After years of begging, pleading, and overrunning the Facebook page of Namco Bandai, the “White Wishes” of Tales fans have finally come true.   But what about the rest of us?  Does Tales of Graces f deliver the goods to entertain JRPG fence-sitters, or even those that have given up on the...

It was only a matter of time.  It’s a well known fact that gaming localizations – especially for niche genres like RPGs – are expensive, often prohibitively so.  Now, MonkeyPaw Games and GaijinWorks are hoping to mitigate some of the financial risk of localizing PSP dungeon crawler...

My favorite RPG of last year was Xenoblade Chronicles.  Too bad it was never released in the States.  I guess Reggie’s body just wasn’t ready for it. Fortunately, Nintendo finally decided to announce the game for North America, and will be releasing it later this year to participating...

Today, Nintendo of Europe has announced the localization (localisation?) of Monolithsoft’s Japanese release, Xenoblade.  The title is slated to reach European Wii consoles later this year as Xenoblade Chronicles – though no date has been announced. According to the press release, the game will...

Though the rumor mill had been churning for some time prior to this week’s The Last Story conference about the possibility of an international release date being announced at the event, no such announcement took place.  There were, however, many other details about the game released at the...

A few times during each generation, a game comes along that leaves a real impression on me.  Generally, these kinds of games fly under the radar. A game with no hype to its name, and no marketing push to speak of. Perhaps the game happens to be in a genre that is not considered exceptionally popular at...

Welcome to the first installment of Limit Break. This new column will feature news, rants, raves, opinions, articles and editorials based squarely in the genre of RPGs. Those who recognize the term Limit Break will know that it was introduced by the venerable Final Fantasy series and translates to an...

It can be argued that there is a lot riding on the success of this latest Final Fantasy game will help determine the future of Japanese RPG’s in western gaming. This generation has not been good to the genre as Japanese developers have struggled to find their place in an HD world. The days of menu...

Honestly? This game is kicking my ass. I want to do a thorough, played-through-most-if-not-all-of-it type of game review, but I really can’t. This may well be the most complex game I’ve played, handheld or not. I get the same sort of feeling I used to when discovering the library of complex...

Released: March 10, 2009 Developer: Matrix Software Verdict: Forget it Pros: Beautiful graphics, fantastic soundtrack Cons: Repetitive, dialogue is nonsense There is, at once, an overwhelming sense of deja vu when one snaps the cartridge of a Japanese RPG into a Nintendo-made gaming device. A young...