Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection

As a follow-up for the remakes of Final Fantasy I and II for the PlayStation Portable, comes Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection. (So, Square-Enix really is not doing a Final Fantasy III remake on a console other than Nintendo, huh?)

Final Fantasy IV The Complete Collection is set to be released in March 24, 2011 in Japan and April 19, 2011 in North America and Europe. It will feature two games: Final Fantasy IV and Final Fantasy IV The After Years as one continuous game. It will also feature 2D graphics like those of Final Fantasy I and II for the PSP.Yay! I never really liked how Cecil looked like in the Nintendo DS remake.

Info:
Official Japanese Page
Official Page
Final Fantasy Wiki
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Retro Games: Star Wars - Yoda Stories [PC]

As a follow up to my previous Indiana Jones retro game post, Well 2 years after that game was released, LucasArts did another one. Star Wars - Yoda Stories follows the adventures of Luke Skywalker under Yoda's training. It has the exact same gameplay as Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures though.

And just like the previous game, this is also no longer sold by LucasArts. Anyway, here's the full version.
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Retro Games: Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures [PC]

I just found a couple of old games in my old hard drive. Here's one: Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures by LucasArts. The only Indiana Jones game to be presented in a top-down perspective with orthogonal movement in 2D. Follow Indy to random adventures in the fictional world of Lucasio, fight bad guys, find some treasure, explore... ah, the memories.

This is no longer sold by LucasArts nowadays, Here's the full version. Enjoy

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Retro games: Doom 1 and 2

Here's a couple of retro games. Doom 1 and 2 hehehe

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Retro games: Quake 1

One of the first FPS Games that I played. I missed this game.

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Pokemon Black and White Info pt. 2

Recently, more info has been revealed about the two upcoming Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS: Black and White Version.

Let's begin with the starters for both games.

The Fire-type starter, Pokabu

The Grass-type starter, Tsutaaja

The Water-type starter, Mijumaru

Now, let's move on... here's a list of further information about the games:

• Shiny Entei, Raikou and Suicune obtained from the 13th Movie will unlock the Zoroark event.
• The Pokémon Centers have been expanded. The Poké Mart and the Global Terminal is now inside the Pokémon Center.
• These will be the first Main Series games to include more than one car.
• The Pokémon will be given many new abilities and moves including Zoroark's new Illusion ability which is similar to Transform; Trickery, which can forsee an opponent's moves; and Claw Sharpen, which raises attack and accuracy. There is also the new attack Night Burst.
• Zoroark has a special event with it having special moves that have to do with Movie 13: Phantom Champion Zoroark
• The protagonists are older than those on the previous games.
• In battle sequences, the Pokémon will actually move slightly when you select a move and the camera will move when you attack.
• People will actually run around the protagonist if he or she bumps into them and will show speech bubbles with small messages as he or she walks or runs by them, as seen in the May 15th Episode of Pokémon Sunday.
• The Isshu Region is said to be very far away from the previous regions and that people have to take a boat or a plane to reach it.
• The largest city in these games is Hiun City.
• As shown on the map of Isshu there are two sets of mountains, one on each side of the region. This may suggest that Zekrom lives in one of these sets of mountains while Reshiram lives in the other.
• Zekrom will be a Dragon and Electric type while Reshiram will be a Dragon and Fire type.
• This game has the first female professor, Professor Araragi, that has a Chiramii.
• Generation IV Pokémon will be able to be transferred to Black & White using a machine called Pokémon Transfer Machine.
• It has been confirmed on Pokebeach, and through a video from Pokemon Sunday in the week of June 20th, that the first Gym of Isshu consists of Bug Type Pokemon.
• "White High-Link" is some sort of link to the Internet where you can change your Trainer's avatar. Before the scene in the video is shown, there is a gathering of other Trainers, so it may have to do with online or wireless multiplaying.
• The "Pokemon Global Link" is the service that allows you to connect Black and White to your computer to upload the save file.
• In addition to "Fight," "Run," and "Pokemon," there is a new menu option called "Shooter." We don't know what this is yet ("Bag" is missing in the clip they show).
• Black and White will feature triple battles.
• It is confirmed that a villain and a rival will be present.
• There will be at least thirteen new places at Isshu.
• This game is the first Pokemon game to have more then one save file in the menu (they say to have 3 save/login files)
• A new feature which is a DSi-exclusive called the "Visual Phone" was introduced. It is a feature that lets you communicate with four opponents at one time using a video chat.

And It doesn't end there yet... here's some images!

Just a few screenies

The main characters

And there we go, Now these upcoming games looks more promising. More teasers will definitely come up, we'll just have to keep our eyes peeled to see 'em.

source: The Pokémon Wiki

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Pokemon Black and White Info

Well, here's something to look forward to... The 5th Generation Pokémon games: White and Black, for the Nintendo DS...

And it appears that they have revealed the mascots for each version, check 'em out!

Legendary Pokémon Reshiram will appear as the mascot for Black version.

Legendary Pokémon Zekrom will appear as the mascot for White version.

 

What else is new?

Here's what 's revealed so far...

• The Story takes place on a new region called Isshu.
• Player gets to choose from three primary Pokémon: A Grass Snake Pokémon (Tsutarja), A Fire Pig Pokémon (Pokabu) and A Sea Otter Pokémon (Mijumaru)
• More 3D graphics but not a 3DS exclusive
• Release date in Japan is announced to be September 2010 whilst somewhat April 2011 outside Japan.

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Galneryus - Beginning of the Resurrection

"Beginning of the Resurrection" is a 3 song EP from the Japanese Power Metal band Galneryus. It serves as a teaser for their upcoming album simply titled "Resurrection". This is also the first material from Galneryus featuring their new bassist Taka and the new vocalist Masatoshi "Sho" Ono.

Sho?...

Just a little background for the new frontman, Masatoshi Ono. He is a Pop/Rock musician who became popular during the 90's. He also contributed songs for some Anime and Japanese drama shows such as Mama wa Poyopoyo-Saurus ga Osuki (1995) and Anything for You (1992). Fans describe him to sound like Toshi (Toshimitsu Deyama of X Japan).

Beginning of the Resurrection

Fans may find this EP very different from Galneryus' earlier works. Here's a track by track description.

1. DESTINY (MV MIX)

Only one word to describe this song: Awesome!. A very nice opening song with an anime-opening-theme' feel. Fast-paced beats accompanied by guitar, keyboards and bass solos joined in by a powerful voice. The tune is very catchy, it's like Dragonforce meets X Japan.

2. YOU'RE THE ONLY...2010

This is a cover version of a ballad by Masatoshi Ono. Galneryus pulled it off nicely, a lot of guitar solos have been used but the dramatic feel of the song remains.

3. A FAR-OFF DISTANCE

Another song with a slow beat. The intro sounded like the intro for "Shining Moments" (from the 2008 album Reincarnation). It's also used as the ending song to the anime titled "Rainbow" which also started earlier this year. Honestly, this song was good but not as good as the first two.

There we go, that's what I can say about their new material. Galneryus done a great job here, Masatoshi Ono's voice fits the band well.

Current Lineup:

Masatoshi "Sho" Ono - Vocals

Syu - Guitar

Taka - Bass

Yuhki - Keyboards

Junichi - Drums

Watch out for their new album "Resurrection" coming out on June 23rd, 2010. I can't wait to hear it's entirety myself.

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new from Loudness, King of Pain

This year, Loudness released a new album entitled "King of Pain". This time, featuring Masayuki "An-Pang" Suzuki succeeding the place of the late Munetaka Higuchi on the drums... Yes, another point of evolution for the band.

Anyway, here's the music video for the title track..

An-Pang is showing off some awesome drumming skills here. Good work by Akira, Minoru and Masayoshi as well.

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