Read news and reviews of Japanese RPGs with an anime-influence.
A few reviews of Devil May Cry 4 have started to hit the web, and EscapistMagazine.com has a pretty brutal, yet hilarious review of the game. Special thanks to JoyStiq.com for the tip-off to the review!
Dante…er…Nero disagrees!
Yahtzee (the reviewer) talks extremely fast, but he uses illustrations to put an emphasis on the sillier aspects of [...]
After reading the manga Code 1 “Dante” and the first light novel – Devil May Cry, I understand the anime series a little better. My new found knowledge neither improves nor detracts from the anime, but acts more as a “Ohhhh, that’s why that’s the way it is.” Mind you, it’s not as [...]
In an attempt to catch up with the Devil May Cry (DMC, for short) franchise’s multimedia offerings, I sat down this past weekend and read the DMC novels.
The first DMC novel is simply titled, Devil May Cry. Written by Shin-Ya Goikeda in tangent with Devil May Cry director, Hideki Kamiya, Devil May Cry promises [...]
I got into many things later in life: anime, manga, Japanese culture and video games. One of the first video game titles I ever owned was Devil May Cry 2. Playing the original Devil May Cry (DMC) game when it was initially released drew me into the gaming world more than RPGs; more than [...]
Demons, angels, heroes, and an epic quest to defeat an overlord sounds like you typical manga… wait there are demon penguins in my manga. This is just one of the awkward creatures in Disgaea 2, the sequel to the manga, based on the popular videogame.
The original Disgaea is a tactical RPG developed by Nippon Ichi [...]
No more pencils, no more books! Summer is finally upon us and that can mean only one thing: game time! Here’s the Japanese release list for the rest of the month:
Nintendo DS
Crossword de Manabou! Chiri – Rekishi
Gamics Series Vol. 1: Yokoyama Mitsuteru – San Goku Shi – Vol. 5 – Suishi no Hyou
Hoshigami
Iraroji [...]
You know what I love more than video games? Using video game consoles for things other than gaming. Whether it’s watching fansubs on a DS or turning an old NES case into a storage box; I love not playing games on game consoles.
Perhaps that’s why I bought a PLAYSTATION 3.
Regardless, the [...]
Play Capcom’s Gyakuten Saiban 4 (otherwise known as Phoenix Wright 4) on a virtual Nintendo DS (actually Flash)!
This is a preview version (but you can play it) in Japanese.
From Wikipedia: Each episode (with the exception of the first case of each game) usually begins with an investigation. During these segments the player must talk to [...]
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