Going where several other blogs have gone before.
Three days ago, Nintendo and Intelligent System released the seventeenth entry in their ever popular Fire Emblem franchise: Fire Emblem Engage. I had fallen off of Fire Emblem years ago as my interest in the franchise began to wane with the release of games like Three Houses, however something about Engage grabbed my interest so… Continue reading Fire Emblem Engage Review: Rebuilding the Foundations
Hello and welcome to yet another article in my series on The Story Arc: Make a Musou. I love Dynasty Warriors, the number of times I bring it up, and the multiple Musou related articles I’ve written should be proof enough of that. However, I am currently in a Dynasty Warriors drought as I have… Continue reading Make a Musou: Xenoblade 3 Musou
Spoiler free advice for early Xenoblade 3 players
Hello, and welcome to the third article in my new series on The Story Arc: Make a Musou. I love Dynasty Warriors, the number of times I bring it up, and the multiple Musou related articles I’ve written should be proof enough of that. However, I am currently in a Dynasty Warriors drought as I… Continue reading Make a Musou: Xenoblade Musou
If you tell people that Ash Ketchum is one of your favorite characters ever you will be laughed at. People will tell you he has no personality or that he's barely a character. I'm sick of seeing this slander so today on The Story Arc I and my friend CJ are going to recap how… Continue reading Why Ash Ketchum is Better Than You Think
The best fan roster a Pokemon game can have
I love Bayonetta. Ever since discovering the series on the WiiU with the 1+2 combo pack (some start, I know), I’ve been hooked on the series sense of style, gameplay, and of course completely ridiculous and over the top boss fights. Something about that eight-foot-tall giraffe woman owning her sexuality with hack and slash gameplay… Continue reading Where in the World is Bayonetta 3!: A Hideki Kamiya Story
Masahiro Sakurai has always been one for theatrics. Both in game design and in general, the man knows how to create a certain atmosphere. In particular, Super Smash Brothers has always been the series he spoils the most. It’s a series that needs no introduction, and the games have always received acclaim due to their… Continue reading We Just Got a Letter! The importance and lore of the Smash Bros invite
3D Mario games have become some of the most beloved 3D platformer games of all time, with their unique level design and more recently their fantastic soundtracks. I am no exception, having played Super Mario Sunshine extensively on my Gamecube during the time my age was in the single digits. Later on I had played… Continue reading The Redemption of a Fake Mario Fan
The Art of Box-art by Victiny Spanning the various eras, video game boxes can be compared to the most similar media platform of the disc era, DVDs. Aside from Nintendo’s non-standard and varied disc and accompanying packaging design, the cases from Sony, Microsoft and similar companies have remained consistent. DVD discs are usually a comparable… Continue reading The PS5 Boxes Aren’t That Bad, Guys!
Written by: Jre, Skeith, and Victiny I think it's fair to say Min Min is one of the most out of the box picks to ever be added to Smash. That might sound odd to you considering she's a first-party Nintendo character from a relatively recent game but just stop and think about the kinds… Continue reading 6 Obscure First-Party Nintendo Characters That Could Be In Super Smash Bros Ultimate Fighter Pass 2
A Journey Through the Game of the 2010s April & May 2020 Jre Best Well, it's been a little bit. Sincerest apologies for the delays. These last two months have not been easy for anyone and I don’t help myself by putting so many damn words into these articles. Truth be told, Virtual Odyssey almost… Continue reading Virtual Odyssey: April & May 2020: Nier Automata, Until Dawn, Splatoon and Xenoblade Chronicles
Virtual Odyssey A Journey Through the Game of the 2010s February 2020 Jre Best Well, February was an interesting month. January was kind of an easy ride with me being able to finish four games in a relatively expedient manner. Granted all those games were quite short remasters of even older games but still, progress… Continue reading VIRTUAL ODYSSEY: FEBRUARY 2020