Persona 4

Thanks to a VERY annoying race Terra has to go through, BBS was eaten by Person 4. So, here's a gorgeous pic of Axel:

Axel!

Birth By Sleep

Finally started it! Finally! It's excellent, of course, and it's also typical of all Kingdom Hearts Games: Seems easy, until you get to a boss. Then, you either get too complacent or the BOSS IS TOUGH.

Where is Terra?

Fighting Braig. I know who that guy is! I remember him from KH2. Hell on Earth, then, hell on Earth NOW! :(

SOOOOOOO HAAARD! And I know that this isn't even HALFWAY through the game. At least Demyx was at the "cental/halfway" point of the game, yanno?

Can't wait to see what the other bosses are going to be like.

YIKES!

Went to Amazon to look for the Birth By Sleep bundle and LORDY is it expensive there! For the cost of that bundle, one might as well get an X-box! Geez! Thankfully, it's less expensive elsewhere. The box looks quite beautiful though.

I actually can't wait for Jump Festa. It's been awhile since I've felt that way. Guess I'm curious about BBS: Final Mix.

Which one?

Found on The Kingdom Hearts Facebook page:

Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Doc, Happy, Bashful and Grumpy…which dwarf are you most like?

Right now, I'm a cross between Sleepy, Dopey, and Grumpy. I need more coffee.

Birth By Sleep will be out in FOUR days! That PSP bundle looks awfully tempting. PSP 3000 in SILVER and it has a crown on it. Plus, it has some nice accessories like a 4GB memory stick and a movie voucher. Sounds good. Course I'm only saying this because my PSP is one of the older versions. Still works great, but I wouldn't mind replacing it with my very own BBS PSP. HEEE!! Will have to see.

Birth By Sleep

Before I say anything, I just found out that antifisis, a Demyx livejournal community was deleted and PURGED! I didn't even notice this! For a journal to be purged, it would need to have been deleted for 30 days. Yikes. How sad since that was such a large community. Sure, activity wasn't that great for quite some time, but to delete it? At least keep it as an "archive" place. I don't run the community, but still. A sad loss for Demyx fans, I'm sure. Don't know what you have until it's gone. Oh well.

Anyway, I've seen BBS videos on Youtube, but I haven't seen any. Nine days left until the release date and I still haven't read much about it. Avoiding spoilers. Oh yes! From what I've seen, it looks great! Not much of a shock there since the PSP is a powerful system.

Birth By Sleep

Birth By Sleep is getting closer to release. Will be out in one month! I still know very little about it and clearly that would be for the best. I used to look for spoilers when I was younger, but since Final Fantasy 8, I haven't done so. I'll be getting BBS when it comes out because I need/want some more PSP games anyway. HEEE!

Pre-ordering Birth By Sleep is now available

Hoooray! You do get a bonus gift for doing so, but while it's pretty, it doesn't sound like much. You basically get decals for your PSP and they contain the many symbols of Kingdom Hearts. Certainly sounds nice, but would it be enough for some people? I don't know. I DID pre-order 358/2, but that's because I had a SLEW of gift cards and a $5.00 off coupon I got from Squaresoft.

Will it be the same for Birth By Sleep? Time will tell. Lol! It certainly looks beautiful though. I make it a point not to look too much because of spoilers, but from what I've seen, it wouldn't surprise me if it were considered among the highest points in the entire series. Not that there was ever much of a low point.

E3

Huur! I forgot about E3 until I saw an Amazon list about it. Then, I wondered, "what about Kingdom Hearts?"

According to http://www.khinsider.com/, it's all mostly trailers, BUT there's this:

"Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded which is a Nintendo DS remake of the Japanese phone exclusive Kingdom Hearts CODED."

Uh-huh. NO ONE in the fandom gave a damn about Coded. Now? It looks like everyone is jumping on this. I'm wondering why this couldn't have been done to begin with. Most people(at least in North America) don't play games on Cell Phones unless it's solitaire. Since it's being re-made for the DS, I'm sure the fans are now far more interested. Wait...3DS? What is that?

Anyway, Birth By Sleep actually won stuff! Oh my! This is going to be some game, I'm sure. The buzz is now IMMENSE, and it's sure to stay that way for months to come.

There's a lot on KH Insider AND KH-Vids about E3. Both sites got makeovers! YAY! They look great!

Birth By Sleep release date

It just seems to keep changing for some reason. First it's the summer(July 27th), but then it's September 7th.

http://www.vgreleases.com/psp/releasedate-69639.aspx

I prefer September 7th myself since it would give me time to "shrink the backlog", including Chain of Memories and 358/2 and it's generally easier for me to GET games during autumn.

Countdown indicates 104 days.

Has some SOLID reviews too.

Birth By Sleep and a three year old blog.

Got a little curious about the release date of Birth By Sleep and found that according to Amazon: This item will be released on December 31, 2010.

Uh huh. Last game of the year and the "lead off game" for 2011. Interesting. I haven't gone anywhere NEAR

I still have Vexen to beat on RE: COM and 358/2 to start. The latter game has been out for about seven months, so I'm not that far behind, but I know that much of fandom has already beaten that game.

Can you believe that this blog has been around for THREE years. This month is this Blog's three year anniversary! It's been quite awhile and yet this blog still feels very new to me! Odd, eh? I guess it's because the "To Do" list is still miles long. This blog was originally supposed to be about the characters, but it just ended up going EVERYWHERE. I do have character posts in older entries in case anyone is interested. I don't know when any new ones will pop up.

According to TV Tropes, Vexen is THAT ONE BOSS in Chain of Memories. I can see why. He moves like a figure skater and always seems to have the right cards at the right times. He fights surpisingly well, and I consider it a "glorious battle" even though it's also a "TEAR MY HAIR OUT BATTLE". Both Vexen fights are like this. Geez. I've gained a lot of respect for him because of this, but I still love how Marluxia can put the fear of God into him. Bwhaaha.

Oh Yikes!

This is the first time I've posted in eight days. Won't be making a habit of that. Lol! Used to be updated every day, then trickled to every few days to once a week. Won't be less than that. I have no intention of neglecting this place, especially since Birth By Sleep has finally been getting some buzz. I still wonder of Genesis will be in it. When there's a Zack, there's a Genesis. I have found that it apparently confirms that Kingdom hearts 3 will be the FINAL game of the series. So, this one won't be another Final Fantasy.

OMG! Zack!

http://thelifestream.net/final-fantasy-vii/5352/holy-crap-its-a-zack-in-kingdom-hearts/

Looks like it's true too since this isn't April fool's and there's a magazine pic in the link I gave!

I wonder if there'll be a Genesis. :D

Kingdom Star Ocean?

I haven't looked for anything about Birth By Sleep, but I get the feeling that there STILL isn't much on it. Maybe I should look a little harder. The "Big Three" are still linked here, so maybe I should pay a visit a little more often. I just find it interesting that 358/2 got the most attention while BBS is pushed aside. I can see that happening with Coded, but not something that contains some excellent graphics and is capable of generating a lot of buzz. 358/2 has certainly generated SOME buzz, but because I still have yet to play the game, I haven't looked.

Would you believe that I considered expanding this blog to include other games, like say, Star Ocean, especially "Second Evolution" or "The Second Story?" I figured that they have a lot in common, right? Different worlds, plucky heroes, interesting villains, "Heartless". Hah. Yea, right. This blog is about Kingdom Hearts, and it's been that way for two years. Sure, I should update the way I used to and actually FOLLOW the "To Do list", but that doesn't mean I should include any other games.

Combine Kingdom Hearts with the Star Ocean series? Tempting, but I think I'll pass. My Heart's not in it. I do have one though. Heh.

Finally, some new stuff on Birth By Sleep

From a few days ago, and probably already known to some, but it's been AGES since I've heard anything about Birth By Sleep.

Have a happy Labor Day!

From KH Insider

A higher quality trailer/subtitled "Birth By Sleep".

Whoever captured this and subtitled it can't be thanked enough. It looks great. I never thought I'd say that about Birth By Sleep because I was soooo enchanted by 358/2.

My guess? Xehanort, once known as Old Man Ugly, takes Ven's Heart somehow. Terra is willing to "submit to the darkness" to try and save his friend, so he doesn't care about the Keyblade. Ven does not like this and so, he wants to be killed. Kind of like a sacrifice.

Honestly? I don't know, but what I do know is that it looks to be great. Maybe even as good as Crisis Core.

Birth by Sleep trailer leak

Yes, I'm aware of the trailer leak. I caught it on Youtube while looking for new info on 358/2.

All I can say is, "why couldn't that happen with 358/2"?

Not that I don't care about Birth By Sleep, but I want some new info on 358/2, damnit!

Oh Wow...

The apparent trailer of Birth By Sleep. It's translations with still pictures.

Couple things:

1. I guess Xehanort realized that he messed up BIG TIME and wants Terra to fix it. Terra, of course, refuses. That could be why Xehanort decides to go after him and his friends in Sunset Horizons.

2. "Erase me"? I guess Ven wants to die for some reason. A burden to Terra? That can't be the reason.

Looks interesting though, and yes, I just KNOW that Terra/Ven will become the new Axel/Roxas. I'd bet money on it!