What games did you get this month (May)?

[ADC]

Johnny Lotto entry: 24

Nintendo DS
• Etrian Odyssey
• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Nintendo Wii Virtual Console
• NES Ninja Gaiden
• NES Punch-Out!!
Sony Playstation 2
• Disgaea – Hour of Darkness

Decided to pass on Seiken Densetsu: Dawn of Mana from sticker shock. Under no circumstances should any game on the PS2 cost $50, save only the Guitar Hero and DDR games that come with their respective controllers.

[ic14]

All UK unless stated, blah blah

Physical purchases -
Eledees (Wii)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Wii)
Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii)
Pirates of the Caribbean:At World's End (Wii)

O_o. A really small month for me, and Wii only!

Downloads -
Blast Factor (PSN)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (VC)

[jecca-neko]

Decided to pass on Seiken Densetsu: Dawn of Mana from sticker shock. Under no circumstances should any game on the PS2 cost $50, save only the Guitar Hero and DDR games that come with their respective controllers.

The price will come down. Just keep an eye on it.

I didn't get anything this month.

[ADC]

Mario Strikers Charged Football (Wii)
While I've never been a great fan of The Beautiful Sport, I've heard that this version of it is truly awesome. You'll need to post your review. :)

[Suwako Moriya]

I didn't get anything this month.

Neither did I to be honest, but well I'm considering Dawn of Mana and Atelier Iris 3 in the future after the price lowers enough. Whenever that will be. I'm in no rush due to the backlog and playing being slowed down.

Oh yes as for a Johnny Lotto Guess I'll go with 17 this time.

[RedComet]

It was a small month for me as I slowly expand my DS collection.

Pokemon Diamond (DS)

[NickFalzarano]

I actually bought some stuff this month, despite not being finished with my backog.

-Sonic Shuffle (Dreamcast)
-ChuChu Rocket (Dreamcast)
-Armada (Dreamcast) *No intention of playin g it.
-Typing of the Dead (Dreamcast)
-Sega Dreamcast (Used)
-2 controllers (Dreamcast) 1 official, one not.
-Dreamcast memory card
-Dreamcast keyboard

All this Dreamcast stuff I bought from a friend who'll be moving. So yeah.

Johnny Lotto #: 16

[Johnny]

I still have a couple of things to come by the end of the month so don't pick a lotto winner yet, but this is the bulk of it:

DS
DS Lite hardware
Love & Berry (JP)
Dead n Furious (EU)
Ouendan 2 (JP)
Custom Beat Battle: Draglade (JP)
Kurikin: Nano Island Story

PS2
Kingdom Hearts II (EU)
Shutokou Battle 01 (JP)
Odin Sphere (US)

360
Elite controller
Guitar Hero II (EU)
Viva Pinata (ASIA)
Blue Dragon (ASIA)
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (ASIA)

PS3
Railfan (JP)

PSP
Naruto: Narutimett Portable (JP)
Sengoku Ace Episode III (JP)
Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 (JP)

PSX
Brave Fencer Musashiden (JP)
Power Shovel ni Narou (JP)

Virtual Console
Ordyne (PCE/US)
Blazing Lazers (PCE/US)
F-Zero X (N64/JP)

XBLA
Double Dragon

[joelgundam01]

Just one this month and it was a really good sleeper hit.

Haunting Ground (PS2)

[Shale]

Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song
Resident Evil 4 (PS2)
Psychonauts (PS2)
Contact (DS)

RS:MS has been taking up all my time since I got those - I haven't even opened the other two PS2 games yet.

[Suwako Moriya]

I still have a couple of things to come by the end of the month so don't pick a lotto winner yet, but this is the bulk of it:

Too bad there were only three guesses this time around and now it boils to down to whether or not ADC went over. Ah the drama continues. :D

[ADC]

Too bad there were only three guesses this time around and now it boils to down to whether or not ADC went over. Ah the drama continues. :D
I believe in johnny. He can make 24. ;)

[Johnny]

Do you count downloaded stuff in the total? If so I'm at 17 now. As far as I remember, there should be 2-3 games coming by the end of the month, unless some stuff out here this Friday ships early and gets here by Thursday.
Plus, I'll be getting F-Zero X from the Japanese VC on Tuesday and possibly some stuff from the US one tomorrow, depending on what arrives.

[quenelf]

I got Ouendan 2.

As a result of getting that I decided it was time to finally beat Ouendan 1 (by which I mean 'pass the last song on the four difficulty levels', not get A grades on everything, let alone any more ridiculous possible goals). I only had the last song left. It took me 28 tries but I got through it in the end. :)

Ouendan 2 I have so far beaten on standard difficulty and working on the next one. It's a shame there aren't as many good songs as in the first; tentatively (I still have a bonus song to get, or is it two?) I'd say probably Ouendan > EBA > Ouendan 2. Ouendan 2 does have the best interface so far, though (same as EBA but with a non-sucky map). Anyway, so it's still fun and definitely worth getting (and some of the stories are really funny, even when the music for them is so-so), but I'd not really recommend it as the first one to get for anyone who hadn't tried the series.

--quen

[jecca-neko]

Do you count downloaded stuff in the total?

Why not? Some of those downloads you have to pay for and even when you don't, they're still games you acquired. :P

[Suwako Moriya]

I believe in johnny. He can make 24. ;)

Ah isn't it nice to know your chances of winning depend on how soon certain games come and perhaps if he'll be willing to purchases a few more real quick just to make sure it's 24+. Wow he must be feeling the pressure.

[jecca-neko]

I believe in johnny. He can make 24. ;)

Ah isn't it nice to know your chances of winning depend on how soon certain games come and perhaps if he'll be willing to purchases a few more real quick just to make sure it's 24+. Wow he must be feeling the pressure.


I dunno guys, I think johnny wins no matter what you voted. He finally bought Guitar Hero 2, after all. But then again, he does lose if he hasn't been playing it very much thanks to having bought so many other games.

[AbeChinchilla]

.hack//G.U., Vol. 2 // Reminisce for the PS2 was all I needed.

[untoldsorrow]

I didn't buy anything but Ouendan 2 for the DS until today at Best Buy. I went to Best Buy to pick up a 22" monitor and saw One Piece Carnival PS2, One Piece Grand Adventure Ps2 and Rave Master NGC on clearance for $10 so I had to pick them up. I'm kinda mad about it though, I forgot to use the 10% off coupon I had until I got into the car.

Then I went to Circuit City to pick up some Nexxtech Dvd-Rs and picked up Paper Mario NGC for $10, FF IV GBA for $12.

[HitokiriShadow]

The only game I bought was Odin Sphere, but I did finally by a Nintendo DS.

[Jarred]

The only game I bought was Odin Sphere, but I did finally by a Nintendo DS.
Did you not also get a game to go with the new DS?

[Jarred]

DS
Puzzle Quest (finally beat Dugog!)

Wii
Nothing, booo!

XBOX 360 - After getting a console finally at the end of April, it was a heavy 360 month.
Forza Motorsport 2 (coming this week)
Crackdown (finished main story on Tough)
Catan (XBLA)
Galaga (XBLA)
Geometry Wars (XBLA)
Frogger (XBLA)
Pinball FX (XBLA)
Boom Boom Rocket (XBLA)

And not actually purchases, but I did pick up, via swaps, Fable and Jade Empire for the original XBOX to play at some point.

[Johnny]

I dunno guys, I think johnny wins no matter what you voted. He finally bought Guitar Hero 2, after all. But then again, he does lose if he hasn't been playing it very much thanks to having bought so many other games.

The day I got GH II, I played for literally 5 hours. I took a little break after that as I had finsished most stuff on normal and my wrist was really sore.

I played it for about 10 minutes a week and a half ago and had to stop due to wrist pains. That pain still hasn't gone away :(

[ADC]

The day I got GH II, I played for literally 5 hours. I took a little break after that as I had finsished most stuff on normal and my wrist was really sore.

I played it for about 10 minutes a week and a half ago and had to stop due to wrist pains. That pain still hasn't gone away :(
Have you ever considered a career in baseball? I understand the Detroit Tigers are looking for relievers. ;)

[Lovely]

.hack//G.U., Vol. 2 // Reminisce for the PS2 was all I needed.


INDEED!!!!! For me as well! God I love this game.....


Anyways, besides that purchase, I haven't bought anything else this month.
I'm trying to save money now so I can move and get my own apartment. So for a while now, I won't be able to buy a lot of the video games I want or....anything for a while. SAVING IS SO HARD ;_; !

[Chuplayer]

I got Jet Set Radio Future for the XBOX. I play it on my 360.

Um... that's it. I might get Gears of War in the next couple of days, but I'm not too keen on dipping in my PS3 fund, even though I have a coupon for Gears. Especially when I'm going to be spending more money on manga this week.

[jecca-neko]

The day I got GH II, I played for literally 5 hours. I took a little break after that as I had finsished most stuff on normal and my wrist was really sore.

I played it for about 10 minutes a week and a half ago and had to stop due to wrist pains. That pain still hasn't gone away :(

My question is this: is the wrist that hurts your strumming wrist or the fret wrist?

I personally have occasionally gotten sore from GH but in the two wrists it's a different kinda sore. The fret wrist (left for me) gets a stiff kinda sore, the same kinda sore you might get in your legs if you've sat somewhere for a while and not moved your legs. That feeling tends to go away if I move my wrist around for a bit between songs, and I make sure to do it all the time between songs now so that pain doesn't set in.

For the strumming wrist (right) it's strain from too much and/or too fast of strumming after a while. Nothing except stopping playing for a while fixes that, and for me the pain goes away within 20 minutes (usually far less) max because my right wrist is used to stress. I type all day at work and I'm also a writer that writes stories by hand with pen and paper.

If yours has been hurting that long you might want to see a doctor. You might've tore something and really strained your wrist. You played a lot that first day. I typically play 1 1/2-2 hours max because, being a writer and needing to use the computer a lot, I stop once my right wrist feels too much stress.

[Johnny]

The day I got GH II, I played for literally 5 hours. I took a little break after that as I had finsished most stuff on normal and my wrist was really sore.

I played it for about 10 minutes a week and a half ago and had to stop due to wrist pains. That pain still hasn't gone away :(

My question is this: is the wrist that hurts your strumming wrist or the fret wrist?


The fret wrist (my left one). The right hand is fine, never felt any pain in it.

I think it's 'cos I kinda grip onto the neck of the guitar pretty hard. After I've finished a song and take my arm off the controller and back to a normal position, there's always a couple of seconds of really intense pain and then it's all good again.

At the minute, it's only if I move my wrist in an unnatural position that it feels a bit painful and it's not that bad usually.

[GHardin]

Eh, I don't know what I got this month; don't really care, either... :sd:

...or that's what I'd like to say. :P

Nintendo DS
-Custom Robo Arena (hey, it was in Wal Mart's clearance bin for $15, couldn't really resist)
-Bleach DS 2nd (Best Buy actually had this one on their shelves. That I couldn't really believe. :P) That makes...4 imports and 3 domestic DS games. I feel sad.

PSP
Guilty Gear Judgment ($13 at Circuit City. What hell, may as well.)

Wii
Super Paper Mario

PS2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence ($15 Wal Mart clearnace)
Odin Sphere
The Red Star

Pretty sure that's it. A small month, but a good one all in all.

[demonix00]

Well that time of the month has come around again and it's time to list my small purchase list (all of which are for the PC)

Ever17 the out of infinity
Piece of wonder
Heart de roommate
Yume miru kusuri (still waiting for it to be sent out)
Neverend (dirt cheap at £2 and I've yet to play it)

And that is my lot for this month but normal service will resume near the end of next month and for the whole of the month after at which point I'll be going silent for at least 3 months while I sort out this woeful mess of a computer (meaning I'm rebuilding the whole thing 'cause it doesn't meet my needs anymore)

[Johnny]

Couple more today;

Odin Sphere (PS2/US)
F-Zero X (N64/JP from the Virtual Console)

[Mateo_home]

Unless a big package arrives tommorrow, I'm done.

Gamecube
Mega Man X Collection

DS
Ettrian Odyssey

VC
Final Fight

Very light month. And I think I'm discovering the magic of purchasing games I know I'll never find the time to actually play. :P

[Johnny]

Right-o, last day of the month and the final arrivals:

Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 (PSP)
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (360)
Kurikin: Nano Island Story (DS)

[Suwako Moriya]

Right-o, last day of the month and the final arrivals:

I count a total of 22 Games then. Poor ADC went over. Now I'll wait for my prize. I desire a Staff of Awesome Healing!

[ADC]

Right-o, last day of the month and the final arrivals:
I count a total of 22 Games then. Poor ADC went over. Now I'll wait for my prize. I desire a Staff of Awesome Healing!
Count the hardware items as well and I nailed it. Which is a bit scary. I didn't think I'd be that accurate. Considering johnny's penchant for unearthing Japanese games that sell exactly 1 unit. The guys at Play-Asia look at the orders manifest and say. "Hey it's johnny! What'd he order?" "Really? That game didn't even sell in Japan!" So you can have your Staff. I know just the place for it. :P

[Johnny]

Right-o, last day of the month and the final arrivals:
I count a total of 22 Games then. Poor ADC went over. Now I'll wait for my prize. I desire a Staff of Awesome Healing!
Count the hardware items as well and I nailed it. Which is a bit scary. I didn't think I'd be that accurate. Considering johnny's penchant for unearthing Japanese games that sell exactly 1 unit. The guys at Play-Asia look at the orders manifest and say. "Hey it's johnny! What'd he order?" "Really? That game didn't even sell in Japan!" So you can have your Staff. I know just the place for it. :P

I do wonder about that sometimes. Like with Wing Island. It launched with the Wii in Japan and sold like 500 copies in it's first week, one of which was mine. I probably bought the only copy that Playasia sold :sd:

They're probably looking at it and going "normal order, normal order, normal order, kurukuru princess, normal or...Wait! hold on a minute, what's going on here? Keep an eye on this guys orders...dokidoki majou saiban preorder. Right! That does it, this guy is weird! Forza 2 order, Resi 4 Wii order, ok maybe not, but next time he orders something weird/paedolicious/unplayable to all gaijin, we report him, ok?"

[ADC]

They're probably looking at it and going "normal order, normal order, normal order, kurukuru princess, normal or...Wait! hold on a minute, what's going on here? Keep an eye on this guys orders...dokidoki majou saiban preorder. Right! That does it, this guy is weird! Forza 2 order, Resi 4 Wii order, ok maybe not, but next time he orders something weird/paedolicious/unplayable to all gaijin, we report him, ok?"
They probably looked at the KuruKuru order and said, "What's this guy about? … Ireland. Oh, he's a leprechaun! Then it's okay that he's ordering this game because he's not even as tall as the loli skaters!" Then the supervisor comes over and says, "Ireland? Be sure he's paying with a credit card and not sending in gold pieces. You know that stuff disappears after midnight." And the workers are like, "Sure does, Woo … into our pockets!" They high-five each other, maybe do the little wiggling-finger thing or tap knuckles because they're sticking it to the man.

So how was Wing Island?

[Johnny]

So how was Wing Island?

Awful. Nah it's pretty cool and a nice game to have one of your first Wiimote experiences with but ultimately, too shallow.
Cool music and talking ducks though. That's gotta count for something.

[JCDenton]

DS
Pokemon Diamond

Bit of a slow month for me.

[Ender]

PS3
Calling All Cars
Joust
Spiderman 3: Collector's Edition

PS1
Resident Evil 3
Vagrant Story

Slow month for games, but I did pick up this baby:
Click (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/Ender_SVT/DSC00446Medium.jpg)

[jecca-neko]

Right-o, last day of the month and the final arrivals:

I count a total of 22 Games then. Poor ADC went over. Now I'll wait for my prize. I desire a Staff of Awesome Healing!

So who is Awesome and why does he need to be healed? :P

[Puppet Master]

Big month for VC games since I got my Nintendo Wii from my brother who had a mess otherwise their would be far less. Anyways this is my haul for the month.

Gamecube

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Rave Master
Resident Evil Zero
Star Fox Assault

Playstation 2

.hack//G.U. Vol.2: Reminisce
Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2
Nano Breaker

Wii

Red Steel
Super Paper Mario

Wii Virtual Console Games

Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
Excitebike (NES)
Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
Mario Bros (NES)
Mario Bros (Arcade)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Sonic Spinball (Genesis)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Star Fox 64 (N64)
Streets of Rage (Genesis)
Streets of Rage 2 (Genesis)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Tecmo Bowl (Genesis)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
Toe Jam & Earl (Genesis)

[Nosredna]

The only thing I bought was Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. Of course I bought a video game today, but that counts for June not May.

[HitokiriShadow]

The only game I bought was Odin Sphere, but I did finally by a Nintendo DS.
Did you not also get a game to go with the new DS?

No, because I already had Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Pokemon Pearl, I just had to use my brother's DS before and I finally got tired of it and had enough cash to get my own DS.

[JCDenton]

I got the Special ed of Europa Universalis III for $12.48 at a local Target on clearance, while the regular version was priced at $40 :>