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76  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Xseed being a tease on: January 31, 2013, 07:08:00 AM
Then there's the making babies part which some people think refers to Conception (remember that?)...I guess it fits, but it does seem like an odd title to pick up.
Oh geez if XSeed gave me Conception, I would love them forever.....and that came out weird. >.>
77  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Muramasa Rebirth coming to North America on: January 30, 2013, 07:33:22 AM
So the RPGFan article mentions that there are additional DLC characters, anyone know who the DLC characters are(assuming they were originally in the game) and whether they actually get storylines or not?
78  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: The NEW Game Journal on: January 28, 2013, 07:26:31 AM

I'm jealous.... I always wanted to make my way through WK to get WK2.... looked very appealing to me... but alas, it still sits on my shelf untouched... I made the mistake of buying that the same time I bought Xenoblade.... popped in Xeno first... you can imagine what happened...

Honestly you aren't missing much. >.> I was anticipating White KNight Chronicles from the moment I saw the first trailer.....and the series really has been a diappointment the entire time. The original trailers and such implied a world with giant scope and fast paced action. The world you get is still giant in scope, but the game play is so miserable. And considering the scope of the world, the actual storyline feels....small. I don't know how it feels small considering it is about a war engulfing the entire world, but somehow it does. For 2 this is probably because the entire game is basically just repeating the areas from 1, but I don't remember why things seemed small in 1. There really was only one time in both games where I really felt the scope that the trailers gave me was in one of the final battles of 2 where you have all five knights fighting and somehow it actually felt dynamic and epic to me despite it just being another fight.
79  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: RPGz you want HD'd/Remade on: January 28, 2013, 07:13:59 AM
Don't know how I failed to put this in this thread til now.

LIVE A LIVE

S-E needs to make a 3DS port with nothing more than enhancements of the sprites and some cool 3D animation effects in-battle.

And then bring it out in English.

Instant win.
THIS! LIVE A LIVE is a great game which really needs to get a rerelease and translation.
80  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: The NEW Game Journal on: January 27, 2013, 08:34:46 AM
Thinking about playing inFAMOUS 2 because I got it free from Playstation Plus and am trying to keep myself from buying any DLC at the moment(so no NISA games which is basically my entire backlog).

Also trying to finish White Knights Chronicles 2 Platinum. To anyone who earned the Platinum trophy legitly, my gosh you have my respect. I've used game genie on my save file, and even still this post game dungeon is ridiculously boring. Ten "dungeons" of the same five levels(well two, with one repeating four times). Because of random drops it can take 45-55 minutes to go through one of these dungeon even if you can kill everything in 1-3 hits. And if you do this legittly, you probably have to go through these repeatedly. I can only manage to go through one of these dungeons a day. x_x
81  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: Puppy Bowl IX on: January 27, 2013, 08:24:55 AM
Willis is clearly going to dominate this event. Experience counts for something, and Willis has it in spades.

I have to say that Simba scares me, the refs should keep an eye on that one.
82  Media / Anime, TV, and Movies / Re: Abrams set to direct Star Wars VII on: January 25, 2013, 07:32:40 AM
Ugh, I didn't like the new Star Trek movie, and I think that is the only movie of his that I've seen.....so I can't say that I am excited by this news.
83  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: New Xenoblade? on: January 24, 2013, 07:36:11 AM
Back on topic, my first impression from the teaser trailer is that it's a direct sequel to Xenoblade and not just another "xeno" title, but we'll see. Will we see the story take place on the Mechonis titan? If you notice the fighting mechanics and exploring lush fields laden with giant enemies, it's very reminiscent of Xenoblade. The big red "x" did throw me off though. We'll just have to wait for more details to come.
If it is a direct sequal to Xenoblade, then I don't think it can take place on Mechonis.

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As I recall at the end of Xenoblade, the world was reborn beyond just the two titans. Also I seem to recall that Mechonis was either seriously damaged or destroyed about 1/2 to 3/4s of the way through Xenoblade.

You know, I don't see why they used the Xenogears X. Xenoblade had nothing to do with that, other than the name and the homage. I love the X, but it just seems cruel to tease us as though it'll be a new "Xeno" game like that.
Maybe they are going to do a game "set" in the Xeno  chronology that uses a version of the Xenoblade battle system.
84  The Rest / General Discussions / Re: The NEW Game Journal on: January 21, 2013, 07:28:41 AM
So I'm currently going through some games that I have already beaten in order to platinum them in an attempt to keep myself from buying too much DLC while I try and save some money up. Just finished up with the Record of Agarest War trilogy. Got complete save files for all three also...except for Zero where I am missing one CG from third gen digest mode. I have no intentions of ever going back for that, but it is slightly annoying. >.>

Not sure what game I'm going to go after next. Maybe Tales of Graces f. I'm really not looking forward to playing through that storyline again though. Gameplay for th game is great, but I just cannot care about half the cast. >.>
85  Media / Anime, TV, and Movies / Re: Anime/Manga Journal on: January 13, 2013, 08:14:44 AM
Started watching Magi yesterday on Youtube. Found it quite enjoyable. Got through 10ish episodes? It captures the manga quite well and the manga is currently in my top four currently running manga (One Piece, Magi, The World Only God Knows, and Billy Bat in no particular order). Going to finish catching up later today.
86  Media / Anime, TV, and Movies / Re: Anime/Manga Journal on: January 12, 2013, 08:24:03 AM
I thought Inuyasha: The Final Act in 2009 was supposed to finish the series?
I either forgot about that or never heard of it. >.>

Bleach's problem was that it came up with this plotline involving things like Hollows and the hunting of them down and then the Soul Society arc happened which should've been a derail but ended up being so popular that basically every arc since tried to replicate that instead leading to, among other things, battles that consisted of "Now it is I who is behind you!" shenanigans and power levels that were completely arbitrary beyond the measurement of who could press their sword against another person's sword harder.

And Naruto's problem was that at first it started by focusing on the titular character's growth from being a dipshit loser to fulfilling his dream, but he was too much of a dipshit loser so the series wisely dispersed the focus onto his peers from his class as well making battles and events a team effort but then they also wanted to make angsty emo Sasuke into the main character despite being nothing more than a dipshit loser so they basically had him single-handedly hijack the plot and turn it into crap about asian wizards demanding your shottingguns.

Bleach has a lot of problems. I think another of Bleach's bigger problem is that, or at leas I have heard that Kubo said that, the way that Kubo handles writer's block is that he just sits down and designs more characters and then later on he injects them into the storyline.....so every single arc we get a new batch of characters from Kubo's latest rounds of writer's block that we are supposed to care about. However we don't because the sheer number of them results in none of them getting enough time to care. Also there is the fact that every arc since Soul Society has been a repeat of: new villian group is introduced, Ichigo develops new power set(real reason Bleach is on its final arc? Kubo has run out of power sets to give Ichigo), Chad and Orihime are worthless, Ichigo undergoes special training to develop a new uber technique(except in Fullbringer I guess), and then Ichigo solos the final boss that no one else could possibly handle.

As for Naruto, it has actually gotten better in the current arc. I wouldn't call it great, but I do think it is good. Of course that is in large part because Sasuke has vanished from the plot, hopefully until the inevitable confronation between him and Naruto and because the rest of the cast has actually gotten involved in events. Naruto's extended cast really is one of its strong points, so when it focuses solely on Naruto it is at its weakest......and the whole year of Sasuke was absolutely horrible. Hopefully it will continue on its upswing until it finishes up for good.
87  Media / Single-Player RPGs / Re: Fire Emblem 3DS on: January 12, 2013, 07:57:15 AM
Skipping DLC and grinding seems like a good combo when going with the no perma death mode, might actually make battles a bit more thrilling to ONLY worry about scraping through, rather than keeping everyone alive.

Anyways, there's ad scans drifting around that indicate the US at least will get the blue FE 3DS that Japan got. 3DS XL upgrade might've been nice, but it's still great to see that come over, it's one of the LE ones I would've actually wanted.

EDIT: For reference, the blue 3DS.

http://gematsu.com/2013/01/fire-emblem-awakening-3ds-bundle-announced-for-u-s

Aaaaand confirmed. Better preorder now before scalpers/Japanese fans who missed out on JP version due to low print numbers/other assorted assholes clean house.

Darn it, I already have the Legend of Zelda 3DS....but I want this. Curse you Nintendo! :(
88  Media / Anime, TV, and Movies / Re: Anime/Manga Journal on: January 11, 2013, 07:22:49 AM
Yeah. Guess who fell into that trap! This guy! I didn't even bother watching the ending because I already knew by that point that it was just going to consist of wrapping up every goddamn plot thread the space of one season and ending with both Inuyasha and Miroku getting their respective girls.

So since you said watch and not read, I assume you saw the anime and didn't read the manga? If so then....the ending doesn't actually resolve anything as I recall. The manga continued running for another 5 years or something after the anime ended and the anime just had a non-ending. I believe you are right about the manga's ending for the most part, but I've forgotten most of the details of how the series ended.

Overall I did Inuyasha, but yeah it does really drag.
89  Media / Anime, TV, and Movies / Re: Anime/Manga Journal on: January 10, 2013, 08:04:23 AM
Wait. Why do you consider Fairy Tale to be bottom of the barrel material? I thought that it was basically Rave Master with a better cast?

Also I'd like to add Bobobo to the list of unwatchables. Trying to watch that is like locking yourself in a closet with a truckload of cigarettes and chain smoking each and every one until you're ready to swear off of them forever, except replace the cigarettes with Japanese humor.

I would second that Fairy Tail is a bottom of the barrel series as someone who reads the manga(although I really don't know why at this point). The best way to describe Fairy Tail is that it is a series that attempts to copy the greatness of One Piece without understanding what makes One Piece great. I won't go into all the instances of similarities between the two series, but they are there. Now as for examples of Fairy Tail being inept....those I will gladly go into.

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One of Fairy Tail's biggest failures has to have been a time skip event that happened semi-recently(a year or so ago?). It happened a few months after One Piece had its well done time sk....I said I wasn't going to go into that. Basically every single member of Fairy Tail that has any importance of any kind was on an island for an event and after repelling an invasion by an evil guild, a dragon that happens is going to destroy the world shows up and attacks. The Guild Leader stays behind to fight it to protect everyone while they run away, they come back to save him but are completely useless, the dragon sets up a final attack, and they respond by....joining hands and thinking about how great friendship is. x_x The island appears to be blown up and we jump forward a few years, where it looks like the first arc will be character's quest to find/save the important members of Fairy Tail.....and next chapter it turns out the island has randomly decided to reappear at that moment and everyone on the island is fine and hasn't aged a day. And thus only unimportant people suffered consequences from the time skip.

So yeah that is just one example of Fairy Tail's failings. I could continue the rant, but I would hope I've gotten the point across.

As Bobobo, I like that show/manga. I admit it doesn't always translate well, but I still enjoy it. >.>
90  Media / Anime, TV, and Movies / Re: Anime/Manga Journal on: January 09, 2013, 07:48:07 AM
Oh man, I'll agree with that.  I actually watched the original anime first and thought it was awful.  A friend of mine tried to convince me to read the manga and I was like, "you've got to be kidding me".  I refused to even touch it.  But I did eventually start reading the manga...years later.  I was very impressed.  Despite the absurd premise and loads of fanservice, Negima is one of the best epic fantasy mangas I've ever read.
I'll agree that Negima is a great series. Would have been pretty much perfect had the final arc not been pretty clearly cut out leaving a giant freaking hole in the series. :( Saddest part is that my understanding is that the arc was cut because of a diisagreement between the author and publisher regarding IP rights(could be wrong on that though).
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