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Dragon Quest: Your Story, the upcoming CG-animated adaptation of Dragon Quest V, now has a trailer. The trailer for the film, which hits Japanese theaters August 2, was released alongside a cast list, which includes: Takeru Sato (Rurouni Kenshin) Kasumi Arimura Haru Kentaro Sakaguchi Takayuki Yamada …Read more »
Dragon Quest, the long-running series of RPGs, will be adapted into a CG anime film set for release in Japan this summer. The film, which is titled Dragon Quest Your Story, will be based on the fifth game in the franchise, Dragon Quest V. The …Read more »
The NES Classic Edition, the retro gadget that launched the current mini-console boom, was not easy to find upon its release back in late 2016. Because it’s easy money to help folks who didn’t get their hands on it the first time, Nintendo of America …Read more »
With the NES Classic Edition (and its Japanese equivalent) flying off shelves and anticipation for the Super Nintendo version at fever pitch, it’s clear there’s more than a bit of nostalgia out there for the Nintendo games of old. With that in mind, perhaps, ranking …Read more »
Nintendo popped everyone's tops yesterday with the official reveal of the Super NES Classic Edition, the obvious successor to the now-discontinued NES Classic. This one stokes the '90s nostalgia with 21 games, including the unreleased Star Fox 2 , which will finally see the light …Read more »
80-year-old voice actress Masako Nozawa is most known for her work on the Dragon Ball anime as Goku, Gohan, and a slew of related voices. Her work on the series extends to its many video games, and it turns out that alone was worthy of …Read more »
Talk about taking video games seriously: Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University recently held a conference debating the impact Nintendo has had on society. The original Nintendo Entertainment System was released in America in 1985, making 2015 the console’s 30th birthday. The Japanese equivalent, the Family Computer System …Read more »
The mainstream success of Final Fantasy VII in 1997 introduced many gamers to the JRPG genre, and the gap leading up to Final Fantasy VIII left many scouring desperately for the next PS1 quest to devour. In this time of need, Star Ocean: Second Story …Read more »
Ken Sugimori is a cool dude. You might think the guy who helped co-create Pokemon would be a little arrogant, spending his days in some kind of ivory tower, sleeping on top of large piles of money, and generally being a media gadfly. But if …Read more »
I’ll be honest: I’m kind of a lapsed gamer. The newest console I own is the Wii, and when I sit down to play games these days, which is rarely, I usually choose something I’ve already played as a kind of nostalgia kick. But I’m …Read more »
Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories is the Gundam game to get if you want to keep playing Gundam games for the foreseeable future. Packed with content, Side Stories does a nice job of celebrating the franchise's 35th anniversary with a new collection of missions and …Read more »
The problem with evil overlords is that they spend entirely too much time lurking in their ill-lit, Gothic-arched castles, grooming their widow's peaks and rehearsing their maniacal laughter. Just once I'd like to see a tyrannical demon-king with a nice summer cottage by the sea, …Read more »
Walk a few minutes from Akihabara station, Tokyo’s nerd mecca, turn a few corners and in an otherwise nondescript alley, you’ll find Game Bar A-Button, a cozy home-away-from-home for fans of retro games. A Button is a veritable retro game museum, stuffed to the brim …Read more »
Fans of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts game franchises have likely heard tales of the legendary Ultimania-branded strategy guides released in Japan by Studio BentStuff. Frequently boasting full-color page counts in excess of 500, with attractive layouts and levels of detail at times …Read more »
I didn't hear about the Fuji Television show Game Center CX until shortly before the release of the Nintendo DS game Retro Game Challenge . RGC —having miraculously made it stateside (unlike its sequel) thanks to Xseed Games—transported players back into the body of a …Read more »
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