Set to come out on April 22, 2010 for 3,990 yen in Japan. This is a great price for what you’re getting. The collection contains all the Mega Man Zero games, 1-4. I’ll be importing this if a U.S. release isn’t announced soon (also dependent on the date too). It should be fun, I missed out on the Zero series.
Today, Capcom-Unity held a live Q&A with Niitsuma-san, the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom producer, where he answered a ton of questions on Tatsunoko vs. Capcom via Ustream. There was of course a translator, both the translator and Niitsuma-san seemed like pretty nice guys. Basically how Ustream works is, someone is live-streaming video from their iPhone or webcam and anyone can watch the video, and if you join the website you can chat live with other people and the video host (I first discovered this from Danny Choo and his streams, so I had an account). So the translator and Seth Killian picked questions that people in the live chat were asking. I asked a few questions, and I got two answers. It ended up running for around a half-hour. I’ll try to put the question asked and the general gist of the answer given from what I remember.
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Atlus announced today that Persona 3 Portable will be hitting U.S. shores this July 6, 2009 on the PSP.
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Okay, so here is a quick update about the blog and life in general. I’m still busy as hell with work and school, but I’ve been trying to get some posts in as often as possible. I just changed the theme around, it is very simplistic and I can say didn’t take much effort, but it works for the time being (I will update it as soon as I get the time).
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The upcoming U.C. Gundam OVA based on the 10 novel series of the same name, Gundam Unicorn, is being released simultaneously worldwide on March 12, 2010. It planned to be a six part OVA series, with each OVA running around 60 minutes.
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After some time I am finally past the halfway point in the series. I have definitely enjoyed it, but not as much as I think I could have. My biggest gripe and a large annoyance with the show is the lack of consistent quality animation and character designs. I think that the initial (when drawn correctly) character designs are appealing, but as the episodes progressed, they got consistently worse. There are also points where I feel like the animators just got lazy and decided to take the easy path out. Some backgrounds look horrid, which doesn’t help the cause. While I don’t know if Gonzo is known for quality or not quality animation, the few shows I have watched by them don’t suffer from such problems. At points I found it almost unacceptable and unwatchable, but thankfully the show has an interesting story and premise with good music and voice acting.
Of course I will finish the series, but I hope it picks itself up and straightens out.
With the games being released on March 14, 2010 in the U.S. I truly feel the need to review my Japanese import versions of the games along with the included Pokéwalker peripheral. These are the first games I have imported, so there are of course downsides to this, which I will discuss, but in the end the games are remakes of classics I grew up on, remember well, and loved.
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Wow, I guess I have really fallen off the boat. I had no clue that Gackt was releasing a new album, let alone it was released over two weeks ago! I’ve been a fan of Gackt for I guess 4 years now, I just haven’t been keeping up with him as of lately GLADIATOR Evolution was nice, I really enjoyed the remixed singles from the past, and the new song Jesus, which appears on this new album RE:BORN. It just felt like I was only getting rehashes of songs I have already easily listened to over one hundred times. I suppose I stumbled across this new album while browsing Wikipedia. Immediately I downloaded the album. That feeling of something you have been waiting for for over a year, didn’t even know was coming out, then finding it is great. I guess blogs and news sites ruin that feeling, but having no anticipation or the feeling of waiting for something, then unknowningly realize it has been released is pretty damn exciting. After listening to the entire album, I really like it. It seems to have the classic Gackt song feel to it, with some more heavier and faster songs. The sound quality is excellent too. It is nice to see some new material while Gackt is busy with acting and all other sorts of projects.
This might be the first new album I have downloaded and listened to in a few months, it is refreshing to switch it up. Real quick, songs that left a good first impression are Suddenly and My Father’s Day. So far I can’t say there is a song I don’t like, it feel like a solid 13 song album. I can say that I am getting slightly annoyed with Jesus though, I didn’t like the song a whole lot to begin with on Gladiator, and not much has changed it seems now.
My Father’s Day w/ slideshow
I picked up the box set in the summer, but I haven’t gotten around it until now. This is the first thing I have watched since FMA: Brotherhood 25, it has been such a long while (been so busy with work and school). I did watch Summer Wars last week actually, and it was very enjoyable. I wish there wasn’t two types of subtitles on the version I watched (like they over lapped each other and got annoying). Welcome to the N.H.K. seems very interesting, it seems to have some humor but some physiological depth so far. I am only on episode 2, so my opinion hasn’t been formed to much yet.
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According to the Final Fantasy XIII website a special announcement will be made regarding the game on this Friday, November 13, 2009, at 3:30PM.
Can’t wait to hear what it is, whether it be the North American release date or something completely else.
View the countdown clock here.
