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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux releases on the 3DS on May 15. A remake of the 2010 JRPG dungeon-crawler on the DS, Strange Journey Redux will add some new story beats as well as a new character, Alex. While 2018 will probably mark the end of the 3DS, so far it still has some solid games headed its way.
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Nier Automata is cruel to its characters.
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The Alliance Alive is coming to the 3DS on March 27. If you haven’t heard it’s the spiritual successor to Legend of Legacy, a 2015 JRPG by former Square Enix designers many of us wished we had liked more. The Alliance Alive will hopefully fix many of that game’s flaws.
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