Advent of Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and the shrinking Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate community

With the new Super Smash Bros out on the Wii U, a lot of Wii U players are playing that game. Unfortunately, it's very clear that there's not as much people playing Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate anymore. It's sad to see but also inevitable. Since a lot of my friends on the Wii U are busy playing other games, it's gotten a lot harder to complete my weapon collection in the game. It's not impossible soloing but it would be easier if I had help.

At least there's still a few months before Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is coming out so hopefully I can finish it up before then.

On the PS Vita side, I've been plucking away at Muramasa Rebirth and slowly making progress in Fury mode. One hit and die mode has been very tough but I've gotten up to the second ending for both characters. I'm right now contemplating on whether I should try to finish the Cave called the "Night of Absolute Chaos". It's not required to finish the game nor is it required to get any trophies as long as you've completed that cave once on the normal difficulty. But the perfectionist in me is tempted on trying to finish it. If I do manage to complete it, I'll definitely be taking a screenshot of it and posting it here.

For the PS3, I've been playing the Battride War 2. It's pretty cool to see each of the riders moves being replicated in the game. My favorite rider unfortunately is a bit quirky and hard to use compared to some other ones but that could change depending on the skills I could get as I progress.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get the next part of my SRW3 Alpha video out before the end of November but I am working on it and slowly making progress. I won't make any promises on when it'll be done but I am pretty sure it'll be done before the holidays. Hope you guys are looking forward to it.

Back from Japan with a lot of Videogame Loot

I'm back from vacation and man was it a blast. Definitely had a lot of fun.

Wanted to show off some of the wonderful loot I got from my venture. It's not all of it but there's quite a bit.

First off, monster hunter:

Monster Hunter 4 G just got released so there was a lot of promotion for it. It was quite tempting to get the game but the problem is the region lock on the 3DS. I could of gotten one of those "New" 3DS but I knew I'd be getting an North American version when it comes out so suppressed my urge. The little card like things are actually coasters I got from the Capcom Bar. The books are manga's and the big meat is a comfy little pillow.

I actually also got a T-Shirt. It's a T-shirt to protect me from the desire sensor. It doesn't look anything special but I liked the idea. Too bad only people who can read Japanese will really get the joke. I tried it on and played some Monster hunter but looks like it didn't help...but then again, despite not getting the non-rare item I was looking for, I still got a lot of gems instead. So maybe it does work?

There's also some small little collectible statues from the game too. I got two monsters and 3 of the Felyne ones. I'll probably take pictures of it some time in the future.

The next ones is the Blazblue loot. The artbook for Chrono Phantasma and the PS3 game; Xblaze for the Vita which has some connection to the Blazblue world; and the shopping bag is something I got free for buying the artbook. The reason I got Chrono Phantasma in Japan is due to the fact that they removed the Glossary from the North American release.

I also had a chance to play Guilty Gear Xrd and man did it look good. I was terrible at the game but it played so smoothly and the 3D sprites were beautiful. Can't wait to get the North American release.

The 3rd picture is Super Robot Wars related. First two games from the left is the first of the Z series game and the 3rd Z game Jigoku chapter. The 3rd game is the OG Infinite Battle plus Dark Prison game. I only got this to get the Dark Prison. It was in the bargain bin. I don't even know if I'll ever play the game as it doesn't look very fun or good. The 4th is the DS game, OG saga Endless Frontier Exceed. I wanted to get it as it seems to have some actual connection to the whole OG series.

The next picture is Persona 3 FES, Persona 3 Portable, Person 4 Golden and Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remake. I've been interested in the Persona series but never played them before. I prefer Japanese text so I was waiting to get the game in Japan. Same goes for FFX as it's one of my Favorite FF series.

The last one are some other games I got in Japan. Masked Rider Battleride Wars 2, One Piece Pirate Warriors 2, Megaman Zero Collection, Danganronpa Reload 1 & 2, and Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo.

I grew up watching Masked Rider Black RX, so the Masked Rider series still has a kind of special place in my heart. I kinda wish there was a good Garo game but I haven't really seen one. I haven't been really following all the new Rider series but a few that I watched were fun so I figured I'd get it. It's actually a limited edition disc that has actual songs from the TV or movie series.

One Piece Pirate Warriors 2 did come out in North America but was only available as a downloadable only game.

Megaman Zero is probably one of my all time favorite Megaman series. I couldn't find the North American release of the game so I was on the look out of one in Japan. Thankfully I found one.

Danganronpa was just release in North America too but as separate games. I knew the Japanese version actually came out together as one package instead. Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo wasn't actually something I was really all that interested in getting...until I found out it actually happens after the two Danganronpa games.

That pretty much is all my gaming loot. I also got a small adapter for the 3DS that let's me charge it using a USB cell phone charger. Definitely useful for travelling as I won't need to rely on the actual AC adapter for charging my 3DS. I also got a 64 GB memory card for the Vita. Not sure why it's only available in Japan but I got one since my 32 GB was already getting full.

I'm hoping to resume my Lightning Round project and get a video out before the end of this month. I'm sure many of you are looking forward to it. The next update will probably be about the other loot from Japan. Stuff that aren't exactly Videogame related but related to mechs and anime.

SRW Alpha 3 Lightning Round: Selena Stage 9 Prologue and Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate

Sorry for the long wait. Next video is finally here. I actually love how Emma tells Murrue to grow a spine.

There's not really much to say about the translation here. I think I've already mentioned about Blue Cosmos in an earlier post.

The gameplay for this stage however is very long (1 hour and 30 minutes I think) and I'm not sure if I'll be able to upload it within this next week but we'll see how things go. Hopefully, a lot of the dialogue is already translated in previous ones.

Video should finish uploading in about 2.5 hours from when I posted this so enjoy:


On a side note, I just recently gotten a Wii U just to play Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate (MHTU). I'm not too impressed with the menu load times though... Seems to take a lot longer to load each of the applications. I do like the gamepad and the built-in mic as it makes chatting easy when playing online. As some of you might have guessed already, I'm a huge Monster Hunter fan and loved the series when it first came out on PS2. Unfortunately, I didn't get to play it too much on PS2 but I've got an extensive experience with the first one on PSP (1100+ hours I believe). I've been working on MHF2 on PSP trying to work my way to MHFU. Mean while on the Wii, I had completed my collection of Switchaxes on Monster Hunter Tri (MHT).

It's unfortunate that the MHT server will be taken down as you will never be able to get access to the online  content unlike the PSP games. I had hoped to collect all the weapons and many other awards but it would seem that will not happen. I guess I'll just have to accomplish it on MHTU.

I've actually got MHTU on both Wii U and 3DS. I always liked it on handheld and since, it let's you transfer between the two systems, I had to get both. If you aren't a fan of the series though, I'd highly recommend the Wii U version as you'll have the gamepad with two analog sticks so you can control the camera with the right stick instead of the D-pad on the left. You also have online play instead of Ad-hoc local play on the 3DS.

If some of you are hunters and would like to go on a hunt with me, let me know so I can give you my ID.

SRW Alpha 3 Lightning Round: Selena Stage 6 Epilogue & SRW UX

Final part of stage 6. I've got to say...Murrue is kind of a bitch. I mean, she's smiling when she's telling them their lives are screwed and I assume she's still has the gun pointed at them.

Nothing to note for the translation here. Although I always thought dialogues in brackets were just inner-thoughts of the character. I guess it can be thoughts or murmurs depending on the situation.

Here's the video:



On a side note, it would seem the 3DS will be getting a new SRW:



But I'm kinda disappointed with the battle animation. the 3DS has the graphic capability to surpass the PSP so I don't understand why they didn't reproduce the beautiful graphics they had for 2nd SRW Zs. It just seems like they were planning on making it for the DS and then decided to put it on the 3DS without any visual upgrades. It doesn't even look to be on par with any PS2 games.

The series line up for this SRW is interesting though (except for SEED Destiny...) and at least they do have voice overs for the battle scenes unlike the DS SRW's.

The biggest issue I have is actually not with the game. It's the fact that the 3DS is not region free which really pisses me off. So most likely, I'll probably pass on this as I don't intend to own two 3DS. Especially if it's just for one Japanese game.