Today's purchases,

September 13, 2007

Today I picked up Pokemon: Pearl Version and Super Mario 64 DS. I only played SM64DS briefly, but it's awesome so far. After playing Pokemon for about an hour and establishing my team, I'm taking a break to let the DS charge. Then it's back to work.

Just step one in my DS collection. Games to get soon:

-Elite Beat Agents
-Tetris
-NSMB
-Worms: Open Warfare 2
-MKDS
-Both Phoenix Wright games
-much much more (remind me of stuff I'm forgetting/should have on here)

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espiga - September 13, 2007 (02:41 PM)
Games you need to get:

- Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
- Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
- If you're a pervert, get Doki Doki Majo Shinpan
- If you're not a pervert, get Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
- Puzzle Quest isn't too bad, but the AI is CHEAP.

There's a few more, but I'm not too sure what sort of games you like. So there you go.

Felix_Arabia - September 13, 2007 (02:48 PM)
You got to get Electroplankton. I endorse that game, despite never having played it.

Genj - September 13, 2007 (03:22 PM)
If I were you, I'd get all the Harry Potter DS games.

honestgamer - September 13, 2007 (03:48 PM)
Avoid Electroplankton. It's not very good. I figure it'll probably become rare, so I picked up a copy, but it's not good enough to inspire people to ever want to play it years down the line. Oops!

iamtheprodigy - September 13, 2007 (04:30 PM)
Don't you have to import Ouendan? I've never imported anything before. Is it expensive?

espiga - September 13, 2007 (04:49 PM)
Yes, you have to import it. The most expensive part of importing is generally the shipping. However, if you look on eBay, you can sometimes find an American seller with the item, and can thus get the game for quite cheap. Otherwise, play-asia has really good rates on shipping compared to other places. They're fast, too.

iamtheprodigy - September 13, 2007 (05:02 PM)
How good are these "really good rates", my friend?

espiga - September 13, 2007 (05:30 PM)
You can get it shipped in a box for about $4, if memory serves correctly, and in a bubble mailer for a buck less. Their stuff arrives about 5 days if they don't ship over the weekend. Considering it usually takes me well over a week to get stuff from Japan unless I use $20+ shipping, these rates are quite acceptable. Maybe because Play-Asia is in Hong Kong rather than Japan. Who knows.

Suskie - September 13, 2007 (06:00 PM)
Before you take Espiga's advice, I'd make it my goal to go after games that were actually released on this planet and have titles that can be pronounced.

espiga - September 13, 2007 (06:01 PM)
They're not that hard to pronounce. =[

Genj - September 13, 2007 (06:07 PM)
Those Japanese names are way easier to pronounce than everything I've learned in Italian.

jiggs - September 13, 2007 (09:16 PM)
Ouendan is awesome if youre into J-Pop & Rock. i prefer it over Elite Beat Agents. anyway, you should get both.

pup - September 13, 2007 (10:04 PM)
-Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
-Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

These are absolute must-haves. I don't hesitate to say that Dawn of Sorrow is the best game on the DS.

Felix_Arabia - September 14, 2007 (05:57 AM)
Fuck the truth. I still think you should get Electroplankton.

iamtheprodigy - September 14, 2007 (07:07 AM)
I've never played a Castlevania game before, would that be a problem?

I can't tell if your HP suggestion is serious or not, genj. >_>

Felix_Arabia - September 14, 2007 (08:37 AM)
There are 2 types of Castlevania games.

Your typical old-school Castlevania, like those found on the NES, SNES, Genesis, and Turbo are fairly linear (I think Castlevania 2 is the exception), and they're stage-based.

The newer ones, from Symphony of the Night down to the DS ones are more like Super Metroid. And they typically star really flamboyant, girly men.

It's not really a problem if you haven't played one yet, however. They're typically fun games, and you won't be lost since each game's story is pretty independent of the other's, I think. You'd be wiser to try Castlevania than Electroplankton.

Halon - September 14, 2007 (09:20 AM)
I never cared for Castlevania outside of SotN (Bloodlines was okay I guess) but everyone else seems to like it so it's worth getting. I haven't heard of any of the other games mentioned except for Tetris and NSMB so I can't really help you here. =(

iamtheprodigy - September 14, 2007 (10:27 AM)
So both Castlevania games are worth getting then?

pup - September 14, 2007 (04:21 PM)
They're ALL worth getting!

espiga - September 14, 2007 (05:41 PM)
But if you can only get one, get Dawn of Sorrow before Portrait of Ruin.

iamtheprodigy - September 14, 2007 (05:57 PM)
Is one a sequel to the other or are they separate?

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	espiga - September 13, 2007 (02:41 PM) Games you need to get: - Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan - Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 - If you're a pervert, get Doki Doki Majo Shinpan - If you're not a pervert, get Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Puzzle Quest isn't too bad, but the AI is CHEAP. There's a few more, but I'm not too sure what sort of games you like. So there you go.
	Felix_Arabia - September 13, 2007 (02:48 PM) You got to get Electroplankton. I endorse that game, despite never having played it.
	Genj - September 13, 2007 (03:22 PM) If I were you, I'd get all the Harry Potter DS games.
	honestgamer - September 13, 2007 (03:48 PM) Avoid Electroplankton. It's not very good. I figure it'll probably become rare, so I picked up a copy, but it's not good enough to inspire people to ever want to play it years down the line. Oops!
	iamtheprodigy - September 13, 2007 (04:30 PM) Don't you have to import Ouendan? I've never imported anything before. Is it expensive?
	espiga - September 13, 2007 (04:49 PM) Yes, you have to import it. The most expensive part of importing is generally the shipping. However, if you look on eBay, you can sometimes find an American seller with the item, and can thus get the game for quite cheap. Otherwise, play-asia has really good rates on shipping compared to other places. They're fast, too.
	iamtheprodigy - September 13, 2007 (05:02 PM) How good are these "really good rates", my friend?
	espiga - September 13, 2007 (05:30 PM) You can get it shipped in a box for about $4, if memory serves correctly, and in a bubble mailer for a buck less. Their stuff arrives about 5 days if they don't ship over the weekend. Considering it usually takes me well over a week to get stuff from Japan unless I use $20+ shipping, these rates are quite acceptable. Maybe because Play-Asia is in Hong Kong rather than Japan. Who knows.
	Suskie - September 13, 2007 (06:00 PM) Before you take Espiga's advice, I'd make it my goal to go after games that were actually released on this planet and have titles that can be pronounced.
	espiga - September 13, 2007 (06:01 PM) They're not that hard to pronounce. =[
	Genj - September 13, 2007 (06:07 PM) Those Japanese names are way easier to pronounce than everything I've learned in Italian.
	jiggs - September 13, 2007 (09:16 PM) Ouendan is awesome if youre into J-Pop & Rock. i prefer it over Elite Beat Agents. anyway, you should get both.
	pup - September 13, 2007 (10:04 PM) -Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow -Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin These are absolute must-haves. I don't hesitate to say that Dawn of Sorrow is the best game on the DS.
	Felix_Arabia - September 14, 2007 (05:57 AM) Fuck the truth. I still think you should get Electroplankton.
	iamtheprodigy - September 14, 2007 (07:07 AM) I've never played a Castlevania game before, would that be a problem? I can't tell if your HP suggestion is serious or not, genj. >_>
	Felix_Arabia - September 14, 2007 (08:37 AM) There are 2 types of Castlevania games. Your typical old-school Castlevania, like those found on the NES, SNES, Genesis, and Turbo are fairly linear (I think Castlevania 2 is the exception), and they're stage-based. The newer ones, from Symphony of the Night down to the DS ones are more like Super Metroid. And they typically star really flamboyant, girly men. It's not really a problem if you haven't played one yet, however. They're typically fun games, and you won't be lost since each game's story is pretty independent of the other's, I think. You'd be wiser to try Castlevania than Electroplankton.
	Halon - September 14, 2007 (09:20 AM) I never cared for Castlevania outside of SotN (Bloodlines was okay I guess) but everyone else seems to like it so it's worth getting. I haven't heard of any of the other games mentioned except for Tetris and NSMB so I can't really help you here. =(
	iamtheprodigy - September 14, 2007 (10:27 AM) So both Castlevania games are worth getting then?
	pup - September 14, 2007 (04:21 PM) They're ALL worth getting!
	espiga - September 14, 2007 (05:41 PM) But if you can only get one, get Dawn of Sorrow before Portrait of Ruin.
	iamtheprodigy - September 14, 2007 (05:57 PM) Is one a sequel to the other or are they separate?

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