SQUEE! (quick game blather)

[aruru]

YES! A new Mother (Earthbound) game was announced!

Granted, there's nothing on that page yet save for a release date of sometime in 2006, but the fact that Nintendo hasn't forgotten about this series after all makes me happy. Now, to hope and pray for a North American release...


Also, less than one day for the release of Wild Arms: Alter Code F, meaning less than two days' wait for me. All I can say is: IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME! *has been waiting since the BEGINNING OF THE YEAR for it* @_@

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[aruru.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. Well, I still doubt there's any wireless networks close to where I live. Like I said, cable and DSL are still fairly recent things around these parts, so I have no clue about wireless. :(

Yeah, I can believe it's the hardest Castlevania since Symphony of the Night, actually. There's some pretty strong monsters even early on in the game, and that boss with the big head and the laser eyes killed me the first time I tried fighting him, heh.

[shinkuu.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Balore or something? He killed me pretty quickly! I even had a little trouble with the first boss, the flying armor... I wasn't happen with how many healing items I used so I reset and tried again. Well, I know I did that with some bosses, but I forget which ones... But man, there's this one crazy hard monster later...

I remember sucking bad fighting one of the first bosses in Symphony of the Night. The wolf, I think? And then I would watch the "how to beat the boss" video and think, "Geez, I was dumb."

And yeah! I had Aria of Sorrow plugged in when I started Dawn of Sorrow, and I got a Rare Ring. I usually never take it off, and it felt like it helped me get some extra item drops near the start. Didn't seem to be a BIG help collecting souls, and you can get one later anyway, but it was still kinda cool!


It's too bad about the wireless situation... Do you guys have broadband or dial-up? Even if you don't have wireless at home, if you have DSL or cable you can just get the Nintendo wireless adapter to enable Internet play with your DS.

[aruru.livejournal.com]

Aw, I was hoping you got a better bonus than that. Oh well. Also: is it just me, or is collecting souls a little harder this time around? I didn't get many soul drops as far as I got. :/

I'm still stuck on dialup, here. But thanks for letting me know about the wireless adapter - if I ever get DSL/cable and have a game I'm interested in playing with others, I'll be sure to remember that. ^_^;

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I guess they had to have a bonus that was neat, but not something that impacts the game that much more than playing without it. As for the soul collecting, I'm not really sure! I mean, I'll get my share of souls, with a sort of equal distribution between 1-star and 3-star souls, but when I have trouble with a boss and look up strategies for it, they always mention souls I don't have, no matter how easy they are to get.

And I'll be missing souls for monsters that are 1-star, which should be the easiest to get, no matter how much I try or how high my luck is. I went through the entire game wearing the Rare Ring and, eventually, the "Three 7's" shirt. It's really weird! I guess the bottom line is, I get a lot of souls, but I never seem to get the ones I want. I have a million Zombie souls, though.


Aw, I wish I could get your DSL for Christmas or something... It would be cool if we all could play together! I think that, for now at least, the wireless adapter is only sold through Nintendo's web site.

[shinkuu.livejournal.com]

Whoops! That was me. I don't know why I was logged out.

[aruru.livejournal.com]

That's okay. I had a feeling it was you. ^^

I might have to try that Rare Ring thing sometime, see if I actually have better luck getting souls that way.