Localization specialist and former Siliconera staff writer. Some of his localizations include entries in the Steins;Gate series, Blue Reflection, and Yo-Kai Watch.
I was holding out hope it would be a bit more than just a prettier version of what we had on 3DS, but those hopes crumbled when I tried the Xbox 360 version of Mirror of Fate HD.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is kind of like Phoenix Wright, but rapid fire and set in a high school. Hope's Peak Academy isn't an ordinary high school though, students here are trying to get away with murder.
Deep Down certainly isn't an HD take on the action-gamey mechanics of Dragon's Dogma, but it didn't quite feel as deliberate and committal as Monster Hunter either.
Sometimes a time-traveling god-like hero needs to work on a smaller scale. In my demo of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning was tasked with looking into what was eating nearby chocobos by some chocobo ranchers.
As much as I love Final Fantasy IV I never got around to playing The After Years, the cell phone/WiiWare/PSP episodic sequel to Final Fantasy IV released 17 years after the original game. Even so, playing the iOS version felt very familiar.
"Cave had announced that they were going to take a break from consoles and stuff that goes directly to the consumer, and that's really what I enjoy about what I do," Asada explained to Siliconera.
When I first leapt into Gaist Crusher, my character Rekka Shirokane carried a giant sword into battle with him. Each swing of this blade would take a chunk of his four-part stamina gauge.
D4 is Deadly Premonition director Swery65's next game. It's an episodic murder mystery where you play as a private investigator solving your wife's murder. The problem is you can't recall your memories, but you can travel in time after finding different objects.
NIS America held a press event at Tokyo Game Show where they announced Hyperdimension Neptunia V will be released on PSN in North America and Europe this fall.
