Six within a month
Fire Emblem Fatesis just a few weeks away (February 19) and I’ll finally have a reason to re-glue my face to my 3DS and playnosy match-maker. But the two versions ofFatesare just, uh, two of the JRPGs (and adjacent genres/styles) available for the 3DS in this early part of the year
There’s theMonster Hunter-ish, MMO-liteFinal Fantasy Explorers, which just came out. Chrisnoted, “But players who are willing to jump in with both feet will find a lot to love, and that goes double if you’re planning to play through the adventure with a friend.” This one’salready out.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam— that’s the regularMario & LuigiRPG series plus Paper Mario — is alsoalready out. Laura reviewed it last month when it released in the UK, calling it, “really rock solid game, with a few visible creases that need to be noted before purchase.”
Project X Zone 2is full Japanese gaming fan service with appearances by the likes of anyone fromStreet Fighter‘s Ryu toDevil May Cry‘s Dante and Vergil toShenmue‘s Ryo Hazuki toSPace Channel 5‘s Ulala. It’s coming to 3DSFebruary 16.
Bravely Second: End Layerhits Europe onFebruary 26 andthe states on April 15. There are 12 new jobs in this old school JRPG from Square Enix, including Catmancer, a class that trains cats to use enemies’ skills (like the past game’s Vampire). Another involves throwing cake at people. It also tried to “take the pain out of the grinding” with a “let it ride” system where random battles will flow into one another so you don’t have to run back and forth to trigger another. The caveat is that if you finally lose, there goes all the accumulated experience from those battles. It also “might be longer thanBravely Default.”
Plus, here are some actual lines of dialogue fromBravely Second: End Layer. Note: “Ba’als” is pronounced “balls.” Like balls.
The localization team went Ba’als to the wall with this joke.
Oh, hey,Pokemon Red,Blue, andYellow— yes, the originals — are coming to the 3DS eShop onFebruary 27? Time to find out how well that game is actually balanced 20 years later. Also to argue over which version’s sprites were best.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed KingandDragon Quest VII:Fragments of the Forgotten Pastare also coming to 3DS in2016, withDragon Quest VIIcoming first. It won’t have random battles, instead getting treats likeDragon Quest VIIIwith enemies on a world map and other additions.
