Category: DS

Nora and the Time Studio DS

DS / Features / Import Games

Fan Translation Friday – Nora and the Time Studio

For this instalment of Fan Translation Friday, we’re looking taking a look at a fresh fan translation that just dropped earlier this week. Nora and the Time Studio is a cute little RPG by Atlus that was released late in the Nintendo DS’s lifespan back in 2011. As a “Chronomancer” with...

Tales of the Tempest Review

DS / Features

Was Tales of the Tempest really that bad?

It’s time for another potentially ongoing series in which we look back and hopefully reevaluate some of the most notorious missteps in JRPG history. Since we’ve covering all things Tales lately, what better place to start than with the infamous Tales of the Tempest, an early Nintendo DS RPG that...

Nora and the Time Studio Review

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Nora and the Time Studio Review

Between Etrian Odyssey, Shin Megami Tensei and one-off RPGs like Radiant Historia, Atlus dominated the Nintendo DS with their many role-playing titles. One of their lesser known DS games is Nora and the Time Studio: The Witch of the Foggy Forest (or Nora to Toki no Koubou, to use the...

Best Japan Exclusive RPGs 2010s

3DS / DS / Features / PC / PSP / RPG Essentials

The Best Japan-Exclusive RPGs of the 2010s

The last decade saw more Japanese titles released in English than ever before. It was a true golden age where even total turkeys could get picked up, published and put in a fancy collector’s edition. As the years went on, even smaller, independent games were picked up by international publishers....

Best JRPGs of the Decade

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The Top 30 Best JRPGs of the Decade

It’s time to head back to the distant decade of the 2010s as we count down the best JRPGs released from 2010 to 2019. This isn’t just some simple, quickly thrown together list article, though. Over the next month or so, we’ll be going all out and publishing a series...

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

3DS / DS / Features

Surviving a lockdown with Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

How is everyone’s life in lockdown going? The COVID-19 situation here in Japan is finally being taken somewhat seriously, although the number of people being tested for this contagious disease is still suspiciously low. It took a long time, but stores and workplaces are starting to close after it has...

Best Nintendo DS JRPGs

DS / Features

DS Summer – Replaying the Best RPGs on the Nintendo DS

Looking for a handheld RPG to play? Well we spent all of last summer writing about the Nintendo DS and it’s huge range of Japanese RPGs. Join us on a journey to explore the depths of the Nintendo DS library with this special series of features and reviews on the...

Solatorobo Review

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Solatorobo: Red the Hunter Review – Furry Fliers

As Mega Man, Metal Gear Rising and Jimmy Neutron have taught us, robots and dogs go together like macaroni and cheese. So here we have Solatorobo, CyberConnect2’s tale about an adventurous mech pilot who happens to be a dog. With an imaginative setting that pushes Nintendo’s handheld to its limits,...

Best Nintendo DS JRPGs

DS / Features / RPG Essentials

The Top 10 Nintendo DS JRPGs

Has any other console in recent memory had a lineup of Japanese RPGs as strong as the Nintendo DS? It took a while for the handheld’s library to feature any notable RPGs (not appearing on this list: Lunar Dragon Song), but once it found a wider audience it became the...