Live a Live review: a lost Japanese RPG gem from the 1990s

Nintendo Switch; Square Enix/Nintendo
Seven beautifully unpredictable genre stories, each designed by a different manga artist, are playfully rendered in this novel remakeIn a year where Kate Bush and Metallica re-entered the charts, it’s fitting that 2022’s most intriguing game so far has been plucked from the past. Directed by Takashi Tokita of Chrono Trigger fame, for decades Live a Live appeared destined to remain the RPG that time forgot. Its initial Japanese release on the Supe