...The summer drought is over :D

I highly suggest checking out Cooking Mama. I bought the Japanese version back in March, and it still stands out as one of my favourites. It should find a home with Trauma Centre/Phoenix Wright fans. It's also selling like hotcakes (pun intended) already, and will probably get scarce fast. Check out my review from March, and get $20 together.

Mega Man ZX is just what I was hoping for...a tough-as-nails 2D scroller. It's weird though, the Japanese version had alot of voice acting in it that was simply removed for the USA release. No loss iff you never knew it was there I guess.

Mario Hoops is another game I got upon it's Japanese release. It's hit or miss really (another pun there). It's entirely too easy all the way untill the last team on hard mode, and the stylus controls are of the "love it or hate it" variety.

...and Harvest Moon DS.

Long time waiting for this one, and after Magical Melody it's somewhat of a letdown. It's still Harvest Moon, and still addictive though, and the touch screen inventory management is sweet. I hope Rune Factory gets translated sooner than later.

On the home side, I'm completely addicted to Disgaea 2. It's just great. You can spend hours just fighting through the randomly generated maps of the Item World. If you like Turn-Based-Streategy AT ALL, and have a PS2, you really should have this game.

Grandia III is a game I gave a shot because I found it for $30 (CDN). What an underrated game. Very nice graphics and music, but the battle system is really where it really shines. It's pretty short, but a great RPG experience all around.

...anyways...go play something!