Is IceSitruuna from Finland? No, Wikidata is wrong.
The game developer IceSitruuna is a Chinese company. But as of July 2023, Wikidata wrongly says that it is from Finland.
Read moreHas the Definitive Ed. of DQ11 superseded the original in the market? Not simple.
Dragon Quest 11S, the Definitive Edition, was released in Dec 2020 for Steam, PS4, and Xbox. The original version is now (secretly?) withdrawn from the Steam Store, to my surprise. But is this usurpation complete? The story is not simple. Let's examine it.
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Read moreResistance calculation — from 101 to perfection — of Dragon Quest of the Stars
Resistance is crucial; it REALLY matters, in Dragon Quest of the Stars(DQS), in particular in battles with super-strong bosses. Here's how to work out resistance.
Read moreAn omakuni game! How to live with it.
What can you do if a Steam game is in "omakuni" state? All is written here.
Read moreOmakuni, a peculiarity of the Japanese PC game market, explained à la Wikipedia
In the online sale of computer games, the Japanese word omakuni (おま国) roughly means disadvantage by Japanese game publishers toward the Japanese PC game players. More precisely, omakuni is the custom such that games by Japanese publishers originally sold for home consoles are later released for PC in download distribution, and that this PC version is not sold to residents of Japan.
Read moreWhy not "Dragon Quest of the Planets", but "of the Stars"?
Dragon Quest of the Stars is certainly a misnomer. The natural name would be Dragon Quest "of the Planets" — the game is set in some planets. Why was this name chosen?
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