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.

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.

OMG it's here!

I'm ecstatic at the moment because of this.

The 1/8 PVC figure of my dear Chroche-sama has been delivered to my dorm and it's even better than I expected it to be. Then again, that's what I've come to expect from something involving her. <3 class="fullpost">All in all it was worth more than the $71 (+$10 for shipping) that I paid for it.

Takaboku Busujima (the sculptor) chose a good pose for her too. I've always liked Chroche-sama's most common piece of official art.

I may order a second one to keep in its box permanently while I take this one out for display once I finally buy a glass case for my figures. I may even do a photoshoot featuring both my Chroche and Luca figure. It'll be the most boring photoshoot ever since I can't change their poses or expressions (on that note, Ar Tonelico Figmas would be really cool ^^), but I think that it would be pretty cool to show the two together.

Tsun~tsun Drive

http://chroche.110mb.com/index.htm

Yes, this is just a picture of Chroche-sama being very upset towards a pair of Guegos. XD It's that way...for now.

Best. Week. EVER!

Guess who I got an e-mail from now? NISA! Somehow, someway I've done it. Again. I'm actually a...*gasp*...WINNER in their body pillow contest! Oh yes. Oh hell yes. And my work is going to *possibly* be featured in one of NISA's future newsletters. I don't think I've ever been involved in something quite like this. XD First the contest describing what I would do with the pillow, now this. And I'll be going to Ohayocon this weekend if I can somehow find a ride sometime today. More awesomeness! Sadly I won't be bringing my Kaito cosplay along with me to the event as it has yet to be finished due to lack of materials and access to them, but I may bring along my Zelos Wilder for yet another ride. Whee ~

I never imagined this in my wildest dreams. What has started as possibly one of the worst times in my entire life has turned into one of the best weeks in my entire life.

Ar Tonelico 2! <3

I apologize for the outburst of emodom that I posted last night. I feel much better and it's time for me to move onto something awesome. Something that involves girls that sing to save the world. Something that involves entering their "cosmospheres" to make them stronger than they already are. I'm talking about Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica! ^^;

The Sacred Army Set indeed! I've waiting months for this moment! ^^;
I bought the Sacred Army Set off of RosenQueen back when it was first available in September of last year. The initial box came with the game (duh), a 22 page full color mini artbook, and a 24 track soundtrack. The preorder bonus was an additional 31 track soundtrack with 12 more pages of artwork inside its case. Unfortunately, if you combine the two soundtrack CDs you still don't get the Ar Tonelico II OST in its entirety. Also, the only song magic track on either of the CDs is "EXEC_WITH.METHOD_METAFALICA", which I find disappointing since the song magics are usually my favorite songs in Ar Tonelico. "EXEC_WITH.PHANTASMAGORIA" anyone? XD Anyway, I'm debating on whether or not I should break the wrap covering the bonus soundtrack. I still have it on my copy of the soundtrack that came with Ar Tonelico, but I'm curious to see what the contents of the "extra" pages of the artbook are.

I was quite surprised when I opened the artbook to find this. More Chroche-sama! <3<3<3<3

I thought that I've seen all of the official AT2 artwork that there was to see. Apparently I was wrong. Chroche-sama still looks beautiful as ever in those facial expressions. <3>

AT2 on my shelf, right next to AT1 and the other localized Gust games that I own. ^^;

The game when it was still sealed...

If you win this, then please think of the Jakuri. Protect her and don't abuse her. Please...

There's a Jakuri (Jacqli) body pillow contest going on right now at several gaming sites if you didn't know already. I really want one as I feel as though I need something to hug and be with whenever I'm feeling lonely.

Well, it's time for me to go play this game already. Sadly, I heard that some of the voices in the game are missing. Stupid NISA! *nails the translators with Majinken* Regardless, my dear Chroche-sama is waiting for me, and I cannot fail her as her breaking my heart would be far too damaging to my own mind and soul. Chroche, I love you...

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!

A Playstation Tales of Phantasia English patch?

http://zettaizero.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/impending-release

A friend of mine told me about this. How I didn't know about it before, I have no idea. I'm suddenly interested in buying Tales of Phantasia PSX again.

All I've been really doing today is uploading pictures to the Ar Tonelico Facebook group. I hope that NIS America decides to bring Ar Tonelico 2 to North America. They should since they still have a nice relationship with Gust. Then again, they didn't release Atelier Lise here. Arrrgh! Also, why is Chroche so cute? *blushes*

AJ stopped by today! He gave me a gift - "Bona Drag" by Morrissey. He's quietly visiting people close to him in the area.

I need to get to work on Jade. Ohayocon is two weeks away, and all I've really done is buy the necessary materials. In fact, I still need a pair of blue boots. If push comes to shove, then I might as well buy the costume flat out.