Hey there. How ya doing?
I believe I did see somewhere that Sakaguchi was inspired by those birds. Also, in Castle in the Sky, there is a robot that looks like the robot in Final Fantasy. The robots have similar stories as well.
I did see those! I was like "Wow... Those look like chocobos!" Do you think Squaresoft got the idea for chocobos from that movie? I'll have to look that up sometime. And yeah, airships/flying contraptions are a big part of both Miyazaki's films and Final Fantasy.
Notice the Chocobo looking creature in Nausicaa? The big airship reminded me of the Dreadnought a bit.
Haha! I was actually hesitant to press it when it said that, because I thought that something would pop up to try to scare me!
That was pretty interesting. I pressed the button and pressed it again though it said not to, it disappeared.
I feel like sharing an internet "easter egg" with you: Do you happen to use FireFox? If you do, I want you to type this in your address bar: about:robots Heh... I thought it was something interesting to share, so I did. Hope you enjoyed that little piece of internet randomness!
Oh my gosh.. That sounds like a lot of fun! Good luck to ya. I'm sure you would last waaaay longer than me at least! But yeah, a win would be super exciting! When it's all said and done, be sure to tell me how it went.
So there is this Zombie Apocalypse that is going on in Norfolk next Friday night (Oct 22); it is basically a variant of manhunt but a zombie theme for halloween. Anyways there around 4 thousand people who are wanting to attend which surprised the organizer. She didn't think it would blow up so huge. She's scheduling another event in May as well from the huge response she received. Also, for the May event she will choose a bigger venue that way more people can participate. Anyhuma, in order to be a runner (human running from teh Zombies!!!!!) there will be a first come, first serve basis; I'm arriving super early to make sure I get in. They have a facebook page under "Survive Norfolk". My friend told me about it. At first I was a bit worried b/c at each checkpoint there is something the runners must draw on paper or take a pic; what I was worried about was people splitting into groups going to different checkpoints, take a picture, send to their friends and then head to the finish zone. But the organizer added that at each checkpoint an agent must stamp, the runner's map, person, paper, something to say that they actually went there. I'm going to scope the whole area Sunday - weather permitting - to get a better idea of where I can go. I know where the area is but I'm not too familiar with the area. Unfortunately, the ODU parkour team will be zombies so that will make it difficult if I come across one of them. The way to the finish line is a major choke-point with only two ways to get their and they are tight areas. Damn zombies will be camping out there waiting for people. The good thing about when a zombie gets a runner is that they must stop for the runner to hand over their armband; the zombie with the most "kills" will receive a prize. I'm going to try to win this thing.
Aww~ That's really cool that your GF got you a copy of the game. Though I agree that it puts you in a bit of a predicament with wanting to get the newer version. :/ Here's hoping that something works out for you, though I honestly don't think she'd mind if you just explain what's up. And yeah, I really wanted Persona 4 to be honest, because of all the great things I've heard from that particular one, but couldn't find a copy in any of the local stores. Ah well. Good to know that there's good gameplay in the version of P3 that I got.
I've played Persona 4 and loved it. I have around 118 hours if not more on my file. I'm pretty far into the story, I would say almost done, and I don't have that much farther with getting the Personae I want. I do have Persona 3 - my girlfriend got me it, but I think I want to play the Persona 3 Portable version because that has the option to manually control all the characters in battle and I liked that in Persona 4. My friend was really into Persona 3 so I got to see the game quite a bit and in a SMT game I would prefer if I control my characters. What sucks though is, as I said, my girlfriend got me Persona 3 so it kind of leaves me in a bind. I could probably work something out so that she won't mind.
Wow. You certainly have a very well thought-out plan going. And I hear you on the DQ game. I enjoyed what I've played of it, but still haven't really gotten much of the story beat yet. BBS has been taking up a lot of my gaming time...when I actually play that is. Speaking of other RPG games: You've played Persona games right? I think I recall you saying you have, but my head isn't in the right place at the moment, so I may be thinking of someone else... If it is you that I'm thinking of, did you enjoy Persona 3 at all? I got a copy of it (P3P to be exact), but it's still in it's package. Haven't taken it out because I wanna finish up some games before starting on it.
I restart my console FFs with Final Fantasy VII. However I may start that soon since I don't think I'll be done with FFXII anytime soon. I just got done with the events at Mt. Bur-Omisace and am heading to Archades now; I have like 82 hours logged. Before I do that there is a lot of stuff that I'll be doing or at least attempting. I did the Antlion elite hunt earlier and got the Formalhaut (best gun) in the treasure chest after the fight. I'm going to try to get some of the heavy armour "Maximillians" in the Necrohol of Nabudis from the monster Elvoret but there is an easy way to get the max battle chain level in Sochen Cave and then travel all the way to the Necrohol without resetting the battle chain; I saw how via a youtube video showing how to get the Maximillian in a 122333 run. I may try to get Exodus, Zeromus, & maybe Chaos before Archades as well. As for Espers, I decided to use Adrammelech against Mateus whom is weak against lightning. Adrammelech is weak to ice, but with the proper buffs and spells an Esper can be pretty powerful. Anyhuma Adrammelech took down Mateus and its minions easily. Then for the Judge Bergan fight I used Penelo and Cuchulainn - which is a very easy Esper to use; you will need an Opal Ring (spells don't bounce from Reflect) for Cuchulainn but those can be acquired in the Zertinan Caverns from Grenades as a rare steal. All I need to make my use of Espers most optimal is to get the spell "Syphon"; Espers don't use MP so after summoning the caster can just syphon mp from the Esper to regain their mp back; that is a basic strategy for using the more powerful Espers. Then cast any buffs they need which I like to use Gambits for since it is faster than manually putting them in. Finally go to town. As for handheld FFs: I started Final Fantasy, beat Garland and haven't played since. Final Fantasy XII has been taking a lot of my time. I do want to work on my RPGs outside of FF but there is only so much time I have for videogames and I like to focus on replaying FFs. It may seem strange since I've already beaten them that I should play something that I haven't, but the FF series has a special place in my RPG heart as does Dragon Quest. Which brings up the point that I need to play Dragon Quest IX for some reason I just haven't been playing it or wanting to. I don't find it too be bad I'm just in a DQ funk - I guess. I was kind of like that when I first got Final Fantasy IX. I didn't play it till a few weeks after getting the game. I wanted to but then I would stop myself. Perhaps it has something to do with the number IX.
Eh. Just one of those days, I think. It's good that you're doing well though. Once you're finished with FF XII, what's next on your gaming agenda? (assuming you have one, that is.)
Why are you "bleh"? I'm doing pretty well.
