Gamer-Shojo Blog

Lunar Eternal Blue

2010-09-20T17:55:00.000-07:00

Oh man, I have to admit that both Midori and I love love the Lunar series, especially the ones that were on the Playstation One. The music and the emotions that it bring out are very genuine. I wish there were more newly developed games that would capture our hearts and teach us something. So few.

I am currently playing Eternal Blue, well I was at the very end ready to defeat the last boss, but unfortunately I was not ready. All my characters are around level 54, but I did not use any strategy. Ugh, so here I go. I know I can take him on again.

If you haven't heard about Lunar Eternal Blue (Lunar 2) check out this description of the game:

From Wikipedia - (they did a good job explaining)

The story takes place approximately one thousand years after the events of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. Once again, Lunar (an inhabited moon that circles a planet called The Blue Star) is endangered, this time by the return of Zophar, the God of Evil responsible for the destruction of life on the Blue Star millennia before. This causes Lucia, a being assigned the task of eventually reviving life on the Blue Star, to awaken before her time and set forth on a mission to once again eliminate Zophar's influence.

The story then unfolds from the perspective of Hiro, a teenaged archaeologist who resides in the Salyan Desert with his grandparent and adolescent dragon companion Ruby (who, like Nall in the previous game, resembles a talking, winged cat). The game begins with Hiro and Ruby pilfering a Dragon's Eye jewel from one of the several ancient ruins in their region. The escapade ends with Hiro inadvertently setting off a trap that forces them to flee from the ruins and ultimately prevents their return.

On the way back to the research outpost, Hiro and Ruby are stopped by a principle member of Althena's Guards, the arrogant and boisterous White Knight Leo, who informs them that a 'Destroyer' is to appear at the ruins to the Northwest and that they should return to their homes immediately. Upon arriving at their home, the two find Leo attempting to extract information about the nearby ruins (referred to as 'The Blue Spire') from their grandfather Gwyn, an elderly archaeologist, in the hope of achieving access to the ruins' impenetrable interior. Finding Gwyn of little use, Leo departs, leaving the three of them to ponder the arrival of the so-called 'Destroyer'. When Hiro climbs to the roof to survey the status of their surroundings, he witnesses a mysterious light emanating from the Blue Spire. He informs his grandfather of the strange phenomenon, and the three of them decide to investigate the ruins for themselves.

Pokemon Black and White

2010-09-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

Pokemon has released a new game with generation 5 Pokemon! Well, it came out in Japan on September 18th, 2010 and I must say this one is very nice! North America will receive the game sometime in Spring 2011 for the Nintendo DSi. There is some extra things along with the game that are very exciting as well.

Like previous Pokémon games, Black and White follow the journey of a Pokémon trainer as he/she trains and battles Pokémon to compete in Gyms and defeating the Elite Four, while destroying the evil plans of a criminal organization, in this case, Team Plasma. The players in these games, however, are teenagers, instead of young children in previous games. The games are independent of each other but feature largely the same plot and, while both can be played separately, it is necessary to trade between them in order to complete the games' Pokédexes.

Anime: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ)

2010-09-03T17:19:00.000-07:00

This is our first post on here, and we wanted to give a short commentary review of the movie "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea".

We have always adored the works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, and this one was no different. Ponyo is a tale for everyone, not just for kids. It has a bit of love, determination, trust and most acclaimed fantasy elements. What really blew us away was the animation, which was has become pretty rare now that most animation studios have completely used 3d. 3d is fine, but 2d animation was always a great sight to see.

We figured that you could just get a detailed explanation of what the movie is about, but that would spoil the excitement. Midori refused to see what it was about other than the catchy little song that we kept seeing across youtube, which just says most of the title, but no spoilers like some songs do. When we saw it we loved it and wanted to see it again and again.

I do believe that we have American preview clip from off of youtube though,

If you are interested in buying the original Japanese version with Multi-Language subtitles (like English), you can gladly go to YesAsia by clicking this LINK

While your at it, check out the original Japanese song: