Ok, so Nintendo has a press conference going on right now (the time right now is 1;40 am). And they broke some pretty big news. And that news would be a new DS (this isn't just a remake, it's the next DS).
Say hello to the DSi


It comes in two colors (at first).


It'll have a build in SD Card slot as well as a digital cam (two matter of fact).


And now for some info...
Japan release date: November 1st
Price: Around $180 (USD)
~ The screens are about 3 inches larger (if I read it right).
~ Both screens are touchscreens.
~ The sound on it is said to be better.
~ There is no GBA port.
~ It's 12% lighter over the DSLite
~ The camera (I would guess the main one on the front) is 3 megapixels.
~ You're able to download things, sort of like apps on the iPod. It's going to be called "DS Ware" (shocking isn't it?). Some are upgrades and such (you'll have to pay).
~ You're able to download games and keep them on the DSi.
~ You can view photos on it, and you can play songs.
~ The pics you take on the DSi you'll be able to view on the Wii Photo Channel.
~ It'll have a built in web browser.
And here's a chart to compair both the DSLite and DSi

And here's a few links so you can just read it all there (as well as info on Wii stuff... such as being able to download GC games). XD
http://gonintendo.com/?p=57999
http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen29157_nintendo-press-conference-in-japan.html
http://kotaku.com/5057867/liveblogging-the-nintendo-press-conference-liveblog

Some pics of it.
http://wiieveryday.blogspot.com/2008/10/nintendo-ds-i.html

And the Nintendo website for the DSi.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/dsi.html

I'm going to post 2 links and say "I would have liked it if it was a full Final Mix+, but none the less I'm happy because re:CoM was what I wanted" and then I'm going to bed. Because it's 4:30 am. XD
Link 1
Link 2

Look who's back from the dead... but who cares about that... Today this little thing came up. Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix+ coming to NA?... I hope this is true, because I've wanted the game for ages, way back when I made a list and guess what game topped that list... I still want the game, it's just I came to terms to not getting it... and now there's a chance I could get it? If this turns out to be some sick rumor joke thing gone wrong where we won't be getting FM+.... yea I'll be hurt.


And just a note, new profile theme coming soon.

Well, it's happened, I've made yet another blog post. I just haven't had the time lately to do anything. But oh well, last Tue I picked up Soulcalibur IV Premium Edition (the one that puts like an $80 dint in my wallet) for the PS3... yes I said PS3 not the 360.
I haven't really had time to play the game... but I do know my brother owns at it. Out of the 60 or so matches he's done he's lost only 10 (some of them due to people way higher then him, and a few due to him picking the wrong character). And ATM he's ranked at #193 on the Leaderboard.
If anyone wants to pick me up for a match (and I don't think many people on my friends list here has a PS3 XD) my PSN is on my profile.
And no Cam, I didn't want to get it for the 360, I wanted the PS3 ver because I need more PS3 games. XD




Ok, here are just a few of my thoughts on E3 (very very short).

Press Conference ~

Microsoft Press Con: Awesome, had a lot of good games and really done well.

Nintendo Press Con: C R A P. They showed almost nothing, and then they had what's her face stand up there for like 5 hours talking about how she broke her hand, and they had pics to go along with it!

Sony Press Con: It was okish, kind of dull and I wish it had more games, but over all I think it was good enough.


Games I'm looking forward to ~

Microsoft: Fallout 3
The game looks awesome, it's also made by the people who made Oblivion, so it looks like it's going to be pretty good. To tell you the true what done me in for wanting this game (and I'm not kidding on this) is watching the gameplay on G4. They had the head dude or whatever there and he was playing the game. And he had a gun that.... fired teddy bears..... you don't believe me? Click below. XD
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=23HxOOEtLu8

Nintendo: Wii Sports Resort
Really... what's there to go "OMG!" over when it comes to Nintendo and their little "show"? So I'm just going to say Wii Sports Resort because the gamae looks okish and I like the new add-on.

Sony: Resident Evil 5/Final Fantasy XIII
Ok, you're wondering why I have RE5 and FFXIII on here? Well... because I want FFXIII more then any other PS3 game at this moment, but since it wasn't shown at the Sony stuff.... yea.

A few other games: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, MAG, Call of Duty: World at War

Final thoughts ~

Microsoft: BURN..... Them getting Final Fantasy XIII just BURNED Sony big time. IMO FFXIII going to the 360 is the biggest news this E3.
What I'm ify about is the new Dashbaord. I like the new things it has to offer, but I don't know if I like the looks of it. IMO the blade system is a great system, does it need to be changed?
Oh... and I just love their ideas for the "Miis" they got going.

Nintendo: I like the new add-on for the Wiimote, I think that's going to be awesome, and I have high hopes for it. I just hope some third party people will put it to good use... because I just don't see it happening that much with Nintendo.
Oh... and should I even say something on Wii Music?...

Sony: They didn't do the worst but I just have very little to say about Sony. They had a few ok games, and maybe losing FFXIII to the 360 is what hurt me with Sony a little (personally, I wanted XIII only on the PS3). And at the same time I can't really remember what went on at their Press Con... Oh well, I just know it wasn't as bad as Nintendo's.

All of you must be getting sick of seeing this banner. XD
Anyway, around a week ago (June 23rd) I picked up Battlefield: Bad Company (Gold Edition) for the 360. The game is ok, the humor in the single player is good... even if it's a little cheesy sometimes. As for the online... it takes time getting used to, but personally I like CoD4 better (OMG who saw that coming?). I like being able to drive a tank, or flying a chopper... but when it comes right down to shooting CoD4 is far better. But none the less, the game is ok and if any of you have it just invite me to a game if you can catch me online.




And on a random note... I don't know how many (if any) of you are a member of Backloggery. But this week I've been picked as "Member of the Week" (MOTW) on there. Kind of strange because I was the last MOTW for June, and my friend Erica was the first MOTW for June. Talk about awesome. XD

Last Thursday I spent over $700 on games and such. The reason behind this is because I got a PlayStation 3. In other words, I have now gone PSWii60 as well as DSP (I've always wanted to say that XD). That means I now own every current gen console and handheld. I'd have to say it's not that bad. XD
The PS3 I got was the PlayStation 3 Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle. Meaning I got MGS4 (that I'm going to sell... you'll see why in a min), the new Dual Shock 3 controller, and the the 80 gig PS3 (the one that they dropped and is now back). I got it for $500, and I got it at Wal-Mart so they gave me a $100 giftcard. And with that card I got some HDMI cables (gotta use them HDMI ports on my 37" HDTV... it'd be a waste if I didn't XD), I got another Dual Shock 3, I got this little charging stand thingy that has a nice light show when charging the PS3 controller, and I got Burnout Paradise for the PS3. All of that is over $100, but I only had to pay like $40 or so due to the gift card. So over all it was a great deal.
But before that I went by GameStop and picked up my pre-order for "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Limited Edition)". Now that's why I'm going to get rid of the MGS4 copy that came with the PS3 (I got the Limited Edition so I don't need an extra copy). I also picked up the guide for MGS4 (I wanted the Limited Edition one but they said they ran out at the midnight launch). And I also got Ninja Gaiden II (well, it's my brother's game so he's going to pay me back when he gets the money). All of that topped out at around $170. So over all I spent over $700 (tax and all) on the PS3, some games, and some other things. And it was worth it. And if anyone here just happens to have a PS3 then my PSNID is Red_Dragon_088 (it's also on my GSProfile thingy).

And now for pics, because everyone loves pics. XD

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I got the 360 back last Wednesday (the day before I got the PS3... strange). And I got a free month of XBL, so that means I'm back and ready for CoD4, and BF:BC (Battlefield: Bad Company) that I'll be picking up on launch day. I downloaded the BC demo and it was pretty good, different then CoD4, but still I LOVE blowing things up in Bad Company and I can't wait to try it online (well, it has the online part of the demo, but I mean full online).

Also, all three Metal Gear Solid games has been beat, so now I can move on to MGS4... And I've got to say, they were great games (I wish I had got them sooner) but MGS2 was so confusing. XD

As you can see right there (click the image for a larger view) my laptop is back, up and running. The total cost for everything was $330... The motherboard itself costed $260, and that's a little better then the $315 I thought it'd cost to get it replced. So, I came out a little better then I had hoped... then again I only wanted to pay $100-150 for everything... Oh well.


Lets see... last Thursday was my final day of high school. So I've had it hard for the past few weeks... and being on MSN/WLM the whole time doesn't help (OMG 9" I HATE all of you.... but I love all of you... I hate all of you for almost letting me fail high school.... but I love all of you for being soooo friggen awesome......... all of you GSers just ignore this part... 9" is a small group of very very close friends). But now, I'm done with high and I can sleep in all day very day for the rest of my 9 lives. XD

But yea, this explains why I haven't been on much (not in groups, not commenting, not posting blogs, etc). I'd get on for a min to check the news update but I had other things to do (and I still have 50,000 other things to do). So, maybe I'm back now.


Oh, and I'm also level 31 here on GS. I would have hit level 31 a lot sooner if I wasn't wrongfully Modded over my old avatar... but I guess I won't go into that.




Ok... I know, I said "I guess I won't be getting anymore new games until June rolls around" in my last GS blog post... well.... I lied! HA! XD
Anyway, this new game I picked up would be TWEWY... otherwise known as The World Ends With You. And what an awesome game it is... I got it on the 10th and I've had a hard time putting it down on my free time. The story is different, and I like the idea of pins and such. But I LOVE the gameplay. I know some people find it too confusing, and hard, and bad, but I love it (even if it's just a tad on the confusing side... but still I love it). It's the first game that I'm into so much that I don't have time for other things. Really... I planned on beating all 3 MGS games before MGS4 comes out... and right now at this point I'm finding that a little hard to believe due to TWEWY. It's an awesome game and I recommend it to anyone. It has a great and different story (with a few plot twists), has great gameplay (IMO), and has a great soundtrack (IMO). If I knew the game was going to be this good I would have put it on my most want list (the one I had a few blogs back).




The "WTF?" banner might not be the best one to use here... but oh well.
Monday something very very baddddd happened. My brother turned the 360 on only to see that we got the Red Rings of Death YET AGAIN! This is the second time to it's happened to me (and I know, some of you had it happen a lot more). I mean really MS... you claim to have the best console yet they always break all the time? When I get the 360 back will it break again? I was planning on buying an Elite for the looks and the HDMI... but if they keep breaking like this I'm not sure if I should spend the extra money to support MS... They break down and it's pissing me off. How long will it be before it breaks again? I think it's all a matter of time... I look at the 360, it broke twice... I look at my SNES and it still runs... and I can't help but to think... WTF MS?




~ New Pokemon Game
Well, we all knew it was coming, so... it came. CoroCoro mag came out and confirmed a new Pokemon game (the third game to the Diamond and Pearl gen), this one will be called Pokemon Platinum. It'll be out sometime around Fall of 2008 for Japan.
Scan of the page

~ MGS3 beat
As it says... MGS3 has been beaten. It's the events before MGS 1 and 2 so it's ok to beat first, and thus why it has been. XD

~ Tekken DR beat
I've also beat pretty much everything on Tekken DR (got all the movies and such). Both MGS3 and Tekken DR is games on my "To beat list before PS3 comes out" and so.... yea.

~ New MGS4 trailer
The title and the trailer speaks for itself.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33853.html




I'm going to make this quick. But I wanted to say a little something about GameRankings (GR) and how they're pissing me off.
See, I used to get all my scores for games off of GR, because they would take the scores from different sites and add them to an average. That way it would kind of counter some bias to games and such. Well, here's the thing for you to get your site on GameRankings where it would count to the total score (the Bold sites). It's to prevent random stupid sites popping up and drastically changing the score. Well there are things you need to meet before your site goes Bold...
"At Least 300 archived reviews if they review multiple systems or 100 reviews if they concentrate on only one system or genre.

The site does at least 15 reviews a month."
Well, this is all well and good... but here's the thing. There is this site called "Giant Bomb", some of you may know him as Jeff Gerstmann... the GS reviewer who was fired for Kane & Lynch: Dead Men review. His site doesn't do 15 reviews a month, nor has it made over 300 reviews... and yet for some reason GameRankings counts his site (it says "site" not "person"... meaning... his site shouldn't be Bold). His scores has boosted GTA4 (he gave it 5/5... and that's 100% on GR), and to this date his score of Brawl is the lowest one on the site (he gave Brawl a 4/5, and that being an 80%... in other words going by GS rankings... he gave Brawl an 8.0). So yea... I find it very insulting that GR doesn't count other small sites, yet they count Giant Bomb. There is this site known as "The Wiire", it's a Wii site and they give reviews. They gave Brawl an A+ (100%), they have more reviews then Giant Bomb... and they likely do more reviews in a month then Giant Bomb... and yet their score isn't counted.... Yea... strange.
I guess I can't even trust the scores from some place like GameRankings, seeing how they are blindly bias to some sites. Thank you GameRankings... and here I said "I get my scores from GR", I guess that won't be true anymore.

I'm sure you guys are sick of seeing this banner (seeing how I've gotten like 6 new games this month, And seeing how 3 of the last 6 blog posts is about me getting a new game (counting this post). XD
But a few days after getting the Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection I picked up MGS: Portable Ops (PSP). It was a used game but it had the book and everything so I thought I'd get it seeing how I can't find a new copy anywhere else. It was only $15 I think it was a good deal.
And yesterday I picked up Mario Kart Wii. I think it's pretty good. But don't ask for my FC... (you guys can PM or post yours and when I get it I'll PM you with mine) I don't know it right now so I can't give it. Yesterday I had work and I was sick as a dog all day long, so not even I know what my FC is right now. But I do know MKWii did it's online right, the way you find people online, the speed of the servers (aka lag), leaderboards, etc. I'm so glad this game came out after Brawl.... if it had come out before then the score Brawl would have gotten at some places would have been lower.




I'm sure all of you remember my blog post about my laptop and the cable burnt in two... well the place I put the laptop in called back yesterday and gave me the "good" news. They said my laptop needs a new motherboard (aka it's dead...), and the board is going to cost me $315... It's not the price so much as it is the shock. I thought they'd be able to replace the powerjack without replacing the board. I've got to get the laptop fixed, but that just blew my whole "$100-150" happy price range thing. Here's to still getting a PS3 in June... I guess I won't be getting anymore new games until June rolls around (well... I might get Ops +... if I can find out what it's all about, it's only like $20 so it's not that much).




I was shocked when IGN gave GTA4 a perfect score. And I was shocked again when GS gave GTA4 a perfect score... I'm not going to get the game... but really, a 10? Is the game really THAT good? I mean beating out Halo 3 (not that I'm fond of Halo games), SMG, Brawl, Oblivion, CoD4, RE4 and lots and lots and lots of others? I think games should get more perfect scores, but this game beats out all of them? I just find it strange, that's all.

A few days ago (on Friday) I picked up 4 new games... that's right I added 4 games to my collection. Now... they aren't "new" new but they are new games... what I'm trying to say is the 4 games I picked up are games that's a few years old... some more then a "few".
I picked up Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Yes yes, I know the game has a poor rating, and I've heard lots of bad things about it. But I like the Final Fantasy VII storyline and that's why I'm getting it, for the story. On top of that, I've got every other FFVII game (not counting cellphones). So...

I also picked up Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection
Ok, it's true... I've never played an MGS game in my life before getting this set. And I must say, I should I got it a long time ago XD. I just saw the box set in Wal-Mart and went "Well... it's there... it's $30... and I am getting MGS4..." so I got it. And now I like it... even if I dislike stelth games I think I can live with MGS.
But this set comes with Metal Gear Solid (it's on 2 PS discs, so it's... like getting MGS for the PlayStation), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence/Snake Eater. I listed MGS3 as Subsistence because it is Subsistence just without the online stuff. But right now I'm playing MGS and my brother is playing MGS3. So maybe we can get both of them done before MGS4 comes out (I would like to get all 3 done). And heck, even them 3 games boosted my average score for my games (it was 8.0 now it's 8.1).
And I also have the MGS4 pre-order DVD. I Haven't watched it because I now have MGS/2/3 but maybe I'll get around to it one day.

All 4 games only costed $50, so it wasn't that bad. I mean sure some of the games are old (heck, all of them are "old) but I've been wanting DoC and I thought about getting into MGS for sometime so now I got all that I need (for now).




For sometime I've been wanting 30 PS2 games (because I was only 3 games away). And I planned on getting 3 more to hit that 30 game mark. I mean 3 away from having 30? DoC:FFVII was going to be one of them 3 games. As for the other two... they would have been random games... maybe Burnout 3 and Okami (I know, you guys are like "GET OKAMI!" and I might for the Wii. But here's the thing, Okami looks like one of them long type games. And I've got Tales of the Abyss, Pokemon Diamond, Tales of the World, Twilight Princess, Assassin's Creed, Super Mario Galaxy and others just sitting there... do I really need another super long game on my list?). But, seeing how I got a few games the other day I think it all worked out nicely. I did get to pickup DoC:FFVII, but I also got to pick up MGS2 and MGS3 when I got that bundle. So, no Burnout, no Okami... but I did get to even it out and get 30 PS2 games.
Sure, the Wii is right behind the PS2 with 26 games, but half of them are VC games. I've only got 13 Wii games so half of them on my list are VC games. I want the games listed but I wish they were on their own list (same with XBL Arcade games)... Come on GameSpot... make a list for us to have just VC games and just XBL Arcade games.


And below is a list of games I will beat before June 12th, and a list of games I wish to beat before June 12th.
You might be wondering "what happens on June 12th?" well... that's when I get a PS3. June 12th is the day the MGS4, PS3 bundle comes out. It comes with a 80 gig PS3, MGS4, and the new Dual Shock 3 controller. It's a good deal so I thought I'd pick up a PS3 then.


Games I will beat:
~ Metal Gear Solid (PS)
~ Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
~ Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS2)
~ Tekken DR (PSP)
~ Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)
~ Call of Duty 4 (360) (Online side of it needs to be maxed out)


Games I'd like to beat:
~ Tales of the Abyss (PS2)
~ Pokemon Diamond (DS)
~ Tales of the World (PSP)


And one final thing... I JUST found out that The World Ends With You comes out this week... I find this lovely because I was going to get this game when it came out. But seeing how I've got far too many games to beat... yea.

They say a picture says a thousand words... well I'll just show you a pic first.


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As you may or may not know... that's my laptop powercable. And yes, it's burnt in two. Yes it's not powering my laptop, and yes it doesn't look healthy.
A few days ago I got a new cable for the laptop... only to find out that I've also got a prob with my laptop itself... Something is wrong with something in there that deals with power. So now I've got to put my laptop in the shop or send it off to HP. One way or another I'm not going to be happy, and I'm not going to have my laptop.
ATM I'm on my dad's laptop. I like mine far far far far better... but there's nothing I can do about it (at least I get to use my 20" monitor). No Wi-Fi, got almost nothing installed (he doesn't have RealPlayer, he doesn't have Windows Live Messenger, no FireFox, and heck, he's still sitting on Windows Media Player 9 (my laptop is on WMP 11). AHHHH it's killing me.
So, here's how it's going to go... this week is soooo friggen busy, and I have a hard enough time keeping up with my forum. So I'm likely rarely going to be on GS for the rest of the week. I plan on calling HP maybe Monday and seeing how much it would cost to repair it... or set it up so I can send it in. And here I thought I was getting a PS3 in June...

So yea, that's why I haven't been on lately.