Tag: Nintendo DS

RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 9 Final Fantasy XII & Ivalice

Kyle R. Smith

Hero Club is proud to present the newest installment of RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective! In Episode 9, I, RRPG talk about the game designer named Yasumi Matsuno who would become one of the most prolific individuals in the Japanese video game industry. For those unaware, Mr. Matsuno is responsible for creating a mythology that surrounds a world he would conceive called Ivalice.   Alternate titles in the franchise like Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance highlighted how much potential that the world of Ivalice featured. With…

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RRPG’s Golden Sun Retrospective

Kyle R. Smith

Hero Club presents RRPG’s Golden Sun Retrospective!   Golden Sun was born from the minds of Hiroyuki Takahashi and Shugo Takahashi; the brothers that would be famous for originally conceiving the Shining franchise of video games for Sega platforms. However, they parted ways with the company to form an endless partnership with Nintendo. From there, Camelot Software Planning would be in charge of all Golf and Tennis games that would have Mario and company’s appearance slapped all over them. Yet, Camelot would also create an original franchise where they retraced…

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Professor Layton TV Series Announced

Pak Hanu

The Total Licensing magazine has announced that a TV series adaptation for the Professor Layton video game franchise is currently in development.  The first season of the series is stated to have 26 episodes and is set to release in 2018. Also confirmed in the September issue of the License Global magazine that Level-5 will continue to bring a “a variety of content” for Professor Layton.  This includes but not limited to “animated products” and more.  A new game in the series is also been confirmed in the issue of the magazine, however outside of the late Summer 2018 release date no…

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RRPG Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 3 Final Fantasy IV & V

Kyle R. Smith

Hero Club is proud to present the Final Fantasy Retrospective hosted by me, RRPG; a series I began nearly two years ago on my personal YouTube Channel. In Episode 3, I look at the series’ first 16-bit installment that became what was dubbed as the ultimate Final Fantasy game with Final Fantasy IV. After that, I dig deep into one of the most overlooked gems in the franchise that was originally showing fatigue to the overall brand with Final Fantasy V. The fourth game came out in July 1991 for…

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RRPG’s Final Fantasy Retrospective – Episode 2 Final Fantasy II & III

Kyle R. Smith

Hero Club is proud to present the Final Fantasy Retrospective hosted by me, RRPG; a series I began nearly two years ago on my personal YouTube Channel. In Episode 2, I take a look at the next, two entries within the Famicom trilogy as Final Fantasy II became a drastic departure of the first game which did not become very receptive between the press, or the public. Following the second installment, Hironobu Sakaguchi took the best qualities of its predecessors to create the best outing on the 8-bit home console with…

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