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[2nd Playthrough with JPN dub VO]

English!Ugetsu: *Talks about a Mythic Tale in a normal manner*

Japanese! Ugetsu:

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオブヨウテイ

November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM

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And with that, I have the most bittersweet present I ever have: Platinum on My Birthday 🎂

Once again, I love-hate Sucker Punch Productions for making me laugh and cry throughout Atsu's journey, just like what Jin Sakai had to go through

My thoughts in reply

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオブヨウテイ

October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM

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Visited every shrine and altar, chopped all of the bamboo stands, soaked in onsen and all I got in return is a returning favourite outfit

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

Game: Ghost of Yōtei (PS5)
Trophy: Silver - For All Occasions
Progress: Earned 21/10/2025 7:56PM
Details: Acquire all Armour

Ghost of Yōtei Screenshot of Atsu in her 17th Century underwear glory, aka the return of the fan favourite Fundoshi

Text: Fundoshi - The best revenge is cold and silent.

At the cost of warmth, running and sprinting no longer create noise.

Photo Mode screenshot of Atsu in her Fundoshi outfit preparing to cut down an unfortunate Saito elite thug

Somehow a flying crow is covering Atsu's torso, which makes it more suggestive than it should due to filter lol

October 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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[Wolf Bond MAJOR SPOILER]

Finally (even though it's a one-off)

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

October 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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[Kitsune Revenge Tale MAJOR Spoiler]

I feel like Dojun might be a huge fanboy of that certain samurai-turned-proto-shinobi, but forgot certain glaring details in the midst

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

Text: An unsent letter from Dojun to Lord Saito

My Lord,

I promise your patience will be rewarded. Centuries ago a Mongol invasion was stopped on Tsushima island. The Shogun would have you believe the samurai were responsible, but we know how they lie. It was the work of a single man - the first shinobi - and his use of wolfsbane.

Soon, this power will be yours. I simply need more time.

Ever your faithful servant, Dojun

October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM

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Hmm, these furry animals remind me of...(I see that Sucker Punch continues the good old tradition)

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

A Japanese style painting of a particular set of animals - a fiery fox with a gold earring holding a tanto to in her mouth and a sly tanuki/raccoon wearing a blue hood holding a Japanese gold ryo coin in his mouth - take a guess on who are these fine creatures ;)

October 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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The distant prequel to Golden Kamuy | ゴールデンカムイ looks great

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

Photo Mode screenshot of Atsu in her Ainu outfit, albeit looking a bit more like an Ainu version of Yuna of Ghost of Tsushima fame (due to its purple looks) than the signature white and purple outfit Asirpa from Golden Kamuy has

She's in a snowy region after she shot an arrow

October 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM

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[Oni Revenge Tale MAJOR Spoiler]
Seems a certain mad person named Goro is not the only person who has a love-hate crush with a handsome man

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

October 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM

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Aaw, seems Atsui is gathering an audience of furry animals 🐻🦊

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

Ghost of Yōtei screenshot of Atsu preparing a bamboo strike, while a pair of foxes (left) and a cute bear cub (right) are watching

October 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM

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Now playing the distant sequel to Tsushima

#GhostofYotei #ゴーストオフヨウテイ

Intro cutscene of Ghost of Yōtei, depicting a sumi-e-esque painting of an ōnryo

Text:
Atsu: The night my family was massacred,

Intro cutscene of Ghost of Yōtei, alongside Atsu and her white stallion (whom I later named him Mochizuki and still kept him, because he was in the intro and was badly treated by the Saito outlaws...and I couldn't let that cruelty linger longer)

Ghost of Yōtei screenshot of a shrine somewhere in Ezo

October 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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Funny how not only these two ladies share a post-apocalyptic connection with robots, they also share the same BOT name as well ( ﾟｰﾟ)

#AstroBot #アストロボット
#NieRAutomata #ニーアオートマタ
#HorizonZeroDawn #HorizonForbiddenWest

2B [right] and Pod 042 [left]
NieR Automata

Text: Machine Hunter - 2B or Bot 2B? That is the question.

Aloy from the Horizon series alongside a rabbit-bot

Text: Machine Hunter - There's nobody quite like her. Well, maybe a couple.

August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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Genuinely surprised there are a few Easter eggs and a certain someone, after I got 2B-Bot's Gatcha Item

#AstroBot #アストロボット
#NieRAutomata

Text: Support Pod [Pod 042] - Proposal: Continue to provide care for this pod.

Image: Pod 042 is holding a fishing rod, while 2B-Bot is sitting with her arms crossed

At the Crash Site, among the junk Pod 042 has fished out:

Empty cans, batteries, acorns, tyres, mackerels, a familiar black box and a peculiar-looking head of a machine [cameo]

Surprise Emil cameo!
Yes, you read that right - NieR series's famous character is also in Astro Bot as an unexpected guest :D whenever you give 2B-Bot a helping hand (by punching her numerous times)

July 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM

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Took me how many hours+minutes, alongside painful thumb movements on my sister's Astro Dual sense BUT I FINALLY BEATEN THAT FINAL LEVEL

And appropriately enough, my reward for completing is that certain character I'm sure needs no introduction

#AstroBot #アストロボット

A whole bunch of Bots and Power-up Companions celebrating Astro Bot's completion, alongside the text that says "THANK YOU FOR PLAYING!"

Yes, that Bot in the final Vicious Void level is Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII/FFVII/FF7

Text: One-Winged Nemesis - He's no angel.

3:50.781
My time for Megamix Mastery, aka the final Vicious Void level

I don't think I'm going to get into sub:1:36 any time soon |||OTL

July 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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Guess SQEX finally gave permission to Team Asobi to make cute Bot versions of their famous titles (and a cult classic, much to my surprise)

#AstroBot #アストロボット

Serge from Chrono Cross
Text: Radical Dreamer - Chronically challenged

2B from NieR: Automata
Text: Machine Hunter - 2B or Bot 2B? That is the question.

Also I'm happy that Kat!Astro meets 2B(ot), since in Gravity Rush/Daze 2, there's a free 2B costume for Kat to wear

Cloud Strife from Final FantasyVII/FFVII/FF7
Text: Nibelheim Mercenary - There's no Limit to his Bravery!

I knew Cloud would eventually appear in Bot mode - after all, he is SQEX's poster boy

Atsu from Ghost of Yōtei

Text: Ezo Onryō - There's no masking her intentions

July 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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Welp, here they are

And...I have an unsettling feeling about

#AstroBot #アストロボット

Text Box in Main Menu: New planets appeared in Vicious Void. Time to try them out!

4 more Vicious Void levels yet to get a gold flag each

July 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM

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[Spy DLC Spoiler and Out of Context]
Syd can be thankful he's not like that certain scruffy breakdancing detective whose salary is on the brink

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita

Aki: And here's the bill for the police. My services don't come free.

Syd: W-wait, you can't do that! The boss'll [Bulbosa] never let me expense this.

May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM

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Huge props to the 3D modeller of giving Syd a massive glow-up in the sequel (though to be honest, I surprisingly prefer the OGVita!Syd than his Remastered PS4 self)

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita
#GravityRush2 #GravityDaze2 #グラビティデイズ2

Gravity Rush/Daze [PS Vita, 2012]
PS Vita screenshot of Detective Syd in Endestria, Hekseville

Gravity Rush/Daze 2 [PS4, 2017]
A photo of Syd playing with a guitar, somewhere in Lei Colmosna, Jirga Para Lhao

May 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM

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[Post-Episode 9 spoilers]

I'm pretty amused that not only Syd subtly helps Kat by 'donating' old furniture to her Pipe House, he actually knows where she lives in as well with his amazing sense of direction

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita

Kat [left, wearing nothing but a towel] looks up at Syd [right] abseiling down to her Pipe House with nothing but a rope and a disregard for health and safety protocols

Dialogue
Kat [left]: ACK!
Syd [right]: INCOMING!

Image: Syd clumsily lands at Kat's water-filled bathtub (on his rear end no less), while Kat is surprised to see him

Dialogue
Kat [left, offscreen]: Wh-what do you think you're doing?!
Syd [right]: Sorry, just had something I really wanted to show you.

Image: Syd [sans signature hat] pulls out a newspaper from his jacket

Dialogue
Syd: Wow, quite a place you've got here. I'm glad I made it down in one piece.

Image: A wide shot of outside the Pipe House with Kat [left] and Syd [right]

May 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM

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And that's another Platinum Trophy done and dusted
And on the original portable hardware no less

Really glad I completed it without the use of walkthrough and also bittersweet about the series as a whole

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita

Actual Vita screenshot of the PS Vita OG!Gravity Rush/Daze Tropy list, complete with a Platinum Trophy on the base game. In order:

- Base Game - GRAVITY RUSH: 100% + Platinum Trophy
- Maid Pack: 100%
- Spy Pack: 100%
-Special Forces Pack: 100%

May 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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[Dark Cat Spy DLC Spoiler]
I want to ask Syd on how he made this outfit for Kat without asking her to stay still and make measurements on the spot

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita 1/3

Syd: This won't be a problem! I whipped up an outfit to help you blend in.

Kat: Hold on just one minute! I haven't even said "yes."

Image: Kat wearing a tailor-made spy catsuit (complete with a cat-shaped helmet and googles, as well as a tail at the back) by Syd

Context: Just as Kat refused to accept Syd's favour of being a spy for the police, a gang of troublesome airboat racers zip past the two and nearly killed them. And Kat, being angry at said airboat racers for disregarding the public at the crossroads, decide to take up Syd's favour in order to confront them and disband the gang

Syd: Perfect! I can barely tell you're the Gravity Queen!

May 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM

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[Aki Appreciation Image Post with bonus below]
I guess Aki moved from Auldnoir to Pleajune to not only what I stated in the Quote post below, I really forgot she was in the Spy DLC side mission [at least, part II] alongside with Syd when this happened

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita

Comic cutscene from Episode 5: A Meeting with Destiny [PS Vita]

Aki [with Pandora]: That envelope also has the bill - you can pay on the way out. Come again to Pandora's Fortunes any time you seek wisdom!

"Photo" screenshot from Gravity Rush/Daze 2

Pandora's Fortune sign in Pleajune

May 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM

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Never again, I will replay that DLC challenge level even if it's to surpass my personal best
I'm just glad I got a Trophy and be done with it as to get to 100% completion and Platinum

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita

Silver Trophy - Fireproof Racer [Top Right]
Screenshot of the Rift Plane Health Race from OG Vita!Gravity Rush/Daze
Previous Record - 03'42"36 | Result - 03'27"36

May 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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After not touching the Vita for 12 years (and getting beaten up by the homing balls many times), I finally got the three Silver Trophies for defeating the effin' rare Nevis that have haunted me for ages and now I put them to rest

#GravityRush #GravityDaze #グラビティデイズ #PSVita