4 Great RPG Moms

By Heath | May 10, 2015 at 6:25 pm

I wrote a little piece on 4 RPG Moms You Have to Love, in which I wax nostalgic for some retro RPGs that had interesting, memorable mother characters.

It’s not a complete list, mind you, just a few I felt like talking about, and all from games well over a decade old so that I could freely throw spoilers around. Enjoy it at Game Revolution, through the link above.

PSN Chrono Trigger still has load times

By Heath | October 4, 2011 at 5:44 pm

The SNES classics Chrono Trigger is now available on the PSN Store, ready to be played on your PSP or PS3. Considered very widely to be the best RPG of the SNES era, by some even to be the best RPG of the 90’s, and by some still to be the greatest game ever made, there was one noteworthy hiccup gamers were worried about with the PSN release: load times.
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DS scans: Phantasy Star 0, Destiny Links, Atelier Annie, Suikoden Teirkreis, Chrono Trigger DS

By Heath | November 6, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Starting with Phantasy Star 0:
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Chrono Trigger DS: 8 screens of the new content

By Heath | October 9, 2008 at 3:06 am


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Chrono Trigger DS to feature monster capturing, raising, battling

By Heath | September 22, 2008 at 2:45 am

The upcoming DS version of Chrono Trigger will apparently be slightly less of a straight port than previously expected.  If the Japanese Toy-R-Us website is to be believed, players will be able to catch and raise monsters, then fight them in an arena for various prizes.  Using the DS local connectivity, friends can challenge each other’s monsters.  Exactly how one raises or levels up a monster is not specified.  Thanks to poster “duckroll” at NeoGAF for pointing this out.

Square Enix Tokyo Game Show lineup (mostly) revealed

By Heath | September 8, 2008 at 5:07 am

The RPG developer we all love and hate has unveiled what will be shown at next month’s Tokyo Game Show.
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DS RPG boxes: World Destruction, Chrono Trigger DS, Sigma Harmonics

By Heath | August 24, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Chrono Trigger DS confirmed for Europe

By Michael | August 6, 2008 at 8:42 am

In a nod to our PAL friends, SquareEnix has confirmed an early 2009 release for Chrono Trigger DS in Europe.
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