Bushido Blade was released on the PlayStation 1 by Squaresoft, making it one of the rare games they developed that wasn’t a traditional JRPG. Instead, this is a fighting game. Despite being part of the fighting game genre, Bushido Blade is quite a unique title. It features one-hit kills, no health bars, no time limits,…
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Fun Facts and Trivia About The Video Game Final Fantasy Tactics
Final Fantasy Tactics was first developed in 1995 by Yasumi Matsuno, who was originally from Quest Corporation, where he created the Ogre Battle series, before joining SquareSoft. The concept for Final Fantasy Tactics was envisioned by series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi in 1993, but he was too busy developing the mainline Final Fantasy titles to bring…
Things I Like: NieR: Automata (Nintendo Switch)
NieR: Automata is a game I’d heard about for a very long time, but since I only game on the Nintendo Switch, I didn’t have access to it while it was still fresh. Eventually, they released a Switch version, and I bought the digital copy for around $20 during a sale. I wasn’t quite sure…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Video Game Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII was originally intended for the Super Nintendo, then moved to the Nintendo 64. Ultimately, Square shifted development to the PlayStation, as its CD-ROM capabilities perfectly matched their needs. Sony published Final Fantasy VII outside of Japan, rather than SquareSoft. SquareSoft intentionally prioritized gameplay over story in Final Fantasy VII, a departure from…
Fun Fact: The Unique RPG Makers Behind Enix’s Star Ocean
The team behind Star Ocean, tri-Ace were mainly comprised of video game programmers that worked on Tales of Phantasia and were unhappy with it.