Every year fundraising event Extra Life seeks out to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The fundraising usually consists of groups teaming up to live stream 24-hour long game sessions. The proceeds of any donations, during those streams, goes directly towards helping the children. While streaming is usually how proceeds are obtained, some groups like to auction off me...[Read More]
The Mana series, known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan, is unique in gaming. Even the way the series started is a tale of gaming history where an attempt to make a game in which the combat happened on the same screen as exploration ended up creating not one but multiple beloved games. The original attempt went on to become the famously good Chrono Trigger, while a new project came in the form of Final...[Read More]
Square Enix has just announced that a full 3D remake of Secret of Mana will be arriving on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and PC on February 15th, 2018. This remake will have full voice-over, a newly arranged musical score and various gameplay improvements.
Nintendo has just announced that the Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition will be hitting store shelves on September 29th for $79.99. The SNES Classic will include 21 titles, many of which are considered true masterpieces. Potentially most exciting is the fact the Star Fox 2 will be included, a game that was never released. The other games included are as follows; Contra ...[Read More]
Square (now a part of Square Enix) was responsible for some of the greatest JRPGs (and, some may argue, RPGs in general) that have ever graced our consoles. Having found both critical and commercial success across a variety of titles including Final Fantasy, Xenogears, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, and more, there is no denying that Square knew what they were doing, and did it well. Arguably one...[Read More]