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Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: JRPG Epic Bookend From The Guy Who Made Xenogears & Xenosaga You know like in recent Marvel Cinematic Universe movies where a supposed standalone story is great on its own, but requires a ton of past lore research for all of its climactic bits and resolution to make the experience whole? That's pretty much t...
Some games age like fine wine. Others may not be the hot title when it first came out, but end up becoming better in retrospect, arguably being a title ahead of its time. At Kakuchopurei, we may cover a lot of new games, but we always fall back to the classics, be it the incredibly old ones or recent titles from a few years past. There are a bun...
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is out for Nintendo Switch right now and it's clearly 2022's best de facto epic JRPG experience. With a lush world to explore, a deep story to go through, and a pretty awesome combat and class-changing system to play around with, it's a game that's going to keep you busy for the rest of 2022. That said, you will be overwhe...
We adored Fuga: Melodies of Steel for its brutal take on war and its rather harrowing-yet-fun turn-based combat system featuring a tank you can sacrifice children with for maximum firepower. So it's with much joy that developer Cyberconnect 2 has announced and showed off bits and pieces of a sequel. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 takes place a year a...
Sad news for the Super Smash Bros. community: one of the game's composers has passed away. Composer Kenichi Okuma died at the age of 56 due to esophageal cancer on 22nd July. Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai shared his condolences via social media. "Best wishes for your soul ... Thank you for your support in "Smash Bros. X", but there are ...
Live A Live is a Square Enix JRPG featuring multiple protagonists in different eras and time periods, all culminating into one grand final arc. The game's narrative ties this together with a recurring malevolent force that serves as each era's final boss. You can check out our spoiler-free review of Live A Live here; it's one of this year's best...
Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: JRPG with multiple protagonists that eventually converge The Japanese role-playing game genre has always prided itself with getting a ragtag bunch of heroes from different walks of life banding with each other to combat a common foe or escalating situation that threatens them and the world. But what if those her...
Konami and developer Digital Eclipse have announced the release date of its Ninja Turtles classic games collection, not wanting to be left out of the collection jamboree that Capcom started. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will be out for PC (Steam), Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch this 30th August...
Developers Motion Twin and Evil Empire launched its 2D roguelike Metroidvania title Dead Cells since 2018, but they have still been busy making and adding content for the game since. Players have been enjoying the game's free updates and paid DLC, and it looks like it won't be stopping anytime soon. The developers said on a recent blog post that...
Japanese publisher Qureate announced a rather interesting title that combines relaxation techniques with music rhythm mechanics. Sounds innocent enough, right? The game is called Massage Freaks and you play a masseuse who massages his clients for money to pay off his debts, with your hand and finger motions following the beat of the song. You us...
Nintendo has announced that they are acquiring Dynamo Pictures, which is a Tokyo-based company that plans and produces visual content. The acquisition is expected to close by 3 October 2022. According to the press release, the acquisition of Dynamo Pictures will allow it to strengthen the planning and production structure of visual content in t...
Rumble Fish and Rumble Fish 2 were a pair of 2D arcade fighting games back in 2004 onward that featured smooth animation (marketed as Smooth Model Animation) that was tough to pull off on arcade machines. You can now experience this classic fighting game when it's getting a home port for this generation. According to publisher 3goo and developer...
Turtle Power indeed! Dotemu and developer Tribute Games announced that its new 2D beat-em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge has sold over one million units in its first week of release across all platforms, since its 16 June release date. Here are a few words from Dotemu CEO Cyrille Imbert via press release regarding the succes...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Run-And-Gun Shoot-em-Up; basically Contra If it weren't for Konami who has a tight rein on its Contra brand, you can mistaken WayForward's "new" 2D run-and-gun shooter game Spidersaurs as the next Contra entry. After all, the Shantae developer did make Contra 4 back in...
Remember when Bayonetta does her hair-involved Wicked Weaves moves and realize how naked she can get? Well you now censor that in the next Bayonetta game. PlatinumGames announced a Naive Angel Mode for Bayonetta 3, which censors the game's nudity when Bayonetta does her Wicked Weave moves, among other situations where the witch gets native. In N...
Nintendo and PlatinumGames just announced the release date of the year's most-anticipated sequel for action games. That's right: Bayonetta 3 will be out on 28 October for Nintendo Switch according to the game's new trailer. It features a ton of action, some returning characters like Rodan, Enzo, and Luka, as well as Bayonetta's new powers where ...
PlatinumGames' long-awaited second sequel to its hit action game Bayonetta might be coming soon, in 2022 in fact. According to the eagle eyes of Twitter user The_Marmolade, the Nintendo US website lists Bayonetta 3 as having been classified an M-rated game by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The game also has an 18 rating by European cla...
Nintendo's vacuum-powered mascot has a new party game coming soon. It's called Kirby's Dream Buffet and it's slated for Nintendo Switch this summer. Nintendo will be releasing the game in both digital and physical form. Here are the game's key features: Roll through delicious, food-themed obstacle courses in four-player matches. Collect ...
Earlier this year, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced that E3 2022 has been completely cancelled. However, they later confirmed that E3 2023 will still happen. Now we know more details, courtesy of Variety. The Entertainment Software Association, the organisers of E3, also announced a partnership to produce E3 2023 with Reed...
You'll be able to appreciate the king of the Koopas when you build, display and play with LEGO Super Mario The Mighty Bowser (71411). This buildable figure uses new-for-October-2022 LEGO elements to recreate the look of Bowser’s spikes and has many features, including a fireball launcher and a button to control Bowser’s head and neck movements....
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