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Saturday 15 October 2011

Radiant Historia



With the release on Xenoblade Chronicles earlier this summer European gamers found themselves in an unfamiliar situation. Many Japanese games over the years have been denied a PAL release whilst simultaneously being localised for America (NTSC region). But now, with the release of Xenoblade, the next-best-Japanese-RPG has not only been localised for our European Wii’s but has simultaneously been denied to the American gaming public. Thus we find ourselves either dutifully feeling America’s pain, or, more likely, guiltily enjoying this rather peculiar turn of events. However, while we can for the moment bask in this small victory (it we may call it that) there are still many games which tragically slip through our fingers. Not least is a title which appeared earlier this year in America, a unique and rather brilliant RPG called Radiant Historia. Released for the Nintendo DS and developed by an in-house team at ATLUS, Radiant Historia is one example of the many excellent Japanese games which still miss our oft-ignored continent.