22 Years Later, A Major Milestone For RPGs Is Finally Coming West

[Kotaku]( September 17, 2019 [22 Years Later, A Major Milestone For RPGs Is Finally Coming West]( [Amongst all the many, many games coming to Nintendo Switch soon, you should pay close attention to Moon, a port of a 1997 role-playing game for the PlayStation that’s never left Japan before.]( [[Impressions](](@feature1LinkUrl) [Everything You Need To Know About Ni no Kuni Remastered]( [This week, the charming role-playing game Ni no Kuni will come to three new platforms. On two of those platforms it’ll be all fancy and remastered, and on the third it’ll be portable. Here’s everything you need to know about this new release.]( [[Features](](@feature2LinkUrl) [How A High School Smash Bros. Joke Became A World-Famous Saying]( [In 2014, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, beloved among the Super Smash Bros. competitive community, formally blessed the group before that year’s EVO fighting game tournament. 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