When my friends read this, one will go "GO BEAT FINAL FANTASY XII!!!!!", I got two others saying "Go beat FFXII so you can go play Tales of the Abyss", and one other saying "Go play Tales of the Abyss". I will beat FFXII soon enough...... maybe. XD

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~ The Backlog

This is my lovely backlog that I should clean out before even thinking about buying any other new games. Because these are sitting here (and some almost done with) and here I am wanting new ones.

Final Fantasy XII (Almost done)
Pokemon Diamond (Almost done)
Tales of the Abyss
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Almost done)
Call of Duty 3 (Almost done)
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Mario Party 8
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Almost done)
Mario Kart 64
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Halfway done)
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
Streets of Rage 2
Tekken: Dark Resurrection
Final Fantasy VIII (I got so close to the end only to end up getting too ahead of myself)
Final Fantasy IX
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Metroid Prime (I rented it ages ago, but never beat it)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

And to top all of that off. I want 4 or 5 Virtual Console games. I want the second Metroid Prime (I also rented it ages ago). I want Metroid Prime Hunters. All the Phoenix Wright games. Star Fox Command. Stranglehold. Paper Mario for the VC, and the Wii ver of Paper Mario. Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. Okami. And all of the Final Fantasy games for the GBA and DS (well, numbered games). And that's just games that's out.

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~ 7 Games I really want

These are the top 7 games I want that isn't out yet. These are the games I'm looking forward to at TGS this year, these are the games I'll be getting the day they come out (I just want them that bad).


10: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)

Final Fantasy games just click when it comes to Sony. I'm sure there are good FF games on Nintendo systems but all the ones I've played is Sony and I really like all of them. And I'm really looking forward to Crisis Core. For you that don't know, it's a prequel to Final Fantasy VII. You take the role of Zack, he got such a little role in FFVII but changed the game a good bit. So now he gets his own game and you play the events leading up to Final Fantasy VII.
It'll be added to my "Good games for the PSP" list if it turns out to be good (seeing how the PSP doesn't have all that many good games out right now). And it's Final Fantasy VII, can't complain about that.


9: Final Fantasy vs XIII (PS3)

I think this game would have rated higher on my list if it had something to do with more info about the game being out for it... All we got is like one trailer and that's it. But for me, it was enough to spark my interest, mainly because the Kingdom Hearts branch of Square is working on vs XIII. What more do I need to say on that? I mean the people who makes Kingdom Hearts is making this. And I hope we get a good bit more info from TGS this year.


8: Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii)

I think out of all my mini-game games I liked the first Rayman Raving Rabbids better than any other one out there. For me it was just pure fun. And I couldn't put it down, and in the end I gave it a 9.0. Because I loved the game, I just wish it was a little longer. And now word has come out that Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 will be out for the Wii. For me this is a have to get, because I loved the first one and by the looks of it the second will be better, I mean they said it'll have 50 new mini-games, right there is good enough for me to say it'll be better. Comes out in 2 months so I can't wait to get my hands on it.... DAAAAAAAH!


7: Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk (Wii)

Tales of Symphonia for the GameCube is my favorite RPG for the GC. I just loved the game, and I couldn't put it down. And I'm very very glad we're getting a sequel to it.
Very little is known about this game. But it is a sequel to Tales of Symphonia. And characters from ToS will be in the game (the main characters in ToS: KoR isn't the same as the main characters from ToS. But they will be in the game). So maybe we'll have some closure to some of the cliffhangers in ToS *coughKratoscough*. One can only hope, and I guess we'll find out when this game hits Japan Q1 08, and I hope hits North America soon after (I don't want to wait 10 years to play it).


6: Tekken 6 (PS3)

And 6th is the 6th installment of Tekken. I hold this series above all others when it comes to arcade fighting games (I don't see Super Smash Bros as an arcade fighter). I've played all but one Tekken game (and that one is the GBA version), and if I do find them I'd buy up the ones I don't own. That's how much I like Tekken. And I can not wait for Tekken 6 for the PS3. And I hope a date comes out soon so I'll be able to plan on when to get a PS3. I've played DoA, Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, Mortal Kombat and others, and I stand by Tekken as the best (IMO) fighting series out there.
Right now with 1 trailer, and 4 new characters I can't wait for this game. The new characters looks different, and I hope they do tie up some things with Asuka and Jin Kazama (the ending video of her story leaves a few things hanging). After getting sick of DoA4 I got Tekken DR for the PSP, and now I'm ready for Tekken 6 for the PS3.


5: Mario Kart Wii (Wii)

I love Mario Kart games, and when I download the SNES version of Mario Kart I will own every single Mario Kart game. That is un till the Wii version if Mario Kart comes out next year.
I loved Mario Kart DS, and I loved how it was online. And finding out that a new Mario Kart game was going to be out for the Wii was great news, finding out it's going to be online was even better. And it's not only going to have online racing but online battling as well. Lets just hope Nintendo doesn't drop the ball on this one, I liked MKDS' online really well, I just hope I'll like MKWii's online just as good or better. And to top all of that off, we're also going to get the Wii Wheel coming with the game. So we'll see how that works out and see if it makes the game better or not.


4: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)

Very little is also known about Final Fantasy XIII. The female character you see in the trailer and the magazine scans is said to be called "Lightning" (not know if this is the final name or not for her). And another character was shown in a scan. And that's pretty much all that's known about FFXIII. But what is know, she kicks butt. And FFXIII is the only game out there that makes me wish the Wii had graphics that good. Now it isn't know if it had some ingame fighting in there, there was a part in the trailer where it had attacks, hit points and so on. We all know the name "KillZone 2" and how that came out to be not so real time. But what I saw in Final Fantasy XIII made my jaw drop, and I wouldn't put it past Square to make XIII to look that good in game. Because Square knows how to get in there and push the limits of a system. To this day the FMVs in Final Fantasy X (the first FF game on the PS2) still looks great, and then you got Final Fantasy XII where you'd think it's a PS3 game (judging by the FMVs) if you didn't know better. So if anyone can pull off graphics that good in real time for a game then it's Square. Final Fantasy XIII tops the "Games I really want" list because of how awesome the game itself looks, because of the graphics, because the action seen in the trailer, and I'm not going to lie... because of the female lead (she's HOT). Many of you will see this as the end of the list, because many of you might not like the last 3 games. But I want Final Fantasy XIII, I'd get a PS3 today if I found out it was coming out soon. That game alone has pretty much sold me when it comes to the PS3. And I can't wait for what Square shows us in 2 weeks at TGS. I want a new trailer, I want more info, I want to see more of Final Fantasy XIII.

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~ 3 Games I'd kill for

Well I wouldn't really kill someone for these (if I did then I'd go to jail and then I'd really get to play these), but these last 3 games round out the top 10 I want. Above all others these games is what I want to get my hands on, right now I could take these 3 and be happy and not buy another game or play another game for months and months. And I know, someone is going to say "Awww come on, why is that on the list?".
And just to round out the last list. I've got 1 PSP game on there, 3 Wii games on there, and 3 PS3 games on there. And now for the rest of the list.


3: Super Smash Bros Brawl (Wii)

Now this is a shocker isn't it? Everyone would have thought this game would take the cake for the top spot. Well it didn't. But that doesn't mean I like this game any less, I mean it's third out of all the games I want.
What more can you ask for from a game? With Super Smash Bros Brawl you got the best party game out there. Whenever I'd have friends over we'd play Super Smash Bros on the N64 (same went if we went to someone's house), and then Super Smash Bros Melee came along, and now we all had SSBM parties. And now you got Super Smash Bros Brawl. With 11 confirmed past characters, 8 new characters, new levels, and being able to play with 4 different control types, being able to have your own button layout within them 4 control types, being able to play different songs on different levels, having Assist Trophies, and having this strange single player mode. And, it's likely to be online. I know I know, a lot of you have given up hope about SSBB being online because we haven't seen anything with onlineness since the first trailer back at E3 06 when they said it'd be online. But I still have hope, I mean SSBB being online would be the best thing to ever happen to the Wii. And if Nintendo did it right, then lots of people would stop complaining about the Wii's online ways (and I'm one of them people who's fed up with Nintendo when it comes to being online). But online or not Super Smash Bros Brawl will be the game to get when it comes to the Wii, and I bet it's going to be at the top of the sales chart at the end of the Wii's life cycle (and that isn't in 2 years for all of you people who hate the Wii). It's going to be big, and is going to sale well, and I do believe that it's going to be one of the best games out there on any console in any gen.


2: Kingdom Hearts Prequel (Unknown)

I don't have a clue what to call this, so I'll go with Kingdom Hearts Prequel. Because it is going to be a prequel to Kingdom Hearts, and it's not going to be on the main numbered list. If you don't know what I'm talking about, and if you do like Kingdom Hearts then go download/watch the secret ending vid for Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix +. You'll see what I'm talking about (and you'll get a shock when you see one of the characters in that vid). I have watched that ending vid so many times, and the first time I watched it the vid didn't have any sound (the cuts later on had it), then the second version just had the song, and then came the final version of it. Each time I watched them 3 cuts my jaw was hanging open, each time I watched them vids I watched them like it was for the first time. But the first time (the one without sound) had the biggest shocker of them all. I saw a character in that vid and gave a big "OH MY GOD!". Because I couldn't believe my eyes, I couldn't believe what I just saw. This game is going to be so good (storyline wise at least, if the battle system stays the same the game will be all around good). It is hinted to be on the PSP or DS, but I guess we'll find out more at TGS this month. And at TGS I want something, a new trailer, new info, new pics, something new for this Kingdom Hearts game. Best case scenario, we'll get a new trailer to blow my mind, new info to go with it, and few pics to toss in. This game will be good, and I can not wait for it to come out.


1: Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix + (PS2)

Kingdom..... Hearts..... 2..... Final..... Mix..... +
And this just killed the whole list didn't it? And everyone is saying "Import it" or saying "It's not going to come out in North America, I would import it if I could, and for right now I still got hope. Above all other series (Final Fantasy, Mario, Pokemon, Tekken, StarFox, Tales of, and so on) I hold Kingdom Hearts to be the best one out there. One of my friends said I should try Final Fantasy X (my first FF game), and later on she also told me to try Kingdom Hearts. I didn't want to try it, I mean it's Disney and that's like kiddie stuff. Funny how things comes back and bites you in the butt. I tried it, and fell in love with it.
Kingdom Hearts 2 I really loved, it because one of my top 3 fav games, and is my second fav RPG (Final Fantasy X taking the top spot). And then there's Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix +. And KH2:FM+ is so much more, a new Form, new bosses, new battles, new cutscenes. And to top all of that off, it also has the full version of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (the GBA one) on there as well in full 3D (same looking as KH and KH2). That game has some good stuff in there, I saw one of the cutscenes and it brought me to tears (it was a ver sad cutscene), and that one wasn't in the normal version of the game. The game only came out for Japan, yet most of it's sells came from North America. So looks like Square would have switches it around (on top of that, most of KH, KH:CoM, and KH2 sales came from NA). But non the less, I want this came more than any other game out or will be out. I would love for Square to come out this month at TGS and say Final Mix + will be going to North America. I would gladly play $100-$150 for this game (that's how much I want it). I love Kingdom Hearts 2, and there is just so much more on Final Mix + it'd almost be like I was playing KH2 for the first time over (seeing how it has all the extra stuff). For the extra battles, for re:CoM, for the new Form, for the new ending, and for all the new cutscenes in the game. I don't care if this game is Japanese dub with English sub, I'd still get it without even second guessing it. So, as clearly stated, I want KH:FM+ above all other games that's out now or that's known to be coming out. Maybe down the road, when I'm able I'll be able to import it, but for right now I want Square to come out with a North American version of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix +.


So yea, that's my top 10, and my backlog. The list of the top 10 was hard to make, all of them were so close. And in this making of this list I even switched more than a few around (all of them stayed the same, but some moved up, some moved down). That's just how close that list is to me. Maybe when TGS rolls around I'll be able to get some needed info on these games and might be able to reorder then (I don't think I'm going to do up another blog post, that's just too much XD). And maybe I'll be able to expand to my top 15 or 20 that I want. Or maybe I'll see something at TGS to be put on my top 10 list. Who knows.