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KONAMI'S GAME RETURNED WITH A FRESH COAT OF PAINT IN 2025

Jonathan Port on his follow-up game that crosses Uridium with Paradroid

OUENDAN WAS ONE OF THE EARLY IMPORT CULT HITS THAT SHOWCASED THE NINTENDO DS’ TECH WITH ITS OWN DUAL FUNCTION OF RHYTHM GAMEPLAY AND STORYTELLING WITH HOT-BLOODED EMOTIONS. WE SPEAK WITH FORMER TEAM MEMBERS OF INIS ON HOW THEY MADE THIS UNIQUE MANGA-INSPIRED CHEERLEADING GAME

A VANGUARD FOR THE FIRST ERA OF 32-BIT RPGS, YOSHITAKA MURAYAMA AND JUNKO KAWANO’S SUIKODEN PROVED THE STRONG FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED BY POPULAR 16-BIT CONSOLE RPGS AND BOLSTERED IT WITH NEW METHODS OF COMBAT, A STRIKING POLITICALLY DRIVEN NARRATIVE, AND AN ARMY’S WORTH OF RECRUITABLE CHARACTERS

IN A GAME FILLED WITH HORROR CLICHÉS, THIS ONE NATURALLY BEGINS ON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, WHEN A COUPLE OF KIDS ENTER AN ABANDONED MANSION. JOIN US AS WE TOO STEP INSIDE THE SPLATTERHOUSE – AND IF YOU’RE FEELING FAINT, JUST KEEP REPEATING, “IT’S ONLY A VIDEOGAME… ONLY A VIDEOGAME…”

Daggerheart as a name, is one of those really epic sounding oxymorons. DAGGER, lovely and mysterious, a bit threatening, a dash of danger and intrigue, combined with HEART, associated with love, hope