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Pokémon is some messed up stuff...

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Mon, 2010-05-03 07:26

You may notice that one of the games I've got listed as playing over on the sidebar is Pokémon SoulSilver. I played the original Pokémon Blue way back when it was a crappy GameBoy game.

But, man, is the world of Pokémon a messed up place. You play as a... uh... 1.5 meter tall, 40 kg boy. Or a girl, but I don't know what they give as her height/weight. Which means he's presumably around 12.

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Review: Chrono Trigger DS

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Sat, 2009-02-14 23:20
System: Nintendo DS
Score: 5/5 5 (Excellent)

Unlike some of the more recent remakes coming from Square Enix, Chrono Trigger DS has, at its core, the original Chrono Trigger. This is a very good thing, as the original Chrono Trigger was very good. There are a few new features, but they're all just extras, so if you want an almost entirely original experience, you can get it.

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Review: LEGO Batman

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Mon, 2008-09-29 22:36
System: PlayStation 3 (version reviewed) plus Nintendo DS, PS2, PSP, Wii, and Xbox 360
Score: 4/5 4 (Good)
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Obama Pin's Psych

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Sun, 2008-09-07 03:03

This is really just a retread of an earlier entry, but here we go, the Obama pin:

Faked screen shot of the Obama pin in The World Ends With You.

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I wonder what the Psych is for an Obama pin?

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2008-08-29 03:21

After looking at the Obama site and seeing them selling Obama pins (at $2, plus S&H), I couldn't help but think:

I wonder what the Psych for that pin would be?

(Explanation for those of you who have never played The World Ends With You: the player's magic powers in that game come in the form of "pins" - also called, in this case, "buttons." These powers are called Psychs.)

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Final Fantasy IV Impressions

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Tue, 2008-07-29 02:17

I need something to bump that Square Enix blog entry off the top, so it might as well be something related: my initial impressions of the new Final Fantasy IV game for the DS.

Well, it's in 3D. I'm not sure I really like this. As The World Ends With You proved, the DS can do pretty well with a sort of mixed 3D/2D environment. I think I almost would have preferred something like that.

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Review: The World Ends With You

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Fri, 2008-07-25 03:02
System: Nintendo DS
Score: 4/5 4 (Good)

With a title like The World Ends With You, what's not to like? The game just oozes style, from the opening music to the artistic style.

Of course, being flashy and stylish does not make a bad game good. But it can make what otherwise might be a fairly bland RPG and provide the needed spice to make it seem just that much more interesting.

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Review: Apollo Justice Ace Attorney

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Wed, 2008-03-12 19:55
System: Nintendo DS
Score: 3/5 3 (OK)

Yet again, this is another game that I played and enjoyed but I'm giving a 3 to anyway.

Unlike Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations where there was literally no new game play elements, this game contains some new things. Unfortunately, it's either underutilized (a couple one-off forensic minigames, some of which are different from the ones in Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney) or downright obnoxious.

The forensic minigames are, sadly, mostly pointless. They're a fun little distraction for the most part, and are basically impossible to fail, but they really offer nothing over simply being handed the evidence.

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Review: Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Mon, 2007-11-12 20:02

System: Nintendo DS
Score: 4/5 4 (Good)

There's really only one thing to say about Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations: it's just like the previous two games.

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Thoughts on Phoenix Wright 3

Submitted by Xenoveritas on Wed, 2007-10-31 19:08

I haven't actually completed the game yet, so this isn't a review. Instead it's just some rambling about the game.

The first comment has to be that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations is just like any other Phoenix Wright game that's been released on the DS. Astounding, I know.

But that's just it, it is simply more of the same. It's five new cases, using the same gameplay as the previous game without the special DS-specific case that the first Phoenix Wright game offered.

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