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The original PC-88 version of Ys is coming to Nintendo Switch Online... >in Japan! </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>All of the Eggconsole releases have had international releases, and PC-88 Ys won't be any different, <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/eggconsole-ys-pc-8801mkiisr-switch/" target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">as it already has an English listing</a>.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=68020"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=68020"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> <a href="https://landofobscusion.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_userwww"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_www.gif" alt="Visit poster's website" title="Visit poster's website" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459255"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>b-dragon</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <br><br> <nobr>Joined: 21 Apr 2021</nobr><br> Posts: 462<br> </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459255#5459255"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:54 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459255"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody">Phil's tweet reminds me of being told "I have something important to tell you later." It may be good. It may be bad. It was definitely anxiety inducing. So far, so Microsoft. Communication has not been a strong point.<br> <br>I'm cautiously hyped for FF7. <span style="font-style: italic">Remake</span> left off in an interesting, wide-open place so I'm hopeful that <span style="font-style: italic">Rebirth</span> can capitalize on the setup. On the other hand, I found <span style="font-style: italic">Remake</span> to be narratively clunky (<span class="spoiler"><span class="spoiler-header" onmouseover="this.parentNode.className='spoiler-hover'" onmouseout="this.parentNode.className='spoiler'">spoiler[</span>dragged out pacing and the Whispers being a clumsy story mechanic<span class="spoiler-header">]</span></span>) so I hope this one does a little better.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=924209"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=924209"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459258"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>wolf10</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/14732352946214466bf1148.gif" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 23 Jan 2016</nobr><br> Posts: 906<br> </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459258#5459258"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:12 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459258"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody">While I have no idea what is going on with Microsoft as a whole these days, I do hope the PS5 <span style="font-style: italic">Starfield</span> news is real. More people deserve a chance to get over the sour grapes and play it. Maybe it's my fondness for the 90s space operas of my childhood talking, but it is actually a very fun game in its own way, and not really any less innovative than the average <span style="font-style: italic">Dragon Quest</span> installment, so that always rubbed me the wrong way as a criticism.<br> <br>Going back east: FFVIIR has been such a ride, but the original was already so weird and postmodern that it kind of feels like they had to up the ante somehow. My crack theory is that <span class="spoiler"><span class="spoiler-header" onmouseover="this.parentNode.className='spoiler-hover'" onmouseout="this.parentNode.className='spoiler'">spoiler[</span>Sephiroth will die this time around, but with Meteor still on a crash course leading into Part 3<span class="spoiler-header">]</span></span>. It would certainly be unexpected! Now I'm just hoping Square doesn't let me down with the preorder delivery, again, because it sucks to schedule time off and spend most of it waiting for UPS.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=851163"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=851163"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459263"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>RickyTheRat</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/139744692465c6ab48db0c8.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 02 Jul 2023</nobr><br> Posts: 23<br> </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459263#5459263"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:46 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459263"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>wolf10 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">While I have no idea what is going on with Microsoft as a whole these days, I do hope the PS5 Starfield news is real. More people deserve a chance to get over the sour grapes and play it. Maybe it's my fondness for the 90s space operas of my childhood talking, but it is actually a very fun game in its own way, and not really any less innovative than the average Dragon Quest installment, so that always rubbed me the wrong way as a criticism. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>Console wars are so tiring. I take it the writer of this article is not much of a Microsoft fan which is why we're doing weird things like saying Starfield wasn't a success because some random modder decided to stop making a mod for the game which is one of the most bizarre metrics of trying to judge a game's success I've ever seen. I know AAA games budgets are weird but I have to imagine 13+ million players is at least some form of success for a game. ...Maybe...<br> <br>But yeah, more people playing games is always good. I imagine if Starfield does come to PS5 a lot of people will suddenly magically not hate it anymore now that it's on their own preferred console. I played it on PC myself back at launch. Since everything seems to come to PC these days fighting console wars in 2024 seems a bit silly to me. The only modern console I have is a Switch since Nintendo games on PC are much less likely to happen. Missing out on Stellar Blade will be unfortunate though.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=952529"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=952529"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459270"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>FinalVentCard</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> ANN Reviewer<br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/14353406635bd623a2ab4e0.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 28 Oct 2018</nobr><br> Posts: 516<br> </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459270#5459270"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:43 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459270"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>RickyTheRat wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>wolf10 wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">While I have no idea what is going on with Microsoft as a whole these days, I do hope the PS5 Starfield news is real. More people deserve a chance to get over the sour grapes and play it. Maybe it's my fondness for the 90s space operas of my childhood talking, but it is actually a very fun game in its own way, and not really any less innovative than the average Dragon Quest installment, so that always rubbed me the wrong way as a criticism. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>Console wars are so tiring. I take it the writer of this article is not much of a Microsoft fan which is why we're doing weird things like saying Starfield wasn't a success because some random modder decided to stop making a mod for the game which is one of the most bizarre metrics of trying to judge a game's success I've ever seen. I know AAA games budgets are weird but I have to imagine 13+ million players is at least some form of success </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>There comes a point with inflated AAA development budgets where games need to do much, much better than the numbers say in order for them to turn a profit, hence the whole "We sold millions of copies of Tomb Raider and it was a failure" phenomenon. With how big Starfield's budget was, how much Microsoft spent producing it AND how much time it was in development, it's very likely that 13 million is still under Microsoft's sales expectations. They didn't want a Starfield, they wanted a Skyrim that would sell Infinite copies forever. Starfield was going to be their killer app, the crown jewel of their console. The argument I see a lot is that selling a game on multiple platforms is just better for sales, but I'd argue someone in the business of selling consoles isn't going to expect people to drop $500 on something that can't do anything. Starfield needed to be bigger, and it needed to push Xboxes. The impression was, even with 13 million copies, it didn't. <br> <br>And thats why the modder's comment was so important. It's not some random modder, the same guy produced the co-op mod for Skyrim in the first place. It's not unfair to say that the modding community is a huge part of the longevity for a Bethesda game. So when a high-profile modder making a high-profile mod gives up the ghost, your game has problems. Big ones.<br> <br>I'm also going to ask people to miss me with arguments of bias towards one platform or another. I give each publisher equal amounts of criticism (you'll note that with my criticism of Nintendo's lack of a union or Sony's overpriced gadgets).</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=888706"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=888706"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459273"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>Generations</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/152590673962b46d7f27a46.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 21 Jul 2016</nobr><br> Posts: 204<br> </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459273#5459273"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:51 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459273"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">If you're that hard up for the original Final Fantasy VII experience, the original game is available everywhere. Stop wanting the same thing only slightly shinier now. That's how you get the endless The Last of Us remasters. Do you want endless The Last of Us remasters? Because that's how you get endless The Last of Us remasters. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br>These two comparisons aren't even remotely the same level. You really gonna tell me a game that came out only a few years ago with a remake that has mostly the same graphical detail is the same as a game that came out decades ago with pre-rendered backgrounds and Popeye-armed 3D models?<br> <br>As an aside, I would have personally been more okay with the Remake storyline if the storyline changes they made were good.<br> <br>They were not.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=859566"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=859566"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459277"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>Mikan-box Glasses-kun</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/2261168356529683e63c77.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 21 Apr 2023</nobr><br> Posts: 57<br> </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459277#5459277"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:14 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459277"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody">I think of the many franchises CAPCOM could bring back, my first pick would be to finally give <span style="font-style: italic">Viewtiful Joe</span> an ending. I really loved those games as a kid (even if, uh, lots of stuff went over my head lol), and "Henshin-a-go-go, baby!" and "Just go for it!" are permanently seared into my brain. Though at this point I think I probably should just be happy if they even decide to give it a bare-bones remaster...<br> <br><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Lord Geo wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">All of the Eggconsole releases have had international releases, and PC-88 Ys won't be any different, <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/eggconsole-ys-pc-8801mkiisr-switch/" target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">as it already has an English listing</a>. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br>Oh that's cool! I ended up getting into <span style="font-style: italic">Ys</span> a couple years back and loved my time with the series (<span style="font-style: italic">Ys Origin</span> and <span style="font-style: italic">Ys: The Oath in Felghana</span> are my personal faves of what's available in English on Steam), so it's definitely nice to see more of the original versions making their way west too.<br> <br><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Generations wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">As an aside, I would have personally been more okay with the Remake storyline if the storyline changes they made were good.<br> <br>They were not. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br>I for one really loved the game, and am excited for more. Though considering my favorite VN is <span style="font-style: italic">Umineko</span>, I'm definitely in the target audience for meta shenanigans.<br> <br>Also might've snuck in after deadlines, but <a href="https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/ign-votes-unionize-newsguild-1235895671/" target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">IGN staff have unionized!</a> You can also find their petition for Ziff Davis and management to voluntarily recognize the union <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/urge-ziff-davis-and-ign-management-to-voluntarily-recognize-the-ign-creators-guild" target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=939544"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=939544"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459284"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>FinalVentCard</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> ANN Reviewer<br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/14353406635bd623a2ab4e0.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 28 Oct 2018</nobr><br> Posts: 516<br> </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459284#5459284"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:37 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459284"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Mikan-box Glasses-kun wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">I think of the many franchises CAPCOM could bring back, my first pick would be to finally give <span style="font-style: italic">Viewtiful Joe</span> an ending. I really loved those games as a kid (even if, uh, lots of stuff went over my head lol), and "Henshin-a-go-go, baby!" and "Just go for it!" are permanently seared into my brain. Though at this point I think I probably should just be happy if they even decide to give it a bare-bones remaster... </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>I wish I liked Viewtiful Joe more. It was definitely a factor in getting me into Kamen Rider, and I love Joe's design (he's got a ton of great cues from classic Tatsunoko heroes like Hurrivane Polymar). They definitely need to give it another go-around because as much as I love Joe, the game was very brutal and frustrating for me and I don't have the fondest of memories for it. Great world, great concept, great characters all the same.<br> <br><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Mikan-box Glasses-kun wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">Also might've snuck in after deadlines, but <a href="https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/ign-votes-unionize-newsguild-1235895671/" target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">IGN staff have unionized!</a> You can also find their petition for Ziff Davis and management to voluntarily recognize the union <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/urge-ziff-davis-and-ign-management-to-voluntarily-recognize-the-ign-creators-guild" target="_blank" class="postlink" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>Not news I'd heard before, but good on IGN! My years of reading EGM made me familiar with Ziff Davis. Seeing all that talent scattered to the wind makes me leery of them. I'm hoping my colleagues at IGN get what they're rallying for.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=888706"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=888706"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459292"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>Lord Geo</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <br><br> <nobr>Joined: 18 Sep 2005</nobr><br> Posts: 2559<br> Location: North Brunswick, New Jersey </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459292#5459292"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:51 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459292"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Mikan-box Glasses-kun wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">Oh that's cool! I ended up getting into <span style="font-style: italic">Ys</span> a couple years back and loved my time with the series (<span style="font-style: italic">Ys Origin</span> and <span style="font-style: italic">Ys: The Oath in Felghana</span> are my personal faves of what's available in English on Steam), so it's definitely nice to see more of the original versions making their way west too. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>I find it immensely amusing that Falcom is essentially OK with the OG PC-88 version of Ys coming out on Switch via D4 before it ever bothers to simply port Ys I & II Chronicles+ to the console. I'll definitely be getting the EggConsole release next week, but it is funny.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=68020"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=68020"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> <a href="https://landofobscusion.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_userwww"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_www.gif" alt="Visit poster's website" title="Visit poster's website" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459300"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>invalidname</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <img src="/bbs/phpBB2/images/subscriber-gold.png" alt="" border="0" valign="top"> Contributor<br> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/186943607450d870363476d.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 11 Aug 2004</nobr><br> Posts: 2450<br> Location: Grand Rapids, MI </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459300#5459300"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:10 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459300"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody">I was thinking as I was playing the FFVII Rebirth demo: they don’t really need to expand this material nearly as much as Remake, right? If original FFVII was about 70 hours, and Midgar was the first 10 — your mileage may vary, of course — then they were expanding the Midgar material several times over to get Remake up to the 40-50 hour range. But that means the remaining 60 hours get covered by the second and third parts: Rebirth and Reunion. And if the source material for each of those is 30 hours, you don’t need to pad very much to get to the same kind of worth-my-$60 play time as Remake did.<br> <br>Of course, this is assuming that the remake trilogy isn’t some insane bait-and-switch, where theyreveal at the end of Rebirth that we’re in some totally different timeline where all bets are off. Like, if Aeris turns around and kills Sephiroth herself with one shot, then we zoom out to see this is all just a game being played diegetically within Kingdom Hearts IV.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=20996"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=20996"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459303"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>Mikan-box Glasses-kun</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/2261168356529683e63c77.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 21 Apr 2023</nobr><br> Posts: 57<br> </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459303#5459303"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:23 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459303"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>FinalVentCard wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">I wish I liked Viewtiful Joe more. It was definitely a factor in getting me into Kamen Rider, and I love Joe's design (he's got a ton of great cues from classic Tatsunoko heroes like Hurrivane Polymar). They definitely need to give it another go-around because as much as I love Joe, the game was very brutal and frustrating for me and I don't have the fondest of memories for it. Great world, great concept, great characters all the same. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br>Oh yeah they were brutal for sure. Somehow managed to finish both 1 and 2 on normal difficulty as a kid, which now I'm just sorta impressed by. Never got any of the extra characters though, the unlock conditions were <span style="font-style: italic">way</span> beyond me.<br> <br><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Lord Geo wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">I find it immensely amusing that Falcom is essentially OK with the OG PC-88 version of Ys coming out on Switch via D4 before it ever bothers to simply port Ys I & II Chronicles+ to the console. I'll definitely be getting the EggConsole release next week, but it is funny. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br>Yeah... shame cause <span style="font-style: italic">Ys I & II Chronicles+</span> is really good too (especially <span style="font-style: italic">II</span>).</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=939544"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=939544"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459304"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>Vaisaga</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/TEvJNFj.jpg" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 07 Oct 2011</nobr><br> Posts: 13230<br> </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459304#5459304"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:32 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459304"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody">So something I don't understand. Granblue Fantasy Relink was in the news a lot for the constant delays, and ANN was my main source of that news. Yet when the game finally does come out, nothing is said about it. As such I only found out it was released a week after the fact.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=618898"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=618898"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> <a href="/MyAnime/?user=Vaisaga"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_my_anime.gif" alt="My Anime"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459327"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>Nagatoka_Morito</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <br><br> <nobr>Joined: 08 Jun 2010</nobr><br> Posts: 42<br> </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459327#5459327"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:36 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459327"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit"> If you're that hard up for the original Final Fantasy VII experience, the original game is available everywhere. Stop wanting the same thing only slightly shinier now. That's how you get the endless The Last of Us remasters. Do you want endless The Last of Us remasters? Because that's how you get endless The Last of Us remasters. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br>Full disclosure: I'm someone who hasn't played 7R because quite frankly, I don't want what 7R is selling. In fact, I haven't found myself interested in a mainline Final Fantasy since 10. I don't begrudge the series for its shifts away from what I'm looking for in my games because that's life: People change and so too can video games.<br> <br>That said, I don't think it's entirely fair to dismiss people wanting a more faithful remake as simply wanting the same thing only shinier. Unlike remasters, game remakes can be an opportunity to update an old game that newer generations might find hard to get into (I will go to bat for the original Final Fantasy, but I cannot deny that it is downright archaic by what were modern standards even twenty years ago and remakes have only improved the experience). They also present a chance to improve upon the flaws present in the original or add new content (admittedly this can be a double-edged sword. Final Fantasy IV on the DS has those amazing cutscenes, but also banked on new game mechanics that made it overall less fun to actually play). <br> <br>The one thing I'll agree with you on is that we don't need more LoU remasters (I didn't even like LoU in the first place)!</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row1" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=525560"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=525560"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459330"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"> <span class="name"><b>Fluwm</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <img src="//cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max100x100/avatars/35905315465b7dffcd1b29.png" alt="" border="0"><br><br> <nobr>Joined: 28 Jul 2009</nobr><br> Posts: 894<br> </div> </td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459330#5459330"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:54 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459330"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row2"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>b-dragon wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <div class="boxlimit">Phil's tweet reminds me of being told "I have something important to tell you later." It may be good. It may be bad. It was definitely anxiety inducing. So far, so Microsoft. Communication has not been a strong point.<br> <br>I'm cautiously hyped for FF7. <span style="font-style: italic">Remake</span> left off in an interesting, wide-open place so I'm hopeful that <span style="font-style: italic">Rebirth</span> can capitalize on the setup. On the other hand, I found <span style="font-style: italic">Remake</span> to be narratively clunky (<span class="spoiler"><span class="spoiler-header" onmouseover="this.parentNode.className='spoiler-hover'" onmouseout="this.parentNode.className='spoiler'">spoiler[</span>dragged out pacing and the Whispers being a clumsy story mechanic<span class="spoiler-header">]</span></span>) so I hope this one does a little better. </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><br> <br>At this point I think we just need to accept that anyone saying, "We need to talk later," or any variation thereof, is doing so very deliberately in order to sow anxiety. There's no other explanation.<br> <br>....<br> <br>Anyway.... I dunno, I've pretty much given up on Square-Enix ever producing a coherent story, let alone a compelling or engaging one. I'm definitely not expecting much, if any, improvement on that in Rebirth.<br> <br>But all the mini-games look like they might be fun, and having big open places to explore should be pretty cool. Personally I'm just happy so long as I can ride a chocobo around through a fantastical landscape... anything else is just icing. <br> <br>And the more open-ended nature of the area design ought to make the story more tolerable, too, since it'll be (hopefully) less of a linear road from one ridiculous story beat to the next with nothing interesting to do in-between.</span> <span class="gensmall"></span> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="row2" width="150" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="nav"><a href="#top" class="nav">Back to top</a></span></td> <td class="row2" width="100%" height="28" valign="bottom"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" height="18"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="middle"><a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=456156"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_profile.gif" alt="View user's profile" title="View user's profile" border="0"></a> <a href="privmsg.php?mode=post&u=456156"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_pm.gif" alt="Send private message" title="Send private message" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.gineipaedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_userwww"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_www.gif" alt="Visit poster's website" title="Visit poster's website" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="spaceRow" colspan="2" height="1"> </td> </tr> <tr id="5459331"> <td rowspan="2" width="150" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"> <span class="name"><b>Zimmer</b></span> <div class="postdetails"> <br> <br><br> <nobr>Joined: 08 Jul 2015</nobr><br> Posts: 182<br> </div> </td> <td class="row1" width="100%" height="1" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><a href="viewtopic.php?p=5459331#5459331"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0"></a><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:59 pm</span></td> <td class="toolbuttons" valign="top" nowrap><a href="posting.php?mode=quote&p=5459331"><img src="/bbs/phpBB2/templates/subSilver/images/lang_english/icon_quote.gif" alt="Reply with quote" title="Reply with quote" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" class="row1"> <div class="boxlimit"> <span class="postbody">Oh, that Yu-Gi-Oh collection was confirmed for an English release? 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The hit manga by Koyoharu Gotouge has been adapted into multiple mediums, including anime, light novels, video games, and a stage play that has been running since 2020. 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With a more timid and empathic main character and a stronger emphasis on the adventuring aspect of being a Po...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column t-this-week-in-games" data-topics="article210757 column games"> <div class="category-line column t-this-week-in-games"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 62.833% 20.625%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/this-week-in-games/210757/pblood.webp.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column t-this-week-in-games"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210757">9 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/this-week-in-games/2024-05-17/games-are-our-business-and-business-is-restructuring/.210757" data-track="id=170276&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/this-week-in-games/2024-05-17/games-are-our-business-and-business-is-restructuring/.210757" data-track="id=170276&from=SB">This Week in Games - Games Are Our Business... And Business Is Restructuring</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-17T10:00:00-04:00">May 17, 10:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210757">9 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="games" href="/all/?topic=games" target="intro-by-topic"> games</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Sony and Square-Enix are both reorganizing, from new CEOs to staff cutbacks. Also, sad news about <cite>Penny Blood</cite>, more <cite>Cotton</cite>, and the latest video game news!</span> <span class="full">― Welcome back, folks! You know, it's always nice to discover old stuff from a franchise you love that you didn't know existed. For example, I didn't know that the old <cite>Captain N: The Game Master</cite> cartoon had an episode that featured the world of <cite>Dr...</cite></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-interview" data-topics="article210804 views anime"> <div class="category-line views t-interview"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 84.973% 50.821%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/interview/210804/ws___ver_.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-interview"> interview </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210804">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/interview/2024-05-17/my-happy-marriage-director-takehiro-kubota-and-creating-a-new-fairytale/.210804" data-track="id=170154&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/interview/2024-05-17/my-happy-marriage-director-takehiro-kubota-and-creating-a-new-fairytale/.210804" data-track="id=170154&from=SB"><cite>My Happy Marriage</cite> Director Takehiro Kubota and Creating a New Fairytale</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-17T09:00:00-04:00">May 17, 09:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210804">1 comment</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Ahead of the romance anime's second season, director Takehiro Kubota discusses the choices, the challenges, and balancing the story between the everyday and the supernatural.</span> <span class="full">― My Happy Marriage began its life as a series of novels written by Akumi Agitogi, and it has since been adapted both as manga and, as of July 2023, an anime series simulcast by Netflix. Agitogi's tale, set in a nebulous time t...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column t-this-week-in-anime" data-topics="article210829 column anime"> <div class="category-line column t-this-week-in-anime"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 22.969% 27.407%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/this-week-in-anime/210829/chris14.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column t-this-week-in-anime"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210829">17 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/this-week-in-anime/2024-05-16/.210829" data-track="id=170267&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/this-week-in-anime/2024-05-16/.210829" data-track="id=170267&from=SB">This Week in Anime - When A New Studio Takes Over Your Favorite Series</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-16T12:30:00-04:00">May 16, 12:30</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210829">17 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Steve and Chris compare some of the highs and lows of an anime studio change-up, from Attack on Titan and One-Punch Man to Spice and Wolf.</span> <span class="full">― Steve and Chris compare some of the highs and lows of an anime studio change-up, from Attack on Titan and One-Punch Man to Spice and Wolf. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the views of Anime News Network.S...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article210669 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 80.700% 18.333%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/210669/polar-opposites.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210669">7 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/you-and-i-are-polar-opposites/volume-1/.210669" data-track="id=170201&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/you-and-i-are-polar-opposites/volume-1/.210669" data-track="id=170201&from=SB"><cite>You and I Are Polar Opposites</cite> Volume 1 Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-16T12:00:00-04:00">May 16, 12:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210669">7 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">You've probably read some version of this story before, but I doubt that you've ever seen it be this adorable.</span> <span class="full">― You've probably read some version of this story before, but I doubt that you've ever seen it be this adorable. <cite>You and I Are Polar Opposites</cite> is based on the tried-and-true formula of a thousand romantic comedies: Suzuki is a popular girl, and Tani is the class nerd. She's bright and perky,...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box news t-news" data-topics="article210874 news people"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 49.153% 4.053%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.7/210874/kenichi.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210874">5 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-05-16/voice-actor-kenichi-suzumura-to-take-break-due-to-poor-health/.210874" data-track="id=170314&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-05-16/voice-actor-kenichi-suzumura-to-take-break-due-to-poor-health/.210874" data-track="id=170314&from=SB">Voice Actor Kenichi Suzumura to Take Break Due to Poor Health</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-16T04:56:11-04:00">May 16, 04:56</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210874">5 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="people" href="/all/?topic=people" target="intro-by-topic"> people</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Suzumura to concentrate on recovering from deteriorating health condition</span> <span class="full">― Talent agency Intention announced on Thursday that Kenichi Suzumura will take a break to concentrate on resting due to poor health. The agency stated that Suzumura's health condition continued to deteriorate, and after a diagnosis from the doctor, it was decided that he needs to take a break. The agency stated that it will pr...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box news t-news" data-topics="article209833 news games"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 61.402% 14.337%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.7/209833/gotoubun.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/209833">6 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-05-15/1st-2-the-quintessential-quintuplets-visual-novels-get-english-release-on-may-23/.209833" data-track="id=170315&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-05-15/1st-2-the-quintessential-quintuplets-visual-novels-get-english-release-on-may-23/.209833" data-track="id=170315&from=SB">1st 2 <cite>The Quintessential Quintuplets</cite> Visual Novels Get English Release on May 23 (Updated)</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-15T21:41:54-04:00">May 15, 21:41</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/209833">6 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="games" href="/all/?topic=games" target="intro-by-topic"> games</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Games have both individual, double pack releases</span> <span class="full">― Update: Spike Chunsoft confirmed in a press release on Friday that it is releasing both games and the double pack for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam in North America and Europe on May 23 as digital downloads. Source: Press release The PlayStation Store and Nintendo Switch eShop began listing on Thursday the first two visual novels in <cite>The Q...</cite></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article210824 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 46.898% 51.335%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.7/210824/hana-kimi_english.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210824">14 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-05-15/hisaya-nakajo-hana-kimi-shojo-manga-gets-anime/.210824" data-track="id=170219&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-05-15/hisaya-nakajo-hana-kimi-shojo-manga-gets-anime/.210824" data-track="id=170219&from=SB">Hisaya Nakajo's <cite>Hana-Kimi</cite> Shōjo Manga Gets Anime</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-15T21:14:57-04:00">May 15, 21:14</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210824">14 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Crunchyroll to stream upcoming anime</span> <span class="full">― Aniplex and Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that the late manga creator Hisaya Nakajo's <cite>Hana-Kimi</cite> manga is inspiring an anime. In addition, Crunchyroll announced that it will stream the anime when it premieres in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the CIS, and India. The announcement did not reveal the deb...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside column t-aftershow" data-topics="article210841 column anime"> <div class="category-line column t-aftershow"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 54.062% 6.806%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/youtube/oUjQoEYKMAM.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category column t-aftershow"> column </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210841">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/aftershow/2024-05-15/.210841" data-track="id=170210&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/aftershow/2024-05-15/.210841" data-track="id=170210&from=SB">The ANN Aftershow - Could There Be More <cite>Evangelion</cite> on the Horizon?</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-15T15:00:00-04:00">May 15, 15:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210841">1 comment</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">James and Lynzee look into Hideaki Anno's latest hint that there might be more Evangelion after the last movie and news on the Lord of the Rings anime film!</span> <span class="full">― Could There Be More <cite>Evangelion</cite> on the Horizon? James and Lynzee look into Hideaki Anno's latest hint that there might be more Evangelion after the last movie and news on the Lord of the Rings anime film! Plus, we catch up with Kafka and the Ka...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside views t-feature" data-topics="article210727 views anime live-action"> <div class="category-line views t-feature"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 44.171% 16.899%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/feature/210727/kaiju-8-image-2.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category views t-feature"> feature </div> </div> <a href="/feature/2024-05-15/in-the-shadow-of-the-beast-the-kaiju-genre-and-kaiju-no-8/.210727" data-track="id=170198&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/feature/2024-05-15/in-the-shadow-of-the-beast-the-kaiju-genre-and-kaiju-no-8/.210727" data-track="id=170198&from=SB">In the Shadow of the Beast: The Kaiju Genre & <cite>Kaiju No. 8</cite></a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-15T12:06:16-04:00">May 15, 12:06</time> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> <a topic="live-action" href="/all/?topic=live-action" target="intro-by-topic"> live-action</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Grant Jones dives into the wild world of giant monsters and how <cite>Kaiju No. 8</cite> builds on their legacy.</span> <span class="full">― <cite>Kaiju No. 8</cite> is a series that wears its influences on its sleeves. As the first word in its title suggests, it comes from a long line of works in the kaiju genre, using giant monsters and burning skylines as a backdrop to tell stories. While many likely know kaiju in a passing sense, it may help to h...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article210435 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 50.000% 3.933%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/210435/before-you-discard-me.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210435">2 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/before-you-discard-me-i-shall-have-my-way-with-you/volume-1/.210435" data-track="id=169884&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/before-you-discard-me-i-shall-have-my-way-with-you/volume-1/.210435" data-track="id=169884&from=SB"><cite>Before You Discard Me, I Shall Have My Way With You</cite> Volume 1 Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-15T12:00:00-04:00">May 15, 12:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210435">2 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">This steamy manga's appeal is going to depend on how much you can stomach a female protagonist who kicks off the romance by assaulting her former fiance.</span> <span class="full">― This is a tricky one. <cite>Before You Discard Me, I Shall Have My Way with You</cite> is, to all appearances, a story that opens with a sexual assault. Agnès has been betrothed to Crown Prince Lucilleur since childhood, and she's been in love with him just as...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article210754 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 49.761% 26.308%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.7/210754/freefire_illustration.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210754">2 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2024-05-12/kadokawa-co-produces-anime-for-garena-free-fire-battle-royale-shooter/.210754" data-track="id=170173&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2024-05-12/kadokawa-co-produces-anime-for-garena-free-fire-battle-royale-shooter/.210754" data-track="id=170173&from=SB">Kadokawa Co-Produces Anime for <cite>Garena Free Fire</cite> Battle Royale Shooter</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-14T19:29:20-04:00">May 14, 19:29</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210754">2 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Japanese studio to handle production slated for broadcast, streaming globally</span> <span class="full">― Kadokawa and Singaporean game developer and publisher Garena announced on Monday that they are co-producing an anime adaptation of Garena's <cite>Garena Free Fire</cite> battle royale shooting game, with a Japanese studio handling the animation. Kadokawa's Kadokawa Qingyu subsidiary is the production manager. The anime is planned to b...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article210205 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 70.225% 12.533%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/210205/shadow-hero.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210205">1 comment</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/healer-for-the-shadow-hero/volume-1/.210205" data-track="id=169885&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/healer-for-the-shadow-hero/volume-1/.210205" data-track="id=169885&from=SB"><cite>Healer for the Shadow Hero</cite> Volume 1 Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2024-05-14T12:00:00-04:00">May 14, 12:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/210205">1 comment</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Healer Nanna's powers have one very unique caveat: she has to have sex with the person to heal them. See why Rebecca Silverman calls it "a cute story, decently racy, and generally good, fluffy fun."</span> <span class="full">― One of the fun things about Seven Seas' Steamship line of racy manga aimed at a female audience is finding which romance tropes are prevalent in any given release. While every genre has its tropes and s...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:left"></div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div id="footer"> All material <a href="/copyright-policy">Copyright</a> © Anime News Network LLC. 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