![]() What's this? A successor to Sega Toys' popular Astro City Mini desktop arcade cabinet, now equipped with a vertically-oriented, true 4:3 screen and focused exclusively on vertically-aligned games, both from Sega and various other developers. Useless fact: Roller Jammer might be the first game reissued via Arcade Archives that was never officially released in Japan - it was shown at Japanese trade shows under the name Fight of Exciter but ultimately only saw release in the US. Why should I care? You're suddenly awash with thirty-year-old memories of Skitchin', or you just want to bask in another early-'80s technical showcase from Nichibutsu (scaling sprites! all-too-aggressive line-scrolling road! barely-legible sampled speech!). Stages alternate between solo time trials through obstacle-laded courses and races against rival teams, during which the player is tasked with passing a certain number of rival players within the allotted time players can not only jump to avoid obstacles but also throw punches left and right to incapacitate rival skaters. What's this? A pseudo-3D racing/action game themed around the '80s roller derby fad, originally developed by Alice and distributed in arcades by Nichibutsu in 1984. ![]() Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (worldwide).The remaster will apparently include new a voice cast, HD and widescreen visuals, and new quality of life gameplay improvements including a fast-forward function and a skill tree.In what is becoming a regular occurence, I'd like to preface this week's roundup by mentioning a Japanese re-release that currently has no signs of being localized: GrimGrimoire OnceMore, a PS4/Switch remake of Vanillaware's PS2 side-view RTS that uses high-definition visual assets and massively reconfigures the gameplay into something that contemporary players might recognize as game-like. North American and European releases are not yet confirmed, however, they are likely to arrive later this year. The remaster is once again being published by NIS and will be released in Japan on July 28, 2022. ![]() The remaster, which was announced in the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, is set to be titled GrimGrimoire OnceMore. RELATED: Atlus Sets Strict Streaming Restrictions on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Switch Version The player commands an army of units known as familiars to defend multiple magic schools throughout the world. ![]() It follows a young witch named Lillet Blain who is trapped in a repeating five-day cycle in which her school is invaded by an army led by a wizard seeking the Philosopher's Stone. ![]() The game is a real-time strategy JRPG which director George Kimitani specifically credited Starcraft as the main inspiration for. The game was published in Japan and North America by Nippon Ichi Software (NIS), and Europe by Koei (now known as Koei Tecmo). GrimGrimoire was first released on the PlayStation 2 in 2007, the same year as one of the studio's more popular titles, Odin Sphere. ![]()
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