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We at Kakuchopurei were heartbroken and devastated to learn that Akira Toriyama passed away on 1 March 2024, leaving behind a legendary legacy that few others can boast of. He's one of the most influential creators in perhaps all of pop culture and while his works are many, his greatest was and will always be Dragon Ball, a seminal franchise that h...
It's a known fact that 1995's Chrono Trigger for the Super Nintendo is one of the most influential Japanese role-playing games of all time, usually in most people's top 10 games of all time list. Chrono Trigger got a sequel in the form of Chrono Cross in the 2000s for PlayStation, but many fans were divided about its existence and gameplay. Fast...
Sea Of Stars is out now for PC and consoles, and it's a modern classic if you're itching for a well-made Japanese RPG tailor-made for 2023. Made by Sabotage Studio of The Messenger fame, Sea Of Stars puts you in the role of two Children of the Solstice as they solve the world of its evil Fleshmancer and his army problem, one major quest at a tim...
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox, Nintendo Switch Genre: 90s-style Japanese Role-Playing Game recreated for modern sensibilities Sabotage Studio's game-making mission is to modernize retro games for the current generation while maintaining what makes these experiences special in the first place. The Canadian-based company's first effort...
Japanese TV network TV Asahi aired a special video game-centric program where it gathers 50,000 user votes for the best 100 games ever. Here's the full list. Number 1 may not shock you. Heck, the amount of JRPGs should not surprise you given the country's affinity for the genre. 100. Persona 3 99. Pokemon Platinum Version 98. Persona 4 97....
It's only a matter of time until mobile JRPG Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space, which has ex-Chrono Cross folks working on it, taps back to the well of inspiration it birthed from. That's the case of this piece of news where Another Eden is teasing a collaboration with Square Enix, which is most likely Chrono Cross, the awesome yet div...
Square Enix has opened up pre-orders for a Chrono Trigger jazz arrangement album in Japan. It was bound to happen, given the love everyone has for Chrono Trigger. The new album is the fifth in the Square Enix Jazz album series, which so far have been top-notch stuff featuring great arrangements for SaGa and Final Fantasy's music. The album costs...
Update: added in videos of the opening ceremony with the orchestra music playing in the background. How far have we come when it comes to video game tunes, eh? To celebrate Japan's culture and heritage during the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Opening Ceremony, the orchestra in charge will play classic and iconic video game tunes as the teams from all o...
We had a ball of a time with indie RPG darling Cris Tales earlier this year. Alas, it's not going to be out next month. Cris Tales will be delayed from its 17th November release date to early 2021 according to publisher Modus Games and developer SYCK. This is because the devs are taking all the feedback from the previous Steam showcase demo and ...
Man, I remember a time when I enjoyed the heck out of Chrono Trigger on the PS1. Yes, I'm one of those guys late to the SNES JRPG party. But the fact that a 1995 SNES cartridge game ported on a CD anthology -tacked on with loading times, mind you- can still impress me more than all the PS1 FFs and Konami/Capcom JRPGs combined is a testament to the...
A free-to-play JRPG mobile game from Xenogears and Chrono Cross/Chrono Trigger writer Masato Kato and music composer Yasunori Mitsuda will finally be released in Europe and Southeast Asia, two years after it was originally launched in Japan. Developed by Wright Flyer Studios for the Android and iOS, Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space, or ...
It's good to see a game like Chrono Trigger getting more acclaim and praise 24 years later. According to a Famitsu poll (via Siliconera), the Squaresoft JRPG was voted the best game in the Heisei period. This was followed by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and NieR: Automata at 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The poll had 7,158 readers par...
Did you love the deconstructivism and sombre narrative of Chrono Trigger's sequel on the PS1? Most importantly, did you relish in the majestic soundtrack created by Yasunori Mitsuda, arguably one of the most important composers in video game history? Then you'll love the Cross Symphonic album. Created by composer John Paul Hayward, the upcoming al...
Square Enix announced the beloved classic RPG Chrono Trigger for PC. The problem? It's basically a port of the iOS and Android version that isn't even optimized for the platform. Naturally, people like yours truly are livid about this piece of news. Most people expected this version of the game to be like the Secret of Mana remaster but, well, goo...
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