There is a big ass line formed in front of my local gamestop.

I laughed and continued with my life.

Kids these days....

At 11/9/09 01:59 PM, ikool wrote:

At 11/9/09 01:51 PM, knuxrouge wrote:

At 11/8/09 01:11 PM, ChaosProdigy wrote:

At 11/8/09 09:03 AM, Racoonmario wrote: Try and get the super duper secret weapons.

HADOUKEN!!!

That's X1.
X2 is a bit more like--
SHOURYUKEN!!!

So I guess that leaves X3 to be:
DERK-DERK-DEEEEERK-DERK.

have no idea what it actually is.

The Tatsumaki-Senpu kyaku wasn't in X3, literally in X1 there was an upgrade that allowed Megaman to do a Hadouken and in X2 was was able to do a Shouryuken with a certain upgrade, no Street Fighter reference was made in X3 if I recall.
X4 on the other hand...

At 11/8/09 01:11 PM, ChaosProdigy wrote:

At 11/8/09 09:03 AM, Racoonmario wrote: Try and get the super duper secret weapons.

HADOUKEN!!!

That's X1.
X2 is a bit more like--
SHOURYUKEN!!!

Well, considering the way the Japanese language works, it's an understandable misunderstanding.

Tales of Updates

Today, Rikiya-san has edited his blogpost that had caused all the rumors, adding this line to the end of the earlier paragraph:

Translated: "When I mentioned being on sale for the Wii, I meant Tales of Graces, and not Tales of Vesperia! I truly apologize to everyone for the misunderstanding!!!!"

So there we have it, false alarm....

At 11/9/09 01:51 AM, dmansland wrote: I didn't find Sonic CD to be as enjoyable as Sonic 3 & Knuckles. The only things that were better there were the Super Peel-Out, and the Metal Sonic race.

Maybe cause I played both of them when I was 15 instead of playing them when I was 7.

Well, I played S3&K back in my single digits, it's still my favorite video game of all time.
CD is golden, because of it's depth, music and really good graphics for the time, but I still favor S3&K.

The last Mario game to interest me was 64.
I don't think Galaxy tops all other Sonic game, though it is a good game.

At 11/8/09 12:12 PM, Mendou wrote: I'd be more excited for these games if I knew they were actually coming to the west for localization. So far none of the DS/wii tales titles have been mentioned about being released here in the states. Still got my fingers crossed for a PS3 Vesperia though, lord knows the PS3 needs a good JRPG already.

Actually that only applies to the DS Tales games, there has only been 1 Wii Tales game thus far and that's Dawn of the New World, which did come stateside, and is planned for a Europe release very soon.
The only real hint to Graces' localization is the fact that an English version of the theme song is planned for release, and there really isn't any reason to make an English version unless it's to target an English-speaking demographic--i.e. America.

And check higher up this page--or last page, I think--for some good Vesperia localization news, Troy Baker is on the move.

As for RPG games: I've been playing mostly Dragonquest VIII and started back up on Xenogears. DQ8 is good, but I just don't have the time and patience for it at the moment. Doesn't help that there's essentially no real character development(aside from very small portions of the game) and the plot isn't anything terribly special. The alchemy pot feels like such a chore at times as well.

Xenogears has been alright so far.

The only new RPG I've been into is "Tales of Eternia" (or known as "Tales of Destiny 2" in America, super fun.
I was thinking of doing a log, but my Tales of Destiny log failed (and not even epically), so I'm not gonna waste my time on it.

*whistles*

At 11/6/09 12:13 AM, ikool wrote:

At 11/5/09 11:52 PM, knuxrouge wrote: The Japanese release date has been confirmed to be December 10th.

No US date yet, not even any localization announcements, but since they're releasing an English version of the theme song, I'm guessing it's in the plans.

It will be... Other than Tales of the World and Tales of Hearts, all other Tales games have been released in English. Speaking of which, why hasn't Tales of Hearts been released in English yet?

You are also forgetting:
Tales of the Tempest (DS)
Tales of Innocence (DS)
Tales of Destiny 2 (PS2)
Tales of Rebirth (PS2)
And the enhanced PS2 port to Tales of Symphonia

But that's besides the point, high hopes and fingers crossed, can't wait for Graces.
On that note...

Tales of Updates

Rumors about Tales of Vesperia making its way to the Nintendo Wii have been floating around for a little while now. The source of this is the personal blog of Rikiya Koyama, Duke Pantarei's voice actor. In his recent blog post, this particular paragraph started the rumor:

Translated: "Tales of Vesperia is for the Xbox (360), and then for the PS3, and now, it's coming to the Wii. Right, even a theater anime has been shown to the public (b-but I don't appear in it?), and the drama CDs have also been successively released!! I did a lot of recordings for the Volume 6 drama CD!! This time, I get a lot of turns in it!! Once it's on sale, I'll notify you guys again!!"

Many people, myself included, believe that he was just referring to Tales of Graces, seeing as it's the most recent Tales game coming out for the Wii. But throughout the whole paragraph, he was discussing Tales of Vesperia (and its drama CD). You would at least believe that he was referring to Vesperia when he mentioned the Wii. For now, we'll classify this as a rumor... or a misunderstanding.

The Japanese release date has been confirmed to be December 10th.

No US date yet, not even any localization announcements, but since they're releasing an English version of the theme song, I'm guessing it's in the plans.

At 11/5/09 10:51 PM, dmansland wrote: Thank you for keeping it SFW.

...I told a black friend of mine that his name was the name of Tails (Miles). He laughed at me and told me "N-word, don't be such a faggot". I laughed weakly

You should hang around chicks more often, chicks love Sonic.

Whatever game FPS Doug was playing.
And Contra.

At 11/5/09 08:07 AM, Kimoto wrote: Anime is de best!!! I love alot of animes....
(please don't criticize me...)
-Code geass
-Hellsing
-Umineko no naku koro ni
-Death note

4's a big number I heard.

I think the only franchises that had good water stages were the ones where you didn't actually have to go into the water.
And Megaman.

At 11/5/09 03:08 PM, Crink wrote: And the darkages is knux's terminology for when noone in the Smash bros thread talks about smash.

WRONG CRINKY.
The Dark Ages is my terminology for the time period where CIA Truth vanished and the crew slowly stagnated.
And in ikool's defense, Alb is pretty easy to forget.

Tales of Updates

Bandai Namco Games Japan has opened up a new teaser site for their new "Next RPG Project K". There is currently no news on as to what it is, for what console it is or even if it is a Tales game or not. There have been, however, hints about the game presumably being an upcoming Tales game for the Nintendo DS.

When they had updated the Namdai news list about this update, it was originally filed under "Nintendo DS" with the DS icon. Either they accidentally posted it early, or they just made a mistake in posting. This has now been fixed though with a new icon, indicating that it is a home game.

Also, despite Namdai's many subsites for their games, only the Tales Channel has a link leading to Project K's teaser site. Because of this, many are now speculating that this could be a new Tales game. There are also some who believe that it's a Sergeant Keroro game. The teaser site will be updated seven days from now according to its countdown. We will all know by then if this really is a Tales game or not.

In Graces' News

Amazon Japan has been updated today with images of the Tales of Graces Special Bag Wii bundle and the cover of the special DVD pre-order bonus.

The Wii bundle packaging will feature a lovely Tales of Graces group artwork by Mutsumi Inomata. The bundle includes the game, the Wii console (white) and a Classic Controller Pro.

The special DVD pre-order bonus, now officially titled "Dramatic DVD ~You Want to Be an Adult?~" (%uFF5E%u5927%u4EBA%u306B%u306A%u308A%u3 05F%u3044%uFF1F%u7BC7%uFF5E, ~otona ni naritai? hen~) features the status arts of Asbel, Sophie, Cheria and Hubert for the packaging and a floral pattern for the DVD itself. No news yet on the DVD's contents. According to Amazon JP, pre-ordering the Wii bundle will also get you the Dramatic DVD (and the Vesperia costume code, and possibly the ToG-themed postcard too).

4Gamer has also updated with a new article regarding the game's Groovy Chat and Critical Gauge systems. The Critical Gauge is the blue-colored gauge found below the HP gauge of the controlled character in battle. Successfully attacking your enemies and successfully evading their attacks will fill up the gauge. Getting hit by enemies will decrease it. Once the said gauge is full, the upper limit (max number) of your CC points will increase by 1 and you will be able to deal critical hits. Once the gauge is empty, however, your CC upper limit will decrease by 1 point and enemies will be able to deal critical hits at you.

There seems to be one last part of the marathon.
I'm guessing since it said "To be Concluded".

I seem to be like the only one enjoying the marathon, if I'm wrong and others are enjoying it too then.....

*rubs against muff*

At 11/4/09 10:17 PM, Jercurpac wrote:

At 11/4/09 10:13 PM, knuxrouge wrote: I heard the sequel was gonna be a movie.
But since I don't recall where I heard that, 'grain of salt' that statement.

Could you be referring to Dead Space: Downfall? It was an animated prequel that was released shortly after the game.

Maybe.
In sight of playing Dead Space, I can say that it's scare factor is really cheap, all it is is some random creature charging at you with that trademark 'SCARY SCREECH" tune just about every time. The only thing driving me to continue playing is the story.
Yeah, I find the controls to be stiff too.

At 11/5/09 12:09 AM, X-Gary-Gigax-X wrote: Aren't all demos free, though?

Not prostitutes.

But seriously, it was fun, but nothing really "OMG THIS SHIT ROCKS".

At 11/5/09 12:26 AM, EpicFail wrote: I'd love to join... I've been playing RPG's my entire life, and even RPG's on paper, that's right, I play D&D.
I'll be coming here often I'm sure.

They all say this and never come back, literally.

Seeing this thread now makes me happy that I was one of the first to leave during the dark ages.

ikool, you're behind on your Tales updates...

I just finished downloading Tales of The Abyss the Animation, took me two days, but finally, 26 episodes of subbed Tales goodness at my disposal.

I heard the sequel was gonna be a movie.
But since I don't recall where I heard that, 'grain of salt' that statement.

At 11/4/09 08:43 PM, Maverick-Alex wrote:

At 11/4/09 05:41 PM, CompleteDouche wrote: Megaman isn't a widely known title compared to Halo.

Are YOU kidding me?

Leave it alone, let him believe that.

At 11/4/09 04:16 PM, Jackho wrote:

At 11/4/09 02:33 PM, sandmanstaysawake wrote: Then Halo 2, I figured that would be the last one.

Yeah because it's a good idea for a franchise to end on a cliffhanger.

Megaman X did and no one complained.

Tales of Eternia (Destiny 2 in America).