Well, this is depressing.

June 30, 2010 at 8:37 AM (General Bitching, JellySoup's Musings)

It seems that I am the last remaining person on the blog. I’m not sure what to think about that. Interestingly enough, the whole blog thing started from a comment I made in a chat with Destrono, Insane and Koolguy…I guess it was a year ago. At the time, I had been putting thought into making it happen, but I wasn’t sure if I actually had the time to back the idea up (let alone the technology). Shortly after this, Ring Relapse was created. I was there, but I had just started at a new school + job. Mixed with my PC being a piece of junk, there wasn’t interest in me to participate.

I’m not sure of the details behind the final demise of Ring Relapse (I’m given to understand it was Backloggery drama, a drama to pure that it, at times, can rival the drama of even the mighty GameFAQs), but a few of the founders started this one up. Around February of this year, shiny new laptop in tow, I felt like I could at least try and throw up an article or two here or there in my spare time (which turned out to be less often than I had initially hoped).

Ah, well, thems the breaks I guess.

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A Small Announcement

May 11, 2010 at 9:34 PM (LordoftheReDead's Posts)

As much as I’d like to keep doing it, I just can’t anymore. I have no ideas, no motivation, no clue as to what to do, so here it is. And sorry that it’s on such short notice, but I’ve been mulling it around in my head for a while, and I’ve made my decision.

I’m leaving the blog.

It’s been fun, but since I have no idea what to write, I’m pretty sure that the quality and quantity of posts will decrease sharply. As such, I think it’s best that I quit while I’m ahead and spare everyone that at least.

Does anyone care? Probably not, but I figured I’d let everyone know so two months from now you’re not wondering what happened.

I’ll pass over the admin to des, which I finally figured out how to do, what you do with it is up to you. If you want to transfer it to someone else, all you have to do is go to the “My Dashboards” submenu in the top menu, click “Manage Blogs”. Then highlight the blog and look for “Transfer Blog”, under the address.

I guess that’s it, really.

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Strange & Obscure #1

April 26, 2010 at 10:30 PM (JellySoup's Musings, Strange & Obscure Games)

Better two and a half months late than never, right? I’ve been having some school and family related troubles, so I appologies for taking so long with my first post everyone.
What I wanted to do, I can’t do because I can’t find relevant images on-line, so I’m going to have to scan the damn thing myself. In the mean time, I’ll do this!

((As an aside, due to a lack of decent images, this post is going to be a little light on images. Also, I’m still getting used to how WordPress deals with images.))

This review series if for strange and/or obscure games that I have played that you should play too. Not all of them are amazing, exciting or in anyway attractive, but there is still something about them that gives them a special charm. Let’s get started:

Legend of the River King
Actually the thrid game in an established series (this games official title in Japan is Kawa no Nushi Tsuri 3), it’s the USA’s first real chance to mess with this strange little RPG adventure. For the interested, Kawa no Nushi Tsuri (all freshwater fishing RPGs) is actually the main series aside from it’s sister series, Umi no Nushi Tsuri (saltwater fishing RPGs). I’m actually unsure as to how popular the game is in Japan, but there are a number of them before and after the version I’m reviewing here, so I’d assume it’s either of moderate popularity or has achieved cult status.

Story wise, this is your standard ‘I need this thing so same some person because I said so’ kind of thing. Your character’s sister is dieing of some illness and only the meat of a special fish, called the River King, can cure her. And it just so happens that your character is a fisherman. In a small river side fishing village no less! How lucky can a guy get!

So, you set off on an adventure to locate and capture the legendary River King. Along the way, you’ll be expected to…catch fish. Now, as you might expect, this is simple in principle. Very much like Animal Crossing, the player just needs to find a spot where there are fish visible in the water, drop line and wait for a bite. Very much unlike Animal Crossing, once a fish is hooked, the perspective shifts to an underwater tug-o-war battle between our adventerus angler and the damn fish.

This part is actually very fun and looks great. Topped off with being simple as pie to do (pressing A when the fish stops, letting go when it starts to run), one could get very addept at this rather quickly. Now, to add an element of challenge, there are various rods, hooks, lures and baits for the player to choose from. As one might expect, these have to be bought, using money that’s gained from selling guess what.

But it’s not all fun and games. Along the way, out hero will be assulted by an assortment of preditors, which he’ll have to fight off or else chance loosing his catch of the day. But don’t get too excited, these battles are more a pain than anything else. Mostly, you walk around and get attacked by a bear, some bees or some other stupid thing. Then ya punch’em. Alot.

As the adventure continues, the player will find other characters that will be willing to exchange fish and other items for help or are in need of some fish related intervention. For you collectors out there, the game supplies a Fishing Note that lists all the fish that have been caught and will show how many more are needed to complete the list, also listing largest fish of a particular kind that has been caught.

Additionally, the game includes a Tamagotchi-like mode in which the player is granted a pet fish to raise. While this is all well and good….it’s a twitchy little shit. Fish grow at erratic rates, ‘evolving’ or some such into other kinds of fish depending on how well they are raised (that is to say, a guppy could suddenly grow up to be an eel given the right conditions). It’s….confusing, but adorable at the same time.

As an aside, this game has one of the prettiest Super Gameboy boarders of any game in the Gameboy line. Not that that’s a buying point, but if you’ve got a Super Gameboy, give it a shot. I always felt like the game lagged a bit playing it that way, but that might have just been me.

All and all, this is a good game, if not a strange one. If you’re an RPG fanatic, a fishing fan, a Gameboy lover or just have a taste for the odd, this is definatly worth a look or two. Being that it wasn’t a terribly popular game, given it’s distribution, the thrifty gamer should be able to pick it up for a few bucks.

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Controller Chronicles X: Progressive

April 18, 2010 at 10:20 PM (Destrono's Controller Chronicles)

Wow, no posts from anyone else since the 4th? Shocking. Anyway, I’ve got some fresh gaming updates to talk about. Read the rest of this entry »

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Controller Chronicles IX: Early April Update

April 4, 2010 at 8:13 PM (Destrono's Controller Chronicles)

The month of April is finally here. NBA & NHL Playoffs coming up, MLB season starting, NCAA National Championship games, the PGA tour, and another edition of the Chronicles! This one will be on the short side.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was officially completed 3-19-10. I did all 64 missions, and occasionally still play it online. I still want to get all the remaining challenges done (including Triple-A ranking all missions), but they’ll be done at a later date.

2 days later I beat Donkey Kong Country (on Virtual Console) for the first time. Pretty good game.

On the 25th of March I beat Jet Set Radio Future. I never played the original JGR on Dreamcast, but I liked what I played with the sequel.

Shortly after that, I beat Metal Slug 7 on the DS. Nothing too amazing with the 7th entry in the series but still a good game worthy of playing. Did 2 Beginner playthroughs as Fio and Eri. Next time I replay will be on the Normal difficulty setting as Tarma and Marco.

Finally, last week, I completed Sonic Advance & Sonic Rush Adventure. Both games took a few days & nights to complete, but well worth it in the end.

What’s next for me to play: Metal Slug (replaying) Donkey Kong Country 2 (beating for the first time), GTA: Lost and Damned (to complete), GTA: Liberty City Stories (to complete)

I also plan to watch Public Enemies & Ninja Assassin on DVD this week.

Another edition of System Failures is coming next month. Hint: Unholy Triforce.

That is all.

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Rose Tinted Glasses

March 30, 2010 at 8:28 PM (LordoftheReDead's Posts, LordoftheReDead's Zombie Rants)

I think it’s about time for me to do something so cruel, so unimaginably sadistic, that everyone in the whole universe will hate me.

Yes.

Today I’m going to talk about nostalgia.

Every gamer experiences it. The first game you ever played (if you remember that far back) probably evokes up some good feelings for you, even if it’s a terrible game. Nothing is safe, from the highest rated games in the universe to your average run-of-the-mill game that started a revolution. Nothing.

Now, I’m going to take a look at some games held in high regard.

And totally kill them.

Disclaimer: If you are easily butthurt by someone bashing your favourite game, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER.

You will be sorry.

Turn back now.

Last warning.

Really.

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VGM Spotlight: “Aisle 10″ & “Funky Dealer” – Jet Set Radio Future

March 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM (Destrono's VGM Spotlight)

Two last VGM Spotlights for JSRF. I did say I’d keep highlighting tracks until the game was beaten, and tonight it was. :) But I’m not done as far as 100% completion goes. So in the distant future, when I finally decide to complete the game,  I’ll highlight more of the game’s awesome soundtrack.

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VGM Spotlight: Grace and Glory – Jet Grind (Set) Radio & Jet Set Radio Future

March 23, 2010 at 1:58 PM (Destrono's VGM Spotlight)

Another VGM Spotlight? Sure, why not? After 6 months of it collecting dust, I’m once again playing JSRF. Why I ever put the game down in the first place is a mystery. Anyway, I love the music in the game, so for every other day until I beat it, I’ll highlight a couple tracks. Today’s tracks are two versions of the same song, “Grace and Glory”, from JGR & JSRF. Starts off creepy but remains awesome throughout.

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VGM Spotlight: “So Much More” – Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

March 21, 2010 at 6:05 PM (Destrono's VGM Spotlight)

ReDead & Des, the dynamic posing duo! :D

“So Much More”, main theme of the very awesome game Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, performed by Bentley Jones. Enjoy.

Next edition of System Failures coming by the end of the week.

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DS Remakes

March 19, 2010 at 6:57 PM (LordoftheReDead's Posts, ReDead's Opinion)

So, this whole HeartGold/SoulSilver things has got me thinking.

Probably around 75% of all DS RPGs are remakes of an older game. Square-Enix are especially bad in this regard, I mean how many originals have they released on the DS?

Now, I have nothing wrong with remakes, especially when the original game was never released over here in North America, like Dragon Quest 5. But with games like Final Fantasy 4 which have been remade multiple times already, do we really need another remake?

Let’s take a look at a few game which I thought were remade especially well, and a few that weren’t, shall we?

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