I hope that everyone is having an enjoyable Easter. Now, let’s focus on this weeks impressions. (Image Source)
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Japanese RPG Pet Peeves – Thoughts about Annoyances and Inconveniences in Role Playing Games
As I shared in my previous posts, I tend to prefer Japanese made games, mainly Japanese roleplaying games. While I enjoy playing them mostly for its story, characters, art direction and even most of the gameplay aspects, there are a few annoyances and inconveniences that I dislike. (Image Source)
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No Game No Life – Episode 2 – Stephanie is terrible at Game Theory
There is one obvious reason Stephanie always loses and cheating is not one of those.
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 2 – Writer’s Block and Team Building
As Honoka decides to participate in the 2nd Love Live, she doesn’t realize a nasty roadblock that lies ahead.
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Atelier Escha and Logy – Episode 1 – The First Day of Alchemy
Back in 2012 when I regained interest in Japanese RPGs, I decided to get a copy of Atelier Totori Plus (in Japanese) and Atelier Meruru. While the Arland trilogy is more light-hearted compared to the Dusk series, I enjoyed these games mostly for the fact that it was not a traditional Japanese RPG featuring a teenaged male hero going off on an adventure to save the world, but rather one starring a young cheerful female character (with a few exceptions) that make weapons, gather items, do quests, battle monsters and make items through alchemy. While the first several games only got released in Japan, the Atelier games definitely influenced Japanese RPGs in general as many of them implemented some type of item crafting, especially weapons and equipment.
Atelier Escha and Logy is the 15th game in the series and since I played most of the game already, I was excited to see the first episode of this adaptation.
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Thoughts About Collecting Anime Merchandise
Just a few weeks ago, Froggykun shared some interesting thoughts about figures, which got me thinking why many fans tend to buy a lot of merchandise? While one can argue that Anime is being used to market related merchandise besides promoting the source material, people might be wondering what kind of merchandise I’m interested in since there are so many to choose from. Also, is this truly necessary to be a true fan? (Image Source)
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No Game No Life – Episode 1 – Escaping Reality
From the looks of it, Shiro and Sora are indeed god-tier gamers.
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Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;birth2 Sister’s Generation – First Impressions
Just a few months ago, I shared my final impressions of the first Rebirth game and I thought Compile Heart and Felistelia did a great job fixing all of the flaws from the original game such as having all the goddesses join throughout the story, using battle system from Victory and having improved graphics.
Just a few weeks ago, Neptune Rebirth 2 Sister’s Generation got released, which is a remake of Mk2. This is odd considering that the second game wasn’t nearly as flawed compared to the first. Despite this, since I played 14 hours, it’s time to share my initial thoughts of the game. (Image Source)
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Love Live School Idol Project 2 – Episode 1 – Honoka Becomes President!
With the school finally saved, what will Honoka do now since she is student council president?
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Newcomer’s Guide to Importing and Using Japanese Games as Practice (Updated!)
Last year, I shared my experiences on how I use video games as a supplement to practice my Japanese skills. When I was looking at Overlord-G’s guide on Yuri and it got me thinking, it’s probably a good idea to make a Newcomer’s guide on how to use Japanese language video games to practice Japanese. I have wanted to write a more detailed guide for a while. Since importing games got easier in the past years, why not?
This guide is more suited for people who are at an Intermediate or Advanced Japanese level. For people who are beginning to learn the language, you should probably hold off until you know both polite and casual speech.
Guide Last Updated: February 18, 2019
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