What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

Posted over on the 12 days of christmas thread as well
But MVM mystery bundle

SkwigglesWorth said:
MVM Mystery bundles:
Blu-ray 1 & 2 (No idea which is which)
And DVD bundle

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Also my blu-ray pot luck for any who are curious, An yes just random disc from a set, but you can get luck as films areusually one disc and someset like monogatari are 1 disc. And usually taken from returns that I belive were damaged cases or art work.
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2025 HAUL - NOVEMBER v6

I should have posted this a couple of days ago but even if I receive new items for December, photos won't be sorted until around mid-December due to work. So here's a wrap up for the last few days of November, one of which arrived earlier than anticipated.

I also have my November round-up available on my blog for those interested.

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#14: The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles & Tomba! Special Edition
A while back Canadian retailer Video Games Plus revealed another batch of products they have in stock from Limited Run Games and that included Tomba! Special Edition. I had been debating on whether to go for either the PlayStation 5 version or the Nintendo Switch version, but after seeing the performance reviews and looking at the history of the franchise I decided it would be more fitting to go for the former instead, much like what I had done with Fear Effect and the Gex Trilogy as well as non-limited releases like Klonoa and Pac-Man World.

Tomba! is an action-adventure game developed by Whoopee Camp from Japan and director Tokuro Fujiwara (Ghosts ‘n Goblins) which was one of the many popular games released for the original PlayStation. The special edition release used the Carbon Engine so it’s more-so an emulated experience than a full-on remaster. I have the second game pre-ordered to complete the series.

Also picked up thanks to the Black Friday sale is the English version for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles collection for the Nintendo Switch. A few years back I picked up the Japanese PlayStation 4 version but I decided the franchise was better suited on a Nintendo platform especially due to its gameplay style and how the franchise began on the Game Boy Advance. This collection features two previously Japan only Nintendo 3DS games The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures from 2015 and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve from 2017. These are both spin-offs of the main Ace Attorney franchise by featuring a different cast and the setting taking place during the end of the 19th century into the 20th century which in British terms is around the end of the Victorian era.

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#15: Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
And the final arrival of the month was a surprisingly early addition because it was initially estimated to appear at the start of December but instead Evri decided to deliver on a weekend without notice. I actually thought this package was lost but apparently my relative received it without telling me.

Anyway, what we have is a Chinese full-motion video interactive game called Vanity Fair: The Pursuit (名利游戏) by developer MuYan Studio and publisher NIU Games. This looked pretty intriguing and it’s not common to have a Chinese title receive a physical release especially for this particular genre so I wanted to support it, especially considering it was also a limited print run because Limited Run Games handled the distribution. It’s cheaper digitally but to have a physical version is pretty neat. There’s also another live-action interactive game that was also given the same treatment called Love is All Around but I may get around to it if Video Games Plus manages to receive any stock.

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#Bonus: GOG Games
This past month I’ve also picked up a number of games for PC thanks to the GOG marketplace. For those unfamiliar with them, GOG is handled by CD Projekt RED (the developers of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher) which offers DRM-free versions of various games. Originally started with niche old titles eventually grew to a mixture of classics and newer titles, some of which were even blocked by Steam.

I made two batches of purchases here. The first is for Capcom’s 2002 survival horror remake Resident Evil HD Remaster, which made its debut appearance on GOG with a sale for only £4. It’s been available on Steam for ages but figured for that time it’s pretty good. I also added EA Los Angeles’ 2001 first-person horror shooter Clive Barker’s Undying for £1.19 since I was recently watching the Hellraiser films and noticed the creator had other adaptations. And Irrational Games’ 2005 first-person tactical shooter SWAT 4 was also picked up for £3.99 because I heard it’s one cult classic title that had a lot of praise which is surprising considering I hadn’t heard of it before, but knowing it was made by the developers of System Shock 2 and BioShock definitely caught my interest further.

In the second batch we have five more games. The first is for Capcom’s 2000 JRPG turn-based game Breath of Fire IV which was previously stuck on PlayStation for the most part, though a PC version was made back in the day which GOG has managed to bring back. I do own this on PlayStation 3 via the PS1 Classics, but having another option to play this classic especially for £3.99 is welcoming. Since I downloaded the original Deus Ex earlier in the year, I also bought Eidos-Montréal’s 2011 Action RPG cyberpunk game Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut for £2.49 which is a steal for what’s considered one of the best games of that generation.

Another cult-like game I picked up were IO Interactive’s 2007 & 2009 third-person shooter games Kane & Lynch: Dead Men and Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. I played the second game on Xbox 360 back in the day but I’ve wanted to revisit this franchise for a while and since both were super cheap (99p and £1.59 respectively) it was a good opportunity to get them. I suppose if I wanted to I could always track down physical copies of the PlayStation 3 versions but only if they run well or so. And last but not least we have Nihon Falcom’s 2005 Action RPG game Xanadu Next for £3.95. Whilst the developers are more known for The Legend of Heroes and Ys, Xanadu is among one of their oldest IPs and even though I have Tokyo Xanadu eX+, Xanadu Next has caught my intrigue for as long as I first got into Ys a decade ago.
 
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I only ordered these from the MVM sale on Tuesday evening, so this was quick for the time of year. They're having trouble with their admin system that's preventing some emails from going out, so I didn't know this had been shipped.

I'm surprised that the Unlimited Blade Works part sets are on four discs each. Presumably a quirk carried over from the US Aniplex release?
 
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I only ordered these from the MVM sale on Tuesday evening, so this was quick for the time of year. They're having trouble with their admin system that's preventing some emails from going out, so I didn't know this had been shipped.

I'm surprised that the Unlimited Blade Works part sets are on four discs each. Presumably a quirk carried over from the US Aniplex release?
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The discs are clones of the Australian release, which in this instance are essentially the same as the AoA discs.
 
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