JANUARY 2018 MISAO (IM)POSSIBLES

Misaos (im)Possibles
January 2018

This series of articles will list the games that came out each month which are nomination worthy for the Misaos this year, as well as showcasing a few of the 'better' ones for your perusal.

Discussing games in the comment section is recommended, as it sharing gameplay videos, thoughts and review links! Let's educate ourselves to what is available this year!


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You are dreaming.
You are unconscious in a hospital bed. Your insurance only covers 30 more minutes of life support. After that, you'll be unplugged, and that will be the end.
But all is not lost! You have 30 minutes to explore your dream and collect dream money. Maybe you can collect enough, and you'll live to see another day - in real life this time!

JETA: Demon Hunter, is a game that uses the "ABS" battle system, the combat is in real time and on the map, your goal is to kill monsters and continue to the next map, fighting against increasingly stronger enemies, as well as final bosses in each section.
You can use a variety of magical attacks to defeat your enemies, try different combinations of attacks to fully master the dark arts!

(Free Demo/Commercial Full)
That night, at the only school of a small town, a group of students unintentionally discovered their school had been hiding things that should have been left unknown. Every student knew about the tales of what happened there, except them. Then, unknowingly, the unacquainted students were somehow connected to uncover the hidden.
Together they try to open doors, hoping they would clear away the fog. However, soon will their realization come when all the pieces of the final puzzle gather. All will fall into dead silence with the same thought... about why they crossed each other's path in the very beginning.

You play as Sandy Seltani, teen witch wannabe, who is staying at Bellinghouse Boarding School for the winter break. Her teachers, in an effort to spread some holiday cheer, ask her to pass out the annual Christmas cards to the other students who are staying over. But can Sandy carry out this task without blowing her top? And what's lurking in the school basement, anyway?

The life of a young boy from a quiet, little town suddenly becomes turned on it’s head after the discovery of an mysterious alien stranded on Earth. This strange encounter will be the first of many more to come in the next five days, when the city becomes more and more crazier…

Annabeth has lived her childhood with two monsters in her life - Alfred, the monster under her bed and Boris, the monster in her closet. Abandoned by her father at a young age and raised by her single mother, she became an easily scared child, jumping at shadows and fearing the things that go bump in the night.

Many years later, when Annabeth is seventeen, she has cause to rethink her initial judgement about Alfred having made contact with the monster after accidentally feeding it. Is Alfred really dangerous or is there something more to it?

You take on the role of Farren, a young heir to the frozen kingdom of Ascalon. When she realises that her fate as future Lord Knight of the isle is bound to the spirit guardian Fimbul, she sets out to free not just herself, but Fimbul herself, from a terrible fate.

Welcome to Showdown! You get to select a character and fight through many battles in hopes of realizing their destiny, whether it's to save the world or destroy it. Each character has their own reasons to fight, whether it's for truth and justice, fame and glory, chaos and destruction, or any other reason. It's time for you to take up your blade, and become a part of the Showdown!

An old man's lost his dentures, and it's up to you to help him find them-- or not, if you hate fetch quests with a passion. Play as Alex, the leader of a three-person adventuring group as you decide you and your teammates' fates.

Aqua, a Slime from the Slime Forest, falls in love with Taylor, a young man from the neighboring village. Determined to win his heart, Aqua takes the form of a human and visits Taylor. While she's in the village, Aqua also meets Taylor's childhood friend Alex and falls for her as well. Aqua has seven days to make Alex or Taylor hers. Will she win these Humans' hearts over, or will her slimey-ness work against her?

A lighthearted tale about two childhood friends, Juanita Santos and Xiang Li, on a 'quest' to return a cellphone to their classmate, an admittedly forgetful but cute witch. Shenanigans ensue.

The duo will befriend a cast of colorful characters on the way as they attempt to fulfill their 'quest' and return home before the school day's over. Unfortunately, as the witch does not appear to desire to be found, their quest may prove to be more unpredictable than they thought.

After the adventures they'd had on Mother's Day, the fantasy creatures might have a role to play once more on Valentine's Day.

Florence has been deeply in love with Isabella for as long as he can remember. Now he only has one dream to fulfill: to restore his beauty's eyesight and bring the light to her eyes again.

In a faraway land, lived a King that had won his Kingship and the love of his people within his kingdom by using only democracy. King Grayze IV, won his battles by using peace and understanding, that had won the hearts of the people all over the land.

However, as every kingdom, there are those that only want bloodshed and war to fuel their desires. These people are the ones filled with so much hate for the King, that they had turned into monsters and started to roam the land.

Trying is a game about feeling.

You play as... You. You're trying to find the girl who cursed you 5 years ago, and took away your ability to be happy, so you can exact revenge on her. Along the way you help some people, make some friends, and run into people from high school at the mall that you'd rather not have seen again.

A long time ago, a group of cultist called the Helliosans suddenly disappeared from the surface of the world, no trace of their existences could be found. As time passed, the cult existence vanished from the memory of most. But Lucien remembers. Now that the world is to the brink of a conflict, they returned. Where most are afraid of the wrath of Hellios, Lucien has no fear. It is time once again, to discover what is written.

You play as Elysys, a young elf girl that got kidnapped by the Helliosans for unknown reasons, as you manage to escape, you will need to find your path through space and time to return back home.

Muffle just got back from submitting her game at the game maker dome! When she arrives back at the rmn village she finds that Libby has disappear, someone in rmn has taken over and is making everybody eat cactuses! Not only that but he has also kidnapped Aiko, her best friend! Who is this madman? It's up to you to find out and take him down! With the guidance of Marrend and the help of kory_toombs, nothing can stop you from saving rmn and your best friend can it?

Derpy's the kind of mom that has to work all kinds of jobs around town to make end's meet; she's usually the first one up and the last one to bed. Ask around town and they'll say she's a trooper- an easy breeze that'll brighten up your day.
She's also the kind of mom that accidentally burns dinner during soup night. Ask around town again and they'll say she's a real twister- leaves nothing unscathed in her wake.

Ask again and it seems like there's something weird going on around town; something that's making everyone lose precious hours of sleep. And it looks like no one but Derpy can do anything about it.
Looks like the midnight shift just opened up...

Ascending Dreams is an action adventure inspired by the original Legend of Zelda.

You play a young adult who is forced from home to make it on their own.
Explore a large world, and 3 puzzling dungeons, complete with boss fights! Collect booty and trade for equipment upgrades.

Embark on a story unraveling at the world of "Vyen" and immerse into the life of a young mage/healer named "Lyrelle". She struggles during her life-time in an active series of witch-hunting; as a certain holy order seeks out to end the era of magic due to an ancient war involving the use of such arts.

Now, Lyrelle and her friends share this struggle as they try to survive an ongoing twist of unfortunate events.

Life for an alpaca isn't easy. Our titular hero decides to leave his pen one day to go on a journey! Things aren't so easy outside of the fence. Punji pits and spear traps are all over the place and foxes roam hoping to make a meal of our favorite alpaca! Moving through levels of platforming madness, our alpaca braves the greatest dangers for adventure and love! Avoid the many dangers of freedom, collect gems to beat your high score, gather food to restore your health, and platform your way through the alpaca's mountains.

Thousands of years ago, a Dragon created the Earth and fell into a deep slumber. The Dragon shall awaken again to roar a mighty roar which will destroy the Earth and create a new Earth to take its place. Six heroes are destined to protect the Dragon from the Demons who seek to use the Dragon's power to create the new world in their own image. Follow the story of two of the six heroes, Parker and Amagi, as they travel across the kingdom of Percivus to find the other four heroes and protect the kingdom from the Demons.

Cecil faces his greatest challenge yet...

This is just a quick and silly tech demo, based on the Final Fantasy dog meme,
Something that I threw together for fun, in order to showcase Cherry's new picture-in-battle-feature, only available in the official version of rpgmaker2003.

Follow the adventures of Sevrin, the noble warrior princess from a far away land, come to travel the curious world beyond the Barrenwoods. She is guided by a mystical mage named Amaury, who is on her last of her ten good deeds to let her spirit rest in peace. And let’s not forget the gorgeous, doe-eyed prince Hammett, who almost every woman in the land longs for, yet unfortunately often finds himself in positions of distress.

You control Duran, a mercenary on a quest to stop a religious cult from summoning a powerful demon. To do so, you must enter the cursed lands of Valachia. Valachia was victim of a powerful curse and it now holds many monsters and creatures. With all the population of the country dead, you must explore the desolated wastelands to stop the Cult, and in doing so uncovering the mysteries that lie deep within Valachia. Will you make it out of the country alive?

Ever wanted to put yourself into one of your favorite gaming worlds? The What-Iffers are all about doing just that! Join them as they bring their own original slant and quirky humor to popular games!

Everybody knows that one mega-popular JRPG series that never seems to end despite what its name says. The What-Iffers take a dive into a world of high fantasy and throw a puzzling twist into it. Use the unique abilities of your four different heroes to leap chasms, sizzle ice monsters, protect against searing fireballs, and teleport to unreachable places. Your entire party must work together and reach the goal of each stage to succeed. Will they escape the dungeon of the sharp-fanged and sharper-tongued vampire lord? Only with your help!

Brad, a jock, trips one day (at a party, we can only assume), accidentally plunging himself into the hallucinatory world of The Cerebral Symphony where he meets a guy called Ivan, who you might wonder is a human metaphor for repressed teenage angst.

Join the schizophrenic, multiple-personality-disorder afflicted Ivan, whose destiny (and personalities) you can steer through his individual choices as he bumbles his way through his life as a renegade thief into a big war between the underground cyborg Mafia, the omnipresent, all-seeing Corporation and the corrupt, power-crazed Government over the six elemental stones that, when gathered together, bestow ULTIMATE POWER on their holder. Mwahahaha!

Keung and Jian are out for for blood after their parents are murdered in front of their eyes. Tied together by the unbreakable bond of brotherhood the two brothers come up with a list of people responsible for their parent's deaths. The game starts out as the two brothers are carrying out their first assassination mission. Being solely driven by grief and revenge the two are willing to throw away their lives to find the peace they desperately desire.

Do you know the Battlecity season ? TDM's plot is similar to this. During 24 hours, contestants duel each other to get Medals. Some special events occur meanwhile (episodes 6 and 13) and may make you get other Medals. When you have 10 of them, the finals are open to you !

With the €25,000 prize money for the winner, each contestant has some projects to accomplish !

Clover is the unicorn apprentice of Grand Swirllock the Bearded. She needs to learn the 10 basic combat spells every mage must master to survive fights against the monsters of Equica.

Traverse deadly dungeons to unlock more spells and extend your life energy! Beat all the dungeon bosses to prove you're tough enough to take on any dangerous quest!

In the year 1691, Dracula's castle has risen to the skies of Transylvania. Simon Belmont, wielder of the Vampire Killer, set on a journey through the halls of the dreaded castle, his objective to destroy it's master.

He succeeds in this task, but, Dracula cursed the warrior with his last breath. This curse not only affects him, but the entire Transylvanian countryside. Now, Simon must find a way to remove the curse.

The first in any incorporeal step is to rise and become cognizant of your own desires. All walks of life must adhere to this simple concept. Resistance to such is to follow what is laid out before you, progressing infinitely through kalpas created over nonsensical dreamstates. How? Because all paths are laid out regardless of prior choice. The most difficult area in this regard is to accept this as an absolute, and move forward with what is necessary. Defiance is not optional. You only have a single directive – comply.


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Long ago, the world was divided into 4 different kingdoms. A chain of events, however, caused one king to disappear, leaving the 3 kingdoms fighting over his lands.

All that is in the past now. Let’s jump 735 years into the future, where two huntresses are on their way to the Nightkeep village, sent by their guild. There’s work waiting for them there, alongside many difficult decisions, which could alter the fate of the entire kingdom. The story will gradually uncover the events that have occurred in the kingdom, the meaning of the Guild of Hunters and also incorporate the already mentioned “rank”.

Humanity has expanded from its ancient cradle to fill the sky with its worlds. At first the expansion came by way of the enigmatic “warp drives” that granted humans the ability to skip between stars. Humanity sent you among other colonists to the darkness above to find new homes to expand mankind faiths, and ideologies.

Using this warp drives technology, humanity decides to launch two fully equipped research spaceships ( The Zion and the Shenzhen) on a mission to find more habitable planets suitable for colonization. But something unexpected happens, and several months after engaging their warp drives, the two spaceships lose communication with each other and the ships' hulls start to lose integrity.

Unbelievable! The tyrant Skhelleton King has created another hell of challenge levels, merely as a soul! This time, not only has he trapped Boobones and Brutal, but their friends as well! Who will you pick to end their suffering once and for all? Who's side of the story do you want to pick up? It's your choice!

Lo, there's a change in the direction of the Glorian winds. Scedeus, the god of charity and forgiveness has reached the end of the road and prepares to ascend into the stars. Cabar, a new general of the Branch Order has been selected to choose the immortal's replacement among the afterlife citizens of The Row.

The world of Arca welcomes a mysterious once-risen hero! Will the hero stay true to the task they've been given by the god-queen of Gloria? Or be swayed by the temptation of mortal power? The branches of the god-tree anticipate the chosen one's arrival.

Test your skills in the ancient Dungeon of Monarchs, and uncover the secrets of a missing tribe! Were they buried alive? Or did they make a thriving underground metropolis?

It starts out simply enough. An apprentice at a small-town potion shop is out looking for potion ingredients when she accidentally falls into a cave. With monsters in it. Despite her lacking much combat skill beyond blocking and throwing potions, the apprentice apothecary Brill is thrust into an adventure, with the fate of the entire continent of Ruphand hanging in the balance. It may seem like a story you've heard before. But not everything is quite as it seems in this story...

The player takes a role of Kyleen, where she started looking for some herbs for her Aunt's health. After gathering enough amount of it, she passes by an old house and happened to meet a girl there. Upon reaching home, she realizes that she left something where she was, and went back to fetch it. When she arrived, she heard a loud noise. Curious, she investigated the house.

While she found what she left behind, but, she could not find the girl she met earlier, or what caused the noise. Kyleen shrugged it off and tried to leave. However, she soon found that the house had a will of it's own, and it would not allow her to leave just yet. If at all!

The world is in danger! The Demon Lord stirs in his ancient prison and his minions run wild across the land. The only way to stop this great evil is with the legendary Seven Seals, but they have been scattered across the land and lost to the passage of time.

Four unlikely heroes will arise and confront the Demon Lord in the name of good. A guard captain, a bandit, an apprentice mage, and a village healer will lead the forces of light in a great battle with the ultimate evil.

In the future, mankind lives on Arks in the sky ever since the planet surface was rendered nearly uninhabitable. The cause: an outbreak of alien creatures from deep inside the core of the planet.

A recent alien attack has left one Ark destroyed and you, along with other citizens of your home, Ark 3, are tasked with caring for survivors of this attack. One includes a little girl found stranded on the earth's surface...

Follow the story of Kiki, a recently graduated college student. Her goal is simple, but important: to meet her online friend Kenta. After her graduation ceremony, she literally runs off in the direction of Kenta’s home! Although meeting him is her top priority, there are people out there who are in need. Kiki being Kiki, she cannot help but drop everything and lend a helping hand to those she meets along the way. Is there a chance her kindness will be rewarded?

All is darkness. The Dragon King has captured the Princess and stolen The Legendary Hero's Ball of Light!
You are the Legendary Hero's heir. You have been assigned a most dangerous task: to rescue the King's daughter and retrieve the Ball of Light.

The journey ahead will be tough, but it is your destiny. Three Sages await your arrival, each willing to reward you with mystical items of great power.
Gather these three items, let your wits be about you as you gain experience, weapons and armor as you battle your way through Alefgard. Rest if you must!
Search out the Dragon King's lair and face your destiny, in the role playing epic, Dragon Quest.

In the small hamlet of Elkedor lives the Baker family, isolated and almost ''inexistent'' for the townsfolk. Arold, family man and lawyer with no fame, enters in a difficult time of his life between alcholism and a falling apart marriage. His days began getting filled by drinking more and more, while his wife and their two children, Sarah and Thomas, started to get detached and cold. One night the two went missing. Desperate at the thought of losing them he decided to investigate until, thanks to clues found in the house, succeeds finding a hidden passage. Lies, compulsions and hatred are the summary of what underlies in the ambitious Baker family.

Node and his girlfriend Lady are Drivers in the country of the U.S.B. As Drivers, they take on various kinds of jobs for the citizens of CPUcity to get by financially and pay their rent.

When Node is duped by a supposedly high-paying client into installing a virus—created by a Cyberian terrorist group and disguised as a security update—into the U.S.B's core system, he is framed for the crime and backed into a corner.

As the virus begins to spread, Node is wanted for termination by the BIOS Justice Force and thrust into the fight of his life! With the help of Lady and their long-time friend Krysto, Node must deal with the creators of the virus and clear his name.​

A knight, a thief, a wizard, and a priest must collect the four magical crystals to be able to remake the legendary blade of light. They must use the sword to break the seal to the dark fortress, defeat the evil Dark Lord, and save the princess! You have heard this story before, right?

A young High School girl named Renai Sutori gets into a horrible bike accident, causing her minor injures and amnesia. She is taken by a mysterious person who takes care of her. The problem is, Renai doesn't remember who the person is before she lost her memory... Could they be who they say they are?

It is a time of great strife as the world churns, divided by endless war and mysterious beings beyond mortal comprehension lie in the shadows, acting with unknown purpose.

A lone exile rose to defy these machinations, but his actions wrought more than he expected.

Three millennia pass. The actions of the lone exile, and the truth of creation are lost to all but one; a conscripted soldier who is forced into a life of battle, and consequently; becomes intertwined in a struggle for the fabric of the existence itself.

Between February, and September of 2017, Jennifer Conner has suffered incessant premonitions. On top of that, her dreams of the future always come to pass. Her latest dream is of the kidnapping of a little girl in her hometown, Whitefields. Jennifer decides to investigate the matter herself, and maybe prevent the event. However, merely having the ability to see the future, having knowledge of what is about to happen, may not prevent the future from occurring. Choices have to be made. Will they be the right ones?

A young amnesiac wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world called Hestria, that was ravaged by a war between magic and machines. She has to survive the horrors of this new world and find out her own missing memories with friends and allies she makes along her journey.
Will they hold the answers she seeks about what happened to the ruined world she woke up to as well as her own past? Or will the answer bring the world further into ruin and destruction? In this world everybody has secrets.

Being a nosey, happy-go-lucky pre-schooler, you awake on December 25th, only to find that Santa hasn't brought any presents this year. Your parents can't help you and your neighborhood doesn't seem to care much about your pressing problems, so you decide to take matters into your own hands, contact Santa and save Christmas and it's certainly most important characteristc: receive your presents!
While turning every stone and inspecting every nook and cranny, you uncover a lot more than just the reason why Santa is late to the party...

Three young people bravely explored a ruin called the Skyward Temple in order to obtain an artifact of great value: the Skyglyph. Also known as the Temple of the Dragons, it is located in the eastern realm of Eremidia. After some fierce battles during their exploration, they managed to reach the last floor to find out that the Skyglyph was a fake. They were trapped by a magical seal that threw them into the Astral Plane.

There, they wandered aimlessly without a single clue until they stumbled upon a sanctuary where some manner of living creatures lives. Not going to take a risk, the trio decided to stay in the sanctuary, helping people, while trying to find a way to get out from the Astral Plane. Can you help them find their way back to their world?

“Aria is a bookworm who loves adventure stories and always spends her free time in the library. One day she falls asleep while reading a book and when she wakes up the library is closed. Believing that they forgot to wake her up, she tries to find a way out… In that moment she becomes the protagonist of her own story.”

Soren reveals that he is departing to live and study at the Temple of Koruna. He explains that he wants heighten his healing powers but cannot do this without guidance from another healer. Antheia accuses him of abandoning her just like their father, and Soren blames her for being selfish and holding him back.

Now it has been a year since Soren left, and Antheia still blames herself for making him leave. One night when she is patrolling the village, her grandfather, Edda, pulls her aside and convinces her to pay him a visit. It is her first time leaving the village.










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