Review by Clark A. MonkeyPaw’s Japanese import titles have varied in terms of accessibility for non-native speakers. With that said being a retro run n’ gun shooter, Wolf Fang does a bang-up job of being fully playable. Unfortunately, the problem lies more in the game itself than the language barrier.…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. The Firemen 2: Pete and Danny is the imaginatively-titled sequel to the Super Nintendo’s The Firemen. It’s also a game that has never been released outside of Japan, until now. I love and have played almost every firefighting game there is (weird genre to be a…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. If The Legend of Dragoon and the miscellaneous brawlers over the years had a love child, then this would be it. Lucifer Ring’s main character Nash looks and behaves as though he could have been the twin of those other classic heroes. This is a genre…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I am a long standing fan of the Double Dragon series. How far back do I go with the series? I remember dropping many quarters into the arcade machine. The introduction and end fight music are still among my absolute favourite in all of video games.…
Read MoreConsidering today’s video game market is more expansive than that of any other time frame, it’s logical that most companies are attempting to either make their titles more accessible or streamline them for mass appeal. This is not just the case for western shooters but Japanese-centric franchises as well. Nintendo’s…
Read MoreNintendo’s The Legend of Zelda is a game franchise that has over the years developed into a unique formula, many times emulated and rarely (or never, depending on your perspective) bettered. There’s a reasonable case to be made that Darksiders comes close to Nintendo’s green-dressed hero, but for all the…
Read MorePSOne classics start to trickle onto the Vita tomorrow (huzzah!) with the newest system update. MonkeyPaw Games has a very solid initial lineup chock full of classic RPG goodness. The name ‘MonkeyPaw’ didn’t really ring a bell when I heard it, but their stable of classics from Sony’s first console…
Read MoreIt was a bit surprising to see that a developer was taking on an update to the classic BurgerTime. It’s a series that hasn’t been around for a long while, and it’s a series that wasn’t all that great to start with. But that’s exactly what MonkeyPaw have done with…
Read MoreIt was a bit surprising to see that a developer was taking on an update to the classic BurgerTime. It’s a series that hasn’t been around for a long while, and it’s a series that wasn’t all that great to start with. But that’s exactly what MonkeyPaw have done with…
Read MoreThe PlayStation really wasn’t short on entertaining JRPGs. Though many have had their fix from three incredible Final Fantasy games, the more committed fans were able to experience the genesis of Atelier games, the first Wild Arms and, of course, Grandia. Arc The Lad is probably one of the least…
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