RPG Land

Classic Dungeon preview + new scans

By Heath | February 24, 2010 at 9:43 am

Nippon Ichi’s Classic Dungeon appropriately draws comparisons to From Software’s 3D Dot Game Heroes, as both are new games inentionally sporting an old (or “classic”) style — and they’re even going to share a bit of overlaping content.
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Dragon Quest IX bar opens in Japan, new arcade machines up

By Heath | February 23, 2010 at 6:19 am

The Dragon Quest IX-themed bar “Luda’s” in Roppongi (Tokyo) recently welcomed its first customers, many of whom enjoyed making silly faces at cameras and sexually harassing the barmaids while pretending they were characters in a grind-heavy RPG.

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Shiren the Wanderer 4 scores 35/40 in Famitsu + release scans

By Heath | February 22, 2010 at 9:06 pm

Shiren has wandered onto the DS once again. Here are a few new magazine shots.
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Inazuma Eleven 3: full introductory scans

By Heath | February 22, 2010 at 8:57 pm

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.hack//Link box art, scans reiterate grim truths, give small details

By Heath | February 22, 2010 at 1:15 am

Here’s the official packaging for .hack//Link, but for fans of the series, it stands an artistic reminder (to go with the more frank words repeated in Famitsu) that the series is going out on this note.

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One damsel NA will, one NA won’t be saving in NieR

By Heath | February 21, 2010 at 5:55 pm

New NieR scans show the two damsels in distress that the different versions feature. The 360’s NieR Gestalt features an older man trying to save his daughter, while the PS3’s NieR Replicant centers around a young man looking out for his little sister. However, as must be perpetually repeated, the PS3 title that North America gets will actually be a port of the 360 version. Who’s on first? NieR is.
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