Pokémon is such a sprawling series that it contains numerous titles varying from its usual template.  We tackled a lot of them in this episode, and while the result may not be comprehensive regarding every Pokémon spinoff, it wasn’t for lack of effort.

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Our progress in covering Tales of games continues with a pair called Xillia 1 and 2.  Quite a bit is happening in this pair, and hopefully anyone curious is enlightened by the discussion.

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A long-running series in Japan has only made occasional trips across the Pacific, but we managed to play some of all the ones that did.  Here’s a discussion on the sizable Summon Night lineage.

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Founded as a subsidiary of Idea Factory, the Compile Heart company has been aiding and abetting a deluge of games over the years.  These titles range somewhat in quality, and our latest discussion is an attempt to give some useful background on the developer’s sizable catalog.

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Atlus would not be rushed into making a fifth main Persona game.  Now that it’s finally been out long enough to warrant a Backtrack, plenty of things can be said about it, and many of them will be heard on this episode.

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The Legend of Zelda in recent years has produced a couple of nonlinear adventures for the 3DS and Switch.  Breath of the Wild, in particular, produced some disparate thoughts for the benefit of our listeners.

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A quick glance at the Yo-kai Watch games might superficially indicate nothing more than another portable monster collection title, but there’s quite a bit more to distinguish them.  Going into what makes this series distinct requires quite a few puns to be mentioned.

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Let us return to the earlier days of the Kingdom Hearts series.  This episode contains an attempt to disseminate the pertinent points of Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II.

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In recent years the release of new entries in the Dragon Quest series hasn’t been very frequent.  Dragon Quest VIII and Dragon Quest IX have nevertheless been around long enough to warrant a Backtrack, and here it is.

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It was a time when relatively few RPGs crossed the Pacific, and not all of those that did were memorable.  For our 200th episode, talking about the most operatic Final Fantasy on the Super Nintendo just seemed like a great idea — and it was.

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