Ar tonelico III!!!!!!!!!

Click picture for teaser site/trailer. :D

Argh Laziness... And Cross Edge Impressions!

Wow, I've been much too lazy to make actual blog posts as of late haven't I? That's why nobody really looks here anymore I guess... Sorry guys! I'll try to liven it up a little more somehow...

So, most of you guys have probably heard by now, but I HAS A PS3! Yay! I'm well on my way on going through Cross Edge, and it is so much love. Shurelia, Aurica, Misha, Lilia, Wuim, Roze, Marie~ All are awesome! The Mana-Khemia 2 characters do make me want to play the actual game, tis a shame that Cross Edge came out before Mana-Khemia 2, but oh well! Either way, I'll play both anyway.

The gameplay is a lot more complicated than I expected! It takes a bit of getting used to, but it's still uber fun. The character fanservice is great! Shurelia is still getting lost and tripping in battle. Very MOEEEE indeed. The story hasn't been all that exciting, but the characters more than make up for it! Yuuto is a jerkass though, and I don't like him too much. Mikoto however, is such a sweetheart! She's constantly looking out for everyone in the "family" as Misha has put it. And boy, is it a huge family, and it's only expanding! I'd say this is the only RPG where you have OVER 9000 unique characters to choose from. Which obviously makes it difficult to choose a permanent team for me... As I do end up liking a lot of them. XD

Also, the Ar tonelico II costumes for the Ar tonelico I Reyvateils are just so much win.

I should also mention BlazBlue shouldn't I? Great fighting game! I haven't played it too much lately because of Cross Edge, but I absolutely love it! And I have so many friends that I've met through the Backloggery that have it, it's going to be a blast to play even more! Noel and Rachel are my current favorites, but that could still change, since I haven't had too much time with it. If you have a PS3 and BlazBlue, hit me up!

I guess that's all for now... I'll try to start posting more! I promise!

Anime Expo 2009 - Day 2

Nothing really special today. Same booths just that the Aksys Games booth was there. I purchased the Gamestop bonus Blazblue artbook there and got a free Blazblue folder. I did not take as much pictures today and it was mostly tiring and boring there. All that was great was going to the Morning Musume concert. Rest of the events were dull and lame. Seriously, at AX, I met some hardcore fans there that they would embarass themselves out to hundreds of people. Sorry to be mean.

More NIS America Pictures - Day 2

Aksys Games - Day 2 Note: couldn't take as much pictures too many people there and got lazy.

The stuff I purchased and got for free yesterday and today.

I'm planning on going back tomorrow to AX probably to shop and thats it.

A Reyvateil's Melody: Waath

Well, the old forums have exploded, and they have been revived to the new link above here! The Chroche-sama sidebar to the side will link to it to! Enjoy Ar tonelico fans! Register, chat, and please don't make the new one explode...

Metafalica

Yes, I have finally achieved Metafalica... Last week. I finally was able to beat Ar tonelico II last weekend. I'm currently on Spring Break this week which is why I was able to. I need to go back and get all 100 I.P.D.s to join Chroche's fanclub though. The ending was spectacular! It makes me wonder how good Luca, Jakuri, and Cocona's endings are... Although the last parts of  it will be the same. The only difference would be the scene with said girl and Chroah (A lovey-dovey scene. XD) That said, despite all the localization mishaps, I really enjoyed the game. Although the game did freeze on me randomly at least 5 times... Mostly during I.P.D. fights, but once while I was looking through Chroche-sama's costumes... I know I'll be going back to play through Ar tonelico II again eventually, because it really is an awesome game with lovable characters and a great story.

Also, I finally finished Clannad ~After Story~ yesterday. Very very very sad story. I cried several times. The ending was super though! Miracles can happen if you try apparently. (Well, at least in Key produced stuffs) Everyone was happy in the end, although there was a lot of hardship to be had for that to happen. Even though, the last few episodes now seem meaningless... But anywho, Ushio = absolutely adorable. Watch the anime if you can, I think the second season was a lot more depressing and serious than the first season. I'm not sure which one I could consider better, but they're continuations of each other, so I'm not sure if we can compare...

Also, I need to find a way to get a PS3 soon... Lots of Cross Edge news has been coming out as of late... And I just really really want to play that game. Hopefully NISA won't screw it up like they did with Ar tonelico II... And yes, the costume above is Misha is Chroche-sama's costume. Which was a big surprise for me when I first got a look at it thanks to raymk-san from A Reyvateil's Melody.

Well, that's all I could think of writing for today, got to do some house chores...

Video Game Deprived...

Life is taking it's toll and I haven't been able to play anything at all lately... *sadness*

I should have beaten Ar tonelico II weeks ago, but alas... I'm stuck at Sol Marta for the time being. Maybe I'll be able to play sometime this weekend? Who knows...

Anywho, I'm just making a blog to let everyone know I'm alive! Well, it's not like many people read this thing anyway right? XD

I've been addicted to EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/. lately though, shows how much I miss playing the game I guess...

I preordered Shikata Akiko-sama's Harmonia album as well, despite starting to run low on the moneys, but it was worth it... I think... I'll wait until it comes, I'll probably love it. XD

In the mean time... Click here to help me out please! It's Resident Evil 5 related. :D

So Much To Deal With...

Way too much drama within the past week... Glad it's over with. I'm away from the dorms for the weekend, so I suppose it's good to get away for a bit...

Of course, finals are coming up... And those aren't fun at all. Also, I've got a paper to write for my History class that's due next Monday... Rawr.

I've already signed up for my classes next quarter, they include: Japanese 3, Science Words: Greek and Latin Roots, Art History: Western Art: Baroque to Modern, and hopefully my first upper-division class: The Supreme Court and the Constitution.

I'm hoping that next quarter won't be too tough, but I can't be certain about that, considering how lazy I am...

On a different note, I have finally acquired my Atelier Vocal Historia and Tales of the Abyss Image Album! Also, I got my Luca Truelywaath figurine (And still haven't opened it because I'm too afraid to...), Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2, Devil Summoner, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Street Fighter IV (The Collector's Edition), and will be getting Star Ocean: The Last Hope once I get back to school.

Yes, my backlog is DEFINITELY building up.

Not to mention Resident Evil 5, Pokemon Platinum, Mana-Khemia: Student Alliance, and Devil Summoner 2 coming in within the next few months... Among others.

Gah... I need more money and time. >__<

Meanwhile, Street Fighter IV is definitely a game that brings everyone together. We've been playing it non-stop since I got it... And well, I suck! Having Sakura doesn't help me at all... I was never good at fighting games to begin with I guess. However, it is still a lot of fun at times. although losing does suck, I just need to practice some more I guess.

I'm finally in the Tower of Ar tonelico II... Does that tell you how close I am to the end? D:

Once again, once I'm not lazy. I'll post photos of my new collectables. XD

Hmm...

I haven't been blogging a lot at all as of late...

In fact, I haven't even been chatting, foruming, or doing a lot of internet stuffs much at all as of late...

I still HAVE been doing stuff like that, but they seem to be waning more and more everyday.

I have come to the realization that I have finally made some of the greatest friends I will EVER have during my second year of college. I've even already slept over one of their houses... And I've NEVER done that before. Life is pretty good in terms of my social life... I still get sad and emotional sometimes, but that's only because of certain circumstances... Overall, I am actually a lot a lot happier than ever before because of all the wonderful people I have come to know in the past several months...

This is also including those people I have met over the internet like Thunder-kun, Lazy, Kazu-kun, Deciare, Ayame-chan, Starry-sama, and Orpheon-sama. Thank you all SO much for being there for me, and sorry for not being able to chat as often as before! You guys truly are awesome people that I am grateful to get to know! I love you all! ^^

Especially since I had the BEST BIRTHDAY OF MY LIFE! I'm so thankful to have met such wonderful people who I can never doubt!

I made this lovebar with the intention of spreading the love for all the playable Reyvateils. As for my progress with AT2... I'm in Phase 5, about to sing Viena. Chroche-sama is love as expected! Luca is pretty cool, and Jakuri is undoubtedly the best character in the game. Despite how badly NISA messed up my favorite game ever, I can still enjoy it... Although I am very disappointed that I have to go through certain means of actually having the full experience of it... Hopefully I'll have access to being able to playing the game with the full Japanese voice track soon enough...

I also made a fanclub known as the Church of Pastalia on the Ar tonelico: A Reyvateil's Melody forums... But that's not very important I suppose. XD

Also, I cannot wait for Street Fighter IV! (Even though I've played it already.) Go go Sakura!

I have a lot of new merchandise to show off, but I'm too lazy to take pictures of them. Maybe next time. :D

I HAVE IT!

:D

Backloggery Banner

Yayy~ Look what I made for my backlog! It took me like five hours to make... And it was kind of worth it... XD Now my backloggery is pretty! I've never actually posted about my backloggery before, so might as well now! it's what I use to track my games... As to how much I've beaten and stuff. It's really useful actually, and gives you more motivation to actually play and beat your games. :D

You can click the banner to get there. Besides, if you want to see the full size, you have to click it anyway. :3

Anywho, the banner has Chroche Latel Pastalie from Ar tonelico: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo-tachi no Metafalica (Duh), Estellise Sidos Heurassein from Tales of Vesperia, Viese Blanchimont from Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny, Mercedes from Odin Sphere, Amagi Yukiko from Persona 4, Micaiah from Fire Emblem, and Flonne from the Disgaea Series! Of course, there is tha Ralts evolution line on top of the text, but they were mostly accessories for my screen name. XD

Hope you guys like it...

My Poor Wallet...

Click the NISA Logo for the interview... Cross Edge is coming out here in March! D: Now I seriously need a PS3 before then... Or else. I wasn't anticipating this! RAWR!

BUT YAY IT'S COMING AND I'LL UNDERSTAND IT! AND SO IS MANA-KHEMIA 2! ZOMG! NISA, I love you to death more than ever right now... Even if you did butcher Ar tonelico II's names and probably will butcher Mana-Khemia 2's names... But, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Although at the same time, I feel remorse because that's a LOT of money going out of my wallet... Rawr. Atelier Annie might come here too....

Oh well, I suppose this means I get to play Disgaea 3 and Valkyria Chronicles after all... Now I'm hoping a lot of games like Persona 5 and Ar tonelico III are coming out on the PS3 and hopefully Vesperia can be ported to the PS3...

What?! Don't glare at me like that! I have to get a PS3 for more than just 3 games! D:

Dual Audio in Ar tonelico II

*Tears of Joy*

1 Hour Before History Final...

Yes, I have one hour before my history final and I really should be looking over my terms. XD

Anywho, I have some good news and bad news! Mostly good though... I think. ZOMG RESIDENT EVIL 5 IS CO-OP! *excited* I never thought I would like Resident Evil until I watched it... It's actually a lot of fun to watch, I really need to try to play Resident Evil 4 before 5 comes out now. Darn you Jonathan for getting me into Resident Evil! Oh well, hopefully this will have me get over my fears of horror movies.

Persona 4 is coming out this week. That is all.

I got my Player's Bibles for Atelier Iris 2 and Ar tonelico II, I'll take pictures of them later~

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY UNDUB AND IMPORT GAMES AFTER MY WINTER BREAK! Well, for PS2 at least. One of my awesome hallmates might be able to give me the ability to do this, and I'm SOOO excited. Legendia in Japanese? Hells yeah. Persona in Japanese? Awesomeness.

Anywho, bad news. I have just found out that the DSi is going to be region-locked. Really Nintendo? Why would you do this to me? :[

Anywho, I really should be studying now! *waves*

Tokunaga and My Gust Collection. (So far...)

Woooooooooooo~ My Tokunaga finally came! THANK YOU UNDINE! I was super excited when I finally got them. I was shouting and telling EVERYONE. XD Aren't they great? :D

And I felt obligated to take a picture of my AT stuff... But I obviously didn't have enough so I just made it my Gust stuff! Mwehehehe. It's actually not much at all. Just the games and the AT1 and 2 Artbooks and Mana-Khemia Strategy Guide... Uhm... I'm getting the AT2 and AI2 Player's Bibles soon though. At least I hope so.

Ar tonelico II English Trailer

Click the picture, then "Special"

"LADY CLOOOSHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

*dies*

I've Bought Too Many Games...

In the past couple of months... It's ridiculous! Oh well, I'll go over the ones I've gotten...

PS2:

I always hear a lot of good stuff about Disgaea... And after I tried Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, I had to get the second one... Don't ask why. It was the first game I bought online with my recently acquired uber online purchasing powers...

I've always wanted to try this too... Connie-sama has it, and said she would let me borrow it, but I don't see her nearly enough to even begin to borrow it... And considering my current backlog, I'm not even sure when I'll ever get to play Radiata Stories. XD

I'm bad, I know.

YAY! PERSONA 3! I've actually wanted to play this game for a while... It's love so far... I really like it. I actually already am sold on the series... I know, I'm crazy.

I've always heard good things about Okami... Then I heard directly from Aya-chin that it was good. So I thought, what the heck, I'll just get it and try it out! :D

Wow, Guilty Gear. I never thought I would get this game. But after hearing about it from a lot of online friends, I thought, I have to see this. Actually the only reason it was mentioned was because a lot of them thought Chroche was Bridget... Which she most certainly is NOT. But, it's an interesting fighting game nontheless.

PSP:

Wooo~ Star Ocean! IN 2-D! The game was made RIGHT after Tales of Phantasia by the same team. The team quit because Namdai made some changes they didn't like, blah blah blah. I already explained this in my Infinite Undiscovery post... Since Tri-Ace is the one who made the Star Ocean series, and they were branched directly from the original creators of Tales of Phantasia. Anywho, I can't wait to try this game! Although my PSP is dead... So I can't... Hopefully I can get it back soon... T__T

I've heard a lot of good things about this SRPG. Domination said it was good, so I'm assuming he is! He and I have similar tastes anyway. And I generally do like SRPGs... So, yeah. I could have tried it if my PSP wasn't dead... T__T

XBOX 360:

Had to re-buy it because my other disc got killed... Sadly... T__T

Wheeeeee~ The first Sonic game I bought since Sonic Adventure 2: Battle! I heard bad things about this game... But I might like it just because of Silver and his telekinesis! I'm sure I'll enjoy that part of the game. XD Hopefully I like it... If I like it, I'll probably get Sonic Unleashed. Curse you Aya-chin and Starry-chan for making me want to try more Sonic games! *blames them*

Yep, that's all of them... I think! I'll post future releases that I've already preordered...

Yay Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World! I actually refuse to call it Tales of Symphonia 2 now, because I realized that if they really wanted to call it Tales of Symphonia 2, they would have. Like with Tales of Destiny 2. Hopefully they'll eventually make a Tales of Symphonia 2! With a different cast? Maybe? :D I still want a Tales of Vesperia: Flynn side in a way though... :D

Persona 4! Yes, I've put Persona 3 and 4 on the same post... Meaning, I've preordered 4 and I'm playing 3. I'm so insane. This is why my backlog is sooooo huge. :[ I'm kind of sad that P4 won't have Japanese Voices though, because Horie Yui, Koshimizu Ami, and Kugimiya Rie are all in it! D:

Yep, Kingdom Hearts: RE-Chain of Memories! I'm kind of excited about it actually. I never thought that I would be able to play this in English... I already beat the GBA version, but playing it again in 3-D should be fun! :D

Surprise! I actually preordered this... Now Thunder-kun won't have to tell me if it's good enough or not! XD I'm not sure whether I should call it Poison Pink or Eternal Poison... But I think I'll go with Poison Pink for now, because that's it's original name. I hope it's goood~ It's another SRPG! XD

Last but not least, my most look-forward to game for like ever (Besides Tales of Vesperia). I preordered it on Rosenqueen and I hope it gets here ASAP! Because, I really, really, really, really want to play it. CHROCHE-SAMA FTW! *ignores English names* *shudders at Jakuri's English name, "Jacqli" and Gengorou's English name "Goro"* I hope the release will be fine... I'm worried about the JP voices and the translation... But hopefully NISA will pull through as they usually do... Although they've recently taken a liking to changing names and stuff... It's all very disappointing...

Anywho, the only huge English Boxart for AT2 out right now is on Amazon, and I couldn't save it to show you guys... So sorry! I like the Japanese one better anyway...

Anywho! The next game I was going to post was Star Ocean: Second Evolution, but I haven't pre-ordered that yet... I will eventually though, probably. Along with Star Ocean: The Last Hope. You know... I probably should play and beat one of these before I buy more... Because, what if I hate it? I guess I think that since it's by the people that made Tales of Phantasia, that I'll like it... Who knows? I never actually beat Phantasia myself... But I do like the game and the concepts... Oh well! If ONLY they released Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition here. *shakes fist at Nintendo*

OH YEAH! AND THERE'S TALES OF HEARTS! *wants anime version* However, I don't think I'll be getting that just yet...

And wow, that's a lot more games than I expected... Lots of money... Wow... I'm a horrible person. XD This is what happens when I have too much power... I mean seriously, online purchasing powers are unlimited! Unless you have no money of course... And I technically don't... Err... Thank you Financial Aid! :D

And this post took me a LOT longer than I expected!

What I Want Most For Christmas/Birthday...

Here... Though it's sold out... T__T

Cheapest Figure... Here.

Here.

Besides AT2 itself. :D

And yes. I'm official a Disgaea fan... I still need to beat both Disgaea though. XD I'm still in the beginning! D:

Well, I'm at least a Prinny fan. YAY NEW PRINNY GAME!

WATCH THIS! And... Lovebars.

Watch bunnywisk's awesome video! It's really funny and if you've played Tales of Vesperia, you'll surely enjoy it somehow! Watch and rate for her please! It's for a good cause. ;]

Also, I can make lovebars now. Enjoy!

Kasugano Sakura in Street Fighter IV!

I was feeling down before making this post... But, this news just cheered me up and made my day! Sakura, my favorite (and usually best) character in Street Fighter (Alpha)/Marvel vs. Capcom is OFFICIALLY confirmed to be in the Home versions of Street Fighter IV! This news pretty much sold the game for me. I'm so excited now! I mean, I was happy that Cammy was to be in it. But Sakura pretty much is the one I'm looking forward to playing as the most. XD

Without Sakura, it wouldn't have been as much fun. Mostly because I wouldn't know who else to play besides Cammy. *nods* Got the article from Wikipedia by the way.

Anywho, I finally started up my Seiyuu Banners... Starting with the wonderful Sawashiro Miyuki! I know, I have a lot more banners, sigs, and avatars I still need to do... But school and stuff do get in the way, as well as what I feel like making at the time. XD


*nods* These are all characters she has played! Including: Chroche Latel Pastalie from Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo-tachi no Metafalica, Velvet from Odin Sphere, Milanor from Yggdra Union, Shinku from Rozen Maiden, Titil Mimi Nike Mele from Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Rekinjutsushi-tachi, and Houjou Reika from Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun. :D

Lazy-kun says the sharpness contrast of the renders makes it look bad... So, I need some second opinions on whether I should fix it or not. Thanks!

She's an awesome Seiyuu. She made me like Chroche-sama as much as I do today to be honest! Which is why I am hoping to Goddess Martel that there will be Dual-Audio in Ar tonelico II. Chroche-sama won't be Chroche-sama without Sawashiro Miyuki...

Anywho, yay Sakura in Street Fighter IV, and yay Sawashiro Miyuki!

RE: Chain of Memories

Click the picture. That is all.

Thanks for bunnywisk/Meleiyu for letting me (and all of Tales Brigade) know! Too bad it's not Final Mix though. Seems that Squeenix is still open to releasing PS2 titles...

WAIT A SECOND! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THIS, AR TONELICO II, AND P4 (well, maybe not P4, I need to play Persona 3 first... Anyone want to get me a copy? >.>;)?! D: