Robbie has been an avid gamer for well over 20 years. During that time, he's watched countless franchises rise and fall. He's a big RPG fan but dabbles in a little bit of everything. Writing about ...

In Pokemon, players expect a certain level of difficulty from the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 trainers, and as such, prepare accordingly. However, trainers can get caught off guard by getting forced into ...

Random battles have been a staple for many role playing games since the early days. Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest were some of the first to popularize the mechanic, and since then it's been stuck to ...

In Level 5’s soccer RPG soccer matches can occur anywhere. Kids from other sport clubs challenge Mamoru Endou’s,team to bite sized battles while you’re peacefully walking on the map. There are two ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. So you're wandering around the map, minding your own business, just trying to get to the next town. You know, the place with the mystical coconut ...

Some of us may remember the random encounters that have lasted a while in the earlier Enix Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warrior) days. Ever since the merger with Squaresoft, they’ve stuck to visible ...

In his latest YouTube video, Masahiro Sakurai highlights boss battles in Nintendo games as being similar to tutorials, noting that he prefers games that offer up more strategic freedom. Aptly titled ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Listen we all love a good traditional, classic JRPG, but it’s not always sunshine and rainbows. We love that Octopath Traveler is going for an old-school JRPG vibe that takes us back to the glory days ...

Follow Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! When Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee were first announced, I was unsure on its mix of classic mechanics and those lifted from Pokemon Go. Now ...