So you’re a regular visitor at Niche Gamer? The obscure games, the niche games, the weird games, whatever you want to call them—we love them and we know you love them as well. We only cover these games on our regular feed, and we only cover them on our podcast, too.
Niche News of the Week
- Netflix is Making a “Family Friendly,” Game of Thrones-Inspired Live Action Zelda Series
- NIS America is Launching Hyperdimension Neptunia Hyperdcollection in Europe this April
- New Action RPG Victor Vran Revealed
- La Mulana EX is Delayed to Late February on Playstation Vita
- XSEED Games has Rated Lord of Manga: Maiden Heaven for the 3DS
- Here’s the Debut Gameplay for Persona 5 and Katsura Hashino: Persona 5 Protagonists are Roguish Vigilantes on the Run
- Legend of Kay Anniversary and Arcania: The Complete Tale Re-Releases are Confirmed
- Here’s the First Look at Masaya Games’ Langrisser Reboot on 3DS and Masaya Games have Confirmed a Langrisser Reboot for 3DS
- Underworld Ascendant, Ultima Underworld‘s Spiritual Successor, Now on Kickstarter
- Bandai Namco has Trademarked Eyes of Heaven and Cinderella Girls in Europe and Bandai Namco has Filed a Trademark for Lost Song in Both the USA and Europe
Topic of the Week
The Legend of Zelda has been rumored to be getting a series via Netflix. Are video game-to-movie or TV adaptations ever worthwhile? We reminisce over the movies and TV shows based on video games that we saw as kids, and wonder if kids these days can get the same thing.
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