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more about #eternalsonata 2c-b: I enjoyed reading through this, thanks for posting it AJ! The English in some parts is a little coarse, but that's entirely forgivable given that it i... more » Altima NEO: This is not the delicious Polka I fell in love with D: more » Asdafaffle: weeaboos more » Ueziel: Eternal Sonata definitely did not need paring down at ALL. It was 25 hours long in its entirety, including the optional dungeon and if anything, it ne... more » tavo31: That game was a let down. It was fun at first, but, even though the battle system was fun, I didn't find any likable characters (MAYBE Jazz), and the ... more » Syrax: Sindel is a mother right? I can't remember now. more » tim rogers: man, no mother from earthbound? this list hereby ceases to exist :-/ more » Fenian: What about Dahlia?, Alessa's mother from Silent Hill? more » Koztah: Dude. You forgot Dahlia Gillespie. more » Chesu: Wait, isn't Cooking Mama's daughter in one of the Wii games...? more » Miksho: Okay, I'm kind of sad for knowing this. In Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends, you cook meals for "Grandpa," "Grandma," and "Papa," Cooking Mama's da... more » LucasReis: Where is BLANKA´s mom? The whole point of him going to the tournament is to find his mother. She should be in the fighter´s mom´s department. His e... more » DannKnee: What about Sindel from Mortal Kombat? more » Comatose Turtle: I just got through Rune Factory 2 on the DS. You start the game out as your father, basically, and you choose who you want your mother to be. It's pro... more » geekay3: Much as I hate the bitch, I think you're incorrect about Crimson Viper. She at least calls her daughter in between rounds of a fight. Still, can't sta... more » the7k: Gina is Lucca's mother, not Crono's. more » BubbleF**kingBuddy: Every mother in every Pokemon game ever. For obvious reasons. more » KrsJin: What about that mom from Grandia 3. She beat fools up. more » IIDXTrick: I was really hoping to see a blurb about the mother of the main character of Suikoden V, Queen Falena(sp?). She always struck me as one of the most i... more » akumaserge: What the hell AJ, you write an article about mothers in video games and YOU FORGOT TO MENTION NESS' MOTHER FROM EARTHBOUND?! THE SAME MOTHER THAT IF N... more » -
#manga
Eternal Sonata Manga Looks... Different
I just now got around to reading the manga adaptation of Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (a.k.a. Eternal Sonata) by Kuroi Mimei and I've got to say — I'm a little weirded out. More » -
#feature
Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
Mothers have it tough in video games – they get killed off, turned evil, or their children leave the nest to save the world. And their kids probably don't call home often enough. More » -
#eternalsonata
Eternal Sonata PS3 Coming In October
While it might be old news to some of you, last we'd heard the long-awaited and greatly enhanced PlayStation 3 version of Eternal Sonata was scheduled for a release sometime in the fall. Well while we weren't looking, sometime in the fall became sometime in October, which then got narrowed down even further to October 21st. While it's only been a year or so since I played the original, the improvements made between that version and this one - new characters, extra cutscenes, new outfits, etc. - might just be enough for me to pick it up again. Besides, it will be novel to play a relatively high quality Japanese RPG on the PS3 for once. More » -
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#exclusivesagain
Namco Bandai Pulls PS3 Listings For Xbox 360 Titles
Some of our more eagle-eyed web surfing readers spotted on the official Namco Bandai Games web site "TBD" release dates for PLAYSTATION 3 versions of both Eternal Sonata and Beautiful Katamari. The latter also included hints about the rumored Wii SKU. Both titles are currently only confirmed for the Xbox 360. Not long after the stories on each title were posted, Namco Bandai hive workers pulled the listings for the non-Microsoft consoles, leaving only the Xbox 360 release dates up. More »
