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