2023) Yo! NTF Cribz

Post published:12/03/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:40 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A tour of my new house!
Hot-blooded dudes becoming hot-blooded gals
An impending lack of content
The re:Death of TimeSplitters
A call to un-service the latest Final Fantasy game
Natalie Harasses Akumako

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Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works – A Mock Design Document

Post published:11/30/2023
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:4 mins read
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After over 250 hours of production, this 800 page design document is done!

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Rundown (11/26/2023) The Quest for a Dream TF Metroidvania

Post published:11/26/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:33 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

First impressions of the latest professional-grade TSF game
A Natalie.TF exclusive first look at a translation of a 31-year-old TSF comic
A nothingburger acquisition
A pleasant Indonesian acquisition
Nat & Akumako discuss a weird hentai trope

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Rundown (11/19/2023) So Long Old Home! + The Big Verde’s Doohickey 2.0 Update

Post published:11/19/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:49 mins read
Post comments:6 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Saying goodbye to my childhood home
The much-needed update on Verde’s Doohickey 2.0
A possession fiesta for all the boys and one girl
A slightly squirrelly acquisition
NetEase’s 11th new studio
Meandering musings of a controversial topic
Oh shit, Class of ’09 really blew up
The Last of Us is back…

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TSF Series #018: Dæmon;Heäd

Post published:11/18/2023
Post category:TSF Series
Reading time:132 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

From the lingering remnants of bloodied cardboard, and manifested through a successive generation of delusions.

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Rundown (11/12/2023) Dragalia Lost V3 Re;Works is Done!

Post published:11/12/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:29 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The next big Natalie.TF project is DONE!
An unfinished TSF game from 2007
A film announcement that people have wanted for 30 years
Musing about the inevitable release of an industry shaking title
A surprise hardware stealth drop

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Rundown (11/05/2023) re:Dreamer Isekai Ver. Alternative/If…

Post published:11/05/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:55 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A re:turn to re:Dreamer for side content
An email-based TSF story from 2002
A triple dose of acquisitions
NetEase is back with their tenth new studio since 2020
Another re:turn of an older Sonic style
A 3.5-hour-long animated fan film

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Natalie & Cassie Ramble About The Jurassic Park Hexalogy

Post published:10/31/2023
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:75 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

♫Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur!♫

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Rundown (10/29/2023) Horror Is Not Niche!

Post published:10/29/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:53 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie FINALLY acknowledges the spooky month
A Natalie.TF exclusive* look at the next next great TF visual novel!
Another unhinged Pokémon tangent
Bop-Louie ‘n’ da Boyz are BACK!

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Rundown (10/22/2023) Natalie is a Homeowner

Post published:10/22/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:46 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie bought REAL property!
A Fictionmania flashback
A game design tangent
The return of a niche DS adventure game series
A Pokémon tangent

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Rundown (10/15/2023) Akumu Kojou: Tax Tax Panic!

Post published:10/15/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:48 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie bitching about her job
A double dose of TSF coolsies
The end of the biggest gaming acquisition
A premonition of a dead internet
The Downfall of Unity: Part III
The slick and svelte NEW PS5

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Mega Man X DiVE Offline Review

Post published:10/11/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:82 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

Setting the (low) standard for offline gacha games!

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Rundown (10/08/2023) If You Don’t Like ‘Em, Kill ‘Em!

Post published:10/08/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:46 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s keeping it RADICAL!
A Natalie.TF exclusive* look at the next great TF visual novel!
The 3DS and Wii U get even deader!
Epic’s ‘financial troubles’

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Rundown (10/01/2023) How Are ‘Real’ Video Games Profitable?

Post published:10/01/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:54 mins read
Post comments:8 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie asks how games are supposed to make money for prices so low
A Super Smash swap comic
The end of a Platinum era
A sequel to one of Natalie’s favorite exploration-driven action platformers
Sony’s latest mega-hack
Sony’s status quo non-shake-up
Epic spits out Bandcamp like a stale pretzel
Ownership or possession – the real media debate

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TSF Series #017: Cassandra – The Cuddly Demon Empress

Post published:09/27/2023
Post category:TSF Series
Reading time:260 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

From the wishes of a kyuubi cutie, but executed by a psycho bitch! It is Venturers of Radiant: The Next Dimension!

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Rundown (9/24/2023) Ai’s Time Warp and Premise Predicament

Post published:09/24/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:85 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s Oshi no Ko lukewarm take
A body swapping rental service that would destroy society
The BIG Xbox FTC leak
Some inane Japanese gaming minutia

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Rundown (9/17/2023) Natalie is a TOS Violation

Post published:09/17/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:114 mins read
Post comments:7 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Why Natalie cannot be trusted on any major platform
A wackadoo TSF manga from my magic bag
TF trials and tribulations
The inevitable death of Mario Kart 9 (or 13)
Embracer’s quest to liquidate
Unity’s endeavor to make things worse for everyone
A definitional diatribe only Natalie cares about
Another Nintendo Direct rundown
A half-assed State of Play rundown
Wizardry Re;Birth

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Rundown (9/10/2023) Money! Money! Money! Is What I Need!

Post published:09/10/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:48 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Deliberations of dochy
A potential king
Tencent’s continued consumption
Vampires X the walking simulator guys
An unfocused ramble on… display technology?
Another farewell to 𝕏

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Eman Looc’s Possession Scroll – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:09/06/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:94 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

The longest scenario deserves the longest review…

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Rundown (9/03/2023) Let’s Imagine… TSF Mecca

Post published:09/03/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:41 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The quest for the TSF holy land
A story of two grandpas finding love in VR
Natalie’s dream software
Price scamming from a billion dollar tech company
Super Mario Bros. 10 looks wünderbar
The death a developer with great volition

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Rundown (8/27/2023) Trust The Rippers, Not The Crackers

Post published:08/27/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:58 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Remix Heart Gaiden: The Better Version
An utterly unhinged school body swap comic
A gluey acquisition
Sony buying an audio company
The worst PlayStation handheld.
A Mario for a new generation!
Denuvo is trying to ruin everything!
Epic Games’ ‘big’ profit share
The eradication of platform identity

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Rundown (8/20/2023) The Quest for Quantified Quality

Post published:08/20/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:66 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The NEED to turn art into a number
A BlazBlue manga I read to appease my Cassie
NetEase is back with another expansion!
The dastards who screwed over Embracer Group
The 18.5 year 360 of life and death
Wishing for the end of modern development schedules
A body swap formatting dilemma
Region locking vs. autistic archivists (archivists always win)

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Natalie & Cassie Ramble About The Entire Pokémon Movie Series

Post published:08/16/2023
Post category:Rambles
Reading time:295 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

From the bonds of friendship and the power of GREEN! A project 26 weeks in the making!

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Rundown (8/13/2023) Enrolled Agent of Chaos

Post published:08/13/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:47 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s professional achievements
A TSF comic featuring one impossible girl
A tangent about girls with penises
Emulation and collection woes
Further proof that Verde’s Doohickey is an Act Of Plagiarism
A Rockstar takeover
The Red Dead let down
A plethora of Pokémon presents

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Rundown (8/06/2023) Nothing Like the First Time

Post published:08/06/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:38 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The hunt for meaning through new experiences
A TSF manga that should have been much better
The dread of going back to older generations of Pokémon
Musings about Nintendo’s second tablet
A rema(ke)(ster) of Oblivion
A semi-regular update on Natalie.TF projects

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Rundown (7/30/2023) Hoarding Games I’ll Never Play!

Post published:07/30/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:38 mins read
Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s Plump ROM Hole
TSF Showcase for Chari & Cassie!
Tencent’s Techland
Capcom’s new cane
The rise of 𝕏
A bad collection that made Natalie slightly less sane

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Rundown (7/23/2023) Dude, Whatever, It’s Summer!

Post published:07/23/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:52 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

One of Natalie’s favorite music people dropped a HOT new mixtape!
A transition related retrospective and analysis
The return of Natalie’s weekly dose of TSF translated goodness
TSF Showcase 2023: All You Can Eat! Summer 6 Comic Works Mix
The power of worker solidarity
The confusing pricing models for gaming subscription services

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Celeste Review

Post published:07/19/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:31 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

An unhinged and disabled trans woman rambles about why she doesn’t like the trans game.

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Rundown (7/16/2023) Falling Down The Helly Tree!

Post published:07/16/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:44 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Natalie’s latest file hoarding excursion and post-2027 plans
A legal update on the biggest video game acquisition of all time
Tencent’s expansion continues unimpeded
The straight dope on how BAD game preservation is
The Limited Run Games’ summer showcase
Delays of all July reviews

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Rundown (7/09/2023) Jump! Back! Glock! Cock! Aim! Shoot!

Post published:07/09/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:53 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Political wafting and revolution promotion
The legal battle for the future of gaming
The impending death of Twitter (and the internet)
A genre terminology diatribe
Yuji Naka in… Prison Escape
Getting into some TRUTHS about the Pokémon series

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Rundown (7/02/2023) Thanks Cap, You Made Me Write a Novel of Lore!

Post published:07/02/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:31 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A VD2.0 progress update
The ‘magic users as oppressed minority’ trope
Complaining about Nintendo and Switch 2 discourse
The idea that games should ‘let players be creative’
A remaster that is doomed for disaster

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Under Control – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:06/28/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:10 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

Morality is yours to make and mine to break!

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Rundown (6/25/2023) A Gray Day Is DOPE!

Post published:06/25/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:61 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

Another dope TSF comic I think you should read
A brief rumination on TSF
Dissin’ Some Cube-Heads
A 4,800 word ramble on the latest Nintendo Direct
The Q3 and Q4 2023 schedule for Natalie.TF

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TSF Series #005-3: Ghost Milky in… The White Terror

Post published:06/23/2023
Post category:TSF Series
Reading time:142 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

From the bathroom to the battlefield to the stars!

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Magical Harem Plan DX – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:06/21/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:9 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

We’ve got a plan… but not much else!

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Rundown (6/18/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: Later Bitches, I’ll See Ya Next Year!

Post published:06/18/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:15 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

An admission of defeat
The Embracer Group’s $2 Billion Problem
The reanimated remnants of Kurayami
A tepid terminological tirade

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Palladium Version 0.0.4 Review

Post published:06/14/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:26 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

“Luck helps sometimes, hard work always. Think about it.”

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Rundown (6/13/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: I’d Rather Be Doing Anything Else!

Post published:06/13/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:44 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

A generation of trained 2 B 2-D game haters
The big Xbox summer bash
Fallout X Skyrim X SPACE!
~~A tray of Ubisoft’s treats~~
Capcom’s box of festive snacks

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Rundown (6/11/2023) Segmented Summer Showcases (S3) 2023: Let The Festivities Commence!

Post published:06/11/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:38 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

The start of the Summer Game Festivities!
Another preservationist rant
Persona 3’s Remake and the importance of art direction
Persona 5 Tactica’s uncanny chibis

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Class of ‘09: The Re-Up Review

Post published:06/07/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:13 mins read
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STEAL YOUR MOM’S DRUGS AND WATCH HER DIE!
SAVE A LESBIAN FROM WHITE TERRORISTS!
MAKE A SUICIDE PACT WITH AN ALT CHICK!
GO HOMELESS AND EXPOSE PEDOPHILES!
SELL CRACK FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE!
GET SHOT BY A MALL COP!

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Rundown (6/04/2023) Natalie Needs to Sell Her Old Game Collection

Post published:06/04/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:20 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

NetEase established ANOTHER studio
The death of Vanpool
Why Redfall was a bad game
Nintendo’s low effort write-off
A Leaf classic is getting translated!

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re:Dreamer Version 0.15.0 Review

Post published:06/03/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:53 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

It’s like a dream come true… and it is simply beautiful.

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Rundown (5/28/2023) The 6 Month Post-Surgery Update

Post published:05/28/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:43 mins read
Post comments:2 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

That thang between Natalie’s legs
Bad Brain murders executives
Embracer’s $2 billion oopsie
Nintendo kills the 3DS while it stews in its grave
The PlayStation Showcase Fundown
A Marvelous pursuit to the current generation

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Little Noah: Scion of Paradise Review

Post published:05/24/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:16 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

A little bit of paradise.

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Rundown (5/21/2023) My re:Dreamer Panic Attack

Post published:05/21/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:31 mins read
Post comments:8 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The most intense reaction I’ve had to a piece of media
The EXP vs XP debate
A brief dismissal of Tears of the Kingdom
The death of another gacha
Activision Blizzard’s lie to pivot to F2P
The announcement of Mortal Kombat 12

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Psycho Shatter 1985: Black Vice Re;Birth – The Day After

Post published:05/18/2023
Post category:Chapters
Reading time:83 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

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Rundown (5/14/2023) Transition Speedruns and Slowruns

Post published:05/14/2023
Post category:Rundowns
Reading time:28 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

The extremes of transition timelines
Keywords’ Continued Expansions
Game Freak X Take-Two Interactive
Another Stadia ash kicking
The two kinds of games streaming
Defining difficulty
Natalie’s impatience for the impatient

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Remote Possibilities – Student Transfer Scenario Review

Post published:05/12/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:13 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

A 3 year hiatus is not death!

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Mice Tea Review

Post published:05/10/2023
Post category:Game Reviews
Reading time:44 mins read
Post comments:3 Comments

Mice All The Way!

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Reasons Why Natalie Neumann is a Furry

Post published:05/10/2023
Post category:Miscellaneous
Reading time:7 mins read
Post comments:0 Comments

The following is a list of the many reasons why Natalie Neumann of Natalie.TF is, objectively, and without question, a furry. She deemed this list to be a necessary preface to her review of Mice Tea, a furry transformation visual novel.

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