So Schaefer finally got his game off the ground? Last I read on it was that development was really struggling along, and it was being held up as a cautionary tale about Kickstarter projects. If it's coming out soon, kudos to Double Fine for rallying the troops and getting it done.
Right now, my 3DS is keeping me content gamingwise. There's nothing on the magnitude of Ni no Kuni coming, but I'm well satisfied so far.
I'm part of the audience that would enjoy this kind of game. I liked Code of Princess a great deal, and one of my favorite games of last year was Dragon's Crown, which is providing serious challenge to Konami's Simpsons game as my favorite brawler of all time. There's been a lot of good brawlers out lately.
My favorites on that list would be Fallout: New Vegas and Resonance of Fate. I say, go with what your heart tells you. Video games shouldn't feel like work. I think we get into that trap sometimes when we buy a lot of games and then feel guilty because we don't play them all the way through or it's months before we even remove the shrinkwrap on them.
Didn't Sega have an Outrun game on Xbox 360 a few years ago?
I'd like Sega to do 3-D Virtual Console releases of stuff like Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, and the Genesis Phantasy Star and Shining Force games. I'd also like to see them do some Saturn games, but that's asking too much.
I actually really liked the Genesis Sonic games and honestly, I played those more than I did Super Mario World or Super Mario World 2. And I was a SNES owner back in the day! The Genesis console seems like a bit of a letdown, but I guess it would be cool enough for the fact that unlike the Atari stuff, it can also play most original Genesis cartridges.
I remember seeing the commercials for Ecco back in the 1990s and wondering "WTF is this?" Sure looked pretty. It was one of the best-looking games on any system of its time, but it also seemed rather esoteric. Maybe I'll download the 3DS 3-D remake.
My wife bought mine at Barnes and Noble. Gamestop was selling it for awhile too, if I recall correctly.
It really is. I wish I'd known about the original boxed edition with the All About Amano book, but I'm happy with the artbooks. That's a lot of Final Fantasy as is. I also own an original 1994 artbook of illustrations from Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI.
That surprises me a bit. Most of your favorite Final Fantasy characters were illustrated and designed by Mr. Amano.
That's mostly with the Nomura-illustrated PS1 games. The NES and SNES games featured Yoshitaka Amano's illustrations or sprites based on those. For the PS1, Amano's style was considered too delicate for the PS1's polygon graphics, so they went with Tetsuya Nomura instead.
It probably is, but not like the original super-deluxe edition. My wife found mine at a local Barnes & Noble. It's been on the market since June of last year, so it should be readily available.
