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Joe
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I like Nintendo, Spice & Wolf, Garupan, & Alicesoft. Nice to meet you!

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Hard to say if Pokopia's situation is because it's seemingly being published by TPC domestically or not. In any case Switch 2/PS6 is the end of physical, and I'll try to enjoy the final vestiges of it.
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A bit late but got Z-A thanks to a friend, picked up the latest Akane, and got a couple extras too.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I noticed something strange about my activity log, and surely I must've done something.

Both the demo and the game for Octopath Traveler have 2 entries with different time stamps.

Did I...redo everything but in Japanese when I was first swapping over? I must've been insane.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Pretty heavily first party on the Switch and games like "Blaster Master 0" are too short to show this high up.

(Yes, I beat Pokémon Quest F2P)
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Looks like the Switch 2 ver. of One Piece Musou 4 drops alongside S-Snake.

Support for the game is confirmed to at least reach 2026, so pretty good for a 2020 title.

I'd like a sequel or return to something like Gundam of course.

Curious about Samurai Warriors post DW:Origins.
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I do wish that Nintendo would stop refraining for listing the prices for things in their uploads, but $5 for the Animal Crossing Switch 2 upgrade isn't bad.

A little disappointed that it likely means the next game is further out, but the accompanying free update is rather substantial.
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Part of me feels like Shiho not winning or even placing in the top 5 of the survey asking for who should get new costumes is something of an upset.

That being said, maybe people feel like she has plenty already, or that the whales prop her up.

Congrats to Maho & Miho for beating mom.
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I keep forgetting that Kawasumi Ayako is the voice of Saber from Fate.

I instantly think of her roles in Garupan, Sky Girls, Zero no Tsukaima, Shana, and Initial D instead.

Another reminder to try to get back into Fate sometime.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Define your music taste with 8 artists

Kinda hard for me to do since I'm usually catching up on news and the such on the radio instead but:

Hamaguchi Shirō
HTT
m.o.v.e.
shade
Shiina Ringo
Stereopony
YMO
ZUN
Define your music taste with 8 artists

Chic
The Gorillaz
Daft Punk
Shiina Ringo
Sotaiseiriron
School Food Punishment
LUNA SEA
m-flo
jiikae.com Jiikae @jiikae.com · Oct 17
Define your music taste with 8 artists

J Dilla
Janet Jackson
Brandy
The Brand New Heavies
K-os
Outkast
The Pharcyde
Flying Lotus
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Started playing Dynasty Warriors 2 again in my free time, and it finally really clicked for me. It's still more of a proof of concept than anything, & surpassed in every way by 3-5, but there's some enjoyment to be had here.

Also my introduction to move:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_1a...
Dynasty Warriors 2 Ending Credits
YouTube video by Jay Plays Archives
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Tsukasa to this day is wholly representative of my phone typing speed.

Apologies to everyone.
September 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Finished the Direct

I thought that Galaxy2 would come as part of a NS2 edition of the collection. Want the Rosalina book. Yoshi is cute. Tennis seems to address all of my issues with Aces.

Koei-Tecmo all over. Fatal Frame, Ditto game, DW:Origins, etc. I'm thrilled probable key card aside.

DQVIIR!
September 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It took me a bit, but I finally caught up with "Fuuto Tantei". I love it, but it did take me longer than I'd like as I haven't read a longer work in Japanese in a while.

That aside, "Kamen Rider W" was my first Kamen Rider. It's weird to think that I'm now "current" with it as an ongoing series.
September 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I recently played "7 Days To End With You". It's interesting from a language learning perspective as you break down an unknown language via context

Story is fine,but not the focus. I find myself wishing grammar played a larger role, but at that point we're talking making a conlang. I'd recommend it
September 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Swung by Kino today and picked up a few things.

"Akane Banashi" 16&17
"Owaru Sekai no Shuugaku Ryokou" 2&3 (story finishes digitally)
"Ganbare, Douki-chan" 2&3

WSJ #36-37 & #39 (thanks @spaceshinji.bsky.social)

Missed out on the Akane one for #38, but them's the breaks.
September 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Beat "Dynasty Warriors Origins"!

I liked it, & it's probably my goty so far, but it's not without some personal qualms. I'm largely positive on it though.

Liu Bei's portrayal with their refusal to state his pretty clear goal in restoring the Han gets to me. No free mode, Hua Tuo "surprise"?, etc
August 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I visited the local Chinese place, and must've been given 20+ fortune cookies.

I now have a stockpile that I don't know what to do with.
August 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Holo has arrived!
August 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Actually picked up some manga for the first time in quite a while. Not sure how much I'll import either in the future given recent developments.
August 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Beat "The Legend of Zelda:The Windwaker" for the first time recently on NSO

Played the demo on that collection disc for GameCube & tried the full title prior, but my save corrupted

Never found sailing time & the triforce quest to be an issue?

Dungeons felt on the weaker side. Solid overall though
August 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My plan now is to just sit on Carats until the Halloween vampire Rice Shower comes out, and then just spam them all to hopefully get ☆ ups as well.

It's just me playing the long game.
July 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Bounced off "Uma Musume" before because I usually drop gacha, but it finally stuck.

I'm all about Rice Shower, but I have pretty dismal luck managing her mood.

Re-rolled legacies specifically for her (McQueen/Rudolf/Hayahide) and used the SSR ticket on Rice.

Lucked into max Kitasan Black as F2P.
July 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shizuka looks good, but this is definitely one of those figures that will feel incomplete if you don't get Rin alongside her. We haven't seen her yet, but it feels pretty evident that's the case.
July 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I happened to drop by the Demo Caravan for Hololive OCG a week ago or so.

Game is fun, and easy to get used to since it's so similar to Pokémon. Well, except for how they streamlined how you get "energies" which works like Pocket in a sense

Managed to pull one of my 2 oshi from the promo pack too!
July 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I wanted to say that play time was only recorded locally on the Switch family of systems since my playtime got reset after playing Pokémon Scarlet on Switch 2.

However, the phone app tallies up by adding my Switch 1 & 2 playtimes together.

It'd be nice if that was also the case on console.
June 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM