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I recently got the PSP version and I'm looking forward to playing it but man, I know it will be a big time investment lol

Contra 5, for sure.

Those seem like valid reasons. I can accept ATB being a time waster (there are plenty of great time wasters on the App Store, like you said). It originally cost $4 for the base game but now it's free. The thing that would irk me the most is the character lottery. If I'm paying for a character, I'd like to pick him/her, not get a random selection from 30+ peeps. What if it costs $30 to get Terra? O_O

Anyway, glad you liked it. It definitely has great pixel art if nothing else.

Finally done! That was indeed a great episode. Other than taking several days to listen to it, I didn't really notice the time go by. I definitely want to get back into the series and play the entries I've missed over the years, which is quite a few. My knowledge far exceeds my experience, but you guys reminded me how enjoyable these games are. On a side note, I'm interested to hear your defense of All the Bravest, Julian, because I've heard only bad things. And it sounds offensively bad, so I'm surprised you like it.

If you decide to do any more podcasts dedicated to a single franchise, I would suggest Castlevania. With the future of Lords of Shadow in question (seen a lot of middling reviews of LoS2, though I haven't heard any sales figures yet) and the recent departure of Koji Igarashi from Konami, now is probably a good time to look back at the series. Hopefully there is more Castlevania coming but who knows.

Oooh, Castl of Illusion! That's what I'm excited for 

Elder Scrolls, Monster Hunter, Professor Layton, Dragon Age...a bunch more lol

No no, this is the future of Ninja Gaiden 

It's subtitled "Those Left Behind" and the spine says it's #1. It looks like a graphic novel rather than a single issue comic but it's still very thin.

Dang it, Travis Hawks, you tricked me! 

Monster Rancher 2 is probably the most I ever enjoyed a pet simulation kind of game. Such a cool idea with the CDs! I'm pretty sure the same CD will always produce the same monster, though it is random what that monster will be. Otherwise you could just continually pop in the same CD to get different monsters, which would take away a lot of the fun. And I'm pretty sure the game series came before the anime. Definitely a cool series though. I don't think there have been any new entries in a while, which is a shame, but I'm not sure how they'd work the monster generation anymore. Unless the game was on a big home console, they couldn't use disks. Hopefully it'll make a comeback some day.