Tag: JRPG

Astounding! Another Eden Returns as Another Eden Begins.

Another Eden Begins reimagines the mobile RPG as a nostalgic, story-driven remake shaped by Chrono Trigger’s Masato Kato. With multiple endings, curated companions, and time-spanning drama, this Summer 2026 release modernizes a classic without losing its melancholy heart.

Another Eden Begins Switch VersionAnother Eden isn’t just another mobile RPG. It’s a deliberate love letter to 90s-era Japanese role-playing games and it’s getting modernized for fans. Simply titled Another Eden Begins, what’s offered is a remake that cares more about mood, music, and melancholy than daily log-ins. What really gives it weight is Masato Kato, the writer behind Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, shaping its narrative DNA. You can feel it in how time fractures, how memory lingers, and how the story trusts players to slow down.

And honestly, with Armed Fantasia still drifting somewhere in development limbo, this might be the closest thing to scratching that classic Chrono itch. Another Eden Begins is set for a Summer 2026 release, revisiting the First Arc of the original game, “The Cat Beyond Time and Space.” Redesigning the game that started it all helps newcomers get acquainted with the world. What’s different is mostly cosmetic, reworked for a 128-bit processing environment. This game will be available on PC (Steam), Switch, and Switch 2.

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Ultimate Winter Crossover Transforms Memories of Another Sky in Another Eden

Memories of Another Sky brings Final Fantasy IX into Another Eden for a nostalgic winter crossover filled with new mechanics, classic callbacks, and a generous Chronos Stone celebration.

Another Eden Memories of Another SkyWright Flyer Studios is crossing the streams and no, that is not a Ghostbuster reference. Instead, this game developer is bringing Final Fantasy IX into its sprawling, time-twisting universe for the new Another Eden Memories of Another Sky event. This crossover will launch on Wednesday, Dec. 3 PST / Thursday, Dec. 4 JST / Thursday, Dec. 4 UTC.

If you love sprawling JRPG epics filled with time-travel and an exciting soundtrack, this latest popular game might just be your next obsession. The similiarities with the other IP isn’t because the themes are similiar, but it instead honours. Here, players become Aldo, whose life  shatters when his sister disappears and a mysterious rift drags him across centuries. From ancient kingdoms to distant futures, he has to reclaim fate. This world is created by Masato Kato (of Chrono Trigger and Xenogears fame).

With this world to be soon bridged, players can recruit Zidane, Vivi, Garnet, and Steiner as fully playable characters, and the event is available across Steam on PC, iOS, and Android.

From the Press Release:

Embrace nostalgia with new mechanics paying homage to Final Fantasy IX. Equip new Support Abilities to Zidane, Garnet, Vivi, and Steiner. Equip them with Magic Stones to unleash their various effects. Experiment with Synthesis; combine special equipment with specific items to create more powerful equipment. Search for Synthesists in towns and dungeons.

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From Wild Arms to Armed Fantasia, This Video Game is Worth Waiting For!

The best part of why Wild Arms is so beloved is because of the music first, and world building second. It lives again under a new name: Armed Fantasia!

Armed Fantasia- To the End of the Wilderness Prromo PosterWhen I last wrote a retrospective that included the latest status of the Wild Arms franchise, not much has changed. Although the original is available on the PlayStation5, sadly no one is interested in continuing. There was a Wild Arms Mobile and Million Memories for smartphones, but sadly when it didn’t get translated and offered to an international market, the game died. Thankfully, executive producer Akifumi Kaneko is not letting the world he helped create fade. In its place is a spiritual successor titled Armed Fantasia, which is still in development.

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The Last Time I Saw You Isn’t Easy When A Tsunami Is Closing In

Let’s not forget about the Yokai this Halloween season, and while the scares are light in romantic adventure, The Last Time I Saw You will entertain for a fortnight before the ghosts are unleashed!

Moroboshi ArtworksThe Last Time I Saw You Card

The Last Time I Saw You is a visually beautiful video game that explores the supernatural side of Japan. Here, players must attempt to save a village from a natural disaster. This nicely designed side-scroller may be light on the RPG side, but I’m sure the choices made matter. I’m confident the goal is to avert another typhoon ready to assault this sea-side community!

Here, players are assuming the role of Ayami. He’s a very precocious boy who has certain tasks to do each day. But when a storm is slowly coming, Ayami must balance what he needs to do versus simply exploring. This helped me get familiar with where everything is, and that includes the friends and strangers this kid meets.

But when a mysterious older girl appears in this boy’s dreams, that can spell trouble. I thought she might be a crush at first. But as other details emerged during play, I suspect there’s more to her than meets the eye. Part of the game involves figuring out who she is, and why she saved him from attacking ghosts that look like Gastly from Pokémon. That’s how the game starts, and as for what other nasties are hiding in the forest, that’d be saying too much.

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Rogue-Like Touhou Genso Wanderer – FORESIGHT is Ready to Rumble with Dungeon Crawls and Much More!

Fans of the Touhou Genso Wanderer franchise will be thrilled to play this latest entry, and it’s discounted on Steam till the end of this month!

Touhou Genso Wanderer -FORESIGHTTouhou Genso Wanderer -FORESIGHT-, the turn-based RPG Touhou Project fan game from publisher Phoenixx and developer AQUASTYLE, is here for the PC via Steam for $34.99, along with the Winter outfit DLC pack for $2.99. Early birds can enjoy a 10% discount ($31.49), and a game-and-DLC bundle for $32.06 until Tuesday, May 28th at 10:00 AM PT.

After a series of unfortunate events befall the Hakurei Shrine, guide Shrine Maiden Reimu alongside longtime friend Marisa and solve strange happenings that occur one after another to save Gensokyo from the hands of a mysterious enemy. Brave the perils of randomly generated roguelike dungeons, and save Gensokyo once again in the latest chapter of the Genso Wanderer series.

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Decarnation and Dealing with Gloria’s Inner Demons Coming to Life…

The colourful visuals, juxtaposed with Decarnation’s unsettling themes, create a pervasive sense of unease and dread.

Decarnation Video Game CardNow available on Steam and Nintendo Switch.

Decarnation, developed by Atelier QDB and published by Shiro Unlimited, takes players to the vibrant setting of Paris in 1990. The game follows Gloria, a cabaret dancer who finds herself at a turning point in her life, grappling with deteriorating relationships, a struggling career, and dwindling self-esteem. However, her fortunes change when she receives an intriguing offer from a mysterious benefactor. Is this proposal her long-awaited lucky break, or something far more sinister?

This game invites players to explore both real and mental environments as you uncover details that shed light on the intricate web of Gloria’s life. The game weaves some heavy themes such as depression, aging, and self-worth into the narrative to create a compelling mosaic of how complex life can be when faced with significant changes.

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