Archive for the ‘DS’ Category


WR: Final Fantasy III (DS)

Friday, September 18th, 2009

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Developer: Matrix Software
Publisher: Square Enix
Genre: Role-playing
Players: 1
Console: DS
ESRB Rating: E10+
Hours Played: 23
Progress: Finished the main quest

Square Enix has remade a lot of their older games for newer systems, including releasing two games that had not been released in America before. Final Fantasy III was one that is only just now released to North Americans. Of course, did SquareSoft (as they were called back then) hold this game back for quality reasons or did they just mysteriously decide not to send to America?

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From the DSi

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Just testing out the DSi web browser. Pretty decent this time around!

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Warren Review: Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift (DS)

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Developer: Square Enix
Publisher: Square Enix
ESRB Rating: E 10+
Players: 1
Hours Played: 120
Progress: Finished main story line (250+ quests completed)

Final Fantasy being one of the most popular Role Playing Game franchises of all time has created many a spin-off. One of the most revered is the Final Fantasy Tactics series, which began all the way back in 1998 with its US release on the PlayStation One. Since then a remake was created in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance (Final Fantasy Tactics Advance), with a further enhanced version appearing on the PSP in 2007 (Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions). Now turn-based strategy fans can lose more nights of sleep, as the GBA sequel receives a much anticipated follow-up with Final Fantasy Tactics A2 on the Nintendo DS.

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Nintendo Media Summit Japan 2008

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

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Well, after a terrible E3 this year, Nintendo set out to redeem themselves with this year’s Nintendo Media Summit. Did they succeed? OH HELLS YEAH!

Well, first off on the list of awesome is:  The Nintendo DSi.

It may look a lot like a DS lite, but there are a plethora of key differences (wording courtesy of GoNintendo, ’cause I’m tired :P):

  • 12%, 2.6 millimeters skinnier, no more GBA slot
  • bigger screens, better speakers, two cameras
  • screens are 3.25 inches
  • camera and audio functions
  • pictures taken can be able to be manipulated via touch screens
  • pitch and sound playback speed can be adjusted
  • SD card slot
  • store then view pics on Wii Photo Channel
  • internal memory for apps
  • built-in web browser
  • download DSi Ware with Nintendo Points (Wii points renamed)
  • apps will cost free/200/500/800 points.
  • owners that connect by March, 2010 will receive 1000 Points as a gift. (Japan)
  • Hits Japan on Nov 1st for 18900 yen
  • DS Station will go into its second phase, becoming the Nintendo Zone service.
  • service once again available at McDonalds
  • Nintendo Zone Viewer included, no setup needed
  • colors: white and frosted black
  • 6-9 hours of battery life on medium setting
  • the ability to download new apps and have them as “channels” in the main menu
  • GameBoy camera-like stuff for the cameras

Lots of Wii and regular DS news as well, but we’ll leave that for morning.

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Nintendo E3 2008 Review

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Well, Nintendo’s had their kick at the E3 cat.  How many of my predictions came true?  Did Nintendo give me an early Christmas present by addressing any of my Pipe Dreams?  Once again in the Kodak theatre, Nintendo had a huge venue from which they could unravel their magic upon a very ready and very large crowd of the press.  Read on to find out whether they used their powers, or just left us by the wayside while they went off on a gaming tangent again.

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E3 2008 Wishes

Monday, July 14th, 2008
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Well, E3 is once again upon us, and Microsoft had a pretty good showing today, so tomorrow morning it will be up to both Nintendo and Sony to strut their respective stuffs.  Thus, it is as good a time as any to make some predictions before everything starts happening tomorrow.  There have been very few rumours floating around before this E3, which is quite unusual.  This could either mean that big things are afoot, or that nothing much will be happening at all.  GoNintendo says that Iwatadono will be making an appearance this year, and that usually spells that something big is in the cards.  Here are my predictions/hopes split into two categories: Predictions and Pipe Dreams.

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Warren Review: The World Ends With You

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

The World Ends With You

Time played: approx. 18 hours
Progress: completed game (1 time), player level 49, ESP’er Rank C

The World Ends with You is an action-RPG for the Nintendo DS. It was developed by Jupiter (a subsidiary of Square Enix) who was also responsible for the game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.  The World Ends with You?s pedigree and ancestors have set a pretty high set of standards for new Square Enix games not of the Final Fantasy lineage.  But does this new game meets up to these standards?

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