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Over the course of this generation in gaming, more than a few Nintendo-published Wii titles have never made it…
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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.
Over the last week as I have spent more and more time with Bravely Default: Flying Fairy—a Fi…
I vividly remember watching the Nintendo press conference right before the Tokyo Game Show in 2011 where they…
As I've said before, I was a fan of the Valkyria Chronicles series from the moment I first saw its debut trailer.…
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Last week we at Kotaku East showed you how to play Valkyria Chronicles 3, even if you don't understand Japanese,…
With just under two weeks until the release of the newest Evangelion movie, Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo, we…
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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is Square Enix's newest RPG on the 3DS; and while it may technically be a new IP, it…
Historical fiction is one of those concepts that gaming handles best. Whether it's Einstein building a time machine…
In the year-and-a-half since the Japanese release of Valkyria Chronicles 3, it's become painfully apparent that it…
From the moment I laid eyes on the first Valkyria Chronicles' trailer, I knew it would be a game I would love–for…
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As it stands, Valkyria Chronicles 3 is perhaps the most infamous of last generation's games to never get an…
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Consider this a look back. Valkyria Chronicles 3 is one of the most infamous of last generation's Japan-Only PSP…
009 Re:Cyborg is a new anime film based on Cyborg 009 by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was written and directed by Kenji…
Project X Zone is a new strategy RPG that takes famous characters from Capcom, Namco-Bandai and Sega franchises and…
Tales of Xillia is a great game—perhaps the best JRPG on the PlayStation 3. It was the second best-selling PS3 game…
What roleplaying games have that separates them from other types of games is their focus on story more than…
Thanks to the surprise popularity of Macross Frontier, the Macross franchise has been riding a wave of popularity…
This last week I picked up the Capcom/Namco-Bandai/Sega mega crossover Project X Zone. The game sports characters…
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Project X Zone is a game that combines many of Capcom, Sega, and Namco-Bandai's most famous franchises into one…
Tokitowa is an ambitious game. It mixes sprite-based anime graphics with a 3D world, has dating sim elements, and…