The deadest genre just continues to get deader as three—yes, three!—new Japanese role-playing games hit U.S. shores today.
There’s Pandora’s Tower, an action-RPG that might just be the last big Wii release ever. End of an era. I’ve spent a couple hours with Pandora’s Tower, and I think it’s fun so far, although I wish it was in high definition. It’s hard to really appreciate the act of killing monsters and feeding their flesh to a little girl when it’s rendered in 480p.
https://lastchance.cc/pandoras-tower-will-be-out-this-april-heres-the-first-5989976%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Atlus is releasing their 3DS remake of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers today as well, if you’re into first-person dungeon-crawlers. It feels rather antiquated compared to Atlus’s last big release, Etrian Odyssey IV—probably because Soul Hackers was originally released in 1997—but it’s interesting nonetheless.
https://lastchance.cc/this-3ds-rpg-looks-weird-and-trippy-and-awesome-5984405%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The third game wasn’t made in Japan, but it’s a Japanese RPG nonetheless: Book One of Dragon Fantasy, an episodic series designed to emulate the old 8-bit classics. It’s out for PS3 and Vita today.
It’s Tuesday, April 16, and this has been your JRPG public service announcement.
