Well, people, it finally happened. We can now say for certain that everyone is here. We’ve had quite a journey with this second wave of Smash DLC fighters. It all began as a bit of good news in January 2020 that we would get six more fighters, and then it kicked off for real in … Continue reading Ranking Smash Ultimate’s Second Wave of DLC Fighters
The World Ends With You is an action RPG developed and published by Square Enix. It was released for the Nintendo DS in 2007. A port / remake for iOS called the Solo Remix was released in 2012 and for Android devices in 2014. A final release with an epilogue and remixed soundtracks entitled The … Continue reading The World Ends With You: The Coolest RPG You May Never Play
Bravely Default is a JRPG developed by Silicon Studio and published by Square Enix. It released on the Nintendo 3DS on February 7, 2014. I played it in 2020. Screenshots are courtesy of Nintendoeverything.com and Square Enix. Bravely Default is full of peaks and valleys. It starts as an homage to classic JRPGs, with four … Continue reading De Faults of Bravely Default
Dragon Quest XI is a JRPG developed and published by Square Enix. It released for the PS4 and PC in September 2018 and on the Nintendo Switch in September of 2019. It costs $60. This is my review of the Switch version. You could call Dragon Quest XI a coelacanth, or a crocodile, or a … Continue reading Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive JRPG Golden Age
The Switch is already 3 years old. Remember back in October of 2016, when it was just an idea? Pretty soon it'll be old enough to go to preschool. And then before you know it, your Switch will want to go to rock concerts and it'll believe it knows everything... When the console launched, it … Continue reading The Nintendo Switch: 3 Years Later
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age is a JRPG developed by Square Enix and published by Nintendo. Square Enix had released the PS4 and PC versions last year, but the Nintendo Switch version will release on September 27th, with added content and features. This is my review of the demo on Switch. … Continue reading New to JRPGs? Try the Demo for Dragon Quest XI S
Oninaki is an action RPG developed by Tokyo RPG Factory and published by Square Enix. It is releasing on August 22, 2019 for PS4, PC, and Switch for $50. This is my review of the demo. Dangit, Square Enix, why'd you have to release another good RPG this year? I already had my "to-buy" games … Continue reading Oninaki Preview
Gretchen Rubin, one of my favorite people on the internet, has a mantra that anticipating happy events is part of living a happy life. Just thinking about or planning a new experience can make a person's currently dull circumstances lighter. Considering the post-E3 landscape that we are in, now is a good time to celebrate … Continue reading The Art of Anticipating a Game
Through an adventitious turn of events, I ended up with a SNES Classic that I was not anticipating just a few weeks ago. Aren't the holidays great?! It's now sitting happily in front of our TV, next to the Switch dock and the Wii. It's so tiny!! The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis are loaded … Continue reading The SNES Classic: Pre-rendered Roads, Take Me Home…
Welcome to my year in review and game awards! 2018 was full of massive changes for me. I completed internships, got my Master's Degree, moved across states, and started my career. My job has been a roller coaster, and not one of those kiddie ones. It's been more stressful than school ever was, but it's … Continue reading My Gaming in 2018 : An Analysis
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