March Haul #3
Two packages this week, one arriving last Monday and another arriving yesterday.
#4: VideoGamesPlus Limited Run Games Haul
#5: UNIQLO Shueisha 100th Anniversary T-Shirts
Two packages this week, one arriving last Monday and another arriving yesterday.
#4: VideoGamesPlus Limited Run Games Haul
Canadian retailer VideoGamesPlus received a new batch of releases from Limited Run Games and they included a few titles that I was after, especially one of them.
We'll start off with Star Ocean: First Departure R, which is a remaster of the PSP remake of the original Super Famicom Action RPG by Enix & Tri-Ace. I've owned the digital version for a few years now but I've wanted to own physical whenever possible and this marks the first PlayStation 4 Limited Run Games title for my collection, as I've been avoiding them admittedly due to the spine numbering which I felt was daft and would have caused OCD. Granted there were a few titles that I could have gotten for PS4 over the years instead of Switch but in general I have no regrets (except for missing out on Castlevania Requiem because Konami never brought it over to other platforms due to using a PSP emulator from the PS4 era of re-releases).
But this won't be the only PS4 title for the collection, since LRG do have plans to release a physical for Capcom's Onimusha 2 remaster which I'm looking forward to owning. I also believe this is the first Square Enix LRG title as well so I am curious to see if they have plans to bring other titles like Resonance of Fate, Star Ocean: The Last Hope and Voice of Cards for physical later down the line for example.
Moving on we have a Chinese interactive dating sim game with Love is all around by developer intiny. This is similar in format to the Vanity Fair: The Pursuit game that I picked up a few months back, so I expect amusingly fast dialogue, some typos in the translation and nice visuals and also an easy trophy list on top of that.
And while this wasn't part of the latest batch I also added Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered from Grasshopper Interactive. I have the original PlayStation 3 version which I did play and enjoyed the ride so I'm looking forward to revisiting the game via this release. I did check to see if there were plans for a UK/EU physical but there aren't any (whereas Lolipop Chainsaw did thanks to Clear River Games). EA published the original version while NetEase Entertainment published the remaster. Shinji Mikami also produced and Suda51 wrote the story for this game so it's another intriguing collaboration.
We'll start off with Star Ocean: First Departure R, which is a remaster of the PSP remake of the original Super Famicom Action RPG by Enix & Tri-Ace. I've owned the digital version for a few years now but I've wanted to own physical whenever possible and this marks the first PlayStation 4 Limited Run Games title for my collection, as I've been avoiding them admittedly due to the spine numbering which I felt was daft and would have caused OCD. Granted there were a few titles that I could have gotten for PS4 over the years instead of Switch but in general I have no regrets (except for missing out on Castlevania Requiem because Konami never brought it over to other platforms due to using a PSP emulator from the PS4 era of re-releases).
But this won't be the only PS4 title for the collection, since LRG do have plans to release a physical for Capcom's Onimusha 2 remaster which I'm looking forward to owning. I also believe this is the first Square Enix LRG title as well so I am curious to see if they have plans to bring other titles like Resonance of Fate, Star Ocean: The Last Hope and Voice of Cards for physical later down the line for example.
Moving on we have a Chinese interactive dating sim game with Love is all around by developer intiny. This is similar in format to the Vanity Fair: The Pursuit game that I picked up a few months back, so I expect amusingly fast dialogue, some typos in the translation and nice visuals and also an easy trophy list on top of that.
And while this wasn't part of the latest batch I also added Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered from Grasshopper Interactive. I have the original PlayStation 3 version which I did play and enjoyed the ride so I'm looking forward to revisiting the game via this release. I did check to see if there were plans for a UK/EU physical but there aren't any (whereas Lolipop Chainsaw did thanks to Clear River Games). EA published the original version while NetEase Entertainment published the remaster. Shinji Mikami also produced and Suda51 wrote the story for this game so it's another intriguing collaboration.
#5: UNIQLO Shueisha 100th Anniversary T-Shirts
Next we have a fun set of T-Shirts that UNIQLO have produced as part of their latest collaboration for the UT line-up. Here they are celebrating Japanese publisher Shueisha's 100th anniversary with a series of T-Shirts based on different manga IPs.
So the ones I went for were Jujutsu Kaisen, Kinnikuman (also known in the west as Ultimate Muscle) and Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. They also have shirts available that are based on Captain Tsubasa, Golden Kamuy, Hunter x Hunter, Kingdom and Yu Yu Hakusho, with a second batch arriving late April that also includes GANTZ and KochiKame.
The shirts only started becoming available since Monday 16th and they don't get reprinted, so I suggest if you want to grab some you should do so sooner than later.
So the ones I went for were Jujutsu Kaisen, Kinnikuman (also known in the west as Ultimate Muscle) and Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. They also have shirts available that are based on Captain Tsubasa, Golden Kamuy, Hunter x Hunter, Kingdom and Yu Yu Hakusho, with a second batch arriving late April that also includes GANTZ and KochiKame.
The shirts only started becoming available since Monday 16th and they don't get reprinted, so I suggest if you want to grab some you should do so sooner than later.
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