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My takes on various forms of media in the form of various other kinds of media.
Lunar Knights
2006 Konami (NDS)
In a nutshell: Some generic anime protaganist and Slash from Waku Waku 7 (so, a generic anime badass) fight vampires- IN THE FUTURE! Good game, awkward isometric play. Overall good if you liked old-school Metal Gear, but the shooting levels fall flat.Continue reading RUNAA NAITSU
Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
2006 Namco
In a nutshell: If you’ve played any other Tales game, just give this one a try. And if you haven’t, still give it a try. Depending on your tastes, though, you might want to go with the DeJap fan translation…Continue reading Tales of Tales of Tales of…
Scurge: Hive (NDS&GBA)
2006 Orbital
In a nutshell: Samus meets Solstice, kinda. Slightly awkard isometric weeaTroid (Note I didn’t say Metroidvania) with a sense of urgency to keep you on the move.Continue reading Proper spelling be damned.
Y’know, I’ve been going nuts trying to find an excuse to use a certain title for an article. It’s the most bizarre, inexplicable writer’s block, only being able to assign a title to a completely theoretical work with no content to back it up.
So, I’ll settle for a little play-on-words tying an obscure old SNK game to an obscure recent NDS game. If only Izuna had a tag-team function to let you swap spunky ninja girls on the fly.
