“In January 1998, I was assigned to lead the team to promote “Pokémon” from Japan to the world. We had already seen the black and white Game Boy RPG. At that time, our advertising agency asked: ‘Can we simply change the art style? Make it more realistic and rough? Like graffiti on the walls?'”
Since “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” landed on the PC platform, this classic N64 game has received countless imaginative MODs. We have seen the abilities of “Kingdom Tears”, such as “Ultimate Hand” and “Remnant Construction”, successfully ported to this old game, and even other Nintendo series such as “F-Zero” and “Pikmin” have entered Hyrule. But this MOD gives this game a whole new meaning.
The Gameboy version of “Donkey Kong” has just recently been added to Switch Online (NSO). This game is not only a direct sequel to the 1981 arcade version of “Donkey Kong”, but also the origin of the subsequent “Mario vs. Donkey Kong” series. This game was originally released in 1994, and now you can finally replay it on the NSO service!
This time, “Suikoden I & II HD Remaster” finally provides an official Chinese version. This is an excellent opportunity for players who were unable to experience the text in depth due to language barriers in the past. The lines of this work are very charming and the characters are profound. Now you can finally savor it in Chinese without having to rely on the Japanese or English versions to understand the plot!
The ad features a group of actors dressed as Link, Princess Zelda, and enemies Gibdor and Skeleton Soldiers, singing and dancing to a rhythmic rap soundtrack. For years, we have thought that this song was specially composed by Nintendo for the commercial. However, the truth was recently revealed – the song was not actually composed entirely for the commercial, but was adapted from an earlier work.
Players who own a Nintendo DS will be familiar with PictoChat. Whether it was the novelty when you first started it or the fun of chatting and painting with friends late at night, this simple chat room software was once all the rage. And now, in 2025, PictoChat is back – thanks to Overkill, of course!
Recently, LEVEL-5 president Hino Kohiro published his development blog “Five Star Kobo Diary”, in which he talked about the development status of the game “Fantasy Life i” and revealed for the first time that Inafune Keiji has resigned in mid-2024. This news should be the first time he officially revealed that he has left LEVEL-5 comcept.
The main purpose of buying such devices is to simulate games. Most players choose to turn a blind eye to this practice. After all, these ROMs often do not run well. Players usually replace the MicroSD cards with higher quality and prepare games by themselves (from their own “backup” collection, of course).
Hitoshi Sakimoto was originally a programmer and was responsible for the music and sound effects driver when developing the PC8801SR game “Revolter”. Later, with the encouragement of his friends, he became a full-time composer and collaborated with Matsuno Yasuki to compose soundtracks for classic games such as “Ogre Battle”, “Final Fantasy Tactics”, “Vagrant Story” and “Final Fantasy XII”.
2025 marks the 38th anniversary of Metal Gear. This game not only laid the foundation for stealth games, but also influenced game design for decades to come! In 1987, home consoles gradually surpassed the influence of arcade machines, and when “Metal Gear Solid” landed on the MSX2 home computer, although it was just a niche game at first, it unexpectedly became the originator of the entire genre!