Ragnarok Online DS for Japan, Winter 2008.

Thanks to one of my friend who told me about this.




During my MMORPG days, Ragnarok Online was one of the online games I played with my pals. Good to know that GungHo brings this thing to the Nintendo DS! I missed this game so much.

As we all know, RODS was never meant to be ONLINE but it supports multiplayer up to 3 people to conquer dungeons.

Here's a summary from what my friend told me.

- Gameplay closely related to the online game on PC.
- Main focus on the offline story.
- Protagonist will be Ares, mild-mannered kid who wants to start his own guild and be an adventurer like his father.
- Takes place in the realm of Rune Midgard.

What you do is:-
- Recruit party members.
- Build up characters to gain new jobs and skills.
- Build up characters to gain new jobs, skills.
- Two brand-new jobs (Dark Knight can do special moves that drain HP, Shaman has various magic skills).

Gameplay will be:-
- Mostly stylus based control.
- Tap to pick up items, attack enemies.
- Draw circles and more for spells.
- Online play: three people team up to take on the Tower of Mirages, a 50 floor random dungeon.

Release:-
- December 18th 2008 in Japan.
- No US plans yet.

Lolita Style DS Accessories

Since Gothic Lolita or Lolita fashion is kinda hot right now, in order to match on what you wear, dressing up your DS would be tiresome. Not to mention gluing laces around it will ruin your DS long time. Them crazy Japanese people (whom we love so much) have a solution. Lolita styled DS accessories!

The makers of these things are Keys Factory and they made a special site just for these things but I'll just give it to you guys straight.






Fortunately, these things are ready to be ordered in Play-Asia, look below. So you Victorian Age lovers can match your outfits!



Click on the pictures to order directly from Play-Asia.

Games to look at on August 2008.

I want to list out games that I might look at for the month of August 2008. It's more like my choice of what I'm might play.

Like July, theres not that much titles to look at but there are few worth to get out there while waiting for September.

List are from GameFAQs:-

08/05
GRID
- Since the PC demo shows such potential for the PC version, why not expect the same in DS as well?

Puzzler Collection
- This was actually meant for July. It seems that it got postponed. Puzzle maniacs might love this.

08/12
Bangai-O Spirits
- Everyone wants to check out this game! Looks cool.

Line Rider 2: Unbound
- The pictures looks cool. I wonder if the game looks cool as well?

N+
- Addictive game. Somewhat Ninja Gaiden meets Lode Runner. Check out the flash demo.

08/26
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness
- Harvest Moon title. 'nuff said.

More GrooveStep Goodness

I'm keeping eye on this awesome music homebrew and it seems that the team doing this are aiming for it to be retail. Which I find to be fair enough. But being a homebrewed and going retail sounds tough.

Anyways, just enjoy the vid and the potential of Groovestep.

Laid My Hands on Guitar Hero: On Tour.

I finally laid my hands on Guitar Hero: On Tour (GHOT) 2 nights ago thanks to a friend of mine who works in a gaming shop. It was actually just for display but then they manager was kind enough to let me try it out.


picture courtesy of Philip of Mars Games & Toys Station @ City Mall, Kota Kinabalu

I played a few tunes and I liked it.

The only problem is the Guitar Grip itself. Vicarious Visions did great on it but its a problem to those who has medium hands and medium length fingers or bigger. I had a hard time putting it in place. I think the best way to put it on is Guitar Grip first, get comfortable with the placing, strap on then attach your DS afterwards.

I might get this for myself soon after my priorities are done.

Determine if your R4DS is genuine or not.

Important point:

1. After 15 September, Team R4 will do something for the fake card, original program(firmware) with Fake R4 may damage your DS machine (brick), original R4 will have no problem with this program.

2. Make sure you have buy a original R4 (see photo below), if you brick your DS with fake R4, please go ask the selling shop and Team R4 will not admitted this liability.

If this is the genuine R4 package then looks like you guys are somewhat safe.



According to my research the fake R4 using internal memory instead of using a Micro SD card on the genuine but we will know this when someone will end up bricking their DS.

To know more about the fake R4DS, read it in MyDS News.

R4DS fighting R4DS fakes.

R4DS now battling counterfeits of their own product by bricking your DS when using fake R4 with their new firmware. It will be released on September 15 in order to eliminate competition of the same product under R4's badge, which we know there are some fakes lurking around.

Rumoured said it will damage the DS permanently and trying to restore your bricked DS will be futile. For that Team R4 won't be held responsible and all you can do is seek the people who sold you the R4 cart.

Harsh move by R4, why don't they just make a warning sign or limited gameplay in order to show people that they bought fakes instead of killing of DS? This will make other homebrewers run for other carts. Do you think this is a good move Team R4?


Source from GBATemp.

I need the KORG DS-10 now!

It's finally out, quite unfortunate for the Japan market. I'd really want to try out this thing since the first time I laid eyes on it. Not to mention it being previewed live on one of the club in Japan.

Now that it's officially out, I hope I can grab this thing as soon as possible.

Hey, what about you guys grab it first and tell me how good it is? You can grab the KORG DS-10 via Play-Asia.



Play-Asia.com - Your One-Stop-Shop for Asian Entertainment


Forget about it being an Amazon Japan exclusive.

Going Under The Knife for the Second Time.

I gave this game a spin a while earlier and I must say, I'm impressed. Since I'm at work currently, I need to leave this alone for awhile. I'm sure you guys seen the screenshot posted a while back.

The first operation you'll be facing will be a guy with multiple fractures. On that stage too, you'll be introduced to a doctor called Adel. The girl looking character is actually a guy with a deep voice! DAMN!

I'll wait till after I get back home to continue the story.


Now I'm hoping it's not as hard as the prequel.

Games to look at on July 2008.

I want to list out games that I might look at for the month of July 2008. It's more like my choice of what I'm might play.

Not that much titles around July to look at but there are few worth to get out there while waiting for August.

List are from GameFAQs:-

07/01
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
- the sequel of the previous series, the art totally revamped while the challenge heard to be more merciful than the previous game. (I HATE TRITI!)

07/08
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
- what can I say about Sid Meier's Civilization?

07/15
Puchi Puchi Virus
- Puzzle freaks will love this.

07/22
Final Fantasy IV
- Long awaited remake of a great classic.

Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns
- the sequel of one of the most talked about game.

New International Track & Field
- this is a great multiplayer game.