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

author image by Danreb Victorio | Anime Expo Features | 0 Comments | 06 Jul 2024

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…

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

author image by Danreb Victorio | Anime Expo Features | 0 Comments | 06 Jul 2024

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.

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

author image by Danreb Victorio | Anime Expo Features Previews | 0 Comments | 05 Jul 2024

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

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

author image by Danreb Victorio | Features Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Reviews | 0 Comments | 28 Jun 2024

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…

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FanimeCon Cosplay: The Legend of Zelda

author image by Danreb Victorio | Conventions Features | 0 Comments | 01 Jun 2024

One of the best parts about anime conventions such as FanimeCon 2024 are all the organized cosplay gatherings for all the fandoms there are, and gaming definitely has its place. While The Legend of Zelda has only loosely been compared…

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FanimeCon Cosplay: Persona X Shin Megami Tensei / Atlus

author image by Danreb Victorio | Conventions Features | 0 Comments | 01 Jun 2024

One of the best parts about anime conventions such as FanimeCon 2024 are all the organized cosplay gatherings for all the fandoms there are, and gaming definitely has its place. It’s no secret that the anime influences in Shin Megami…

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FanimeCon Cosplay: Fire Emblem Gathering

author image by Danreb Victorio | Conventions Features | 0 Comments | 30 May 2024

One of the best parts about anime conventions such as FanimeCon 2024 are all the organized cosplay gatherings for all the fandoms there are, and gaming definitely has its place. With the art of Fire Emblem obviously boasting its anime…

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FanimeCon Cosplay: Final Fantasy

author image by Danreb Victorio | Conventions Features | 0 Comments | 30 May 2024

One of the best parts about anime conventions such as FanimeCon 2024 are all the organized cosplay gatherings for all the fandoms there are, and gaming definitely has its place. Given its obvious ties to anime, Final Fantasy always shows…

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FanimeCon Cosplay: Ace Attorney & Detectives Gathering

author image by Danreb Victorio | Conventions Features | 0 Comments | 30 May 2024

One of the best parts about anime conventions such as FanimeCon 2024 are all the organized cosplay gatherings for all the fandoms there are, and gaming definitely has its place! Check out the gallery below for pics we took at…

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SmashPad At FanimeCon 2024

author image by Danreb Victorio | Conventions Features | 0 Comments | 30 May 2024

Memorial Day has come and gone, and that means we’re finished with yet another FanimeCon in San Jose, California. As one of the biggest anime fan gatherings in the world, and easily one of the biggest conventions in the City…

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Assassin’s Creed: Shadows trailer drops, angering people who hate inclusivity

author image by Danreb Victorio | Features PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 15 May 2024

Whether intentional or not, one of the more interesting developments is the fact that the game has two protagonists: a Japanese woman and a black man. Of course, this sent Twitter/X in a tizzy (for the wrong reasons), with gamers yelling “DEI” in a negative context (when it’s a positive), and this is one of the biggest reasons why the game is trending.

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SmashPad’s Top 10 Games of 2023

author image by Chris Selogy | Best of 2023 Features | 0 Comments | 01 Jan 2024

2023 was both an amazing year and an awful year.

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