There was a time when the phrase “role-playing game” would immediately evoke thoughts of turn-based battles, dungeon crawling, elemental spells, and plenty of grinding. This was a formula that has worked for decades, but in this generation, traditional RPGs have been few and far between. Developers have been trying to change up the role-playing formula in order to avoid becoming antiquated, but Matrix Software, who previously developed the remakes of Final Fantasy III and IV for the DS, brought back some of the more conventional RPG aspects with Nostalgia. As an interesting twist, however, the game is set in an alternate 19th century, creating the unusual juxtaposition of airships and monsters with familiar locations like London and Cairo. Nostalgia does a good job of mixing the conventional with the unusual, but after several hours of repetitive battles, the game does start to feel a bit archaic.