Shining Blade is an interesting combination of Valkyria Chronicles and JRPG, and while there’s nothing wrong with the game, it doesn’t really do anything well either. An iffy machine-translated fan translation doesn’t help, either.

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Arc Rise Fantasia can look unremarkable on its surface, but its deep combat and narrative quirks raises it to the level of other Wii JRPG classics.

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Soma Bringer for the Nintendo DS is weirdly absent from much of the modern discourse around Xenoblade Chronicles’ developer, Monolith Soft. Soma Bringer has much in common with Xeno games, new and old, including the Xenoblade series and Xenosaga. However, Soma Bringer has something that the series has lost over the years. Check out the […]

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales offers a cute Final Fantasy take on various fairy tales paired with a fun and simple card RPG system. Check out more reviews on the One Controller Port Plus! channel, or watch the full playthrough.

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For our last full stream playthrough, we played through the cute card RPG Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales.

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After finishing Xenoblade Chronicles 3, I debate where the game falls on my Monolith Soft / Xenoblade Chronicles tier list.   Missed the original ranking video? Check it out here.

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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is an excellent game. But for me, it’s definitely one of the more underwhelming entries. Check out my playlist of other Monolith Soft-related videos and my Buddy Mission BOND video.

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For Patreon content, we frequently do article readings, where I read my old articles and provide commentary and feedback. In this entry, I talk about my 2012 article about Xenoblade Chronicles and how I feel it’s one of the most balanced and accessible Monolith Soft games. You can read the original article here.

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This week we checked out Betia, an English learning game released for the Nintendo Switch, where you speak English to overcome challenges.

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After finishing up Parasite Eve on stream, we did a community review for the game trying to figure out what did and didn’t work.

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