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Void Terrarium (Switch) Review

If you’ve followed Phenixx Gaming for any length of time since we started, you’d know that I am a fan of NIS America titles. I’ve played and reviewed a fair few of them. I also am a fan of Dungeon-Crawlers and Roguelikes…

Trails of Cold Steel III (Switch) Review

For the first time, the Legend of Heroes franchise has made its way to the Nintendo Switch. We now know that Trails of Cold Steel IV will be coming to Switch in 2021, however, none of the previous games in the franchise…

Disaster Report 4 (Switch) Review

If there’s a retro game you want to play, then going back to it can be startling. The graphics often look worse than you remember, and the gameplay might feel weaker too. Memory and nostalgia are a crazy thing when it comes…

Langrisser 1+2 (Switch) Review

Fire Emblem barely made it out of the 2000s alive. While its 90s entries were received well, the game had trouble staying relevant as every Japanese developer put out their own tactics-style strategy RPG. One of those competitors was Langrisser, an Emblem-style game that…

La-Mulana 1+2 (Switch) Review

Looking at La-Mulana, the game seems as if it’s thirty-five years old. In actuality, the game released in 2005 to Japanese gamers who yearned for the Metroid-vania action of the SNES days. A successful Kickstarter delivered its sequel, and the two games still…

Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo (Switch) Review

I had never heard of the Samurai Aces or Tengai games until I was asked to review this collection. Going in blind, I had a lot of fun with this collection of five shoot’em ups and one brick breaker game, although it is a pretty…

Destiny Connect: Tick Tock Travelers (Switch) Review

As an avid fan of RPG’s in many forms, I am always looking for a solid RPG that does something interesting to set itself apart from its peers. Lately, I’ve been pleased to discover that NIS America has been publishing a few…

Trails of Cold Steel III (PS4) Review

I have been a huge fan of the Legend of Heroes franchise for a very long time. In fact, I would go so far as to say that they are at the top of my “Most Underrated franchises” list in terms of…

The Alliance Alive HD Remastered (Switch) Review

I did not get a chance to play The Alliance Alive on the Nintendo 3DS when it originally released. In fact, it was one of those games that I always intended to buy, but never really had the chance. However, now that…

Lapis X Labyrinth (Switch) Review

As an RPG fan, NIS America has been one of my go-to developers for a while. Sure, some of their titles aren’t great, but on the whole, they tend to have a solid library. The great thing about them is that they…