There have been a ton of Neptunia releases lately, but it’s actually been a long time since one has served as a flagship entry. Neptune, Blanc, Noire and Vert have tried careers in pop music, fought on battlefields and even gotten a bit tactical, but this new release, Megadimension Neptunia VII, returns the CPU crew to its role-playing roots.
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With so many spinoffs and remakes under its belt, the Hyperdimension Neptunia series returns next week with a new main entry: Megadimension Neptunia VII. There’s a lot to the games at this point, so we thought we’d show you some gameplay so you can be prepared for when you play!
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Dragon Quest Builders is out this week in Japan, and there’s a demo to try on Japanese PSN! If you’re as curious as we are, you should take a look at our video and see if the game’s for you.
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Time to go back to school! Henry Skey joins Jenni and Graham to take a look at the immersive JRPG action of XSEED and Nihon Falcom’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
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JRPGs are evolving. They aren’t limited to turn-based adventures where a party of teenagers goes around the world, fighting evil, all because of a burned-down village. When it came time for Michibiku to salute its favorite JRPGs of 2015, we realized how the genre has diversified. This was a year full of rich, Japanese RPGs, but we felt these two innovative titles deserved our highest honors.
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The Legend of Heroes franchise has had a rocky localization history, but in recent years, XSEED’s commitment to bringing over its more robust titles has led it to a well-deserved place in Western JRPG fans’ hearts. While the Trails in the Sky games are more of a 2D throwback at this point, Trails of Cold Steel attempts to be more modern while retaining that scope and character that make a game a Trails game. It’s a tough task, but those who put the time into Cold Steel will once again be craving more by the time the adventure concludes.
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The Tales series has been strong in the West in recent years, including with its most recent release, Tales of Zestiria. But that hasn’t always been the case! There are many games in the franchise that didn’t see release outside of Japan, and the most highly-regarded of these is Tales of Rebirth. Check out our video!
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It’s understandable if you find Stella Glow eerily familiar. It’s the last project from developer Imageepoch, which found much of its success with the Luminous Arc series, and there’s so much — from the battle systems and interfaces to the plot and character designs — that makes this game undeniably a spiritual successor. Two of the three games of that series were released in the West by Atlus, so even after the shift in Japanese publishers from Marvelous to Sega, Stella remains right at home in the hands of its old localization pal.
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Stella Glow, the last Imageepoch game before the developer’s demise, is reaching U.S. shores later this month thanks to Atlus. And here’s the thing: it’s a big, involved game! While it’s fun to lose yourself in a strategy-RPG like this one, here are a few things to note before you jump in that’ll make your experience just a bit brighter.
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