Let’s see… Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance came out in 2012. That means the last time I played a Kingdom Hearts game was… 2012!?
But since the recent 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue actually had some new content, I decided to see how Kingdom Hearts III is shaping up in Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth By Sleep -A fragmentary passage-.
Sweet Fuse: At Your Side
バクダン☆ハンダン (Bakudan Handan)
Visual novel
Otomate / Aksys Games
Sony PSP / PS Vita
Out-of-print
It’s opening day for Saki’s uncle’s gaming-inspired theme park. Excitement is replaced with fear when someone in a pig suit sets off bombs and takes people hostage. “Count Hogstein” announces the terror shall stop if seven people can beat his games. Saki volunteers, but can she and the others save everyone and unravel Hogstein’s true identity?
So, evidently there’s some game called Final Fantasy XV. I heard it comes out today. Never heard of it either. It don’t know anything about the two copies expected to be delivered to me today along with a third I thought was cancelled. ♪～(￣ε￣；)
But one of the most common questions any Final Fantasy player is asked is, “What is the best Final Fantasy?”
It’s a trap! There is no best Final Fantasy!
So here are some of the highlights and lowlights of each game. What I list may not the absolute best or worst parts of the game, but it should give you an idea of why no game definitely ranks at the top or bottom. That, and otherwise all the answers would probably be “story”, “music”, or “battle system”.
I was only going through the main games plus a few of the major sequels/spin-offs, but I updated this post with a good portion of the Final Fantasy series. Spoilers ahoy!
Norn9: Var Commons
ノルン＋ノネット ヴァール コモンズ
Visual novel
Otomate / Aksys Games
PS Vita
Twelve-year-old Sorata suddenly finds himself in what appears to be Japan from 100 years ago. A girl who doesn’t even remember her own name invites Sorata join her on the ship she’s been waiting for. What Sorata doesn’t expect is for that “ship” to be flying in the sky! What is this ship’s purpose, and will Sorata ever return home?
Norn9: Var Commons had so many issues, I had to cover them separately!
Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~
Code:Realize ～創世の姫君～ (Code:Realize ~Sousei no Himegimi~)
Visual novel
Otomate / Aksys
PS Vita
Cardia is cursed with a poisonous body. Anything — or anyone — who touches her skin ends up melting. So, following her father’s orders, Cardia spends her days alone, never leaving her house. One day, soldiers come to take her away, but someone else plans on stealing her first…
Yo-kai Watch
妖怪ウォッチ
RPG
Level-5 / Nintendo
Nintendo 3DS
Nate was just looking for bugs, but he ends up finding a strange capsule machine. When he puts his money in, out comes a ghost Yo-kai named Whisper! Whisper gives Nate a device called the Yo-kai Watch. The Yo-kai Watch allows Nate to see all sorts of Yo-kai, and now Nate uses the Yo-kai Watch to investigate the strange occurrences in his town.
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward
極限脱出ADV 善人シボウデス (Kyokugen Dasshutsu ADV: Zennin Shibou Desu)
Visual Novel
Spike Chunsoft / Aksys
PS Vita / Nintendo 3DS
In this follow-up to Nine Persons, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Sigma and eight others have been forcibly dragged into something called the Nonary Game. Will Sigma and the others ally together so everyone can escape? Or will some players betray the group, leaving others to face eternal confinement…or a worse fate?
I’m starting a new segment: diaries! Read more about it below!