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I agree, Para Eve 1 = favorite = win.  Have fun with 3rd Birthday, although- given Para Eve 1's awesomeness.... well. I'll await your review, lol.

Heh, I'm probably one of the ones who was looking for said copy- good on you mothman for getting your hands on one; since that day, I've been a hardcore pre-orderer (lol, it scarred me for life). Only half kidding!

Glad to hear you'll pick it up despite having the original GC and Wii versions; worthwhile purchase, right?

@Jon: Loved the game too Jon but unfortunately my first playthrough was a bit mangled given the fact that I got a corrupted (used, to be completely honest) game disc and had to search around for another copy... which at the time, was hard to find since it was a bit of a rarer game by the time I got to it.

Needless to say, Symphonia was my portal into the Tales world as well and I'll always treasure it; hence would love to run through it again without any silly interruptions. While not my favorite game in the series (that honor would go to either Abyss or Xillia 2, which I just completed (import)), I'm still extremely excited to experience it again. And ToS 2 = icing on the cake.

@jgusw- yes physical release confirmed I believe!

ToS2 = actually not horrible imo, just didn't like Emil. I liked Tenebrae tho, for sure!

Can't wait to replay this game since my memories of it are a bit skewed; intially bought it and my game disc was corrupt so froze at one boss every single time; spent a month trying to find another game disc; etc etc. Bit of a runaround so can't wait to experience the whole thing with no mid game glitches, heh.

I know, sad that the Wii version of Graces never made it here; espec for those Tales fans that only have a Wii and no PS3.... someone always gets shafted. Same way I felt when ToV PS3 never came here; c'mon, 360 only in North America? Bah. Hope that things change now that Baba realizes North America is in love with Tales as much as Japan is, heh.

Annnnyways. From my perspective kind of glad it's a PS3 HD remaster since imo Wii U graphics still don't measure up, but it's all a matter of perspective. Bit biased towards Sony as well tbh. But just glad it's coming here in some way shape or form!

Tell me about it :D   been waiting for this oh... since I finished ToS II, haha...

My (everchanging) list, in no particular order:

1) FFX

2) Resonance of Fate

3) Shadow Hearts Covenant

4) Persona 4

5) Persona 3

6) FF4

7) FF6

8) Tales of the Abyss

9) Tales of Graces

10) Ar Tonelico Qoga

(probably missed a vital/crucial one and I'll kick myself later, but whatevs)

Sweet, good to hear. And yes, I really do like me a good anime intro :D heh

Nice, and yet another game to add to my neverending backlog :D   (heh); all sarcasm aside, good review- but I do agree it needs a bit more of a 'persona' vibe....

Definitely sounds stressful; sometimes I can't even handle having people I know quite well wandering around my lair, let alone those I don't know well, poking and snooping into ever nook and cranny. Feel for you, man- just grit your teeth and get through it, thats all I can say- good luck!

My advice: go for it with the personal blogs. We're all people, and I think we all appreciate getting to know each other as human beings- not just our 'gamer selves' but the whole package. Plus, I guess I'm a bit of an optimist, but I'd like to think that if we have problems to discuss, the community here on pixlbit would be here as a sounding board. Although... I suppose I don't have to guess at that fact, given the comments *above*. So just go for it; say what you want, when you want, and don't worry about what 'should' or 'shouldn't' be said.