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I heard that the Japanese version received good reviews, but the poor localization screws up some of the meaning and impact that the story had. It also goes without saying that the horrible voice acting rivals Chaos Wars and Shining Force Neo.

I'm going to pick this up when it's much cheaper since I still think it does have some interesting elements. Igniton really needs to get their act together regarding localization if they want to bring more Japanese titles to the market.

Also, I personally wouldn't call this Wii's first traditional JRPGs since there has been traditional JRPGs on Wii already.

I downloaded the game because I actually preordered it through Ubisoft for $8.99 which is effectively a dollar off. The game itself is awesome.

Considering the game has a co-op focus I think that a lot of people will think that online is a big deal.

I think this shows how desperate Microsoft is to have this title ready for their Summer of Arcade promotion. This generation disappoints me how games can be released incomplete at launch and that companies simply get away with it.

I'll always wonder why they chose this band. Green Day isn't the worst band in the world but there are much much better choices to pick from.

Here's one funny thing Nick, I'm sort of getting burned out of RPGs since I played many of them recently, but I was so addicted to DQ:IX I couldn't stop playing. The only thing that stopped me playing was when the battery died and I had to recharge it.

I personally really enjoyed the title and I also found the fusion of some western RPG elements very interesting especially how the fact that all of your equipment show up exactly as they look in the description, which is a first for the series and I appreciated the fact that they didn't mess with the Dragon Quest gameplay formula since its already been perfected. You rarely see that in an RPG title, let alone a RPG on a portable. Of course this comes at a cost where your party is generic so your party lacks personality when compared to other JRPGs, but the characters who you meet and help in each town have enough personality to offset the fact that your party is more generic and customizable so I think they balanced it well in that regard.

I also liked that the game was both accessible enough for RPG novices and practically everybody can enjoy the title from beginning to end, and how deep it was at the same time especially if you wanted to really dig into the vocation system to truly customize your character as much as you wanted. Especially since if you change vocations, your character goes back to level 1(but your old vocations still retain their levels if you want to jump back to them), and you get to. You rarely see such a duality in a RPG where it can appeal to a more casual crowd and a more hardcore crowd so it effectively can practically appeal to everyone.

The only real disappointment that I had with this title is that the multiplayer is local only, but the single player was satisfying enough that I was able to ignore that downfall since I never really had a craving to try the multiplayer.

I also personally think the game is one of the best RPGs released this year and I really liked it more than FF:XIII and the other blockbuster RPGs that were released.

To me this game is a 5/5 and nothing less.

I have absolutely no interest in NBA Elite but I still want NBA Jam. This announcement simply caused me to wait until the Wii version hits $20 or less.

I wonder if EA is worried that NBA Elite won't sell well so that they are throwing NBA Jam as a way to try to generate more sales especially since EA's recent NBA games have been poor or mediocre.

I'm sort of tempted to get BlayzBloo since I'm a fan of the BlazBlue series but this week just stinks.

I actually really liked this game. Sure it was dull at some points primarily the grinding and I found the game to be very easy, but I found the overall package to be very good.

One thing that really irked me is that all the cutscenes are in 4:3 which looks awkward since the PSP is a natively widescreen handheld.