I Go to Twitter Now

https://twitter.com/cheetahblades

This will probably end up being the world's most pathetic Twitter page, oh well. Yes that is my real name, I'm not scared of you. Anything else I need to say?

Well, yeah actually. I still plan to write here, this Twitter page is just for short thoughts that I don't feel are worth blowing up into full-blown posts here. Also, hopefully in conjunction with my Twitter page, I'll be pumping out more writing and stuff. As for future blog posts, I'm actually thinking of doing another Type-0 post, which will be more conversational and just a bunch of recounts of moments in the game. I'm debating, however, whether I should write or do another Howl episode, this time with footage from the game. And if I do use footage from the game, I have to be careful because, even if Square Enix was actually cool about the situation with SkyBladeCloud's translation, I'm still afraid that the slightest thing is going to set them off and start sending me the Cease and Desists and headaches.

Beyond Type-0... I don't really know what else. I guess there's that Super Metroid essay, I still have to get around to playing the game again. There are two games I need to play before I go back to school, which are The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, but I don't see a reason to write about them here. Not that I am thinking they are bad games by any means, it's just that they are so old and obscure that I wonder who is actually going to sit down and read about them? Especially given how long my posts tend to be.

So hopefully, this Twitter will serve for when I have a blog drought. That's all for now.

Final Fantasy Type-0 (Review)

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Lucina and "Robin" Confirmed In Smash 4!

"I suppose I'll get my chance another day..." --- CHROM, SMASH 4.

HA. HA HA HA. HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! ARE YOU SEEING THIS, PROPHET? YOU WERE WRONG!!!!!! NO CHROM IN SMASH 4!!!!!



Now, where was I?

Hehe, sorry, I had to indulge myself there. So that's the news today! Not one, but TWO Fire Emblem characters were announced, and they are the lovely Lucina and the finally-not-a-Marth-clone Robin.

People have been saying that Marth's aerial game has been nerfed badly. I'm thinking what happened was they gave Marth's top-tier mechanics to Lucina, but we'll just have to wait and see. And finally, Robin gives us a refreshing, unique Fire Emblem character, which is something I've kind of wanted in spite of not having really played any of these games (I need to get Awakening someday). I wonder what my Fire Emblem fan-friends think of this.

Also, Captain Falcon is confirmed to return!

Also, before you even tell me, "No! Chrom is playable! Look at him in the end!" my response to you is, "Look carefully." He's NOT playable, he just appears in a Final Smash. So, no, your little fairy prophet was wrong. Enjoy having the likeliness of the most completely unnecessary character in the history of Nintendo character requests (read: Chorus Men from Rhythm Heaven) dwindle away into oblivion, as it paves the way for better, more iconic, and more desired characters, like King K. Rool.

Final Fantasy Type-0 Is Coming!

And so continues this blog's silly tradition of using Rem's adorable face to mark good news!

Well I mean a review, the game technically already has come, and most fans probably already know this game is coming to the next-gen consoles. I cannot thank enough the wonderful souls  on Operation Doomtrain who put this fantastically done localization together, every bit of what they've done seems like phenomenal work.

When I started this blog, Type-0 was the biggest thing to come out of Square Enix, and why? Well, because XIII was not good, and Versus XIII (now FFXV) was almost a myth. This was the only other game to come out of the three teams that came together to make what I think of as three different FFXIII's (Type-0 was going to be called Agito XIII). From what I saw of the trailers, the hype was tremendous: you had the World Map! That hadn't been around since FFIX! There was a tremendous amount of playable characters, each seeming to promise to be unique. There was, while I wasn't fully sure of what it was, a seemingly intricate storyline or at the very least really good characters. There was Rem! There were side quests, chocobos, airships, GILGAMESH! How could this game be anything short of fantastic? So it came out, and I waited, pining in hope for it's US release... And I waited.... And waited...

It's kind of sad that you can see all the posts I previously wrote tracking this game's Western "release." For a time, that was all that this blog was about (this used to be a Final Fantasy-only blog, too). I remember the excitement just from unverified translations claiming the game was indeed slated to be released in the US. I remember the tweet from a veteran Square Enix localization voice actor, who said he had the role of "King" in "an upcoming game," which got taken down. I was convinced this game would be released in the states. However, after a couple of years, I became completely apathetic to the game and actually forgot about it, really. It just looked like Type-0 was never going to be released, so why would I still bother with it?

Now, some awesome people seem to have fully translated all the text in the game, allowing for any English-speaking person who can't read Japanese understand not just the plot of the game, but pretty much everything. After many excrutiating hours of trying to get the game to work--as it was too big to fit on my PSP, and my PSP could not even run it anyway, and then I had to try an emulator and track down a specific build of PPSSPP that specifically runs this game--I finally, FINALLY got to play Type-0, after all these years!

And now Square claims they have an HD remaster in the works for the PS4. Just when the English patch came out. Good job Square Enix, really good job. I'll believe that game is coming when I see Final Fantasy XV ever released.

So yeah, I'm loving every bit of Type-0. Not to sound like I'm copying Blue Highwind, but it truly is everything I wanted out of what I saw from the trailers. So thanks to the people who fan localized the game for us, you fellas get to have a review of the game here. That may be a while though, because there is a ton of stuff to do in Type-0. If you want to play this game, get the English patch quickly, as soon as possible!!! There's no telling how soon Square will act on this localization. I already came across some broken links, and this patch has only been out for about a month! So go go go, get it while it's hot.

Wild Announcement: I'm Making a Game!

This is where most of my time has been these days, hence the lack of posts and stuff. Not sure when I'll get back, but for now I am enjoying not having to stick to a schedule as rigid and painful as my class schedule last Spring. So please bear with me and enjoy this trailer!

Disclaimer: I do not own most of the resources in this game, I do not claim ownership, the second song in this trailer is owned by Square Enix, and I have no intentions of marketing this game. Thank you.