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Maiden Cops is a proper old-school scrolling beat ’em up and it comes to us from indie developers Pippin Games. And while this two-man studio are Brazilian, you’d be forgiven for thinking they were absolutely Japanese when playing this game. Set in Maiden City, a place where everyone is female and […]

Maiden Cops – PS5 Review

August 12, 2025 in PS5 tagged anime / Beat em up / japanese / maiden cops / retro by Richie

There aren’t that many boss rush games out on the market. NanoApostle comes from 18 Light Game and offers a sci-fi setting with a half-dozen bosses to slay. With responsive controls and a very interesting skill tree, this short but tricky experience manages to deliver a kinetic and deep gameplay […]

NanoApostle – PS5 Review

May 10, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 18 Light Game / 2d / anime / boss rush / melee combat / nanoapostle / nanomachines / overhead perspective / Pixel art / sci fi by Mike

MACROSS – Shooting Insight – is a shoot ’em up based on the popular Japanese anime franchise, Macross (AKA Robotech in the West) and it’s been developed by Kaminari Games (otherwise known for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Burst Forth!! Chorogon*Breath just in case you didn’t realise they were from Japan). There’s a […]

MACROSS Shooting Insight – PS5 Review

February 10, 2025 in PS5 tagged anime / insight / macross / shoot em up / shooting by Richie

Pretty Girls Pop Match is the latest puzzle game in eastasiasoft’s Pretty Girls series, a series that has had takes on pretty much every puzzle game format you can think of. From Mahjong to 2048, there isn’t any sub-genre that developers, Zoo Corporation, won’t put some Anime girl portraits on. Strangely though, they’ve […]

Pretty Girls Pop Match – PS5 Review

December 1, 2024 in PS5 tagged anime / anime is weird frankly / Casual / match-three / pretty girls pop match / puzzle by Richie

Magical Drop VI is the latest in a series of arcade puzzlers which date back to 1995 when the legendary arcade publisher Data East first released it in arcades. This latest instalment comes by way of French coders Highball Games and while it’s their first crack at the series, it sticks […]

Magical Drop VI – PS5 Review

June 23, 2024 in PS5 tagged anime / arcade / Casual / magical drop / puzzler by Richie

Akane is a top-down assassinate ’em up from Brazil coders Ludic Studio. It actually came out for Windows back in 2018 and had a Switch release a year later but now it’s here on PSN and ready to break some skulls. You play as the titular heroine who begins the game […]

Akane – PS4 Review

September 20, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged akane / anime / assassin / difficult / hack and slash by Richie

Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny came out exclusively (in the West) on Switch a year ago, despite the close connection the series has with the PlayStation platform. That’s now been rectified with the release of Disgaea 6 Complete on PS4 and PS5. All the DLC that has come out over […]

Disgaea 6 Complete – PS5 Review

June 27, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged 3d / anime / defiance of destiny / disgaea / dlc / grinding / rpg / strategy by Gareth

Can I level with you guys? I don’t think I like the way visual novels play out. I don’t like the stereotypes they conform to, the fact they seem so reluctant to play a straight story. How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered is another one of those. Developed by […]

How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered – PS4 Review

February 20, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / cat girls / creepy japanese / how to take off your mask remastered / narratively-driven / ratalaika / romance / roseverta / visual novel by Mike

We only just reviewed Ginga Force, a shoot ’em up from genre specialists Qute Corporation and now here is the sequel. Natsuki Chronicles shares much of the same DNA as its prequel. It’s a shoot ’em up, it features a cast of Anime-inspired characters (some of which are returning from the previous game) […]

Natsuki Chronicles – PS4 Review

February 17, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / arcade / ginga force / horizontal / natsuki chronicles / shoot em up by Richie

Ginga Force is a vertically-scrolling shoot ’em up that has quite an interesting pedigree. It comes from genre-specialists Qute Corporation and they’re responsible for some fairly unique releases. They initially started out making shoot ’em ups for the WonderSwan handheld before porting them to the Xbox 360 and continuing to make […]

Ginga Force – PS4 Review

February 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / arcade / ginga force / japan / qute corporation / verically-scrolling shoot 'em up by Richie

Shing! is a side-scrolling hack and slasher very much in the grand tradition of games such as Golden Axe and, more recently, Castle Crashers. This is a genre that doesn’t make as many appearances these days as others. We’re forever reviewing top-down shooters and 2D platform games but, clearly, the golden […]

Shing! – PS4 Review

August 28, 2020 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / Beat em up / hack and slasher / shing! / sword by Richie

Steins;Gate Elite is this reviewer’s first encounter with this peculiarly Japanese genre, the visual novel. Steins;Gate was the second game in the Science Adventure series, following on from 2008’s Chaos;Head. For those not familiar with this game type, they are typically text heavy with static images. Steins;Gate Elite is something […]

Steins;Gate Elite – PS4 Review

February 19, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged anime / otaku / visual novel / weeb by Ian