It's a little late in the year, but happy new year, nonetheless! I hope everyone had a good winter break!
Right now I'm thinking about Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side Plus. Yeah, B's Log hasn't mentioned it yet, but I found it on the Konami site while looking for TMGS stickers ^///^; Yeah, I'm going to get it. It's amazing how stupid this makes me feel, but it's a lot easier playing TMGS on the DS than on the J-PS2 for me. I actually got the TMGS First Love on DS first....then Second DS title and then I went and got the PS2 versions because I wanted more. I haven't had a chance to play the PS2 versions at all...and I'm probably going to the the Plus. Gee. But you see, it'd be *so* *much* *better* full voice on the DS!
I wish they'd add a new character or more scenes, but it kind of doesn't sound like it from what they say :*( It's due out March 12th. I'm really surprisedit hasn't been mentioned in B's Log. Maybe I need to check a couple issues back when I wasn't reading it that closely...
So what does it say you'll get?!
1. Full Voice
With their 2GB ROM and their new compression technology, there's 3 times as much voice than in the prior version!2. Voice has been added to Album Mode
When you look through the CG's in Album Mode, you will hear your guy talk to you like he's flipping through the pages of the album with you. I guess this wasn't in the PS2 or 1st DS version.
So well, this fan girl wants it anyway *sigh* ...so I can play it on my new DSi
Gamespot changed their layout colors and now my stuff all my images look stupid 
Well, I don't really have time to change them Oh well, mea culpa I should have planned things for change, I suppose.
***AoTan Gaming News ***
I've been playing Hana yori Dango DS (going for Rui)...and I'm afraid it's not terribly exciting. Unlike TMGS, you play *EVERY* day of a school year instead a week at a time. A lot of it is very repetitious. There are only three dates places...with only 2 scenarios each...so you play through them pretty quickly. The lunch making is pretty interesting, though. Oh, and it's not full voice...and they don't care if you wear the same thing all the time for a season.
It really seems they didn't put much effort into this one. They have potentially exciting plots lines...like staying in the same hotel room as the guy...but they wind up flat with no dokidoki /exciting to them at all! How can you not make that a tense exciting scenario?! Really! Disappointing. Despite all the "rich" people presents and parties, it just doesn't *feel* luxurious. I think this was a "make money off the success of the manga" dealie. I can see why it had *NO* B's Log coverage.
Redeeming qualities for the game? Well, I like the clock feature. You can use your DS as a clock...and an alarm clock, but *NOT* while playing the game. Kind of stupid. I really like the card game. It's not terribly exciting, but if you play Windows Solitare (yeah, I get hooked on that every once is a while *blush*), you'll love it *hearts*
I may not finish this one I really want the Death Note game, so I'm going to try to get a hold of the first one soon...so
I kind of wonder if it's a remake of the Gameboy Color game :*( I mean the engine seems pretty archaic. They should have just used the TMGS one
I've also been "moonlighting" with Otsu! Tatakae! Ouendan...which is was really hard at first, but I've actually gone through about 9 "rescues." It's pretty amusing with all the funny, cheesy scenarios. It's pretty challenging, too. The really nice thing is that you can play in in small chunks and not really miss anything. The storyline isn't one big things so you don't need to remember anything about the previous story to play the next rescue. There is some continuity, though. Some of the characters from previous stories appear in later ones.
I just didn't have enough time to really play Koi Koi Zanmai so I had to put that one on hold...it's really hard to play an otome game if you don't have a lot of "sit down and savor" time...because you forget pieces of the plot and then it's not really so enjoyable.
***Other***
I hadn't forgotten about the previous entry, but I don't feel like looking for the B's Log issue to translate it right now...so...sorry! I'll do it...a little later
So while paging though the May 2005 issue of B's Log I found out about "Glamourous Knight"! The characters are wearing Arabic looking clothing and are gorgeous! From this page:
http://bunnyhole.cocolog-nifty.com/about.html
I found out that it was scheduled to be released in winter ~ spring of 2007. It wasn't. What happened to it? So I searched harder and found this on their cell site:
http://www.bunnyhole.jp/i/gk.html
It's from 5.24.2006 and gives more information about the game!
The Story
Zakuro and Makuru have continued to battle over a long period of over a 1000 years.
Zakuro lost the battle and to seal the peace agreement, the young King of Makuru, Van, selected not the Queen of Zakuro, who was said to be a peerless beauty, but Verunei, her newborn prince. There was opposition at Van's adoption of Verunei, but Van created a palace in the middle of the desert for Verunei. There Van, who found peace living there quietly with his son, lovingly taught his son the arts of war and wisdom. Verunei, too, loved Vaan and the two's relationship become one that was more than parent and child.
However things began to fall apart when Vaan had to marry a fourth wife, Isadora Neferuteesu due to a political agreement. Isadora noticed Vaan's special love for Verunei and she brims with hatred at the site of Verunei's passionate red eyes. This was because it was Vernunei's mother who killed Isadora's beloved elder half brother.
Isadora pledges revenge and comes up with a terrifying plan to trick Verunei. However, though she hates him, somewhere in her heart she is also enamoured of the isolated and beautiful boy.
Verunei is slandered as "the Devil that lives in the desert," "the dark prince", etc. by society because of the lies Isadora spreads. He became a terrifying legend to even the people who had known nothing of him prior.
Eriaade, a merchant's son from the neutral kingdom of Kurisokoora, hears this legend and visits the castle in the desert with curiousity and treachery. Eriaade fills his hands with mountains of books and jewelry...and plans to use Verunei, but instead finds himself pitying the prince who lives such a lonely life and doesn't know anything about the world on the other side of the desert. He realizes that Verunei isn't a devil but just a boy and tries to strike a friendship.
The drama between Verunei, his lover the King of Makuru, his firend Eriaade, the aide Zaza and Isadora who loves and hates him, unfolds in the castle in the desert.
The Characters
Verunei Makuru Viis (the main character) 15 years old
...is the youngest son of the Queen of the Kingdom of Zukuro. He is gurrenly the 3rd prince of the Kingdom of Makuru. At a very young age, he becomes the King of Makuru, Vaan's adopted son to seal a peace treaty when his motherland of Zakuro loses the war. While he is a prince of Makuru, in reality, h'es a hostage. He lives a lonely existence with a few servants in a castle built in the middle of the desert. He is a pure and loyal youth who repects the King of Makuru, who was the only person gave him love, from the bottom of his year. He is slandered as a devil's child because of his red eyes and black hair, which are peculiar to the people of Zakuro.
Eriaade Varisusaito (son of a merchant from Kurisokoora)16 years old
Vaan (the King of Makuru) 34 years old
Isadora Neferuteisu (the 4th Queen)20 years old
Zaza Kurosaito (aide) 22 years old
Hmm...that's strange. That's not what the May 2006 issue of B's Log said...
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(I'll finish this later)
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