XII got really good reviews. I am really looking forward to playing it... sometime. Right now I'm still in Okami. I would have finished that by now, but I got sidetracked by Guitar Hero (and my buddy's GH2) . What I play next depends on how much cash I have on my at the time. March is an expensive month for me with Origin, the new Type O Negative CD, 300, JLU season 2, and Batman Beyond seaon 3. Of course one good thing about the lull in new good game this time of year is it give gamers time to catch up.

REBERU APPU!!!
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*Goken starts raising arms in a repetitive fashion*

Hey guys, I got more exams coming up this week... (Wed/Thurs) know what that means? More updates for my clan members!~

Kingdom Hearts II Play Arts Action Figures: Sora (Valor Form) - Out now, limited quantities because of the 'con exclusive' nature.
Kingdom Hearts II Play Arts Action Figures: Sora (Master Form) - Same as above.
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (JAPAN - March 29/07)
Final Fantasy XIII Demo ('07)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: TBA 07

FFXIII:Agito is in the works, Nomura however has stated that it's not to be released on this generation of cell phones (whatever that means..) and plans to be a full release unlike FFVII: Before Crisis which was released in chapters (which had later episodic releases).

For the main event, FFXIII, more battle details have emerged. First, fluid battle animation is to be very important in FFXIII, apparently you'll be able to string any form of attack into a fluid combo which will reduce repetitive animation and promote a more unique experience for battles. Battles themselves will also not be seemingly fluid (i.e encounters may still exist), but they will not necessarily have a separate encounter phase. In addition to this, enemies are apparently going to have their own background information (i.e small backstory) as well as change upon different game scenarios, i.e you won't just fight random monsters if you're being chased by the military.

And one more juicy tidbit, since let's call her.. "S-san" loves Disney so much I of course was compelled to get more information, there is a speculated release of KH2:Final Mix+ for Fall '07 in the US! But keep your fingers crossed, as it does still seem unlikely... but.. don't feel bad just yet, KH3 is now rumored to have started production~ Thank S-san for getting me to dig up the juicy KH info though!~ kekekeke

Ok, to other non update related information:

loki you asked about opinions for FFXII, as the master of biased FF games will tell you, "It was ok". Of course I'm going to tell you FFX was the greatest FF in the series and the only ones that will remotely touch it are FFVI and FFVII, but.... I'm not going to say I didn't enjoy it. The Ivalice Alliance however.. has to lay off the Star Wars recyclage... FFT was good... FFXII... not so original.

That being said, it was still a great game.

As for DS games? Look forward to FFXII: Revenant Wings, though for current releases, there are still many great titles that have already been mentioned by Sabin

Just to add a few:

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright 2
Trauma Center
(and the above mentioned FFTA2 when it reaches here..)

Until then guys, I'll be studying for my exams... "studying" in quotations...

*KIETA*

Can I join and be Balthier? I'm not sure if i sent this already FF12 was great!

Finally getting back into FF12....I was totally obsessed with Zelda: Twilight Princess & recently beat it. But now that's done & back to FF12 which I had shelved until I was done with Zelda. I just got past King Raithwall's tomb & got my first Esper. When I fought it I was able to pull of a 6-hit quickening combo! I gave the Esper to Fran.

Nice work mac, One piece of advice I can give you if you're having any problems, is to DEFINITELY get the charge ability, increase your max MP capacity (by getting higher level quickenings or otherwise). And then also don't forget to set your gambits

the guy you face right after King Raithwall's Tomb is hard! I don't wanna say who it is because of spoilers. But he is pretty easy until you get him close to death. Then he starts hitting your team with 5-6 hit combos. I was barely able to beat him because I had a Quickening ready to use with Basch. I'm gonna spend some more time now leveling up & getting some money so I can buy new weapons & spells.

Yeah, I need to get back into FFXII. I started like 4 other games, because I'm to the point where I need to go get everything before I beat the game. I put a lot of time into it, so I'm well above the level I need to be, but for some reason, I can't seem to get some magic that shouldn't be too hard to find...

Hey gang, I am going to commission someone to do me some customs of the FF7 cast. He needs references, so I am trying to gather some action shots of the characters. I need pics of the following:

Cloud
Sephiroth
Tifa
Barret
Vincent
Yuffie
Cid
Aeris
Red XIII
Cait Sith

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

I know we used to sometimes discuss Marvel Legends here so this feels like a safe place for me to vent. Is is just me or is HAsbro just killing the Marvel license? The first two waves of Hasbro Legens look awful. The Emma Frost looks like someone put her head in a vise. They took out the comics- what gives? The Spidey 3 figures are a little better, but they still aren't as good as the one's Toy Biz made. I got one of the black costume Spideys. I was going to have him confronting one of the movie figures I already own, but the new one is like an inch shorter. And the articulation is a step backwards. Ugh!
In lighter news I finally finished Okami today. I didn't think the game was ever going to end . 60+ hours. It really was like a Zelda game, just with a wolf god instead of a elf boy. I'm so disapointed Capcom disolved Clover (the studio that made the game). I truly enjoyed Okami and the Viewtiful Joe games. I hope those that made it into SEEDS can keep the good and unique games coming!

What would be great is if your customizer could capture them in the leaping poses all of them had during the flashback in Advent Children.

I actually made an Advent Children Cloud (on Fenrir) a few years back, it's somewhere on my webpage... XD

A good place for pics is the players guide. You can usually pick a copy of that up at old gameshops. Great pics in it.



So...I heard KH3 has Mario as well as other Nintendo charatoons in it? Where did this come from? Anyone seen a trailer for the game yet? I heard it was out, but didnt get to check it out yet.


Oh, and I heard that FFXIII's playing graphics will be up to par with FF: The Spirits Within. Thats pretty exciting to know that within a few years, we were able to make that much of a difference...