Announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct on September 15 (it was not shown in the Western version), Shiren the Wanderer 6: Toguro Island Expedition Record is the sixth mainline entry in the series. For the last month, Spike Chunsoft has been quiet regarding a Western launch, but it has now…
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Reality is increasingly uncertain, and this is fascinating. Anonymous;Code, the latest in the series that has brought us Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes and Chaos;Head, is a play on this idea, and it, too, is fascinating. Quite possibly the most fascinating of all this series of visual novels, precisely because it is so…
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“Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were…
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Uchikoshi Kotaro has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the thinky game artists going around. The Zero Escape series established that reputation, while the original AI: The Somnium Files reinforced it. The sequel, nirvanA Initiative (‘A’ and ‘I’ capitalised, geddit?) doesn’t break new ground, but then again it also…
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2019’s AI: The Somnium Files is one of the most memorable games of the last generation. It did land on us out of nowhere, but word of mouth and time has been kind to it, and it has become something of a cult hit in the years since. The sequel,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Danganronap Decadence contains the existing trilogy of Danganronpa 1, 2, and 3, as well as the all-new Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp. I’m not going to review the three numbered games again. I’ve already written my piece on each of those with their respective Vita releases…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Fueling the dream of Kirigiri in as little as possible, Spike Chunsoft has shared some new screenshots and described some gameplay systems that we can expect in the upcoming Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp! This is a board game spin-off from the main Danganronpa titles and……
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Spike Chunsoft shared some new details for Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp (the all-new game that’s being released as part of the Danganronpa Decadence collection that is coming to Nintendo Switch). One of those details is the key artwork and I’ve not had a nosebleed like…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I already have the Danganronpa series twice over – on Vita and on PlayStation 4 – but I am so immeasurably excited to also be able to have it on my Nintendo Switch. It is, after all, the best console of all for visual novels (also…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. A-Set! A-Set! If you don’t know what I’m referencing there, then you haven’t played AI: The Somnium Files yet. You should probably remedy that because it’s one of the finest narrative games in recent years. Today, Spike Chunsoft has made the happy announcement that the game…
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