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Phantom Brave: We Meet Again Looks Hauntingly Familiar
I’m not completely sure what Phantom Brave on PlayStation 2 was supposed to be a successor to: Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, La Pucelle: Tactics or some other cult hit tactical role-playing game. But it doesn’t matter because Phantom Brave: We Meet Again is Wii a port of the PS2 game—and therefore not beholden to whatever…
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Full Blast Hitchhike Preview: Just As Weird With The Name Change
Formerly known as Let’s Hitchhike!!!!!!!!!—yes, with nine exclamation points—the re-christened Full Blast Hitchhike is probably the weirdest WiiWare game I’ve ever played. It also doesn’t seem to have all that much to do with hitchhiking. Sure there’s a thumb cursor and some vehicles you’re trying to “flag down” via all manner of Wii-mote flailing you…
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Puchi Puchi Virus Screens Make Outbreaks Adorable
Nippon Ichi’s Puchi Puchi Virus just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Sadly, the game’s U.S. release was delayed by a whole year, putting us two years behind all the fun they’ve been having in Japan. Guess I’ll just have to play it twice as long to make up for it. I totally dig puzzle games…
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Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days Coming Stateside
Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will be making its way to PSP with a subtitle change, new characters, new content and a new character class this Fall. I’m not sure what the “peta” character class is, or even if I spelled it right, but it it should spice up the replay value even…
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Cross Edge Crosses The Sexy Line
Cross Edge is the ultimate fan service game where characters from Capcom, Gust, Namco Bandai, Idea Factory and Nippon Ichi all collide in an epic turn-based role-playing game. This means we get all kinds of characters from the cute to the scary and the fugly to the sexy. Pictured here is Morrigan from Capcom’s Darkstalkers…
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