Karaoke, local food, and fishing. There’s more to Yakuza 3 than smacking punks around (though that’s rather fun, too).
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Want to play one of the greatest action RPGs ever but can’t read Japanese and don’t want to break the law? Then read on for instructions on how to play Soma Bringer for the Nintendo DS–legitimately.
Step 1: Buy a flashcart. If you have an original DS or a DS Lite, I recommend the R4 DS Revolution. If you have a DSi or DSi XL, I recommend the Acekard 2i.
Step 2: Buy a copy of Soma Bringer. You can purchase a new copy from Play-Asia.com (recommended) or a used copy on eBay.
Step 3: Back up your Soma Bringer cartridge. This step is a tad complicated, but there’s an excellent step-by-step guide over at Monroeworld.
Step 4: Download the Soma Bringer Open Translation patch. You can read more about the patch at its official thread on the GBATemp Forums.
Step 5: Apply the patch to your Soma Bringer backup file. Instructions are included with the patch download linked above.
Step 6: Copy the patched Soma Bringer backup file to your flashcart.
Step 7: Insert the flashcart into your DS and play!
I hope to post similar tutorials for American gamers after Xenoblade and The Last Story are released in Europe and after the Pandora’s Tower fan translation patch makes further progress.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
I wanted to thank everyone for their wonderful gifts this year. I heard at least one family member express a desire to know how my wife and I spent our gift money, which reminded me to post how I spent the gift money I received last Christmas (2009) and on my birthday earlier this year.
Click past the break for a list of items I purchased with gift money this last year.
Amazon’s Gold Box and Lightning Deals today (Wednesday, Oct. 20) are all video game sales! The Gold Box deal of the day is Super Street Fighter IV for $25 shipped.
Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Nintendo Wii has been receiving rave reviews, earning a Metacritic score of 91. The game’s simple gameplay, super-cute art, and excellent level design make it a blast to play.
Click past the break for 3 videos of direct feed footage from Kirby’s Epic Yarn.
The following voice actors and actresses have been confirmed to lend their talents to Atlus’ upcoming action-adventure game Catherine:
Koichi Yamadera – Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop), Ryouga Hibiki (Ranma ½), Togusa (Ghost in the Shell)
Kotono Mitsuishi – Misato Katsuragi (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon), Mink (Dragon Half)
Miyuki Sawashiro – Celty Sturluson (Durarara!!), Maria (Arakawa under the Bridge), Shinkurō Kurenai (Kure-nai), Jun Kanzato (Persona -trinity soul-)
Hiroaki Hirata – Sanji (One Piece)
Takehito Koyasu – Sister (Arakawa under the Bridge)
Kisho Taniyama – Falcon Lightwing (Basquash!), Kōichi Shidō (Highschool of the Dead)
Masaki Terasoma – Kambei Shimada (Samurai 7)
Junko Minagawa – Slash Keenz (Basquash!), Cornelia Li Britannia (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion)
Norio Wakamoto – The Emperor / Charles Zi Britannia (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion), Vicious (Cowboy Bebop), Narrator (Hayate the Combat Butler)
I had started to think that Platinum King Jewels were a hoax concocted by malicious Dragon Quest IX players, but I finally collected a treasure map (Diamond Path of Woe Lv. 68) that led to a grotto with the legendary monsters on the 13th floor. Here’s proof:
Platinum King Jewels give approximately 204,000 experience points:
Huzzah!
I’m nearly a week late with this post, but better late than never, eh?
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West, the sequel to DS mystery game Hotel Dusk: Room 215, released in Europe on September 17.
First, the bad news: Cing, the developer of both titles, filed for bankruptcy on March 1, making a North American release of Last Window highly unlikely.
Now for the good news: The Nintendo DS is not region-locked. This means North American DS owners can import Europe region DS releases and play the import games in their North American DS.
Hotel Dusk holds the honor of being the only game that my wife completed before I did (which is high praise for the game’s design, story, and characters). The little I’ve seen of Last Window promises more of the same, which, in this case, is a very good thing.
So if you enjoyed Hotel Dusk, like old school adventure PC games like King’s Quest or Grim Fandango, or simply enjoy a quality game with a good story, you can’t go wrong with Last Window.
You can purchase Last Window: The Secret of Cape West from Play-Asia. If you decide to pick it up, please use the link in the previous sentence to purchase the game and help support Brainstorm Warning.
Eleven years ago today, the Sega Dreamcast was released in North America. To celebrate the Dreamcast’s 11th birthday, I’ve recorded and uploaded gameplay videos of three of my favorite Dreamcast games: Project Justice, REZ, and Super Puzzle Fighter II X For Matching Service.
Click past the break for embedded videos.
HUZZAH! My long search for Metal King Slimes is over. I found them on the 9th floor of Silver Crypt of Regret Lv. 59. And here’s proof:
