Final Fantasy XIII-2 TGS hands-on
By Janelle | October 4, 2011 at 8:10 am
Final Fantasy XIII-2, sequel to the polarizing Final Fantasy XIII, was on display at the Tokyo Game Show this year. I took a shot at the demo to see if anything’s changed.
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Best RPGs of the Tokyo Game Show
By Heath | October 3, 2011 at 8:46 am
Per annual tradition, here are our picks for the top RPGs of the Tokyo Game Show.
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Disgaea Android: Free to Play, Pay-per-character
By Heath | September 23, 2011 at 1:16 am
At its recent press event in Tokyo, it was revealed that NIS America will be bringing the original Disgaea to North American Android devices. We got some details on how this works.
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Square Enix’s TGS screenshots
By Heath | September 19, 2011 at 4:29 am
Here are Square Enix’s TGS screenshots. As expected, they had lots of RPGs.
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Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance hands-on (TGS)
By Heath | September 16, 2011 at 5:40 am
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance continues the series trend of increasingly nonsensical names, but goes a complete 180 by finally being a Nintendo-specific Kingdom Hearts title that is actually good.
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Yakuza Black Panther 2 hands-on preview (TGS)
By Heath | September 15, 2011 at 9:16 pm
I had a good, if technologically hampered experience with Kurohyou: Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou (Black Panther: Yakuza New Chapter) for PSP recently, so I was excited to give the sequel a go.
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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy TGS tech demo hands-on preview
By Janelle | September 15, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Since Bravely Default: Flying Fairy was just announced, it wasn’t playable at TGS in the strictest sense. However, there was a short demo available that was basically a tech demo for an AR cutscene.
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Dragon’s Dogma hands-on preview (TGS)
By Janelle | September 15, 2011 at 11:56 am
Capcom’s booth at TGS this year was showy as usual, and its upcoming Dragon’s Dogma was playable in a dungeonlike corner crowned with a giant red dragon.
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2 Ni no Kuni hands-on previews from TGS
By Heath | September 15, 2011 at 7:31 am
Set to release on November 17, Ni no Kuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joou is set to make a big splash in Japan with its special PS3 bundle. Developer Level-5 was conspicuously absent from TGS this year, as it will hold its own “LEVEL5 World” event in October, but fortunately, Ni no Kuni still had a home at Sony’s booth this year, with a boss demo and an exploration demo available. We each got a chance to play both of the demos, which were incredibly well built and showed off in just ten minutes what Ni no Kuni will be like.
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Disgaea 3 Vita hands-on preview (TGS)
By Heath | September 15, 2011 at 5:48 am
Admittedly there’s not a whole lot of meat here, but I got my hands on the Disgaea 3 enhanced port for PlayStation Vita. Said hands went to places on the machine they were not supposed to go. Chaos ensued.
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