Yeah, I noticed that when I went to update the password of my japanese account. Oh well. Glad I grabbed that El Shaddai demo back before everything imploded.
@KaosAngel: Yeah, anyone who bought it during the Alpha essentially is in for everything that eventually comes. Be it updates, content expansions, final versions, whatever. The Beta buyers also get the 'final version', though it's been said that maybe major updates after the fact wouldn't be free for them. I dunno. I think they're not entirely sure what might happen post-final release. Considering the game can change on a weekly basis if they want to.
@MooseyMcMan: Hey, Shepard's been a lady for two games now. Obviously this male 'version' has been made to pander to the loud misogynist minority. Those guys are totally jerks. What next? Female Mario? Male Lara Croft?
I don't know who that is, because everyone knows Shepard is a lady. But I guess I could recruit that guy in the third game, if he's useful. He looks like a douche.
@Suicidal_SNiper: Well, I was talking more in saving and whatnot, which is where the game often lags up a bit. You have to remember, you're dealing with an RPG that allows saving anywhere, including tracking up to 600 individual party members each with unique stats and movesets and whatnot, along with all the usual RPG items and progress saves. There's a LOT going on under the hood at any moment mechanically in pokemon. Not that things like menu access should hang, I agree, but I think it gets overlooked all the things happening at any time.
I've been humming team plasma music all day, so .... yes, I agree. I also really like the dynamic music. Route themes are mellow when you're standing still, and a nice jaunty drum kicks in when you start moving. It's a really nice touch, reminds me of Monkey Island 2's dynamic music stuff.
Anyway, yes. Totally loving this game. Then again, I'm not really looking for something new with Pokemon. Refinements and some new guys every two or three years and I'll happily buy that.
@Suicidal_SNiper: Tastes are tastes. I hate playing console games on portables, so outside of Chinatown Wars I wouldn't touch a portable GTA. As for Pokemon, saying it doesn't stress the platform is belittling how much is being done in that game at any given time. For its simple presentation layer, Pokemon is much more complex than a Final Fantasy or a Dragon Quest. Also, while D/P was a bit sluggish, Black and White moves at a much faster pace. I guess they got it together with the new engine in those games finally.
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