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Review: Alphadia Genesis (Wii U eshop) Wiiu_172

Developed by Kemco Games and published by Natsume Inc in North America Alphadia Genesis is a JRPG that combines SNES era elements with some modern elements thrown in and features a fully 3-D battle system, but are these features enough to give this game an edge over its competition? Keep reading to find out!

Alphadia Genesis' story is part medieval fantasy and part sci-fi and involves the typical ragtag group of characters that must work together to prevent a rebellion, but it later becomes a journey to save the entire world! While we can't get much into the details without spoiling the story, we can say that the characters are unique and the development of the characters and relationships between them is presented flawlessly in this game!

The gameplay is standard RPG fare with random battles, great storytelling, and alot of experience grinding "late game", but this game has almost perfected the classic formula to the point that it still feels like a fresh experience! The energy ring system is similar to the magic system in some of the Final Fantasy titles where your party members can essentially learn any magic in the game by equipping energi rings and battling while they're equipped! The game also has many sidequests and guild missions to tackle which adds many hours to the game for completionists!

The only major complaint that we have with the game is that the difficulty is far too easy early on, but suddenly spikes to being a little too difficult after a certain point in the game. It's certainly not gamebreaking, but it is an issue nonetheless.

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Alphadia Genesis also has a superb soundtrack that not only fits the game well, but also is very memorable! The Japanese voice acting "which is turned off by default" is quite a nice touch and those of you who are fans of the Sword Art Online anime series should instantly recognize the main character Fray's voice actor! The other sound effects in the game are decidedly retro, but work well with the game.

As for the graphics the 2-D world map, towns, and dungeons look quite nice and will remind players of classic 16-bit RPG's and the anime-style character portraits during cut-scenes look gorgeous. The battles on the other hand are in 3-D and though the battle effects and character models are a little rough around the edges the overall feel will remind players of classic RPG's such as Wild Arms and certain Dreamcast RPG's!

Review: Alphadia Genesis (Wii U eshop) Wiiu_174

Bottom-Line:

With a great story, excellent gameplay, superb soundtrack, and for the most part excellent graphics Alphadia Genesis is a game that any fan of the RPG genre should purchase, however issues with the difficulty curve and slightly unpolished visuals during battles prevent this game from receiving a perfect score. Regardless we still highly recommend downloading this game!

Price: $14.99

Score:

★★★★★★★★★☆ 9/10

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KeAfan7
December 27th 2014, 12:18 pmKeAfan7
Sorry for the delay, but the review is now live. Wink
Amufungal
December 28th 2014, 3:49 pmAmufungal
This is such a wonderful game Smile
Nice review @Rukiafan Smile
Staroceancrazy
December 28th 2014, 7:43 pmStaroceancrazy
You're right this game does share some similarities with Wild Arms Exclamation
Awesome review @Rukiafan! Very Happy
ToughGamer
December 28th 2014, 8:05 pmToughGamer
Good review.
Ragnarok
December 28th 2014, 8:21 pmRagnarok
The score seems a bit high, but it's definitely the best Wii U eshop RPG that isn't a Virtual Console release.
Marioman18
December 29th 2014, 11:25 amMarioman18
Awesome review man! Now hopefully this game will be released in my region soon! victory
Aqua Cherry Blossom
December 29th 2014, 11:46 amAqua Cherry Blossom
Nice review lol. Smile
Anonymous
December 30th 2014, 10:46 amGuest
Beautiful review @Rukiafan! I love you
Clαππαd
December 30th 2014, 11:11 amClαππαd
Nice review boss. Smile
FM_Alchemist
December 30th 2014, 11:32 amFM_Alchemist
Ragnarok wrote:The score seems a bit high, but it's definitely the best Wii U eshop RPG that isn't a Virtual Console release.
Agreed I'd give this an 8/10, but it's still a great game!
Megatron2000
December 30th 2014, 11:57 amMegatron2000
Great review, Megatron would approve! Megatron Happy
Aussiegamer
December 30th 2014, 11:59 amAussiegamer
Great review mate! :-D
Tio-Tot
December 30th 2014, 12:18 pmTio-Tot
Excellent review @Rukiafan!
ShanaNoShakugan
January 2nd 2015, 11:49 amShanaNoShakugan
I love Alphadia Genesis it such nice game. Smile
Such nice review @Rukiafan. Smile
Aqua Cherry Blossom
January 5th 2015, 6:20 pmAqua Cherry Blossom
This review is really popular lol. Smile
Grumblevolcano
January 6th 2015, 10:10 pmGrumblevolcano
I would buy this in an instant if only it was available in my region. Sad
Rena Ryuugu Fanboy
February 20th 2016, 5:34 pmRena Ryuugu Fanboy
Awesome review @Ichigofan! Wii need more rpg's on the U. cheers
SKTTR
February 21st 2016, 8:47 amSKTTR
That one's probably the record holder for being on my eShop wishlist.
I still haven't gotten around buying this game. When this game launched early 2015 my RPG time was already filled with Hyrule Warriors, then Citizens of Earth, then EarthBound Beginnings, and of course finally, Xenoblade Chronicles X.. had not enough time for more.
Of course a sale will sway me over easily (NA had one already).

This seems to be a solid port of Kemco's most succesful new RPG series, and with content/length/quality of a full SNES/PS1 RPG. The 15 bucks are probably worth it I think.
Kain
March 20th 2017, 11:29 amKain
Nice review. This recently released on PS3 as well. Smile
KeAfan7
March 24th 2017, 7:40 pmKeAfan7
@Kain the review for the PS3 version of the game went live early last month, I believe. Wink
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