Hyperdimension Neptunia Confirmed For North American and European Releases

Nice hard discs you have there Neptune! :3 *is shot*

Old news is old, I know. But I'm very excited about this.

Press Release

Tenma gets a Suppotail

She's cute, neh? Left hand side above my short bio.

As you've probably noticed I haven't updated this blog very often at all this year. For those of you who don't know my goal is to become a freelance artist. I've been spending a lot of this year focusing on getting better at drawing the human anatomy and doing a lot of drawing. I've also been developing a special relationship with someone here in this "real world" place. I want to spend as much time talking with her as I can. I've put plenty of things on the back-burner as a result, one of them being this blog. That's what happens when things capture your heart and you want them badly enough.

I've gained a bit of interest in this place back lately so hopefully I'll pick myself up and update more often now. I'll share more random stuff that I find interesting so stay tuned. ;D

Ar tonelico 3 +1

Epicness has arrived. The artbook came along with it too.

Ar tonelico II = IGN's PS2 GOTY

Nice...err...assets! ^^ *is kicked by Chroche-sempai*

It's IGN, yes. The PS2 is in its twilight, yes. But this is a nice surprise nonetheless.

http://bestof.ign.com/2009/ps3/best-playstation-2-game.html

Credit goes to Rar for posting the link to this on his Twitter.

Ar tonelico III - It lives!

!!!!!!!!!!

Oh. Hell. Yes. YES! It took nearly two years of waiting for me but ATIII's existence has finally been confirmed to be real! I seriously cannot wait for this game that I need to import asap. Heck, I may even go as far to get it off of Gust's official shop so that I can get the bonuses off there if I can find them anywhere else. =D Anyway, here's some info.

The game will take place in a region known as Sol Cluster. There, the higher classes are ran by reyvateils and humans work for them as slaves. The central location for reyvateils in Sol Cluster is Clusternia, where humans are brought into to help further enhance reyateils and humans who hate Clusternia are brought into it so that they can be "cleansed." The game features a white haired protagonist named Aoto, a ß reyvateil named Fennel, and a reyvateil named Saki. I think I'm already in love with Saki. <3

Aoto is the main protagonist. Headstrong and hasty, he is the apprentice of a construction worker. He is good at accomplishing tasks. He had a dislike for Clusternia which strengthened once he met Saki. He can also jump, which is something that Chroah couldn't do. >_>
Seiyuu: Sugiyama Noriaki

Saki (<3) is a reyvateil who was born in a research lab created to help bring change to the world. She ended up escaping before the completion of the project and her whereabouts had been unknown for years until she met Aoto.
Seiyuu: Gotou Mai

Fennel is a loli ß-type reyvateil who works for Yokkora, a restaurant built on the Eternal Road. She seems to have a connection with Clusteria's existence. She is also very clumsy.
Seiyuu: Kitamura Eri

Diving is the same as the first two games in the series only this time you will meet different personalities of the reyvateils within their cosmospheres. Their apparence and personalities will be different from the real world. Song magic differs from personality to personality.

The song magic system in this game is known as RAH. Through synthesis players are able to create their own song magic, which is a pretty cool feature within itself. Not only that but players are able to change the background music of fights depending on whatever actions they decide to take.

Bamco of Japan has scheduled January 28, 2010 as the game's release date. The trip to Sol Cluster will be fun, exciting, and epic and that's for sure. ^^

Credit goes to Lazy (ARM), Siliconera, and PS3 News for the compiled info. Scans from Siliconera.

Atelier Rorona coming to North America in 2010

My-my-my Rorona!

The summer of 2010 to be exact. NISA officially announced the game's localization in their most recent newsletter. Seeing that NISA is doing it I'm a bit worried about it due to past mistakes by them, but knowing that the traditional Atelier games in the series are finally getting attention (along with Rororina-chan. <3) makes me a happy Tenma. ^^ I'll be playing through Rorona a while before its released here in America so playing through the English version should be an interesting experience since I'll already know what's going on. Regardless, I can't wait for Rororina-chan and friends to make it stateside.

Horray for Rorona! ^^

Official press release

Jakuri mug

What are you looking at boy?

Horray for another edition to my ever growing Ar tonelico collection. ^^ I won the official mug that Gust sold on their online shop off of Yahoo! Japan Auctions a month ago and now I own this wonderful piece of merchandise. They chose to have the right expression for Jakuri (sarcastic FTW) and color for it for this. I love it. I won't be taking this out of the box often until I finally get a glass case to store this and my figures in.

In other news, my birthday is tomorrow. Yay? I already recieved my gift from my parents: Fate/Unlimited Codes for the PS2. No special edition however as I have no real interest in the Saber Lily figma that came with it. Although the game was bought new the disc came out of its place in the case while it was being shipped and thus it got plenty of scratches on it. Fun. -_- Hopefully it still works.

A happy belated birthday

Vayne Aurelius's birthday was two days ago. I ended up becoming so busy that I forgot all about it. ;_; I'm sorry Vayne and happy late birthday you wonderful alchemist!

*gives Vayne a muscat sorbet*

See this?

I want this. Badly.

━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━

Why? Because I do and it has Lisette in it. Oh Lisette...

Science has never been so cute. <3

This is also pretty awesome. It's a science study guide based off of Atelier Rorona. If there was an English version of it then I would definitely try to convince my university to endorse and use these for a class. >=D

A Marie version has also been confirmed.

I'm not too sure that I would want to learn from a student like her though... :O

Atelier DS 3 - Atelier Lina!

Nyaa~!

Gust has announced a third installment in the DS Atelier side series. Lina's pretty cute but she's not as cute as Lisette or Rorona.



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Wha? I'm sorry! ;_; Anyway, it's being released in Japan on the 22nd of December for 5040 yen. If there's a premium box like there has been with the majority of the games in the series then I'll buy that.

Also, I like the song on the main page. I have high hopes for the soundtrack as usual.

Mana Khemia 2! <3

^^

I got my copy of Mana Khemia 2 in the mail today! <3 Yes, this is the Alchemic Art Collection version of the game that was, and still is being sold at RQ. I was quite surprised by it's packaging. I expected the game to come in me in the same form as Mana Khemia's did and for everything else to be seperate. I'm glad that it wasn't the case and that I can keep everything in one spot.

The artbook looks pretty sweet and it has the art used for the box art minus the logos in it which really made me happy. The poster is just screaming for me to post it upon one of my walls but I've decided to spare it and do the job if I end up getting another one since I don't want to risk doing damage to it. The soundtrack is...well, it's a soundtrack. Unfortunately it only has 32 songs out of the 77 in the original OST. Well, I didn't expect it to be a full soundtrack.

I'm going to start playing this tonight. I'm interested in seeing what it's like compared to MK1.

The case containing the game and the OST case.The back of the AAC case.

Mana Khemia 2 Portable+

Ta~ru!

So Mana Khemia 2 is being ported to the PSP just like its predecessor eh? I've never played the PSP version of MK, but I look forward to MK2's port.

Looking at the site, I'm glad to see that Gust has opted to stick with UMDs as opposed to just making it downloadable on the PSN like developers are starting to do with future PSP games. I'm someone who prefers to go to a store and buy a physical copy of a game as opposed to having to download it onto my system.

Mana Khemia 2 Portable+ releases in Japan on October 1st for 5040 yen. Yay?

Another reason why I wish that I lived in Japan. ;_;

The US never gets cool stuff like this. Ever. I want the towels. Badly.

Oh well. ;o;

Clicky clicky!

The official Atelier Rorona countdown site is up. There's going to be a new video every day on this site until Rorona's release about the game's mechanics, featuring Rorona's director. Voice clips are also on the site in mp3 and wav format, and a new pic will be uploaded every day in Gust's oekaki section up until the game's release.

9 more days! *Is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the premium box that he preordered*

Atelier Rorona: Official Website is Go!

Waaaaa~haaaaaaaa~!

March 27th in Japan has arrived, and as promised by Gust the official website for Atelier Rorona is no longer just a placeholder graphic. More info on the game has been released on the upcoming title in the Atelier series for the Playstation 3. It's times like these where I wish that my Japanese was better. ;_;

I don't care if your name is Rorona or Rororina. I'll still love you like a little sister. *Grabs hand*<3

I'll be following this game uber closely from now on. XD Rororina is adorable and is full of love. She'll never reach Chroche-sama levels in my heart, but she's the cuteness nonetheless. <3

Gyaa~! Prit...ti! ^^;

More screenshots are out too. The visuals are the most beautiful that I've ever seen in a video game bar none. It takes advantage of the PS3's capabilities quite well I must say. ;p Gust's transition to 3D looks great so far, and I hope that the gameplay is just as great.

I don't really have much to say about the music. From the one track that I heard the music sounds the same as it has been in the past games in the series...not that it's a bad thing. From my mind, I assume that the composers are the usual team.

Gust has officially announced June 25th as Rorona's date of destiny for the Japanese. Gamewave's speculated release date was more than just speculation after all. I hope to preorder this game as it's the one game that I'm looking forward to regardless of language. Will the game get a North American and/or European release? I hope so, but only time will tell.

Atelier Rorona! <3

I deleted my previous entry. It was a result of an outburst of emotions and I believe that I went a little too far. XD

I'm late with this, I know. I just wanted to share my thoughts on it.

Personally, I thought that the "blu-ray" beneath the PS3 was humorous. Like we didn't know that blu-ray was the format for the PS3
already. >_>

March 27th: A date where I'll certainly be on the lookout.
So Gust has decided to move onto the PS3 eh? It may not be a popular decision with most fans of the series, but I approve of this. The PS3 may be a hard console to develop for and I wish that Sony went with something other than their own blu-ray, but it's something that I believe deserves more support than it's getting.

Hopefully it's another entry in the traditional Atelier series of games. The Iris trilogy didn't receive that good of a reception in Japan due to its "save the world" plotlines and the traditional RPG elements. I believe that Gust has recognized this and has thrown the idea to the shack. Not to say that they weren't good games, which they were. Of all the games in the series, I've only played Atelier Iris 1, 2, and 3. Sadly. ;_; I've always wanted to try the normal entries in the series. *Has put off importing Atelier Lise and/or Annie for far too long*

It looks as Gust has brought in a new artist to do the artwork this time. I don't recognize the style right away, but the artwork shown looks absolutely stunning. Rorona, if that's her name on the right, looks adorable! ^^; She's up there with Lisette on my Atelier cuteness meter.




I'm so happy that you think that way Tenma!

Aww...no worries. After all, it's the truth! <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XfHtscsjFw7yXWLDebaH2KsEUk3UW6FNyTx6TL_NkWmVhnCb1i6NskrbYtn6s-wEgGi2-R-SIUCQuYu2BMnkeGYy6Od-5HH9RR4oA2UCd4stJxskQPwIK8P_LanQfq9q79pM964xxYBx/s1600-h/roronaface.png">



Hmmm...I think we're going to be knowing each other for a long, long time. <3 href="http://www.crossmedia.com.hk/gn/20090312/10261">already named June 25th as its possible date at a price of 6800 yen. When it does hit the streets in Japan I shall be waiting here patiently for my share of Rorona goodness. I'm planning on preordering if I have the money for it, especially if there's a collector's edition of the game like countless other Atelier titles have had in the past. Yay!

Hopefully the official website will be up by then too. Atelier Annie just came out in Japan, so I hope that they'll start to concentrate on Rorona now.I'll be sure to pick up a PS3 before the end of the summer. I've already got some money saved up for it and I'm getting ready for the console's price to drop at any given time. Which I hope will be this spring.

Yay Rorona! ^^

Ar Tonelico <3

It's Ar Tonelico 2 Danjo! <3 Chroche, you look cuter than ever. <3<3<3

So I've been playing Atelier Iris 3 like crazy recently. I figured that it was time for me to finally beat it. XD I'm in the middle of chapter 8. I am close to creating all of the items within the game. Haha!

Christmas day was quite the goodness. I finally got a guitar. It's just a small acoustic. As of right now I suck, but that's quite expected as I'm just your average beginner. The majority of my other gifts were accessories and spare parts for my guitar. Other than that, I got DDR Supernova, a dance pad, and Tales of Destiny Remake for the PS2. Yay.

My swap disc kit finally arrived yesterday, and I started playing Atelier Iris: Grand Fantasm. So far I've only started on the first mission. The game engine, including the active cost card battle system, resembles Eternal Mana 2. Not that I'm complaining.

I'm currently in Daath in Tales of the Abyss. The party found Fon Master Ion there, and found out that the chaos that has been active within the Sephiroth is not in the Score. Meanwhile, Mohs and Dist wants to restart the war despite the collapse of the Rugnica Plains into the Qliphoth. On their way out, the party runs into them and gets captured along with Noelle. They are taken to a place that looks like the Tartarus. Luke thinks that he going to be executed since he isn't mentioned in the Score. I'll find out soon enough. I also finished Chapter 2 of Disgaea 2. Finally.

I'm going to Arrim's annual Christmas party now. It's an insomniac party (It lasts until the next morning), and we're going to Red Lobster for dinner. Yay. It'll be nice to see AJ and company again.

Oh, and I want puni! I don't care if it's pink or not, I need puni! ;_;