Life with Character

Yep, it’s that time! I have found a new video game and it must be reviewed! The victim this time? Squenix/Jupiter’s (The makers of of the Kingdom Hearts series) newest game, The World Ends with You.

Oh. My. Gosh.

I don’t know what was going through the makers’ heads when they made this game, but I really want to meet all of them. And give them a hug. They are geniuses! This game was pulled off fantastically. Normally, that’s an easy thing to do, to make a game I find fantastic, but this does absolutely everything wrong and does it well. There was so much that could have flopped in this game–the characters (Welll…I can’t say I like all of them, but they are good…Beat dropped my IQ by at least thirty points), the background, the story, especially the battle system–but all those little quirks that would break a normal game meshed together in some miraculous way to form what is now one of my all-time favorite games.

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And, surprisingly, this does not refer to my ACT score. That comes later.

The REAL stroke of genius is what I just did!

So here’s the story. I got a Wii for Christmas, along with Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I’m one of those weird people who have to get really into the game. As in, I stood up throughout the entire game (so far), only sitting when either on horseback or when a long story sequence was coming up. I acted it out, too, even when I didn’t have to. (Swinging the wiimote like a sword is required, throwing the wiimote like a 250 lbs. Goron is not.)

Then I decided to add just one more thing into the mix.

A treadmill.

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I think I’ve found one of the greatest games on the Nintendo DS. It’s also something that I never imagined would be so dang good.

This gem’s name is Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon.

Yeah, you heard me right.

This game is like a combination of Legend of Zelda, Harvest Moon, Mana, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy, all rolled into one teeny-tiny little package. I personally can’t believe that so much can be stuffed into one tiny little game card.

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