

That might not be evident at first glance. That is, it takes something good and refines it into something great. Atlus' Radiant Historia may not have the fan cachet of a Chrono Trigger - despite revolving around a similar time-traveling premise! - but its new remake for 3DS does precisely what a remake is supposed to do. Meanwhile, the new Steam release of Chrono Trigger is… well, it's tolerable and plays the same as before, but good lord is it an eyesore.īut wait: There's one other RPG remake that has gone largely unsung, and that's a shame. The "upgraded" version of Secret of Mana somehow manged to be buggier than the original, featured a less thoughtful user interface, and lost touch with the original game's appealing sense of physicality. Over the past few weeks, we've seen some disappointingly spotty classic RPG reissues. Until the magic that is The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice killed my interest in the Ace Attorney series in the same way that Nintendo killed the 3DS and Wii U eShops.Mission control for retronauts former EIC of 1UP.com and taking dapper (and frogs) back from the Nazis. The story was the level of ridiculous that I couldn’t subscribe to in Dual Destinies and honestly, the new gimmick with the past memories felt like they made the cases a lot more complicated than they needed to be. So I bought it and then gave up somewhere in the second case. It had been after a conversation with my friend about how terrible Dual Destinies was compared to the first four games of the series, and then she insisted that Spirit of Justice is actually good. I’m pretty sure the last game that I bought on the 3DS was Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice.

So in that mad rush to take advantage of the storefront while it was still around… what did you get? Let’s talk about our final purchases. I mean, there’s a temporary reprieve for folks who still had download codes to redeem them until April 3, 2023. The 3DS eShop is closed, so people can’t buy anymore digital games.
