Wonderswan Color First Impressions/Short Review (FINALLY)

Ok, after waiting a crap ton of time for my Wonderswan and keeping it a bit of a secret here, it is finally in and the secret is out. For those of you who don't know what a Wonderswan is, it was basically Bandai's response to the Gameboy. I'm guessing that since Bandai owned a lot (yes, I realise that up until today I have been using a lot as one word and I just now caught my mistake... so shut up...) of famous anime at the time, or at least I'm pretty sure they did, then maybe they thought they would have a broader appeal in Japan alone what with anime not being as popular in America yet, which could be why they only released it in Japan but that is just my guess. Anyway, since it is a Bandai system there are plenty of licenced anime games for it, however, only one of the games I bought with it was licenced. Since I wanted to do a little review of the system I figured that if I wanted to buy two games with it, I would get a color game and a black & white game and I wanted to get a licenced anime game and just a regular game, so the two games I got were Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (probably the main reason I wanted a Wonderswan in the first place) and One Piece: Swan Colosseum (this is the color game). And so far, I actually like both, but if I had to choose right now one to play more of, I would say Klonoa, not because the One Piece game is bad, certainly not that, it's just that I haven't gotten used to the controls and whatnot yet so I'm sure it'll get addicting once I get the hang of it, but until then, Moonlight Museum is so far just like the first gameboy game so I really like, but we'll see how challenging those puzzles get later on in the game. Oh, also I scored this system and these games for pretty cheap, I got em on eBay from... hmmm... what was his name? I think it was game agora... or maybe there was an underscore between the words (like this game_agora) or something, I don't remember. Ok now let's get to the interface... or whatever you call it of the system, or just basically the system itself... whatever let's just get down to it, so it is A LOT smaller then I thought it would be, I mean for some reason I was expecting it to be the size of my Gamegear, but it's like the size of a Gameboy Advance. Oh and speaking of Gamegear, it has that weird screen lighting problem the Gamegear had but to a lesser extent with Klonoa, I guess that's because it is just a regular Wonderswan game. Also, the buttons are a bit weird, like it has the standard b first, then a like an NES controller, but instead of a d pad with just like arrows for buttons or whatever, the d-pad buttons are x buttons, like up is x1 and down is x3, then on top of that d-pad is another one with y buttons, where up on that one is y1 and down is y3, however I am guessing that with most games you use the x d-pad since so far the two games I played used them as the d-pad. Oh and it only runs on one AA battery, I don't know how fast the batteries get drained but it only runs on one of em so that is pretty convenient. I don't know what else to say... Hmmm... I guess that's it, and so far I am loving my Wonderswan, hopefully you can begin to look forward to some Wonderswan game reviews by me in the future. Oh snap, before I end this post, I just started a level of Klonoa where the screen turns sideways and you use the x d-pad as regular controls and the y d-pad as, well, a d-pad... so forget what I said about not using the y buttons I suppose.

Top 5 "Collection" Games That Need to be Made

Ok so like I said in my previous list, games don't exist so no pictures. Oh and by Collection games, I don't mean like the little case things that come with a series of games, like the Devil May Cry or Metal Gear Solid collections, I mean like the Sonic Mega Collection, or God of War Collection, or Megaman Collection games, that have several games on one disk.

5. Viewtiful Joe Collection
Yeah, I know, Viewtiful Joe is awesome and all, but it would just be 3 games (unless of course they could somehow put Double Trouble on a console...), and one of which would only be a spin-off party game. However, I do think it would be nice for Capcom to at least try to show a little love for Viewtiful Joe again, I mean is he just going to never star in a game of his own series again because Clover studios is gone? Is he just going to be a... *gulp* guest star in every Capcom game that needs to add some variety because they only feel like putting 1 Darkstalker character in it, well? Is he?!?! Sorry I flew off the handle there, anyway I think it would be nice for Capcom to at least show some love to the series they forgot because it didn't make them as much money as Megaman... but whatever it's a business, at least Capcom listens to their fans (sometimes) unlike SEGA, who just seem to fold their feedback letters into origami cranes and then burn them for warmth. Oh, and as for the system I would want this to be on, I would have to say, a Wii version that would come with the Gamecube version of Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2, as well as Red Hot Rumble, and then maybe a PS3 version that sort of polishes the graphics (not like AMAZINGLY polish them, just make them a bit shinier) of the ps2 versions of Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2 and the psp version of Red Hot Rumble.

4. Capcom Vs. Series Collection
I ALMOST but this as number 5, but then I realised how awesomely badass it would be to play all of the _____ Vs. Capcom games on one disk, I would have to DEFINITELY buy an arcade stick for a game like that. Now, I just thought of one fatal flaw, and that is, well, since it probably wouldn't be on the Wii, it probably wouldn't contain the entire Vs. Series because I don't think they would want to make a PS3/360 version of Tatsunoko Vs Capcom. Oh and even though I hate playing fighting games on the 360, but if there were a market for a Vs. Series collection among Xbox gamers, then I wouldn't mind having this one be a multi-platform game. I really am not sure what else to say about this... so let's move on to number 3!

3. Kingdom Hearts Collection
Ok, now this would just be awesome, obviously much like the God of War Collection this game would be on the PS3 since the games in it were on the PS2, and it would probably be able to have every Kingdom Hearts game besides 358/2 Days. That means Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, as well as Birth By Sleep and obviously there would be no problem with RE: Chain of Memories, but it would be really cool to have the original GBA version of Chain of Memories (you know IF they could). Oh, and it would be freakin awesome if we could get both of the Kingdom Hearts Mobile Phone games, even though they probably sucked, I still think it would be cool to at least have them in there. However, the Japanese and American versions would have to differ slightly, the Japanese version would have the "Final Mix" version of each game and the American version probably couldn't, well I mean Kingdom Hearts (1) Final Mix is basically the American version with like... one more boss... or one more something... but actually, if they were willing to put subtitles on Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix +, and make the menus in English that would be pretty sweet, I mean it already has the English voice actors in it... or... wait, it does right? I can't believe I don't know that and I actually OWN the game...

2. Klonoa Collection
If your pissed off about a Kingdom Hearts collection being under a Klonoa collection on my list you clearly don't know me at all, it's like being mad at me for saying I like Darkstalkers more than I like Street Fighter or Guilty Gear, or when I say I would prefer to play Ape Escape over Okami, because Okami, Street Fighter, and Guilty Gear are AMAZING games, but games like Klonoa, Darkstalkers, and Ape Escape will always hold a special place in my heart. So obviously, a Klonoa collection is just one of those things I wish Namco would get off their asses and do... sadly I don't think Klonoa is very profitable to them so it is only but a dream. Ha! Wow, I actually didn't notice until at least a minute after I typed that, that Klonoa basically has to do with dreams and stuff... and I just realized right now that is wasn't actually very funny so I'm just gonna go on... Anyway, the games it would include would be Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, Klonoa 1 & 2 for the GBA, Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (the Wonderswan Game), and maybe Klonoa: Beach Volleyball, and yes that really does exist, but it's only available in Europe and Japan, however I hear it's not very good. As for the system... hmmm... Probably the Wii, yeah that would be good.

1. Persona Collection
Ok, sorry if I run out of words quickly in this one, because I always seem to not have anything to say for whatever number 1 is on all of my lists. Alright, so just try to picture this, Persona 1-4 (including any spin-offs or... uhhh whatever you call the things like FES) in one filled to the brim Blu-ray disk... or... oooh... maybe they would need two... nah 40 gigs (or 80 if it's dual layered) would be enough... right? Anyway, when I said Blu-ray, I was implying that this game should (obviously) be on the PS3 since all of the Persona games before it were on Sony consoles. That would be like a lifetime of gameplay, wait hold up let me check how many games there are in the series... 12 including spin-offs, and not including the regular edition of Persona 3, wow... could you simply imagine the hours people would spend on this ONE collection, I mean the price would have to be pretty steep, but I would be willing to pay quite the high price for 12 Persona games on my PS3. Like I said before I seem to be at a shortage of words... Well I'll end on this, as I was writing this list, I actually realised I left out several awesome series that should get collection games made for them, so I might do a second list, meaning don't think of this as really a "top" 5 list, since the next one will probably have an Ape Escape collection in it, and in my opinion that would be nowhere near number 6 on a top 10 list, it would probably be in the top 3, if not just simply number one, it would at least have to be in the top 3...

Top 5 Video Games that Need to be Made

Ok, so I took a day off last week, I made up for that with a 27 minute long video, but I have notice that I haven't been doing many Top __ Lists, and last week's weekly jump was actually only Naruto so... I feel that it is time to do a list. Obviously since these games are not out yet, and may never be, there will be no pictures. Also, I could have sworn I did a list like this... Hmmm... I guess I didn't... Weird...

5. Namco Vs Capcom
Ok, yea sure we got Namco x Capcom, but that was a Japan only RPG game, seriously how much more can Capcom tease us, not only with the way they put Darkstalkers characters into almost all of their works, and don't ever make a stand alone Darkstalkers game but taking (in my opinion) the most demanded company for a Vs game and have them collaborate with you on, not a fighting game like everyone wants, but a freakin RPG game, and hey, why not also be an even bigger jerk and not release it in America! Sorry I flew off the handle there, but I mean come on, I have a rule about importing RPGs, it makes it alot less fun when you can't understand the language. Oh and speaking of teases I bet that since Namco but Klonoa in Namco x Capcom, being an RPG and all, if we get a fighting game we probably won't even get a hint of a series like Klonoa in it will we? I mean I'm not asking you to make him a playable character, I'm just asking for maybe a stage, or a support character or something like that having to do with Klonoa, but I bet they won't... As for the console I would want it to be on... hmmm... the Wii worked fine for Tatsunoko Vs Capcom... so I guess the Wii.

4. Jump Vs Capcom
Sorry if there are two "Vs" games in here... but I really want both of these to be games. However there would be one big problem with this game... If they thought a Tatsunoko game would be a licensing nightmare (and the messed up part is even after all of that work they couldn't get the licensing for a certain character) then they would have to idea the hell they would have to go through to bring a Jump game to America, in fact, in my opinion it would actually be impossible for them to do. I would definatly import it though, and it would be pretty badass too... it could have like characters from Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, D. Gray-Man, Toriko, Hunter X Hunter, Gin Tama, Reborn, Shaman King, and tons more, the possibilities are quite endless. Also, hopefully it will have more than one Darkstalker character. Oh right the system... Hmmm... How about... the Wii as well.

3. A third Jump Stars Game
Ok so much like Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars this game would not come to America and it would have some name cooler than Super or Ultimate. Also, I feel like in Jump Ultimate Stars that even though we had all of those characters it just makes me wish I could be using more recent characters, like I'm playing as Sasuke and wonder what it would be like to play as Pein or Suigetsu, but those characters weren't around in the manga when Ultimate Stars came out, and not to mention the Jump Stars games are where alot of the spriting community get's there sprites for anime characters so if we could finally get a Pein sprite that isn't an Itachi edit, that would make me so happy. Also, the Wi-Fi really kept me playing after beating story and I don't think I have ever put so many hours into a DS game since I got Ultimate Stars but now I just wish I could get a new Jump game, and a nice little "rumor" (or whatever you want to call it) or joke people like to play on others in the gamefaqs forums, is that when you ask when the next Jump game comes out, it gets delayed by two months, but honestly I am just tired of waiting and I know I sound like a broken record, but I seriously want a new Jump game.

2. Klonoa 3
Ok, so when I say Klonoa 3, I mean it in two ways, I mean Klonoa 3, the sequal to Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil on the ps2, and I mean Klonoa 3, the sequal to Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament on the Gameboy Advanced. So let's start with the first one I mentioned, Klonoa 3, the sequal to Lunatea's Veil, which would proabably be on the Wii, although a nice HD PS3 or 360 version would look nice, however I don't think Klonoa Works (if it still exists somewhere in Namco) has the budget for an HD Klonoa game. I would like it on the Wii just fine though, since the Door to Phantomile Wii remake was awesome, but for the game to come out there would have to be a Lunatea's Veil remake on the Wii as well, and I am not sure if they made enough money on the Door to Phantomile remake to actually remake the second game, however if they did we could finally get the long awaited Klonoa 3 that I have wished would exist ever since my very first playthough of Lunatea's Veil. And about that other Klonoa 3, well I wasn't the biggest fan of Dream Champ Tourniment, and not just because those puzzles were so hard in the last level it just made me want to throw my Gameboy at the wall, but because... I don't know it just felt sort of... weird... compared to Empire of Dreams (it's predisessor). I hope that if a third handheald Klonoa game were to come out, then it would be more like Empire of Dreams, and my console of choice would obviously be the DS.

1. Viewtiful Joe 3
Ok, so if Okamiden wasn't in production right now I think a sequal to Okami would be on this list, and quite possibly number 1, but after replaying the original Viewtiful Joe, and not to mention Double Trouble (the Viewtiful Joe DS game), AND not to mention PLAYING as Viewtiful Joe in Tatsunoko Vs Capcom Ultimate All-Stars, I am just in that Viewtiful Joe mood. Seriously it is a shame, no a goddamn tragedy that Clover Studios was closed down, I mean what the hell was going through Capcom's mind when they did that, now we have someone else making Okamiden and Viewtiful Joe 3 as nothing but a pipe dream. Seriously, I just want to have a Viewtiful Joe 3, that can be freakin produced by Capcom, since they own the rights to Viewtiful Joe, but can it at least be developed by Platinum Games (a company with several key Clover Studios members in it, you know, the guys who made Mad World and Bayonetta). I always seem to be at a loss of words when it comes to whatever is number one on these Top __ Lists... or wait, I think I have more to say. I do not know how the second game ended so please don't tell me, but, if we got two spin-off games after Viewtiful Joe 2, can't we get a third game? Well, NOW I think I am at a loss of words, so I'll stop here.

5 ps2 games I would REALLY recommend

Ahhh the ps2, in my opinion it's the best game system ever and these are 5 games I recomend you get if you don't already have a ps2 (ha yeah right) or if you need some more games to play on your ps2, this includes game series as well.

5. Katamari (series)

Ok so I only own Katamari Damacy but I've played Me and My Katamari but plan on getting Katamari Forever. Oh well, anyway the two Katamari games on the ps2 are Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari, let me tell you this before you go out and buy it... this game is WEIRD, especially because of what the objective of the game is... Ok so basically you roll this big ball around (stop laughing) and your goal is to roll things into this ball to make it bigger (I said STOP laughing) and you have to get it to a certain size (screw it just keep laughing) and then you make it into a star... or in the case of the last level you make it into the moon. Anyway despite how weird it sounds (and how high the intro makes you feel) it is REALLY fun. Luckily for you, this game is easy to find for at least $10-$15.

4. Klonoa 2: Luneatea's Veil

Ok so I would recomend any Klonoa game because I am just such a huge klonoa fan, this game is platforming gold. this game is so fun but about the story mode... either you hate it or you love it, in my opinion I do like it alot but some people just hate it. Anyway, the game is really fun but the difficulty curve seems to play it cool for a while and then a few levels late it goes up just a LITTLE bit, then keeps doing that til that stupid maze level that was just too hard when I first played it years ago that I needed to get a Gamefaqs guide. Believe it or not this game should be really easy to find for a low price.

3. Persona 3

Yeah I know, "Why did you only say Persona 3 and not Persona 4?", well that's because Persona 3 is the only game in the Persona series that I have played, and infact I didn't even mean to buy it, it was on sale and I had just money to buy it along with Disgaea 2 and WOW it was awesome, ok awesome is an understatement, it was EXTREMELY AWESOME it has got to be one of my favorite RPGs of all time. The story is definatly one of the things that keeps you playing and it's kind of like a mix of an rpg and a sims game because of Social Links. Social Links are basically bonding with different friends by doing things like joining a sports team or staying in your room on a sunday afternoon to talk with someone on an online MMORPG. Social Links are kind of complicated to explain so it would be best if you just experience this game first hand.

2. Ape Escape (the whole series)

Ok I am going to be honast, since this isn't really a "top 5" list and these games are just kind of in random order, then this is number 2, if it were a top 5 list I would have to find a way to put it on a better number than number 1 because I love this series so much, even the spin-offs like Pumped and Primed are awesome (despite what most game review sites say I love pumped and primed), just everything about the series is great, especially the graphics, I mean just look at the cell shaded cutscenes in Pumped and Primed or just any part of the game of Million Monkeys and tell me straight in the eye that you have seen better looking graphics on a PS2. Well anyway, this game series is so much fun, but there is a downside, even though it is well known for being the very first game to use a ps1 Dual Shock controller, apperantly Sony must not think it's very popular because we haven't gotten an Ape Escape game since Ape Escape 3, but that is definatly not going to stop me from playing games like Million Monkeys or Ape Escape Acedemy 2, and it seems that much like the Blade Battlers series Sony has forgotten about Ape Escape, especially because the only new Ape Escape game in japan for quite some time was a game that was supposedly an "American exclusive", but trust me Sony, you may have forgotten Ape Escape, but your fan's have not...

1. Metal Gear Solid (series)

Ok so Metal Gear Solid 1 is on the ps1 and Metal Gear Solid 4 is on the ps3 but Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 are on the ps2 so this series is on the list. Well Metal Gear solid 2 is awesome but if your a really big fan of snake then this one might not be for you especially because in Metal Gear Solid 2 Raiden is kind of... uhhh... how do I put this... well you all know the word I'm going so say... he is nothing like Metal Gear Solid 4 Raiden (awesome Cyborg Ninja Raiden) and like many Metal Gear fan's say, he stole snake's limelight, but that's not to say the game isn't still awesome because it is, oh and there's a skating mini-game in the substance version that's just awesome. Ok... Metal Gear Solid 3... uhhh, well it's basically the much needed backstory of Metal Gear Solid that tells the story of Snake's dad "Naked Snake" aka "Big Boss" and it's pretty good, you even have to take medical care of yourself and eat stuff you find in the wilderness (surprisingly some snakes taste pretty good...) oh and by "medical care" I mean things like burning leeches off your body with Cigar's and picking bullets off your body with your knife, yeah I know it sounds effing painful. All of the games in the Metal Gear Solid Series are great and I recomend you try them all out.

Well that was my list of ps2 games I really recomend, remember I update every other day so keep checking for updates.
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