One of the staples of MMORPGs is the ability to choose the race of your character in addition to his or her class.…
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Richard Eisenbeis
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Japanese Correspondent. Player of Japan-first and Japan-only games. Watcher of way too much anime. Occasional streamer.
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Yesterday marked the release of Dragon Quest X, the newest title in one of Japan's most phenomenally popular series.…
Dragon Quest X, the first online iteration of the Dragon Quest series, was released earlier today in Japan. But how…
Dragon Quest X was released in Japan today and is an important milestone for several reasons. Not only is it the…
In 2006 Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros.—the first big 2D Mario title since the SNES' Super Mario World 2:…
Six years ago, Nintendo returned to its 2D platforming roots with New Super Mario Bros. It went on to become not…
Like most MMOs, Phantasy Star Online 2 comes with a robust character creator. And with its sci-fi setting, it's…
Over the past few weeks, we here at Kotaku East have taken a look at several of Japan's newest free-to-play titles.…
These days the net is overflowing with free-to-play MMORPGs. But even before free-to-play MMORPGs were a thing,…
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Back at the turn of the millennium, Sega released the first MMORPG for consoles, Phantasy Star Online. Over the…
More and more these days, companies are making games with a free-to-play model—focusing on micro-transactions to…
Phantasy Star Online was a trail blazer of a game, bringing the MMORPG experience to home consoles for the first…
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Earlier this year the Vita got its first free-to-play MMO title in the form of Samurai and Dragons. While the game…
The Macross series (released as the first generation of Robotech in the West) is one of the staples of 1980s anime.…
Anarchy Reigns (released as Max Anarchy in Japan) is a beat ‘em up title from the makers of Bayonetta in the vein of …
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Anarchy Reigns may have a decent single player campaign, but where this game really shines is in the multiplayer.…
About three weeks back, Bandai-Namco released their first big-name, free-to-play title, Mobile Suit Gundam Battle…
Going into Anarchy Reigns, I knew two things about it. 1) It was made by Platinum Games and 2) you could play as…
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With all the hype surrounding Platinum Games' Metal Gear title, another of their games, Anarchy Reigns, has…
Lupin III is one of the staples of Japanese anime. There have been five manga series, five movies, four TV series,…