That's right, it was time again for an inventory reduction and I had to make a few sacrifices. Well, I didn't HAVE to; I chose to this time. I got a coupon from GameStop in my email last week that allowed an additional 30% trade-in credit no matter how many games I took in, so I gathered up a few titles and off I went. This is what I traded and why:
Final Fantasy 4 Advance (GBA) - I'm one of those people who likes to have everything in a series. Movies, games, books...it drives me crazy to have part of a series. And not only that, I want all of the collection in the same format. Books have to be either all paperback or all hardback. I have to buy all the games in a series on one console. All movies on DVD. It's a neurosis. So I decided that since FF4 is coming soon to the DS, I'll go ahead and get as much for the GBA version as I can before the new one comes out. I have 1 & 2 in the Dawn of Souls GBA pack and it fits nicely into the FF3 DS case, and I have FF5 on GBA which will fit nicely into the FF4 DS case once it's available. Now if I could just find a used copy of FF6 Advance...Oh, and before you ask, I see GBA and DS as the same system since the DS plays DS games. Besides, FF3 was only released for the DS and PS1 and I'm NOT trying to scour the globe looking for the PS1 versions of all the games. Anything AFTER FF6 can be on the PS1 or 2.
Resident Evil Saga (GC) - I had been fortunate enough to collect the entire saga of Resident Evil on the GameCube (0-4 and Code Veronica) and they were all in near-mint condition. What really got me to trade these was the hour I spent playing Code Veronica before I gathered them up to go. In that time, I got lost and began going in circles because this was one game that the map didn't really help with navigation. I also had no clue as to the objective. The clues and direction (or lack there of) are so confusing that I became frustrated and decided that was it. I loved the other titles, but Code Veronica was the entry that started the downfall in the storyline. 1, 2, and 3 were all based around Umbrella and the virus. In CV, things were just a little too weird. Not to mention that guy in RE: Zero that was controlling the jelly-like things...can't we just leave it as a VIRUS and GENETIC MUTATIONS? So, I got tired of playing CV and decided it had to go. And as I said previously, I can't keep just part of the series...they all had to go. Not like I had actually played ANY of the Resident Evil games since I completed each one anyways...
Christmas With The Kranks (PSP UMD) - I got it for $4. I bought it because it was on sale and I liked the movie. I don't buy Christmas movies, but I grabbed this one because it was funny. I decided to toss it on the pile because I found out I had access to a DVD copy. I only get UMDs to keep for nights alone or long trips with no access to a portable DVD player. No point in keeping this one.
Total trade value (with coupon and Edge card): $79.80
New Acquisitions
Spider-man: Friend Or Foe (Xbox 360 - preowned) -I checked this one out from work one day and my girlfriend and I loved it. We had been looking for something we could play co-op that was nothing but mindless fun. This was the game we were looking for. I opted for the 360 over two copies of the PSP version for two reasons: A.) We have tons of PSP games we don'thave time to play together, and B.) The price had dropped to $40 on the 360 version where 2 copies on the PSP would have cost $70.
Mega Man ZX Advent (DS - preowned) - I've been waiting and waiting to buy this one...the only reason I hadn't was because of the $30 price tag and I hadn't finished the original ZX yet. However, a used copy at $25 looks too good to pass up. I've been needing a reason to put down Lego Star Wars DS and finish ZX...
Disgaea: Afternoon Of Darkness (PSP - preowned) - I don't know exactly why I wanted this game for so long. I don't like turn-based strategy RPGs and I have plenty of regular RPGs in my possesion. I do have Jeanne D'Arc (PSP) and loved the demo, but haven't had the time to start on it. So what could have made me drop $35 on a game I know nothing about? One theory: Prinnies. I don't know anything about them except that they are "warrior penguins". Good enough for me. That's the ONLY thing I can think of that has drawn me to the Disgaea series.
Total Cost:$99.97 (Subtotal) + 6.75% (State Sales Tax) - 15% (Employee Discount) - 10% (Edge Card Discount) - $79.80 Trade Credit = $1.84 out of pocket. Not a bad evening if I do say so...