Recent Buys: Episode 10 - Kaioken x320gig!

My cousin just came back from America where he got a summer job so he hella rich at the moment. And with that cash we took a quick trip to Greenhills and basically burned it all in less than an hour. Mostly at just the one shop.

He went and got a metallic red 320gig PlayStation 3 Slim. We got it for 12800php (cash price) at Mr. Dynamic, the same place where I got Ziggy. Along with that he got Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 at the same shop for 1300php (cash price) and a 2nd PS3 Dual-Shock3 controller for 1800php (cash price).

We wanted to test out UMvC3 first so the game installed itself after popping the disc in so while waiting we went around GH. I spotted the D-Arts Zero Type-2 and my cousin told me that he owed me a birthday gift so he paid for most of the cost of the figure and I got myself both X and Zero, awesome stuff. Thanks Bud!

After we returned for the PS3 and packed it up, a dude saw what we were carrying and call out "sir, 2nd-hand PS3 games?" and I thought to myself "hmm.. why not look at their wares". I saw that they had a copy of Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit.

I've been looking for this game for quite some time. I've been meaning to get that, Dragon Ball Z: Raging Blast 2 and then finally Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi. I've seen Raging Blast 2 in Datablitz so that can wait and the only copies of Ultimate Tenkaichi I've seen are R1 copies so they be hella expensive. Burst limit is the only I haven't encountered till yesterday so I got the dan thing for 500php. It didn't come with the manual and the case looks to be a bit yellowed from sun exposure but the disc was still fine and runs like a charm. The game is far from perfect though and maybe I'll get to that next time.

Recent Buys: Episode 6 - The not-so-Final Maverick Hunting Fantasy

Yet again I am left with no cash. Why do you do this to me, videogames? Why? There is actually only one real videogame purchase in this post but the other items are videogame related, one more than the other.

First up let's talk about the videogame itself. Finaly Fantasy XIII is the game in question. I played the demo of Final Fantasy XIII-2 some time last and I was totally digging the battle system. From what I hear, aside from the joint paradigm shifting and the new "Pokemon" system, almost everything else in terms of combat is the same as XIII. Plus me not knowing what the hell is going on was another reason for me to play the first game. I heard about all the complaints regarding XIII, how it's just running through a straight hall and then the occasional unavoidable battles for the first 20 hours but if the game is fun then the game is fun. Who knows, I might get sick of mashing Auto-Battle for the next 20 hours but I need to actually try the game before giving proper judgement. Even if I end up not liking the game very much I will still push through to at least beat the main story so that I can grab a copy of XIII-2 afterwards.

On to the non-videogames but still related to videogames portion of the post. This one was a long time coming but due it's semi-ridiculous price range, I held off buying it for a while. That would be the D-Arts Rockman X figure from Bandai. Ever since the 8-bit days, I have been longing for a good Rockman/Mega Man figure.  Sure the early Bandai kits of Rockman 8 and the Rockman X3-6 were pretty good but there weren't very playable. The American toys that came out for Mega Man X8 and Mega Man & Bass (I think) looked absolutely horrible. Bandai finally listened to us and released 3 Rockman X figures from the first Rockman X game, those being X in his normal form, Zero without the blocky shoulders and lacking the Z-saber, and finally the X1 armor version of X. I do plan to get Zero and the X1 armor soon, also the soon to be released Zero with the Z-saber as Rockman is still one of my favorite franchises to date. I just hope Bandai makes a good figure of Rockman.EXE soon.

Finally, the not-so-videogame related item. Since I started playing SD Gundam G Generation World again, waiting for the enemy to finish their turn in a tactics game can get a bit boring. I was hankering for a possible stand for my PSP-3000 after seeing how PSP were displayed in shop windows around Greenhills. I think they were using stands normally used for displayer cellphones. Sadly they weren't selling said stands and the lady I talked too had no idea where they even got it. While looking around National Bookstore, there were a few similar stands but I couldn't just find the perfect one. I then came across this rather odd looking stand called the Sucker Stand. It's a little plunger that sticks to flat surfaces like a sucktion cup and uses the wooden end to prop up devices. Mainly advertised for iPhones and other smartphones that are known for widescreen video playback, this looked to be just the bizarre yet functional little trinket that I was looking for. For the most part it works. Since the PSP-2000, PSPs have had smooth and glossy backs as opposed to the rounded and flat/rough finish that the fat PSP had and since the PSP-3000 is rather light compared to older iterations, the little plunger seems to hold up rather nicely. Simple, quirky, but effective.

A short film made by Mega Man X fans

We've seen fan films before. We've seen films for Street Fighter, Halo, heck someone even made a great video with the Portal Gun, but I've never seen a live action for Mega Man X. Is it good? Well you be the judge.

Great work OlanRogers! I think it's great. No matter what, creating something like this isn't an easy feat. If a Mega Man movie does come to light, would you prefer it go live action or go all Pixar/Dreamworks? I say why not both?

RGP # 19 - Mega Man X Armored Armadillo Theme (acoustic guitar version)

Random Gaming Post # 19 Wow, it's been almost a month since my last Random Gaming Post. This time I'm here to share you what I think is an awesome cover of the theme song from Armored Armadillo's stage from Mega Man X.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5s0-cVdXc&w=425&h=349]

Here's a download link to an mp3 of it in case you wanna rock out to it away from your computer. http://www.filesonic.com/file/1222065644/Megaman_X__Armored_Armadillo_Theme_-_acoustic_guitar.mp3