


The game is great, but clearly of its time. With Arcade Hits: Magical Drop it theoretically made a good choice, but it's tough to recommend because of how little the studio has changed in the process of bringing it over.

MonkeyPaw is looking to right some of the past wrongs of this practice by re-releasing Japanese PSOne titles that never made it to the west, attempting to pick up games for publication that a specific section of an English-speaking audience should be interested in exploring. This "protection" that region-locking offers companies is unreasonably restrictive for the player, but – unfortunately – it's a fact of gaming life. I've read the reasons that companies do this, and on all levels I either disagree with their logic or simply don't care for their attitude towards the consumer.
