Well, not really. But you can be certain that I'll be doing a lot of mobile blogging throughout the convention!
Also, I'll be accepting questions on what YOU guys want to find out on the showroom floor. Just be sure to post them at the Akiba-Station post that will be up soon!
Don't know what Akiba-Station is? Check out the Links section and check 'em out!
The art style of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon has been a proverbial thorn in my anime-loving side, having that slightly-weirdly-realistic look to an otherwise anime-ish quality to it. Is it just me, or do all their eyes look like they're upside down, with those prominantly-short eyelashes that stick out of that bottom eyelid like 5 o'clock stubble?Who would have speculated, however, that 5 years from the game's release that a copy of the game would bathe me in its abducting light, anal probe me as if to say "hello," and plop itself right before me?
Okay, none of that happened. But it DID probe my wallet of about $13 after shipping. Though it would've been cool if the game beamed itself on my table.
In a pleasant surprise, Patapon 2 arrives at my house, in all its empty-case glory. Sure, you know the voucher is there for the full game, but it's sorta odd to be given a plastic-sealed case you know is empty.
After much debate and consideration, I've finally decided to follow through and buy Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier. Apart from the female eye candy you receive from just about every attack you perform in the game, the gameplay does provide a nice over-the-top battle system that makes you feel like you're dishing out more damage than you truly are. Presentation is everything, and the ridiculous damage counters you get make you truly feel like a badass. Plus, the overall game feels like a nicely dated RPG, around the time when graphics weren't such a big deal, and you could get away with a puzzle here and there without them overpowering the game or story.
The picture, this time from the instruction manual, is cleverly obscured by the game's title.
If you don't have eyes and cannot make out what's being covered up, here's the japanese box as a reference.
Amusingly, this is probably the only time Atlus decided to censor Kaguya's hush puppies. I'm sure Marketing had a hard time trying to push out (hehe) the cover art through NOA's filter.
To the couple of you people that check this site out, I've now (finally) added a links section, where I'll be adding my own personal links of places you should check out as well. Located right below the "Old Rants" section, you can check out my friend's awesome anime-everything Akiba-Station site, where you'll also find my article contributions under the pen-name GameOrDie.However, that excitement was soon marred by the Freeloader, which didn't hold itself accountable for any updates Nintendo would do to lock out non-party software, immediately making it less than a piece of shit and leaving me high and dry with an import game that I will never play.
Fast-forward to today, when I find out that not only was the game picked up and released in the US under the title Ultimate Shooter Collection, but that it had been done late January of this year. Now, after many months and a good discount later, I have a playable copy of the game in my hands.
To think that it's been almost a year since I wanted to play this game...
[UPDATE] Want to know how brief a window I had with Milestone Shooter Collection? I reported my purchase of the import back in June 2nd, 2008, and the Freeloader was locked out in June 18th of that same year. Mutha-
Little Big Planet recently released a free Creator's Pack for download, giving creators three new tools - an infinite spawn point, a tetherless jetpack, and invisible bolts. While the infinite spawn point and tetherless jetpack are all quite awesome updates, it's the invisible bolts that take the cake for me. Being able to make them invisible makes floating platforms and rotating objects even more believable.
After much tapping on the screen, I've completed through all possible mini-games in Rhythm Heaven, and gotten a good amount of gold medals to pound a "finished" stamp on this title.
Which would you rather do...pay for a retail game that will give decent replay value for full price, or getting about 4-5 mini-games that you download through your console that will give you 4-5 times as much replay value?
It's not uncommon to pre-order a game at GameStop, whether it is for a game you're looking forward to, or whether it's for the extras that come with it. For me, it was a little of both.
