Information: Review Date: July 19, 2021 Release Date: September 9, 1999 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Square Developer: Square Genre: RPG Anecdotes: “……” Description: Irvine: Shut up, get lost, and bleep off. He acts like he’s God’s gift to women when really he’s just a creep. He won’t leave the women alone. He also keeps stopping me… Continue reading Final Fantasy VIII
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Final Fantasy VII
Information: Review Date: July 7, 2021 Release Date: September 7, 1997 Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Square Developer: Square Genre: RPG Anecdotes: First off, the July 7 thing is just a coincidence, but once I saw it, I made sure not to change it. Final Fantasy VII is the most popular game in the series. It has… Continue reading Final Fantasy VII
Super Mario RPG
Information: Review Date: July 3, 2021 Release Date: May 13, 1996 Platform: SNES Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Square Genre: RPG Description: Remember the plot from the platformers? It’s exactly the same. Positives: I’m actually impressed that they found a way to turn a series of platformers into an RPG. They took a good amount of the… Continue reading Super Mario RPG
Tales of Phantasia
Information: Review Date: June 29, 2021 Release Date: December 15, 1995 Platform: SNES Publisher: Namco Developer: Namco Genre: RPG Description: Taken straight from tvtropes.org: The story begins when best friends Cress Albane and Chester Burklight return from a hunting trip to find that their entire village has been destroyed, and their families slaughtered. That’s as far… Continue reading Tales of Phantasia
Dragon Quest VI
Information: Review Date: June 28, 2021 Release Date: December 9, 1995 Platform: SNES Publisher: Enix Developer: Enix Genre: RPG Description: ? Positives: The “Hero” moves a lot faster, plus there are less commands to sift through. He automatically goes through doors and down stairs now. Movement is a lot smoother and far less cumbersome. Negatives:… Continue reading Dragon Quest VI
Princess Minerva
Game Data: Review Date: June 23, 2021 Release Date: June 23, 1995 (I do believe this is the only game that fell on the anniversary of the release date.) Platform: Super Famicom Publisher: Vic Tokai Developer: Riverhillsoft Genre: RPG Description: I seriously have no idea. The game was far more text heavy than I had… Continue reading Princess Minerva
Earthbound
Information: Writeup Date: June 22, 2021 Game’s Date of Birth: June 5, 1995 Console: SNES Publisher: Nintendo Creator: Ape Genre: RPG Anecdotes: Looking at Twitter, it appears there is a demand there for Earthbound to hit the Switch. Nintendo posted an update with the new games that were added to the library, but Earthbound wasn’t… Continue reading Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Game Data: Review Date: June 21, 2021 Release Date: March 11, 1995 Platform: SNES Publisher: Square Developer: Square Genre: RPG Anecdotes: Way back when, I brought Final Fantasy Chronicles for the PlayStation. However, I bought for FF4 so I could play all of the FF games from 1 to 9 on the PlayStation. Of course,… Continue reading Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy VI
Game Data: Review Date: June 16, 2021 Release Date: October 11, 1994 Platform: SNES Publisher: Square Developer: Square Genre: RPG Anecdotes: When I told my brother I was thinking of trying Final Fantasy, THIS was the game he recommended I play first. He had good things to say about the game, which, naturally, made me… Continue reading Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy V
Game Data: Review Date: May 30, 2021 Release Date: December 6, 1992 Platform: SNES, sort of Publisher: Square Developer: Square Genre: RPG Description: Ex-Death was set loose again to wreak havoc on the world. A new team of warriors is given the task of putting him away for good. As usual, I’ll list the characters… Continue reading Final Fantasy V