may have developed a taste for tough-as-nails dungeon-crawlers. Roguelikes are on the rise. But then, when it comes to these Spike Chunsoft joints, they always have been.
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Tetris Battle Gaiden is one of those beautiful games that somehow never left Japan. It’s a competitive form of Tetris, where each player picks one of 10 playable characters and faces off against either the computer or a human opponent. All of the things you’d generally expect from such a game is there.
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Chrono Trigger is a legend; it is an icon. When people talk about RPGs that have gone on to shape and influence other games, it’s named. We could even call it a work of art. But, have you ever thought to really think about some of the ways in which it’s altered our virtual worlds?
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The Wars didn’t always have commanders. Famicom Wars and Game Boy Wars sent Red Star and Blue Moon against one another, and that was that. You were some faceless commander, with no noteworthy backstory or specific skills. It’s only with Super Famicom Wars that distinct commanding officers made their debut, and it changed the series for the better forever.
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