Mega ranting session about EOY and more! :D
Super late I know >_> But better late than never hoho!

Now just allow me several minutes to rack my brain (and make it smoke) while attempting to recall anything interesting that happened.

Okay so when we bought the tickets (15 BUCKS OMGWTF EVEN AFA WAS MORE WORTH IT) they gave us this pamphlet about the stuff at EOY, and one of the last pages was a crossword.
And I managed to complete like 80% in one shot XD Hoho
This is what happens when you start watching anime at 4 years old.
But we couldn’t complete the other 20% ‘cos the questions were either damn vague, or were Inuyasha and Prince of Tennis questions, and none of us watched/read said animemangas.
But from circus-usagi’s journal, seems like the prize is 2 Kinokuniya vouchers worth 10 bucks each.

Domokun cosplay!!! 8D He had flat hands.
And there were 2 small rectangular holes cut out in the mouth area (for him to see I presume).
But SOMEHOW when we took photos of him, the holes turned WHITE O___O
I have yet to figure out how that happened, but I am deeply inclined to believe it was thanks to the work of my old nemesis, flash.

AND LIKE, HOMYGOSH.
THERE WERE FFXIII COSPLAYERS.
Specifically, Lightning, Snow, Vanille and Hope.
Which is like, damn cool, ‘cos the Japanese version was released only a few days ago.
But then again, I’m willing to bet they used the trailers as guides, and the trailers were released quite a while ago.
ALL OF THEM LOOKED SUPER IN-CHARACTER. SERIOUS.
Lightning had the sorta D< look, Snow had the sorta confident look, Vanille was like, outgoing, and Hope was quiet-looking and ‘half-emo’.
Which is like, EXACTLY LIKE THEIR PERSONALITIES.
I’m not sure if they chose who to cosplay who based on the cosplayers’ personalities (which some people do, and that’s actually a pretty good tactic to look In-Character) or if they’re just damn good at cosplaying (I think it’s both, actually).
But whatever the case, they are SUPER GOOD.
And I found out from one of their dA’s later that there was supposed to be a Serah, but the cosplayer fell sick D:
Poor cosplayer, but as for SERAH, let’s just say I’m glad, cos Serah is striking me as a Mary-Sue the more time passes.
But anyways.
First time I saw them, me and Pearl were wandering about looking for Fish and Yun Teng.
I think I was talking to Fish on the phone or something.
When I saw them I squeaked, threw my phone to Pearl, pulled out my camera and started snapping photos of Vanille and Snow, cos Lightning was talking on the phone, and Hope wandered off.
And I did all of the above in one smooth movement O____O
Then Lightning wandered off as well and I was like NOOOOO LIGHTNIIIIIIING~~
Good thing we saw them again later.
Lightning, Snow and Vanille were posing together, and Hope wandered off AGAIN D<
Then he came back for a while.
So we asked whether all four of them could pose together.
During the time we were asking Lightning, HOPE WANDERED OFF. AGAIN!
And we were like, HOPE, WHERE’S HOPE?!
Fish: “THERE IS NO HOPE 8DDD”
Me: -raise eyebrows- O____O
Turns out Hope was hiding behind Lightning talking on the phone.
So we took photos.
After I was done, I noticed there was this L cosplayer RIGHT BESIDE ME.
VERY IN-CHARACTER-LY.
I was like O___O!!!
Then he turned and looked at me.
I looked back at him.
Then he still very In-Character-ly bowed and left. O_______O
Talk about dedicated cosplayer.

VONGOLA GUARDIANS WITH THEIR BOX WEAPONS, HO YEAH!
AND LOOKING SUPER GOOD.

OHOH AND PANDORA HEARTS COSPLAYERS~~
More accurately, Break and Chesire Cat cosplayers.
They look real good.
But I imagine it must be pretty hard for Chesire to walk about.
I mean, what with the two bells dragging on the ground behind him.
…And I wonder how Emily manages to stay on Break.
Did he put super-glue or something?

AWESOMELY DEDICATED MUKURO-SAMA COSPLAYER RETURNS!!!!!
OH MY GOSH.
Needless to say, I squeaked and took at least 15 photos of him in one shot.

ROZEN MAIDEN COSPLAYERS!!!!
But honestly, I don’t think they’re very good.
The only one who was good was Suiseiseki, and now that I’ve got a close look, I realize she forgot her contacts… So no red eye-green eye D:
What happened to Barasuishou and Kirakishou O___O
Not that many people care about them, but…
Their props were really cool though, what’s with all the black feathers, rose petals, flowers according to their ‘theme colors’ and for some of them, weapons.

I HAVE A SNEAK SHOT OF KH2 COSPLAYERS All EATING LUNCH TOGETHER!
Until Fish reminded me that I was supposed to ask people for permission before taking pictures of them. TToTT
I’m so sorry, KH2 cosplayers.
But Riku was really good… And he’s TALL too.

Okay, enough about the cosplayers.
And also because this time, I took VERY little photos TTxTT Only 81
Some of the booths there were selling really cool stuffs.
Like the booth selling Rozen Maiden posters, I thought the Barasuishou, Kirakishou and Suigintou were really good.
I wanted to buy them you know.
Until I asked how much one cost and the guy said one for 10 bucks, whole set of 8 for 50.
The price scared me off.
OHOHOH AND SHOP WITH THE AWESOME MUKURO-SAMA PRINT!!
It’s damn cute! The print I mean.
Mukuro-sama spearing Marshmello!Byakuran-teme on a stick, roasting him over a fire and with the words DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE multiple times in the background.
I LAUGHED.
LIKE MAD.
And now that it’s on my wall I laugh every time I see it.
Fish said that it would’ve been cuter if Mukuro-sama poked Byakuran-teme on his trident instead though XDDDD

And the FF planner booth…
We stood there and debated for like 10 minutes as to whether I should get one.
Mean while the booth owner was standing there and smiling at us super amusedly.
As in, haha that’s so funny smile, not quick make up your mind whether you want to buy or not smile.
I therefore conclude that the shopkeeper is nice :D
We planned to go walk around a bit more then come back to buy it, but I guess we forgot all about it and ended up not buying >_>

And ho man, why did the SUPER OMG~~~ OFFICIAL POSTCARD OF YOUNG!, 15 YEAR OLD AND 25 YEAR OLD MUKURO-SAMA GET SOLD OUT!!!!! TTATT
I must mourn.
I bet I could fangirl forEVER over that T_T
I need to find it then buy it. SOON.
But, at least I managed to get the one of Yukata!Mukuro-sama and his cute little Chrome together~~~
6996 FTW, ho yeah!
My maid said that Mukuro-sama was eating ice-cream.
I was like HUH?!!! ICE CREAM ON A STICK?!!
But then she said she ate something like that once, so I believed her…
Btw, stick meaning those kinda satay sticks, not ice cream stick sticks.

So lessee…
What I bought (tickets and meals not included, no duh):
6996 postcard <33
Print of Mukuro-sama roasting Marshmello!Byakuran-teme <33
Dissidia 2010 calendar (came with a free Leon print)
FFXIII Lightning print
FFvXIII Noctis print
Miku print
VOCALOID set (3 prints, badges and 3 stickers: Gakupo, Kaito and Spice’s Len. For the stickers, one CD sticker of Gakupo, and 2 rectangular ones of Kaito and Len.)
I think… That’s it?


THE INFO ABOUT THE GAMES IS TAKEN FROM FISH’S BLOG:

1. Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix, DS)
2. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Pokemon, DS)
3. Friend Collection (Nintendo, DS)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, WII)
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii)
6. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, PS3)
7. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii)
8. Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom, Wii)
9. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP the Best (Capcom, PSP)
10. Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard (Level-5, DS)
11. Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo, DS)
12. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Square Enix, DS)
13. Resident Evil 5 (Capcom, PS3)
14. Yakuza 3 (Sega, PS3)
15. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii)
16. Professor Layton and the Demon's Flute (Level-5, DS)
17. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega, PSP)
18. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii)
19. Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce (Koei, PSP)
20. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Sky Battalion (Pokemon, DS)
21. Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco Bandai, Wii)
22. Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami, PS3)
23. Rhythm Heaven Gold (Nintendo, DS)
24. Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai, PS3)
25. Tales of the World Radiant Mythology 2 (Namco Bandai, PSP)
26. Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon, DS)
27. Gundam VS Gundam Next Plus (Namco Bandai, PSP)
28. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo, DS)
29. Ace Attorney Investigations (Capcom, DS)
30. SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Namco Bandai, PS2)

I am PROUD to see so many Square Enix games up on the list. –sniffles with joy-
Heart Gold/Soul Silver, I look forwards to playing you when the English version comes out.
FFXIII, UNDENIABLE PROOF OF HOW MUCH SQUEENIX OWNS.
I mean, it was released like, only TWO WEEKS AGO.
And it’s already SIX on the list.
If that’s not awesome, I don’t know what is.
Totally raring to play it too, come ON, 2010 MARCH HOLIDAYS, hurry up and arrive so I can spend the entire week rotting at home and playing FFXIII.
AND, HAHA KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 DAYS, TOTALLY PREDICTABLE.
I mean, story is good, gameplay was quite good for a DS, and HO MY THE GRAPHICS MAN, THIS IS SQUEENIX WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AFTERALL <33333
Oh, and for extra info, it made the Saddest Game of the Year.
Take that, other games, know that you can never beat Square Enix. :D
Professor Layton, I’ve got to play that one day. Lots of people say that it’s pretty good.
Remind me to get Tales of Vesperia too when I’m not so poor.
The Tales of games are pretty good, and plenty of story too.
Just what I like :D
And, homg, Ace Attorney Investigations.
The English one’s gonna be released next year, February I think, and that’s the cue for me to go mad playing it.
Hey Phoenix Wright games are fun okay.

Following info about Birth By Sleep, not taken from Fish’s blog.
NEW TRAILER IS OUT!!
And probably the last trailer, because if the game’s gonna be released in a couple of days (Jan 9 2010) then I don’t think they’re gonna bother making another trailer.
You’d get to experience the fun yourself anyways.



Haha, yes I managed to find subs!!
Even if that means the screen is a little smaller >_>
AND THE GAME IS LOOKING EPIC~
And, homg, FULL CG IS LIKE WHOAAA~~!!!!
Can you BELIEVE that this is for the PSP?!!!!
I officially love Squeenix even more than I already do, if only it were possible.
Full CG looks so cool!!!!!
But, for the opening…
Not Hikari AGAIN!! –sigh-
I mean it’s nice and all, but it gets a little old when they keep using Hikari and Passion for the opening/endings.
Or, for the English versions, Simple and Clean and Santuary.
YOUNG RIKU, IS CUTE O______O
And HOMG ISA AND LEA O________O
Meaning PRE-NOBODIES SAIX AND AXEL!!!!
Damn they look too cute to be true XDDDDD
Watching the trailer is making me more and more confused.
Which I find good in it’s own way cos it makes me more anxious to play the game
OAAAAAAAAO
BUT SERIOUSLY!!!
WHO DA HECK IS VANITAS?!!!
WHAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE!!!
WTH DID MASTER XEHANORT MEAN WHEN HE SAID YOU CAN’T SAVE VENTUS AND AQUA?!!!
WHY DA HECK IS VEN ALL WRAPPED UP LIKE A BABY AND ON A DESTINY ISLANDS-LIKE BEACH?!!!
ARRGHHHHHHHH
MY BRAIN
IS GOING TO EXPLODE AND DIE.
ARGHARGHARGH
Okay no, calm down.
And now I need to make a super important decision!
Who shall I play first, Terra, Ven, or Aqua?!!!
So I decided that in order to decide, I shall list down all the reasons I may have for wanting to play that character, and whoever has the most points shall be played first, and whoever has the least shall be played last!
Yeah.

Terra:
1) Playing type: POWER. And I like offense.
2) Does he turn bad later on?!!
3) Why da heck is Ven and Aqua off chasing him?!
4) The first EVER BBS trailer, why did his eyes suddenly turn yellow?!!!
5) Super epic storyline.

Ven:
1) Playing type: SPEED. I like speed too.
2) His attacks are like, the super flashy and cool type that I like. Yes I like super flashy attacks. Flashy as in, FLASHY, not light-emitting. Although he also seems to emit a LOT of light in his combos. …More and more like Roxas.
3) WHY DOES HE LOOK SO MUCH LIKE ROXAS?!!! ARGH EVEN HIS POSES IN THE OFFICIAL POSTERS ARE LIKE ROXAS’S!!!
4) It seems like he meets the most number of ‘pre-Nobodies’.
5) Super epic storyline.
6) WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM IN THE END?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aqua:
1) I’d like to see how long I can survive playing a MAGIC type…
2) I find her design pretty cute :D And I like her personality.
3) SHE MEETS ZACK, HOMG <333
4) MASTER Aqua?!! And why’d she cry at the end of the trailer?!!!

… With all of these listed out, it seems pretty obvious who I should play first…
Even though my heart is still screaming in indecision.

Anyways, there’s a letter from Nomura-sensei I found on KH Insider!

Creator Message - Tetsuya Nomura December 30th 2009
Creator Message (Tetsuya Nomura)
Good morning.
Are you all having fun with FFXIII?
I’m Nomura, and this is my second time appearing here.
They suddenly told me that I had to write a blog entry after they’ve put up the new trailer. But I was late with it again.
So what did you think of the new trailer?
There is quite a lot of stuff we packed into it. We even included some scenes from a secret event.
This time we thought we shouldn’t put too many of the best scenes in the game in the trailer, since that would give away too much. So instead we took a little bit from a secret scene instead, as a last resort. I hope you’ll watch all of the main scenes of the game for yourself.
Also, I feel that this time we’ve created quite a good game.
How you’ve arranged your Deck Commands will play a big part in how you get through battles. So collected a lot of Commands, and try out which ones work best.
For me, the first time I had trouble was in Olympus Colosseum.
In the tournament you have to fight a series of battles under a time limit.
There is an Unversed called “Buckle Bruiser” that, well... keeps repelling your attacks.
It’s even more irritating than the “Large Body” Heartless....
Once the time limit was up, I switched around my Deck Commands and tried again.
So everyone, please watch out for the “Buckle Bruiser”.
Also, watch out for the timing on your Shoot Locks. You’ll need it.
One special feature in this game is the “Command Board”.
It’s different from the rest of the game, and will give you a nice break.
I’m really happy we put it in.
Even if you don’t win, you don’t have to reset. You can upgrade your Commands and play as many times as you want. So you can just take it easy and have fun with it.
We’ve put a lot of different elements into this game, and I really feel that we’ve made an interesting one. We only have a little longer before it releases.
So you better invite your friends while you can, since you can play on adhoc.
I’ll see you again next time, when they make me write another entry on release day.
I hope you have a good New Years.
Director
Tetsuya Nomura

Thanks for all the hints, Nomura-sensei!! :DDDDDDD
Seriously, it helps.
But about the “Decks” battle system…
Please tell me it’s not anything like CoM’s one or I will really cry >_>
I doesn’t seem to be, but still, gotta pray.
The battle system seems super confusing right now though…
I read a translated page of a preview of it and got a headache.
It’s like, OMG I WANNA FAINT AND DIE.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL.
And I’m the type of person who can pick up games and get used to it super quickly.
But then again I AM the do it to learn kinda person not the read and learn kinda person, so yeah.

But anyways, I just had a thought.
In BBS, Ven is 15 years old.
And this takes place 10 years before KH.
And in one of the official art, which included Organization XIII, Roxas was drawn as a 20+ year old.
And Nomura-sensei never explained why he drew Roxas that way.
But! I’m thinking…
Take Ven’s BBS age, plus 10, equals 25, AKA ‘20+ year old’.
Does that mean Ven has some connection to Sora, seeing as Roxas is Sora’s Nobody?
Actually, I’m pretty certain he does, which he why he and Roxas look exactly the same, and I HIGHLY DOUBT it’s just a mere coincidence.
Wonder what connection it is, then…


KHR latest chapter, hmm hmm hmm~
Amano-sensei seems to be fulfilling all my wishes~~
I wished that Mukuro-sama would use the Demon Lenses, and YAY THERE HE IS USING THEM~~
Another of my wishes fulfilled XD
I wonder if she heard me all the way from Japan O___O
6996 moment HO YAY~~~!!!!
Don’t tell me you don’t see it, ‘cos I know you do.
It’s so obvious.
HA TAKE THAT, 1896 FANGIRLS!!!
Cos Chrome SO obviously belongs to Mukuro-sama.
Hmm, but wth is up with Fran’s box weapon O___O
Cuz is that a CHIBI BEL I SEE COMING OUT OF FRAN’S BOX THERE?!!!
Ghost really turned out to be a ghost after all, you’re a genius, Claire XDDDD
AND GO TSUNA GO GO GO!!!
Super looking forwards to the next chapter!!!!!!!!!