Final Fantasy III: Trust me, I’m a classic!

There’s a bit of a jump between the Final Fantasy games that audiences in the United States experienced as opposed to the ones that the public saw in Japan. Both countries universally saw the original Final Fantasy, which as the legend goes single-handedly helped struggling game developer Squaresoft to stay afloat for a few more [...]

Super Mario DS: A remake to remind you of your failures

Here’s a little known fact about my younger days: I went through a bit of a rocky patch in my gaming ability around the same time that Nintendo 64 was released, which inevitably unleashed 3D gaming upon a poor, 2D-centric world.  At the time when Mario 64 was released, I was feeling pretty good about [...]

Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story

I don’t really have much to review this week, so I’m going to hit up an older game I’ve had laying around for a while.  I’m not sure why I didn’t review this one before now, though come to think of it I probably avoided it because the name of the game made it exceptionally [...]

Infinite Space: The Energizer Bunny of extraterrestrial games

If you’re a regular reader here at Faceplant then you know that I’m not particularly fond of jRPGs. In fact, I’m relatively new to the whole RPG genre. But Infinite Space for the regular old Nintendo DS intrigued me. I read about it on a news post by one Tycho Brahe early last year, and [...]

Final Fantasy 4 DS: It keeps happening

One of my favorite probably unintentional ironies in the video game world is the fact that Final Fantasy is still a thing.  I know the original Final Fantasy was named as such since Squaresoft never intended to survive past the game’s release, but that one, sole game resurrected the entire franchise and made the name [...]

Okamiden: Sequel to the best game you never played

As is usually the case when it comes to sequels to great games, I was very apprehensive when I picked up Okamiden for the Nintendo DS. The original game, which appeared on the Playstation 2 way back in the misty bygone year of 2006, was one of the best games of that console generation. You [...]

Radiant Historia: Do it again, whore

Anyone who has been reading Faceplant! for a while is probably aware that I’m a sucker for RPG games.  I like the tedious micro management that accompanies battles and character upgrade menus, watching the best laid plans of the vapid and shallow characters in the game go completely to hell, and nothing quite beats that [...]

Dragon Quest 9: SO ALONE.

It’s been a while since I last graced you all with my presence on Faceplant! and there’s so much I want to review!  Comics I’ve picked up!  Games I’ve obsessively played for the fortieth time!  Commentary about how the next generation of consoles should just have two controllers duct taped together!  The possibilities are endless!  [...]

The stakes of remakes

Having a popular idea from the past remade into something for today’s 18 to 25 demographic is not a new idea, but isn’t it getting a little out of hand? With more and more video game developers repackaging old games from two generations ago with a steep $35 price tag, where do we cross the line between a new gaming experience and getting ripped off?