Thought you've seen enough wacky JRPGs with too many anime stereotypes? Think again, as NIS America has brought yet another one to the Western market. Developed in collaboration by Nippon Ichi, Gust and Idea Factory, Trinity Universe is as JRPG as JRPGs get, featuring a mash-up of original characters and cameos from Nippon Ichi and Gust games, including the ever popular Etna and Prinny from Disgaea and Violet Platane from Atelier Viorate: Alchemist of Gramnad 2. However, as JRPGs begin to leave a less than pleasant taste in the mouth of gamers due to the lack of innovation, it begs the question if Trinity Universe can truly shine and stand out from the crowd.
Ai-Phuong and Haven are back in 2013 with a stack of RPG goodness to discuss. Trinity Universe, Cross Edge, Hyperdimension Neptunia are just some of titles mentioned on this show.
- Trinity Universe
- Cross Edge
- Hyperdimension Neptunia
- Pokemon
- Final Fantasy
- Reckoning
- Skyrim
- …and more!
Siliconera: Fast forward to three quarters into this fiscal year (April 2010 – December 31, 2010) and Nippon Ichi Software looks like they are in better shape.
Russ takes his weekly RPG Deals column into Cyber Monday territory.
is trinity universe that good? why did it only go down $10 and valkyria chronicles is like $20 NEW!!!
I dunno but in my book it's tough for any game to touch Valkyria Chronicles.
I'm guessing TU isn't dropping much because there probably aren't very many copies. Low demand, but even lower supply, perhaps?
2 reason to pick trinity universe :
- you enjoy nis humour ( see disgaea for exemple )
- you enjoy dongeon rpgs
Trinity universe is NOT a bad game and there is nothing broken about it besides the simple 3d graphics ..
You really have to love companies like NIS america for bringing all these games over here, provides a lot more choice
I love the whole animated artwork that they've done, really nice job!
The merits of Trinity Universe aside, I'm going to have to call Gaming Union out for using "that" word. A translation is in order.
What was written: "However, as JRPGs begin to leave a less than pleasant taste in the mouth of gamers due to the lack of innovation..."
What was meant: "However, as JRPGs begin to leave a less than pleasant taste in the mouth of gamers to to the lack of being made in North America or Europe...."
Can we please stop using "innovation" as code for "western?" From what I've seen, Japanese games, RPGs in particular, tend to be far more innovative than their counterparts in the west, regardless of archetypal characters.