Gallian Liberation Front - Fight for the Localization of Valkyria Chronicles III!

Gallian Liberation Front is a group fighting for the localization of Valkyria Chronicles III in English. Join the cause and spread the word to help bring the third game in this awesome series over here!

Petition

https://www.facebook.com/GLFront

http://gallianliberationfront.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/glfront

New Tales of game to be announced

http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/cs/list/taleschannel/newtalesof/

Yay. I really don't like how they're announcing a new game or port so soon after Xillia was released. Too soon.

Update: It turned out to be a Vita version of Tales of Innocence. A re-imagining of it. But there's more than just one Tales game. Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave is a Dynasty Warriors type action game. Surprising.

Obligatory "I'm Still Alive" Post

Despite saying that I would update more often as of last August that never happened. I've been occupied with top priorities such as school. Not that there's too much to talk about.

1) Regarding my recent gaming life: I beat Pokemon Black over Spring Break. I got a bit depressed and disappointed over the ending. I've been playing through some side quests but most of my post-game time has been used capturing various Pokemon to begin my work on the National Pokedex and grinding for the Elite Four rematch. Overall, Black/White are typical Pokemon games. They've improved over time as new features are added. Also, I should have gone with White instead considering how a number of my favorite Pokemon (Ralts, Misdreavus) are only available on that version. Oh well. I could just trade for them from someone who has White. Next time I'll care more and do my research.

I've been playing a bit of Hyperdimension Neptunia as well. The battle system is something that I find enjoyable and something that keeps me in the game. However, healing in Neptunia is not very good at the start. Item Skills take the place of Potions and can only be activated in battle by certain conditions and the chance of the skill even being used is effected by the number of points that you put into it. Overall, it's a pretty bad design and it would have been better to go with the traditional way of healing by potions and combat skills.

Dungeons can get tedious after a while due to their similarity in design. The way to travel through the four different regions is a pretty interesting concept even if it's by dungeon. There's no way to sell items back to the shop, a notable RPG staple omission. Overall, Neptunia is a pretty decent and easy game. I love Nep-Nep and especially busty Green Heart. Oh Green Heart, if only I could have you in my party right now. Compa and IF aren't good enough for me. ;A;

I preordered the limited edition of Record of Agarest War: Zero for the PS3. I figured I might as well since I've been meaning to play at least one game in that series. The playing cards, soundtrack, and especially the small artbook that come with it were enough to draw my interest.

I have just as much interest in Meruru no Atelier. The $139.90 price tag on the premium box scares me. It's more than what Rorona's and Totori's boxes went for. I guess it can be justified by the Nendoroid Plus that comes with it in addition to the crystal weight this time.

2) I placed a Play-Asia affiliate banner at the foot of the page. It's in one of the worst spots it can possibly be but it's there. Why? I like money and I wanted to see what would happen if I placed one here. Hopefully I'll get something out of it even if it's a small amount. If not, oh well.

3) Finally, changes could come over the next two months regarding the design and layout of the blog. How this blog is laid out is far from the best it can be and it's two years old now. As amazing as megane Chroche really is it has gotten stale and the blog needs a face lift. I'll be working on it once I stop being lazy and get onto it.

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