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Everyone Needs to Buy Sakura Wars

So yeah, it's been a while since I've blogged here. BUT, since I seem to be getting semi-decent amounts of visitors every day I thought I might as well post here. Yes, this blog is TECHNICALLY dead, but I'd like to share something with everyone to visits this even if it's completely random strangers that only visit for like 1 second and then leave as they found my blog through Google or something.

Anywho, everyone needs to go buy Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love. Right now. Okay, you don't HAVE to, but seriously, it's like one of the best games I've played all year, and it got me obsessed with the whole freakin series. Sure, you probably won't get as obsessed as me, but one game of the series getting me so into it that I start buying artbooks, merchandise, and immersing myself in it's music and art, is quite an impressive feat. I've even started planning to buy a Japanese PS2 for the remakes of the first and third games. I'm that obsessed. But yeah, if you like Visual Novels, if you like anime, if you're familiar with the series through the anime, if you like Strategy RPGs, please please please get this! More people that buy it, the more chances there are of it actually coming out here!

Come on! The girls are cute, the story is great fun although a tad idealistic, but it's great! I love it! Awesomeness! But yes. DO IT DO IT DO IT. If you have money of course.

That is all.

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

Click picture for teaser site/trailer. :D

Mana-Khemia 2 Semi-Review

Click the Picture to check out my full semi-review of Mana-Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy! I didn't use a score system because I was lazy and because I thought that I would be too biased about it anyway. ^^'

Oboro Muramasa

My Muramasa is almost here! It shall be played when it gets here! Unfortunately, I got three day shipping and instead of getting it last Friday, I'm getting it tomorrow, because WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS DON'T COUNT APPARENTLY. Never again.

Greatly looking forward to this very artistic and beautiful game. Awesome thing is, Momohime is voiced by Sawashiro Miyuki! She was also in Odin Sphere, which this is the spiritual successor of! Wooo VanillaWare! If you liked Odin Sphere, you should check this game out. Tis for the Wii.

Mana-Khemia 2

Finally! Its out... Rarutos and I are going to be busy this game for quite a while. Blogging could be delayed due to being occupied on Mana-Khemia 2. The art book and poster looks amazing.

Atelier Annie

Atelier Annie pre orders are up on Rosenqueen website.

Agarest Senki Getting US Release via PSN

I was shocked when I heard the news! Thanks to Nara-chi for pointing it out on the forums. I've wanted to play this, but I didn't think it was worth importing... So yeah, I'm glad to see it coming, even if it's only through digital distribution.

Here is the link to the article.

Never Mess With Fujibayashi Kyou

As she will suddenly go into demon mode and rip your heart out of your chest.

I have obviously, recently acquired the CLANNAD Visual Novel (Thank you Orpheon-sama!)! And it being my first real VN, (Ar tonelico doesn't really count I guess. ^^') I'm actually quite enjoying it! Especially since I did watch the anime first, and I know what's going to happen for the most part, but it's nice to get to know the characters once again in a LOT more detail! Now, I really want to play the Kanon VN, despite it being an H-game, (Hopefully we can skip the scenes? o_o) because Kanon was my absolute favorite out of the three Key animated series that I have watched.

I was trying to go towards Kotomi's path first, but I think I ended up winding towards Nagisa's path on accident... I was just choosing what I felt like after all, and I just could not refuse Nagisa's being alone in the courtyard, eating her Anpan by herself... She's a lot more similar to me than I thought I guess. Which is why I actually really liked her quite a bit back when the first season came out.

"ANPAN!"

She shouts to encourage herself. It's so heartwarming to be able to try to make her happy in the VN, and to encourage her to do things that she would have otherwise not done on her own, but man... I already know her fate if she becomes, "the one" for Tomoya, and that's depressing... Oh well, I have to go through all paths to get the true end eventually anyway I guess...

Also, Nagisa's theme/the Dango Daikazoku song from the anime's melody is now stuck in my head.

Dango~ Dango~ Dango~ Dango~ Dango Daikazoku~ After watching the After Story though... It does make me kind of sad... T__T

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!

There's a Zombie on Your Laaawwn~

Best. Music Video. Ever.

Hey ya'll! Sorry I haven't been checking my blog lately... I've been mostly preoccupied with my Backloggery! But yeah, I just got and played an incredibly fun and addicting video game known as Plants vs. Zombies! Very fun stuff. I've been too lazy to post stuff here lately, but I'll try to start posting again... I think... Err... I'll try writing reviews again, or just posting game news I find important and stuff... Yeah...

Thanks for visiting everyone! My blog has been dead a while, but I'll try to bring it back up. :3

YouTube is Dumb Sometimes.

I wanted to post YUI's amazing song here titled: SUMMER SONG to comemmorate my summer vacation starting up, but when I look it up... I only find people that are not YUI trying to play the song. :[

Currently, I'm addicted to the backloggery.

Oh, and does anyone want to make a donation to my PS3 fund? I want to play Cross Edge. >_>

Nintendo Press Conference 2009

NEW GOLDEN SUN ZOMG!

NEW SUPER MARIO GALAXY ZOMG!

NEW METROID WITH NINTENDO WORKING WITH TEAM NINJA?! WTF + ZOMG!

But...

Where's my Kirby for the Wii? :[

Roll's Theme: Kaze Yo Tsutaete

Roll's Theme is so so much win. ^_^

"Beating" Fighting Games

Okay, so I have recently been very active in the backloggery. It's a fun thing, keeping track of my games and having different themes for my currently favorite games at the time.

However, there is a question that has arisen... How do you know when you've "beaten" a fighting game? Is it just when you see the credits like with every other game? But technically that would just mean beating Arcade or Story Mode with just one character, then voila! You have beaten the game. Is it really that simple? Either that... Or is beating the game a lot more difficult and requires beating the game with every character? But doesn't that count towards 100% Completion? In Smash Bros. I could have considered myself beating the game after I've unlocked all the characters and stages. But what if the fighting game doesn't have unlockable characters or stages? It's a mystery... If you guys who still actually visit my blog read this post. Please give me your opinion of when we technically have beaten a fighting game. You can use examples from past experience if you want!

Such is my predicament. With Battle Fantasia and Street Fighter IV, have I already technically beaten them by beating Arcade/Story mode once and seeing the ending credits? Or... Is there something MORE I have to do? In Street Fighter IV, I suppose I could say that I haven't beaten the game yet until I've unlocked Seth, but that would be a very tedious process... The same can be said for Battle Fantasia as well, as I still have The End of Deathbringer to unlock, although he technically won't ever appear on the character select screen as you have to choose him in a certain way after meeting the requirements, which is pretty much beat Story Mode 100% with each character. Which is also a VERY long and tedious process.

Any opinions are welcome. XD

Terrible FanFiction Idea

Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Sonic the Hedgehog and Sailor Moon.
The story should use a sex-change operation as a plot device!

Generated by the Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator

I'm being forced by Orpheon-sama to do this, so I'm just going to post it here for right now... Until I get to it eventually... IF I ever do.

Wow, it's been a while hasn't it? o_o

I guess I'll post my reviews/opinions on the games I've beaten recently later. XD

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...

Resident Evil 5 Impressions

Okay, not really impressions, since I have been watching/playing it for over a week. I have an actual copy of it now though! Collector's Edition, being the swag queen that I am... The bag is fairly amazing, although a bit smaller than I would have liked. Chris figurine is VERY small, and it's not a really good rendition of his RE5 incarnation. His physique is more similar to that of when he had less muscle in RE1. XD

I also got the Laser Cell Art from the Gamestop preorder, and the BSAA badge, as well as the necklace. All very nice. Not sure what I want to do with the badge though. XD

Anywho, the game is fun as heck! Especially with a friend. The Co-Op is AWESOME! More games need co-op nowadays. There haven't been a lot of those since the NES/SNES days. *remembers games like Bubble Bobble and Donkey Kong Country* Co-Op is a big selling point for me, especially for these kinds of games... My friends actually play with me! It's great. We can even go online to find people to play with! So if anyone has RE5... Hit me up if you want to play online! Of course, I can only do that when I'm at home, when I actually have internet on the 360...

Overall, it is a fun game! The gore isn't that bad actually... They don't even show much of the decapitations anymore, unlike RE4. Of course, I am kind of used to it now in RE... I still can't really take gore in movies and stuff though...

The story is fairly interesting so far, although I know all the big spoilers already... =.= Oh well, I'm still enjoying it, and seeing how the heck we got to those spoilers. XD

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