[General Discussion] Recent Game Purchases, or what I bought instead of fourteen new dildos this weekend

Woot! So nutty pulled through for me and found Kirby: Squeak Squad (so freaking rare). He also got Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for me too since I mentioned it was a game I'd wanna play at some point (though probably not anytime soon). This all comes at a good time now that Final Fantasy III is done. As I already mentioned, the new Phoenix Wright should arrive this week too, so it's all good times for some new DS gaming.

I recently bought the latest installment of the Splinter Cell Series, Splinter Cell: Double Agent, for my PC. I, like a fool, failed to check the system requirements I needed in order to play the game because I was feeling quite confident after my recent upgrade. Unfortunately, the only thing that wasn't new in my computer was the very thing that messed it all up. My video card doesn't support 3.0 shading.

So, I was a little disappointed in that and I ended up just letting my friend take it since he recently acquired a new video card. I'm having fun, now, with Gothic 3 and I find myself thinking that I'm probably having a better time with it that I ever would have with SC: DA.

Finally picked up Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All... I've beaten it already, but I want to own it for the sake of it. I'm just playing through it again though. Such a good game. >.<

I got The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for Wii. My camera/Windows Vista is deciding to be a huge douchebag right now though.

edit//Also eBay fucker refunded my DSlite money and I never got it. I supposedly had to pay within an hour of the auction's end. What dumb shit.

Yay, alot of gaming crap from Chaotic again. Whoo.

Nintendo Wii - FINALLY, DAMMIT. But pity I ordered it online, I have to wait a week or so until I actually get it. I'm not worried though. It's just the waiting game that sucks...

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - Getting it with the Wii. Played the GC version a little, this one is gonna be good.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) - Getting it with the Wii. I heard good things about it. Thought I should try it out.

Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii) - Loved Trauma Center on the DS. Needed to get this one. I'm getting this one with the system also.

Madden 07 (Wii) - I had the PS2 version a while back... Heard a bunch of good things about the Wii version, so I thought I should give it a second chance.

Elebits (Wii) - One of the games I'm getting based on the hype around it. Heard it was good, I don't doubt it's good, but hell, it's a better choice than Red Steel.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii) - I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS FUCKING GAME. I WANNA SHAKE MY ASS LIKE A RIDICULOUS PERSON.

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (XBOX) - No more Wii games for now, I swear. Anyway, I have the other two, thought I should finish the collection now.

Phantom Dust (XBOX) - My friend had this for his XBOX, I loved it. It was only $4.99, so what better time to get it than now?

haha! congrats finally chaotic! man, i need to get the wii wario ware at some point, but i'm holding out for a bit...

anyway, not a video game but a video game related purchase: i got 20 ds storage cases for my gba games as i'm gonna start printing out stuff from the cover project for my gba games (and super mario 64 ds). should be fun and make my collection look nicer. it may be photo-worthy afterwards too....

Got Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Stadium 2, extreme-G, and extreme-G 2 (N64). Gamestop was having a buy one get one free sale on PSX and N64 games. Also got Metroid Prime with Echoes bonus disc and Animal Crossing without my damn Memory card >:\/!!

Both Animal Crossing and Metroid Prime aren't Player's Choice though so it seems like I got them when they first came out.

So Ultima finally buys some games instead of some consoles and he chooses some N64 ones?

EG 1 and 2 are good calls though.

Pre-ordered Ar Tonelico. Probably I'll go for less RPGs this year, I'll see.

And bought Lord of Destruction. Like said, in a Diablo 2 mood.

Originally Posted by im 6 feet 150 muscular behometh

So Ultima finally buys some games instead of some consoles and he chooses some N64 ones?

EG 1 and 2 are good calls though.

They didn't have WarioWare ok!?!?!?! >:|!

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Yay, alot of gaming crap from Chaotic again. Whoo.

Nintendo Wii - FINALLY, DAMMIT. But pity I ordered it online, I have to wait a week or so until I actually get it. I'm not worried though. It's just the waiting game that sucks...

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) - Getting it with the Wii. Played the GC version a little, this one is gonna be good.

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii) - Getting it with the Wii. I heard good things about it. Thought I should try it out.

Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii) - Loved Trauma Center on the DS. Needed to get this one. I'm getting this one with the system also.

Madden 07 (Wii) - I had the PS2 version a while back... Heard a bunch of good things about the Wii version, so I thought I should give it a second chance.

Elebits (Wii) - One of the games I'm getting based on the hype around it. Heard it was good, I don't doubt it's good, but hell, it's a better choice than Red Steel.

WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Wii) - I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS FUCKING GAME. I WANNA SHAKE MY ASS LIKE A RIDICULOUS PERSON.

I also ordered a Wii and 6 games from the same place Chaotic did, but instead of Super Monkey Ball and Madden, I ordered Excite Truck and Billy and Mandy (but I'm thinking of returning those two. Excite Truck seems like it'll be fun, but $50 is $50. :P Plus, we all know Billy and Mandy can't possibly be a good game.)

I'm still waiting for Phoenix Wright to arrive. ;__;

Rainbow Six - First tactical game I've ever had. Pretty damn fun also. I had it, friend knocked over Aaron's 360. Then Aaron bought me a new copy which I've been playing little by little.

Let's see...I got Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All last week, yet I still haven't played it yet, due to school and stuff. Once I finally do start playing games again, this will definitely be the first one I play.

And today, while looking for Hotel Dusk, I wound up getting a bunch of games that weren't Hotel Dusk. At EB, I picked up a new copy of the DS version of Scurge: Hive for $15. I said I would get it once it got cheaper, so I figured $15 was cheap enough.

And while at Target, I saw that they had brought back their clearance section. Hardly any good (or even mediocre) games this time though, so I only left with Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls for $21, and Yoshi Touch & Go for $10. With FF I & II, I now have all the FF games except for IX and XI (I obviously don't care to get XI). As for Yoshi, I probably would have gotten it sooner if Gamestop and other places weren't still selling it for $30 (pretty unbelievable for such an old game).

So basically, the only game I didn't get today was the one I set out to get.

A couple weeks ago I got Gradius Collection, Metal Gear Acid 2, Gunstar Super Heroes, and Shadow of the Colossus, mostly because the first three were on clearance for $10 at Toys R Us, and also because I had credit at Target, and Shadow of the Colossus was $20 (Greatest Hits).

Of the four, I've only played MGA2 and Gradius Collection so far. MGA 2 is really good; I'm about eight hours into it, and I'm really enjoying the character development and gameplay. As for Gradius Collection, it's impossible to play without modifying the PSP's D-pad, which I guess I'm going to have to do sometime soon.

All the Sega games were only $2 each so

Lost Stars is probably one of the weirdest platform games Sega's made. Dogs attacking you with the letters of 'bow wow' and so forth. "FIND THE MIRACLE BALL". Fun fact, it comes with the instruction book to Alex Kidd in Miracle World instead. I already own Sonic, but IT'S ALL PART OF THE MASTER PLAN that'll involve GFF one day! Looks like it's a different print run from my other, the instruction manual's actually a book instead of one single bit of paper you have to unfold like a secret map. Stupid cheap Sega and your maps! Plus this one states you can play it on Mega Drive if you have the SMS adaptor. I know this must be pretty thrilling information to you lot!

Casino Games is kinda shit. Kinda real shit. But I knew that in advance! There's some fun to be had in the pinball game it features, and by some, I mean none! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ATOMIC RUNNER IS. I still don't! I tried getting it to work earlier but oooooh noooo. Gonna have to bust out the cotton buds and water. I've owned Sonic 2 for years, too, but the kawaii super hardcore Hello Kitty Japanese version. Nice to have the PAL version finally. :]

RADIO HELICOPTER 2
I had no idea the PAL version was out, let alone some poor distributor actually picked it up for a local release! $15, same as the original cost me. Radio Helicopter was easily the best Simple 2000 game I've played, which isn't saying too much, but I hope this is just as relaxing to play (come ooooon bikini rescue round two). I'll find out soon!

I was beginning to think I'd never find the Gamecube version. Thankfully Saturday night I did. I was also worried I'd never get my hands on Shadow of the Colossus but I was able to find a Greatest Hits copy of it a couple weeks back. Scary times.

What on earth is that book? Is that a guide or some US-only pre-order thingie?

Originally Posted by Qwarky

What on earth is that book? Is that a guide or some US-only pre-order thingie?

Yeah, that's the "Collector's Edition" guide for Twilight Princess, with its pretty bindings and gold-bordered parchment paper. I got that too; it looks awesome. Too bad I haven't used it yet.