21st June 2010, 8:26 PM
Went to Gamestop, for the first time in months. Got a few things. :)
Wii
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Castle of Shikigami III - $10, "new" -- Good manic shmup, third and most recent in the series. I still haven't gotten the second game (only released on PS2 in the US), but do have the first one ("Mobile Light Force" for PS2; they removed the story completely, btu the gameplay is intact) and it's pretty good. I played this one for maybe an hour, and it's also pretty good, only with the story intact this time, and competent English voice acting; I've seen videos of Castle of Shikigami II for the PS2, the English voice acting in that game (the story was intact in that one as well) is INCREDIBLY, horribly bad. Nonsensical translation, awful voice actors, and more... well, the third game is better. Fun game, too. Hard, as I'm not very good at manic shooters, but pretty good, and definitely worth getting. :)
DS
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Gunpey - $3, card and generic Gamestop case only. When I saw the price, I knew I had to get this... it's a puzzle game, and a quality one from reviews. Played it a bit, and yup, it's good. Not perfect, but pretty good, with plenty of fun puzzle action. :)
PS2 (haven't tried these yet)
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Valkyrie Profile 2 - $13, disc and generic case only - I've heard it's really good.
Pipe Mania - $2, new and in shrinkwrap. It's basically Pipe Dream. I've never really liked Pipe Dream, we had a version of it on our first computer and I've always found the game hard and frustrating... but this was too cheap to refuse. We'll see.
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil - $5, disc and generic case only - The first one was pretty good, and the price was certainly right... :)
Wii
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Castle of Shikigami III - $10, "new" -- Good manic shmup, third and most recent in the series. I still haven't gotten the second game (only released on PS2 in the US), but do have the first one ("Mobile Light Force" for PS2; they removed the story completely, btu the gameplay is intact) and it's pretty good. I played this one for maybe an hour, and it's also pretty good, only with the story intact this time, and competent English voice acting; I've seen videos of Castle of Shikigami II for the PS2, the English voice acting in that game (the story was intact in that one as well) is INCREDIBLY, horribly bad. Nonsensical translation, awful voice actors, and more... well, the third game is better. Fun game, too. Hard, as I'm not very good at manic shooters, but pretty good, and definitely worth getting. :)
DS
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Gunpey - $3, card and generic Gamestop case only. When I saw the price, I knew I had to get this... it's a puzzle game, and a quality one from reviews. Played it a bit, and yup, it's good. Not perfect, but pretty good, with plenty of fun puzzle action. :)
PS2 (haven't tried these yet)
--
Valkyrie Profile 2 - $13, disc and generic case only - I've heard it's really good.
Pipe Mania - $2, new and in shrinkwrap. It's basically Pipe Dream. I've never really liked Pipe Dream, we had a version of it on our first computer and I've always found the game hard and frustrating... but this was too cheap to refuse. We'll see.
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil - $5, disc and generic case only - The first one was pretty good, and the price was certainly right... :)