Posts Tagged ‘7/10’

Title: Trinity Trigger
聖塔神記(せいとうじんき) トリニティトリガー
Platform: Switch
Genre: Action RPG
Language: Japanese
Company: FuRyu
Summary: What is with Japan and these cringey names dealing with triangles and trinities these days.
(Note: I didn’t play the actual full game until June 2024)
In the most positive light, this game is basically the Three Houses lords Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard partying up with partner Digimon and battling in a Secret of Mana style game. /s

Anyway, some comments about the demo, as the full game releases September 15 in Japan:

Very very much a Secret of Mana clone with even the composer for it on board (Hiroki Kikuta). I’d still give it a try since I love the Mana series so much. Honestly, having the same composer is enough for me to want to give it a full playthrough, and seeing the 8 weapon circle ring clinches it hard lol.

I actually just played a couple hours on the demo currently in JP eshop, and it’s still going (I thought it would be over after this boss fight but I guess there might be some more stuff afterwards). Overall, it feels mobile game quality (think Dragalia Lost), but at least I can see getting a whole console game experience out of it, and local coop will definitely be fun. The original price tag for the game is on the expensive side (7,800 yen), so I would expect a lot of content from the full game.

Overall… well, it’s rare to get a good local coop action RPG these days that doesn’t force you to deal with trashy gacha systems, and having a new Kikuta music experience is very welcome in my book. Looking forward to seeing more of this and hope there’s news for a western release (so that I can coop with my hubby who doesn’t read JP~).
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Title: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Platform: Wii U
Genre: RPG
Language: English
Company: Monolith Soft
Summary: When there’s an entire subreddit dedicated to emulating this specific game, there’s a reason for it.
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Title: Tales of Berseria テイルズ オブ ベルセリア
Platform: PS3/PS4/PC
Genre: Action RPG
Language: Japanese
Company: Bandai Namco
Summary: I’ll admit overall I did like this a bit more than the mess that was Zestiria, but it was still NOWHERE NEAR as good as any of the previous Tales games in most terms x_x; I appreciated some things, but mostly still hated a lot of it. Lists behind the cut…
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Title: Detective Pikachu ~ Birth of a New Duo~
名探偵ピカチュウ ～新コンビ誕生～
Platform: 3DS
Genre: Cinematic Adventure
Language: Japanese
Company: Creatures Inc., Nintendo
Summary: Ohkawa Tooru~~~~~ Tiny spoilers under the cut.
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Title: Kirby’s Epic Yarn ヨッシーウールワールド
Platform: Nintendo Wii U
Genre: Action
Language: English
Company: Good-Feel, Nintendo
Summary:
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Title: Norn9: Norn + Nonette
NORN9 ノルン+ノネット
Platform: PSP
Genre: Otome
Language: Japanese
Company: Otomate, Idea Factory
Summary: Crazy Visual Novel Otoge with crazy nice music by Kevin Penkin and Nobuo Uematsu.

Also… 3 Heroines. Each one FULLY VOICED.
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Title: Gekka Ryouran Romance 月華繚乱ロマンス
Platform: PSP
Genre: Otome
Language: Japanese
Company: REJET, Idea Factory
Summary: hints at spoilers~
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Title: アルカナ・ファミリア La storia della Arcana Famiglia
Console: PSP
Genre: Otome
Language: Japanese
Company: HuneX
Summary: Fukuyama Jun, Yonaga Tsubasa, Yoshino Hiroyuki, Sugita Tomokazu, Kosugi Juurouta, Yusa Kouji.
I’m going after Yonaga first, even with this cast. XD; I think I have a thing for shorties who try to act tough 8X~
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Title: Bunmei Haruka: Aoiza Ibunroku 文明開華 葵座異聞録
Console: PSP
Genre: Otome
Language: Japanese
Company: FuRyu
Summary: Another company of few games excelling wonderfully on the game controls. Why the f can’t Otomate/Idea Factory/etc be this awesome with game controls when they have SOOOO many titles/opportunities to improve? …
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Title: Moujuutsukai to Oujisama Portable (猛獣使いと王子様 Portable)
Console: PSP
Genre: Otome
Language: Japanese
Company: Idea Factory
Summary: Finished Erik’s (Kaji Yuuki) route~ Finished Shimono Hiro’s route too, and possibly thinking about Terashi, Midorin and Toriumi’s routes too… but I like the older two as animals sooo much more. XD;;;;; I might just move on instead, because the story isn’t very unique for each route…
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