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Final Fantasy XII is awesome. There’s simply no other way to describe the experience that the game brings.
The first six hours of the game really do a good job at introducing you to both the game world and the gameplay systems that will be in place for the entire experience. Since I’ll be keeping this journal for about a week (or until I finish the game), I think I’ll break down each day and discuss certain topics.
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|  | Review Roundup for the Week of 03/16/2006 | |
Daxter
After years of being Jak’s sidekick in Naughty Dog’s Jak & Daxter series, Daxter finally gets the chance to bust out on his own. Jak has been captured and its Daxter’s mission to get him back in one piece, at least once he remembers to. In the mean time he accidentally gets a job as an exterminator while boasting about his skills in Haven’s local pub. This odd story twist sets up a good 10 hours of platforming action that would be welcome on any console, let alone a portable one.
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Gensou Suikoden V
Suikoden V is the kind of game that’s not really going to make much of an impact in the gaming world or even the rpg genre. But at the same time the game will make a handful of fans happy, and considering that there’s quite a lot of Suikoden fans out there, maybe that’s all it needs to do. As the latest game in the long running epic Suikoden series, Suikoden V makes the attempt to correct the problems found in the previous two PS2 Suikoden titles, and return to the glory that was Suikoden II.
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| |  | Miyamoto: Zelda To Use Revolution Controller | |
OK, time to switch to Miyamoto’s other famous creation: Zelda. What’s the latest on Twilight Princess?
“I would say that we are progressing well with completing it,” says Miyamoto. “And one of the most important features is that, because Revolution can run GameCube software, when you play Twilight Princess on Revolution you can take advantage of the Revolution controller.”
This is straight from the interview at NOE, VIP users only.
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|  | Famitsu Scores for the Week of 03/16/2006 | |
Pokemon Rangers (NDS, Nintendo): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
Yggdra Union (GBA, Sting): 9 / 10 / 8 / 8 - (35/40)
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PS2, Namco): 9 / 9 / 8 / 9 - (35/40)
Deep Labyrinth (NDS, Interactive Brains): 8 / 6 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Power Poke Dash (GBA, Konami): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
Under Defeat (DC, Sega): 8 / 6 / 7 / 6 - (27/40)
Ys Strategy (NDS, Marvelous): 6 / 5 / 7 / 7 - (25/40)
Cooking Mama (NDS, Taito): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires (PS2, Koei): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
Shin Sangoku Musou 4 Empires (Xbox 360, Koei): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)
Viewtiful Joe Battle Carnival (PSP, Capcom): 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)
Shin Sangoku Musou: 2nd Evolution (PSP, Koei): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
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|  | Famicom Clocks | |
Banpresto opened preorders overnight for three wall clocks based on retro Nintendo themes - there's a red Famicom console clock, a blue Famicom logo clock, and a Donkey Kong title screen clock.
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| |  | Faceplates For XBOX 360 & Controller | |
Third party company produces new faceplates for the 360 and for its controller.
From the makers of the popular Faceplates for PSP come these groovy coats for Xbox 360 controllers (suitable for both wired and wireless versions). Only the top part can be replaced for now, and you will need to use a screwdriver or two, as you can see from our installation guide.
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|  | DS Brain Game Explosion | |
Famitsu sends word of three new Nintendo made brain games hot off the success of their Brain Training series success.
First up is a piece of software which teaches you to properly write Japanese characters. It takes the DS and turns it into the perfect character writing tutor.
Famitsu Character Writing DS Article
Second is the program that teaches you how to cook and give you recipes for a large variety of dishes. It's coolest feature is the ability to "flip" the virtual cooking book pages by way of voice recognition so you don't have to get your dirty hands on the DS while cooking!
Famitsu Cooking Guide DS Article
Then there's a travel guide which translates and has guides about China, South Korea, Germany, USA, and Thailand.
Famitsu Travel Guide Article
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| | | Xbox 360 File Transfer To The PC | |
Lik-Sang now has a hands-on writeup of the Datel device that lets you do it and they're even selling it!
Early stage developments started already a couple of months ago in the scene... Before there was a commercial product from Datel, there was already a freeware called Xplorer 360 and some hand-made adapters that allowed you to exchange files back and forth between a PC and a 360 Memory Card. Xplorer 360 is already at beta version 4 and is available from the fine guys at 360GameSaves. Relying on a horde of D.I.Y. users, the popularity of the program grew a lot lately amongst hobbyists circles. We have even witnessed some efforts here and there from people like William Gonzalez, who have been assembling PCBs for those clumsy guys, like myself, who can't get nothing else than a couple of fingerburns out of a soldering iron.
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