Polarium for the Nintendo DS came up quite a bit in early discussions around the system, but as time has gone on the game has since left most modern day DS discussions. It’s far from my favorite puzzle game, but its aesthetic and premise uniquely fit the system’s early life.

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Imagine: Makeup Artist is far from the high bar of Style Savvy on the DS. But its charm comes from its simple Otome game structure paired with touch-screen centric make-up jobs.  

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Earth Defense Force World Brothers is mostly EDF in a cutesy package, but its differences create a unique, flexible gameplay style from the core series.

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DLSite VR doujin games were one of the key things I wanted to look at when I finally got around to getting a VR headset. In addition to the past videos I did for The Midnight Sanctuary and Cooperating with a Giantness, I wanted to look at the remaining games I played from the platform. […]

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I recently made a calendar of game releases on the PC-FX to better visualize the year-by-year trends of the system.

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Slave Zero X has an intense style in both aesthetic and gameplay. While it can be a bit hard, learning its basic mechanics is plenty to overcome any of its challenges.  

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Misc. A Tiny Tale, on its surface, presents itself very much in the light of a Chibi-Robo successor, but finds new ways to adapt what makes Chibi-Robo great to create its own unique adventure.

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The Midnight Sanctuary tells a fascinating story of how different faiths clash as a variety of characters with different beliefs and values work together to save a village founded by persecuted Christians in 1800s Japan.  

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I look at production art from the Rolfee Comiket book, overlaying the sketches with the final intro in Anime Freak FX Vol. 1.   Rolfee Comiket BooksIntroduction to Anime CelsThe Animation Process of Sailor Moon

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I talk about my journey plugging a PC-FX Mouse into every game on PC-FX, looking at the games that officially support it, and the weird oddities from unsupported games.

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