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Did you know that it's the 30th anniversary of the River City Ransom series?  Natsume is actually bringing an updated version of River City Ransom to the 3DS in the US!  I'm not a HUGE fan of River City Ransom, mainly for the same problems you had with it, but I do have respect for the series and what they were trying to do.  I might even get Natsume's updated version because one of the side games you can play in it is Dodgeball, and Super Dodge Ball is one of my favorite sports video games of all time.  Super Dodge Ball is in the same series as River City Ransom, by the way.

I'm glad I was able to rent this game back in the day, so I would know how bad it was and could save my money for other games.

A lot of YouTube folks annoy me because they curse every other word or they're more interesting in making videos and not actually playing the games they're talking about.  With that said, I have found a lot of good ones that talk about classic games, and some folks like "PeanutButterGamer" don't curse or talk very negative and such.  I guess I'm also a little jealous on how these YouTube folks have taken off and gotten famous instead of me.  I don't really have the money and resources and knowhow for a YouTube channel right now, so I'll just have to make do and be happy with what I have.

As an earlier fighter, I found that Eternal Champions was rather clunky and slow, once I finally got a chance to play it.

The reason why the PSP Popolocrois game felt like an RPG from the 90s was that it was originally a PlayStation franchise in Japan that was so popular there was even an anime about it.  I didn't know the 3DS one had farming stuff in it.  I thought they just slapped the "Story of Seasons" name on it to make it more recognizable to Americans.

I got a Vita for Christmas.  I'm not sure what the model is, but once I finish Gravity Rush and play the new Ys game, I plan to write a blog about it.  So far my favorite Vita game is Tearaway.

While they are super hard, I've always liked the Metal Slug franchise.  The in-game artwork is great and even has a bit of humor to it.  I've read that Metal Slug 2 and 3 are the best ones, and I'd have to agree.  I have the Metal Slug collection on Wii and it's a great way to play most of them.  I think it's cool how later entries in the series let you play as Ralf and Clark from the Ikari Warriors, and in the last Metal Slug game, Leona from Ikari Warriors KOF team is a secret character!

Hope you get your Internet fixed!

Pokemon Conquest is a weird game.  It's a mix of an old series of strategy games called Nobunaga's Ambition, a series that hearkens back to the NES era, and Pokemon.  It looks like Pokemon Tactics.

Yeah it kills me to find Pac-Man and Garfield stuff I had as a kid in antique stores.