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Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand attempts to steer the series in a new direction, but shipwrecks somewhere along the way. Unlike protagonist Adol himself, who successfully makes it to the Afrocan city of Xandria and teams up with wealthy merchant Dorman to seek the riches of the eponymous phantom city. The adventure that follows trades in the series’ signature bump system for more conventional gameplay involving direct control over jumping, sword attacks and blocking with a shield. What stands out most is the attempt to evolve the series’ formula, even if the attempt doesn’t come together in a satisfying way. ...

Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten expands the world of Utawarerumono in a way that feels unnecessary on paper, but welcome in practice. It’s a prequel to the existing trilogy, exploring Oshtor’s past before his rise to Imperial General of the Right of Yamato, a powerful empire inspired by regions surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk. Whereas previous titles blended lengthy visual novel segments with accessible strategy, this entry shifts fully into a turn-based RPG with sprawling fields and ample quests. It not only revisits a world fans have become intimately familiar with, it also expands the characters’ backgrounds and lore. ...

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an ambitious new spin on the series, taking inspiration from Breath of the Wild but replacing breakable weapons with expendable Pokémon instead. The game transports a modern-day Pokémon trainer to the region of Sinnoh in an era when the region was still called Hisui, different tribes worshipped the fourth-generation legendaries as ’the almighty Sinnoh’ and PokéBalls were made of fruit and stone, and tasks the player with researching Pokémon and recording them in a paper Pokédex. You work your way through the different regions to collect materials, craft PokéBalls, sneak up on wild Pokémon to catch them and complete specific research tasks to climb the ranks of the Survey Corps of the Galaxy Expedition Team. It’s a refreshing new take on the Pokémon formula while offering a first-hand look at what the world of Pokémon was like in earlier days. ...

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