Hot off the trails of the first three Ys titles, Masaya Hashimoto and Tomoyoshi Miyazaki split from Falcom to go do their own thing elsewhere. Forming Quintet and pushing Action RPGs forward at a rate Falcom couldn't quite keep up with when the two crossed paths on the Super Nintendo again. Let's look at their humble beginnings with Actraiser in this review.

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A lost soul finds his way to an island covered in fog, searching for a sword of legend and redemption in a blend of western and eastern action RPG design styles by Falcom. We're uncovering the secrets of Castle Strangerock in this Xanadu Next Review.

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It's time to dominate all of Japan... 's high school students by beating them up during your week long school trip to Kyoto. It's time for a Kenka Bancho review.

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As an aside, I can still play current gen games on this PC and have been playing PSP games on it for a while with no problems. It's just this game I've had issues with.

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Sadly the game hasn't been translated yet.

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Japanese roguelikes tend to get mislabeled as especially unforgiving and unfair JRPGs. This is the story of one of them, and we're going to see if it atones for its sins. Originally released for the Saturn and PS1, then later remade for the PS2 and Wii, which is the version that got an English release. We're looking at these in this Baroque review.

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