Awww yeah... more JPN goodness! Well, that might be what some people are thinking, but “Astonishia Story“ originates from Korea, and I need to tell you folks the labored journey of this franchise as it finally made its way to the International stage. AS was originally released way back in 1994 for ol’ MS-DOS by Sonnori Co., Ltd, one of the premier creators of Korean games. While it was rough around the edges and (visually) well behind the output from games in most other parts of the world at the time, it was an ORIGINAL work with inspirations from Western and JRPGs of the time, most prominently titles like “Pool of Radiance“, “Traysia“ and “Shining Force“, and enjoyed much success as their first game. I can’t stress ORIGINAL enough here, as Korea, China and Taiwan made quite a reputation for themselves for taking or modifying other companies’ source code and graphics to make knock-offs of various games, especially prolific ones (Street Fighter, Fatal Fur