Category Archives: history

Oboromuramasa: Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai

By Roy | Published: March 3, 2009
Marvelous Entertainment’s upcoming Wii title, Oboromuramasa is presenting many creatures and legendary figures of Japanese myth in beautiful 2D rendering.  I am a huge fan of Japanese yokai, or spirits, and felt this slow news day was a good chance to give some background on the different creatures that appear in the game. Karakasa or Kasa-obake A [...]
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Prepare to Rage: Game Cover Westernization

By Roy | Published: August 15, 2008
A large majority of video games are localized from Japan. In the process, a lot of blatant and frustrating mistakes can cause the end product to be well… incomplete. These changes are usually based on the localization team’s opinions on what is acceptable to Western audiences. These changes can range from story and character overhauls, to the [...]
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Shin Megami Tensei Persona 2: Innocent Sin Translation on the Way

By Roy | Published: May 16, 2008
As many die-hard Atlus fans know all to well, Persona 2: Innocent Sin will most likely never be making its way to the West. In Japan Persona 2: Innocent Sin was released prior to Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, and while the stories were different, they still had many cohesive elements which created one great [...]
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The World of Final Fantasy VII as a Reflection of Modern Japan

By Roy | Published: March 26, 2008
So Crisis Core comes out for the PSP today in the states. I gotta say, I have mixed feelings about it. I keep hearing that is has an outstanding story, which accents Final Fantasy VII. For this reason I am very excited. However, I don’t know how I feel about [...]
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Games You Never Played: ??? Maken Shao (Demon Sword)

By Roy | Published: March 24, 2008
Maken Shao is an action RPG developed by Atlus with character designs by Kazuma Kaneko. A bad action RPG suffers from a few main faults: unimaginative storyline, monotonous battle system, and awkward controls. Any one of these three is enough to ruin an otherwise good title. Well luckily Maken Shao suffers from none of these [...]
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