“Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble” Review

“Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble” Review

For my first foray into Super Monkey Ball, I had an enjoyable time. It’s goofy but needs to be taken...
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“The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak” Review

“The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak” Review

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak stands tall as one of the best games in the series and one...
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[AX 2024] “Reynatis” Hands-On

[AX 2024] “Reynatis” Hands-On

based on what we played, this is a game to definitely look out for when it comes out this fall.
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[AX 2024] “Ys X: Nordics” Hands-On

[AX 2024] “Ys X: Nordics” Hands-On

Ys X: Nordics was playable on the show floor, and we got a chance to do some dungeon crawling.
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[AX 2024] “Trails” sequel announced at “Trails through Daybreak Panel”

[AX 2024] “Trails” sequel announced at “Trails through Daybreak Panel”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI7TgkoXqMk JRPG fans have simply been eating this year, and NIS America has kept the party going with their lineup...
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[AX 2024] Tracing the “Trails” of Trails with Toshihiro Kondo

[AX 2024] Tracing the “Trails” of Trails with Toshihiro Kondo

This year's Anime Expo marked the second time Falcom President Toshihiro Kondo made an appearance at the convention since 2019,...
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“Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble” Review

For my first foray into Super Monkey Ball, I had an enjoyable time. It’s goofy but needs to be taken just seriously enough or else you’ll find yourself flying off the courses time and time again.

“The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak” Review

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak stands tall as one of the best games in the series and one of the best games of the year.

[AX 2024] “Reynatis” Hands-On

based on what we played, this is a game to definitely look out for when it comes out this fall.

[AX 2024] “Ys X: Nordics” Hands-On

Ys X: Nordics was playable on the show floor, and we got a chance to do some dungeon crawling.

[AX 2024] “Trails” sequel announced at “Trails through Daybreak Panel”

JRPG fans have simply been eating this year, and NIS America has kept the party going with their lineup at Anime Expo that includes Phantom Brave and Reynatis while featuring highly anticipated Falcom titles Ys X: Nordics and The Legend…

[AX 2024] Tracing the “Trails” of Trails with Toshihiro Kondo

This year’s Anime Expo marked the second time Falcom President Toshihiro Kondo made an appearance at the convention since 2019, and with his third and final panel at the event, he made sure it was a joy for western fans of The Legend of Heroes: Trails series.

[AX 2024] Atlus Presents: The World of Metaphor: ReFantazio ft. Katsura Hashino & Shigenori Soejima

We already went in-depth with our hands-on at Summer Game Fest, so what more can be talked about?

[AX 2024] “Ys X: Nordics” Gameplay Panel with Toshihiro Kondo

While America is celebrating its birthday, otaku in Los Angeles are celebrating the first day of Anime Expo, the largest annual anime convention in the United States. It’s not all about anime though, as video games also have a large…

“The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak” Review in Progress

Whether you’re on the site every day or listen to the Day 0 Update, you know everybody on SmashPad absolutely loves Falcom and the Trails series. While are full review isn’t ready–this is a prediction, not a spoiler: Trails through…

“Until Then” Review

When I found out about Polychroma Games and Until Then, it’s been on my radar ever since, and while it has a few rough edges (especially in some of its minigames), the game easily surpassed every expectation I had.

“Until Then” Review in Progress

There’s a lot to love about what I played so far. The story, in my mind, was beautifully told, but the content kind of makes the game far from cozy even though there really isn’t too much gameplay aside from mundane minigames to really speak of.

[SGF 2024] “Wrekless” Hands-On

The Guerilla Collective Showcase that preceded Summer Game Fest kicked off with a bang when Wrekless was featured opened the stream. We were lucky enough to get our hands on a build of the game at the Guerilla Showcase event during SGF, and we can’t help but think about all the potential there is with this one.