PixlBit

I believe it was Tomonobu Itagaki or someone else at Tecmo that gave a term to the phenomenon you describe in game design: "Japanese hamburger", wherein the Asian take on the hamburger has a lot of the basics of a hamburger in the United States, but the ingredients they choose cause a disconnect when seen or tried by an American. In game design, it refers to elements that in many ways appear Westernized but have little details that seem off to an American gamer used to Western design elements.

I kind of wish I'd jumped on some of the rarer Amiibos when they first came out, like Shulk or Ike. Wouldn't mind having Link and Zelda with my love of all things Zelda.

I tried Ragnarok Online a few times, but MMOs aren't really my thing. I'll fire up Final Fantasy XIV: ARR once in awhile and that's it.

I've always liked the Eastern aesthetic when it comes to design of environments myself.

Well, as I always say, I assume it made sense to somebody during a board meeting, but we all know what assuming does.

I picked up GGXrd for PS4 when it came out. I like it quite a bit, but I'm a fan of Arc System Works (GG and BlazBlue) in general. It's officially pronounced "EX-rd", BTW. :)

Haven't played Shovel Knight, but I'm enjoying Shantae and the Pirate's Curse on Wii U. I guess the second game is on Steam? I don't know, I don't frequent Steam very much.

What a great anniversary gift. I love the Wii U. Mine was a birthday gift two years ago, and so far it's gotten the most playtime from me out of any 8th-gen system, handheld or console.

My NNID is SanAndreasX, BTW. Just sayin'.

Happy new year, yo!

The DS was kind of sudden for me. The GBA was barely 3 years old and Nintendo didn't seem to know what to do with the DS at the time. I got the OG fat DS with a demo cartridge of Metroid Prime Hunters as my 2005 birthday present. It turned out to be quite a nice system. Now I have a Zelda 3DS with all my DS games still playable. My favorite DS games are the Dragon Quest games.

It is an "official" supported PSP game which can be directly downloaded onto the PSTV from the PlayStation Store on PSTV, as are Ys Seven and Ys 1 and 2. And Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. Sadly, the made-for-Vita Ys: Memories of Celceta isn't supported despite rumors that it might be patched for PSTV.

I'm enjoying it so far, with ToHR and Persona 4. I gotta admit, that most of the games I want for Vita are compatible with the thing. I wish Ys and Gravity Rush were, but isn't Gravity Rush 2 coming to PS4 anyway?