Retro gaming news and features
Since “Final Fantasy VII” was first released in 1997, Square Enix has launched countless spin-offs, but the most mysterious and interesting to Western players is the prequel “Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII”…
Since the discontinuation of production in 1992, “Ravi & Navi”, the first new commercial game for the Famicom disk drive, has been officially released in Japan. What’s even more topical is that this game uses 3D printing to produce disk parts, which is the first in the world and will undoubtedly send a shock bomb to the retro game market!
Nasir Gebelli was the core programmer of the first generation of “Final Fantasy”, but because he rarely gave interviews and often downplayed his contribution, many fans of the series were not familiar with his name. Recently, after Nasir appeared on the NHK program “Legendary Game Chronicles”, he once again attracted the attention of the industry and players.
In the field of games, Katsu Terada has also designed covers for many well-known works, such as “Detective Saburo Jinguji”, the Super Nintendo version of “Prince of Persia” and the Sega Saturn game “VR Kombat Remix”. His works also often appear in “Nintendo Power” magazine and various game guides.
At The Game Awards (TGA) in 2024, Capcom announced a new “Onimusha” game – “Onimusha Sword Way”, which brings the classic series that has been dusted for many years back into players’ sight. Since “New Onimusha” in 2006, the series has fallen into silence for nearly 20 years. This return not only excited fans, but also caused the price of the old American version of “Onimusha” PS2 games to soar!
“Galaxy Stars Remastered Collection” will be launched on all major platforms in April. Publisher GungHo recently released a FAQ in an attempt to respond to players’ questions. However, this FAQ did not address the issues that fans were most concerned about at all, especially regarding the handling of English dubbing and localized scripts. GungHo simply pretended not to respond, making this remake controversial!
Do you still remember the pain of holding a PSP and trying to connect to the Internet, only to find that the WiFi base station at home did not recognize your antique handheld console? This is already a collective trauma among PSP players (it seems to be the same with NDS back then). After all, Sony did not allow PSP to support WPA2 encryption at all, resulting in almost all wireless networks being unusable. So what should we do?
At the TGA last December, Capcom announced a sequel to “Master”. This news shocked many people. Not only because the original game is 20 years old, but also because everyone has long believed that Capcom was dissatisfied with the sales performance of “Okami”. However, IGN’s recent interviews with the production team revealed that Capcom has actually already realized the value of “Okami” and has just been waiting for the right time.
Japanese publisher Mebius announced that it will launch the MSX2 version of “BURAI Volume 1” on Nintendo Switch in early summer of 2025. This classic RPG from the 1980s is famous for its 40-minute long opening animation and group drama-style story. It was regarded as one of the largest game projects at the time!
Legendary game composer and developer Yuzo Furuzo is currently busy completing his new shooter “Earthion”, which will be released on the Sega MD and other modern platforms. But even in the final sprint of development, Koyuzo has already begun to conceive of plans for the next game!