Tag Archives: JRPG

Remakes have been something of a norm for the games industry for years, though our definition of what a remake is, and our expectations of such, is slippery at best. And they don’t get much harder to define than the direction Square Enix is taking with Final Fantasy 7 Remake. …

I never thought I’d be the person that insisted people play a PSP-exclusive spin-off. Thankfully, I no longer need to be, as Square Enix is bringing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 to Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One and PC via Steam. Now you have no excuse …

While Final Fantasy 16 features “fully AI-driven” characters in battle, the familiar sense of party camaraderie you get from other mainline games remains intact. That comes from Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida, who tells GamesRadar+ that spreading out battle controls across multiple party members could end up hindering the …

Kingdom Hearts protagonist Sora has made an unexpected cameo in a new Taco Bell commercial, and fans can’t believe what they’re seeing.  As highlighted by several Kingdom Hearts fans, including Twitter user @aitaikimochi (opens in new tab), Taco Bell has released a new commercial advertising its recently released Mexican Pizza …

Genshin Impact update 2.7 includes two new characters, original and revamped minigames and events, and a new Archon quest set in Liyue’s Chasm and featuring Xiao.  After recently confirming that the delayed update will now launch on May 31, developer Hoyoverse officially unveiled the patch during a showcase that aired …

Pokemon fans think catching mechanics will be reverting to the standard formula in Scarlet and Violet, despite the new games’ open-world approach. A post on the series’ subreddit pointed out a line in the blog post (opens in new tab) released alongside the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet announcement, stating that …

Square Enix hasn’t announced when it plans on launching Final Fantasy 16, but according to a well-connected industry insider, there’s one big reason to doubt it’s coming in 2022. Over on Resetera (opens in new tab), Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier replied to a comment saying he isn’t “getting [his] hopes up” …

The Kingdom Hearts-themed hotel room in Tokyo Disney is hiding a bunch of secrets, and you’ll probably never get to see them in the flesh .  As revealed by @aitaikimochi (opens in new tab) (aka Audrey) – a Kingdom Hearts fan who visited the themed hotel room in Japan – …

A Pokemon fan has answered the question of ‘what if Pokemon had a difficulty setting’ with a set of hypothetical modes, prompting discussion from fellow players on just what it is that makes a Pokemon game fun to play. Reddit user Taken_Grace shared a series of images to Reddit’s largest …

2021 may have tripped over a bar set on the floor and stumbled headlong into a tire fire burning at temperatures once thought unreachable, but we did get at least one good thing this year. A whole bunch of good things, actually, all of them JRPGs. This was a fabulous …