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One side of Berge was bathed in constant light, and is known as Lustrous Berge. The other half is cloaked in constant darkness, and is known as Dark Berge. A miasma-filled chasm called the Black Precipice divides the two halves and has been in place for so long that most residents of the world don’t … Continue reading “Hexyz Force”
Year: 2010
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Last Ranker is a role-playing game where the player controls Zig in a hybrid of real-time and turn-based combat. The game is set in a fantasy backdrop, with the world ruled by the Warlord Organization Bazalta. This organization keeps track of 100,000 fighters and ranks them by their strength. Zig, a member of a banished … Continue reading “Last Ranker”
Year: 2010
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The game is set in a distant future, based around the fictional city “Kaiserhald”. In the game’s world, “Sol” has the power to create miracles, but is hoarded by Kaiserhald and its “Machine Church”. The “Sol Trigger” is a group of people who oppose their corrupt use of the “Sol”, and they fight to stop … Continue reading “Sol Trigger”
Year: 2012
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
An evil dark lord threatens the peace of the kingdom. He has cast a spell that will destroy the world in exactly 30 seconds, and an intrepid young hero is the only one who can defeat him. This hero has made a pact with the Time Goddess, protector of time, which allows him to level … Continue reading “Half-Minute Hero”
Year: 2009
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner is an RPG by Cozy Okada focusing on monster collection and battles. It contains a complex system of elements, monster evolution and enchanting. That system allows the player to fiddle with endless combinations to create a perfect group of hybrid monsters. The player takes on the role of Vice, who is … Continue reading “Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner”
Year: 2006
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Based on the manga Brave Story, Tatsuya, a grief-stricken boy is transported to the “Vision” world where he must battle foes and make friendships in an effort to save the life of his friend Miki, who is struck by an unknown illness. It is a turn-based Fantasy RPG in which the player can build friendships … Continue reading “Brave Story: New Traveler”
Year: 2006
Platforms: PSP
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
A great war once raged across the land with many a valiant knight falling on the field of battle. In the end, the evil forces have prevailed, and have since taken over and corrupted the once great kingdom. On a stormy night a Wisp is awakened by a strange armored maiden. The wisp holds the … Continue reading “Knights in the Nightmare”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Nanashi no Game (The Nameless Game) is a Japanese first-person survival horror game, set in modern day Japan. The story revolves around a urban legend about a cursed nameless RPG for the fictional TS portable game system (an analogy for the Nintendo DS) which kills anyone who plays it and doesn’t complete it within seven … Continue reading “Nanashi no Game”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG), Horror
Theme: Survival horror
Kimi no Yusha (キミの勇者, Kimi no Yūsha; Japanese for “Your Hero”) is a role-playing game which was developed and published by SNK Playmore for the Nintendo DS video game console. Kimino Yusha was unveiled at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, then was released in 2008 in Japan.[1] Kimi no Yusha was designed for people who … Continue reading “Kimi no Yuusha”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Sigma is the teenage son of the wealthy Kurogami family. Though they are known to the public merely as the founders of a business empire, the Kurogamis have a secret. In their mansion in Tokyo, the Great Clock seals away evil spirits known as ouma, and the Kurogami family uses their sound magic to guard … Continue reading “Sigma Harmonics”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Cards / tiles