Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Final Fantasy VI was released on the Super Famicom to the Japanese public in 1994. Later that year, US gamers got it on the Super Nintendo but under the name Final Fantasy III. The Japanese version box art features the beautiful artwork … [ Read More... ]
Nintendo has sent out a PR email announcing a handful or release dates, and some release windows, for soon to be launched first and third party titles. The list is exclusive to North America, seems to only cover games launching between now and April, and includes all of the big N’s currently marketed consoles. For those not in the loop these include the portable Nintendo 3DS, the 2005 home … [ Read More... ]
Square Enix puts it this way, “A pick-up-and-go RPG with massive battles! The Active Time Battle system is back with the largest parties in FINAL FANTASY history!” The latest game in the long running Final Fantasy series is called Final Fantasy All The Bravest and will allow you to fight in massive turn based battles. To some this may sound like torture, but to us, it looks pretty … [ Read More... ]
As we all know, the modern RPG is based on, in some shape or form, the classic tabletop pen & paper RPG Dungeons & Dragons. The latest RPG by the people at CD Projekt RED (creators of The Witcher series) is bringing to life the world of the classic Cyberpunk series of tabletop RPGs in their latest game, Cyberpunk 2077. This is not simply a reboot … [ Read More... ]