This video shows off the first several minutes of Tales of Innocence! Don’t worry, there are no spoilers, this is the beginning of the game.

A few things to note – the audio sounds like crap and the frame rate is a bit choppy. That’s not anything related to the patch, both are byproducts of Kingcom recording from an emulator on his older computer. That aside, we hope that you enjoy the video.

And of course, let’s not forget that it’s the 1 year anniversary of Tales of Phantasia’s patch! Thanks for supporting us in this past year and we hope that everyone will continue follow us in the new year! ^_^

It’s been quite a while since our last update. As some of you may know, Tales of Innocence had its big first birthday this last week, so that’s cool. I was out of town, so we weren’t able to make an update that day, but better late than never. With that out of the way, we have a new screenshot to show off.

First of all, we show off a little bit of the summary text. Translating the summary is really boring, but I guess maybe someone will read it someday (though I never do). Perhaps more importantly, we at last have the conclusion to the Great Bottom Screen Debates. I’m sure people remember our last discussions about how to format the bottom screen – well, this is what we decided on. We felt that we should have the Name line in order to keep the screen balanced, but we really liked the idea of having the text left justified. Thanks especially to thedicemaster, Kaji, and Carnivol for helping us to make this decision, we hope that you’re happy with the final result.

Overall, this past week was one of our most productive in a very long time. I got a fair amount of translating done and Kingcom made some great progress on hacking. As he it wrapping up some of the remaining loose ends, I’m just getting started. I’ll be moving slowly for the next few weeks as I complete my finals, but I hope to make a lot of progress during winter break.

And now some things that have been bothering me:

I want people to stop posting comments asking when this project will be done. I said that it will be done early next year.

I want people to stop assuming that we have stopped working on this project. We aren’t going to quit. And if we did, don’t you think we’d say something?

I want people to read more recent posts instead of commenting on the announcement one. I realize this is the problem with a blog and it’s my fault for not updating enough, but encourage people to check the more recent posts.

I’m doing my best to keep people informed, but I really get nothing out of making these updates. My time would be better spent working on the translation or studying up. I’m doing these updates for you guys, because I know that people want to know what’s going on. I don’t mean to sound like a bitchy project leader (because I don’t like that kind of attitude either). I’m just asking you guys to bear with me and hang in there. I want to make the final result something that will be worth the wait, so just believe in me a bit. That’s all for today.

First, Tales of Innocence is moving along as always. Kingcom has been taking a little time off from ToI, but he has totally earned it. I’ve been poking at the script and as always, editing the menu text. I will be having someone begin the preliminary edits on ToI’s menu and current script text within the next week, I hope. With any luck, doing these edits early on will save time when we have to do the final editing on the text.

Next, Tales of Phantasia’s version 1.1 has been mentioned here and there since the patch’s initial release almost a year ago. Honestly, I was hoping to have it out by now, but the editor that I had placed my hopes in has vanished. Despite my efforts, I’ve had no word from him in several months now. This is the sad reality of fan projects, people disappear sometimes. I’d still like to make the v1.1, but I don’t know when that will happen now. If I’m going to do the editing myself, I don’t know when I’ll be able to set aside the time to do it. Frankly, ToI is much higher priority for me right now. For the time being, I have little motivation to work on ToP. Ideally I would like to go back and fix all of my mistakes (including rechecking the original Japanese text), but who knows if/when this will happen. I could reopen the search for editors, but I’m uncertain if I want to do that at this time.

Well, that’s about it. I hope this post doesn’t sound as depressing as it does in my head. Things are still moving along with Tales of Innocence, that should be good news for everyone I hope.

So, we’ve been silent for a few weeks now. It wasn’t intentional, just kind of how things worked out. Kingcom and I have been busy with Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia lots of real life things. Progress on Tales of Innocence has admittedly been rather slow since the last posted update. Some sections of story, a few scattered skits, and more menu revisions have been the main focus during this time.

So, here are our screens for this week. The left screen gives a shot of the menu in battle, which I think is looking great. The right screen shows off the Strategy window, which I don’t believe we’ve shown up until now. One of the biggest things to notice in both images is the bottom screen. As was suggested, we have changed the names to match the rest of the text in the window. The layout of the lower window has also been altered slightly to try and fill the space more effectively. Below we have one more screen, but it’s nothing different. The reason for showing this screen is that we want your input. Do you prefer the vertical layout as shown above or do you prefer the horizontal layout shown below? Let us know if you have any suggestions for the layout of the lower screen!

Finally, I want to talk a little about this project and when it will be released. I know people are excited about this, but we aren’t willing to rush it. We initially wanted to shoot for a release by the end of the year, but that is looking highly unlikely. To provide the highest quality at release, we really want to take our time both with the translating, the hacking, and the testing. I release that many people are used to fast paced, incremental release of patches from places like GBAtemp, but that simply isn’t how we operate. Do not expect Tales of Innocence to be released until early 2009. We thank you for your understanding and hope that you will still look forward to the final product. We assure you, it will be worth the wait!

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Version Kaji

Version thedicemaster

Please note that these are shopped, so we can’t promise that we can reproduce them perfectly in-game.

On the left, we have the Guild Quest window looking nice and organized thanks to Kingcom. On the right, the main thing we wanted to show off was something that most people might not even notice. Normally, even at style level 50, there was a small icon that said SP. Obviously after reaching level 50, there is no more SP, so we decided to remove that icon. (Mastering styles takes FOREVER!)

There is one translation-related change I want to mention. Sian’s name has been corrected and is now Chien. As the reincarnation of Cerberus, Chien always appears alongside two dogs, Cer and Ber. So why Chien? It’s French for dog. Seems more like what they were going for, right? Most of the other changes have been fairly subtle, but I thought that one was worth mentioning to people so I don’t get complaints about “changing it” later. My first editing process is still ongoing and well, it’s going. Until next time…

1) First, I’ll do some thorough editing on my own – mostly involves double-checking all of the translations PLUS turning my nonsense into English. At this stage, a fair number of silly mistakes will remain, mostly the sort that you would expect from editing one’s own work.

2) After my editing is complete, I have arranged for an editor to look everything over. As a Japanese speaker herself, she will be checking both the translation and the style and grammar of the translated text. In short, her job is to tear my text to pieces. She doesn’t know how to hold back, so she’ll probably insult my intelligence and nearly bring me to tears on several occasions, but that’s exactly what she is on board for. It is worth noting that did not have the opportunity to do this for Tales of Phantasia’s v1.0.

3) After both of these processes have been completed, the text will go into final editing. This may involve a third party, but it might also involve myself and the previously mentioned editor clearing up any remaining issues. This portion of the editing is still being planned. How much is changed during this stage really depends upon the results of the second editing stage.

4) Beta testing. If anything should have managed to slip through the previous editing processes, we hope that those selected for the beta will be diligent in pointing such mistakes out to us. By the end of the beta phase, the product will be ready for release and free from any noticeable bugs and mistakes. By this stage, we feel we will have exercised due diligence, bringing the product within a reasonable margin of error.

That’s the short version of what I have planned for editing. I hope that this relieves at least some of the concerns about mistakes in the screenshots. I really do recognize the need for good editing and for translation checking. I am dedicated to making Tales of Innocence the best work that I have ever produced. It’s not there yet, but stick with us until the end and I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

Since this is also our weekly update, here are two screenshots for those of you less interested in text and more interested in shiny pictures.

We had never shown off a main menu picture before. What’s up with that? Well, there you have it. The main menu in all its glory. The second picture is yet another battle screen. The main feature to note here? Macron characters in the arte names, allowing us to neatly romanize long vowels in English. I don’t know about anyone else, but after translating Tales of Phantasia, I fell in love with macrons. Definitely my preferred romanization method.

The left shot shows off the redesigned Guild window. The window has been redesigned and frankly, I think it looks tons better than the Japanese version did. Perhaps I’m biased, but look at it, it’s just so clean! In addition, Kingcom added a really nice feature to the Guild window – when there is no current quest, the former mess of a window has been replaced with text that simply reads “No current quest”. Pretty cool, huh?

In our right screen, we have the Strategy window. Here you can assign a variety of strategies to customize how your characters act during battle. As you may have noticed, this menu contains “Gummi”. Making sure not to overlook such things, the convention selector in the menu will change this text as well. So if you set it to Localized, fear not, you’ll be seeing “Gel”! Not too much else to say here I guess, but certainly it represents another important step in the translation.

Other than that, I’ll just say that things are progressing well as always. We have not quit in the last week, so fear not. Also, we will not quit in the coming week, so please refrain from commenting on how you thought we quit. Please keep in mind that all screenshots are subject to change before the final version. What we’re showing here is a sample of our work. Some of the translations are done blind (with no context), so there are mistakes. I apologize for those and I hope it doesn’t reflect badly upon my work. In any case, I assure you that by the time we get to the final version, the vast majority of the errors will be edited out. Thank you all for your ongoing support! ^_^

EDIT: Updated the subtitles. They now have a better border.

As with any voiced game, there are portions which contain voice, but no text. Our goal is to make sure that all of the important story events are understood by the player. In order to do that, Kingcom has produced some subtitles for scenes that need them. You can see them at work in Vrtra’s intro. I realize that they may look hard to read on a computer screen, but rest assured they are perfectly readable on the DS screen. In the second shot, you can see a mostly finalized weapon screen shot. Since the menu translation is mostly complete, Kingcom has been working on cleaning them up, which can be a tedious and painful job. But as you can see, he has turned that kana-based nightmare into a beautiful English layout.

I have been working mainly on the script itself, which has been plenty of fun. The beginning is always a challenge, since I have to come up with creative terms for many of the specialized terms related to ToI’s plot. Most of these have appeared at the point I’m at, but you can never say you have them all finalized until the game is done. Oh, one last thing I want to mention! People have asked about the Versus Style in the past. As many of you know, in order to get Versus, you have to play the Wireless mode which of course requires a friend with Tales of Innocence. We recognize that you probably aren’t going to meet many people playing ToI, so we are making the Versus style available WITHOUT the need to get on the Wireless. Cool, huh? Until next time… ^_^

Nombre: Tales of Innocence
Género: Acción, Aventura, Fantasia
Capítulos: ??
Año: 2007
Fansub: Nihon no Fansub

- Durante mucho tiempo, la Capital del Reino de Regnum ha mantenido el dominio sobre la tierra durante las guerras que la asolan, y mantiene el mundo en paz. Sin embargo, recientemente han aparicido seres humanos que poseen grandes poderes místicos, los “Inousha”. La gente comenzó a temerles y por lo tanto, a detestarles. Debido a esto, la capital de Regnum ha creado una nueva ley por la cual se debe apresar a cualquier Inousha que se encuentre.
Es entonces cuando Ruca, hijo de un comerciante de Regnum, descubre que él también es poseedor de esos extraños poderes

Acto 1: El encuentro del destino
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Acto 2: Los tres del comienzo
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Acto 3: Destino
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Acto 4: La Misión
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Acto 5: El Sacrificio
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Acto 6: El lugar de los recuerdos
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Acto 7: Confianza
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Acto 8: Reunión
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Acto 9: Dos Destinos
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The cooking recipe screen is thanks to Kingcom. Originally, the text just said “You obtained Recipe###.” Now, thanks to Kingcom, you will actually see the name of the recipes that you pick up. But don’t worry, for those who like the numbers, they will still be visible in the item menu, so we haven’t removed them completely.

So what happens from here? Well, I will continue translating, working on the script and on the skits. In the mean time, Kingcom will work on ironing out the menu messes that are always a part of translating a game from Japanese. I recently received the CycloDS that I purchased for playing the patched version of ToI, and after all this time, I finally got to see all our work in action! To say that I was thrilled to experience the patch first-hand would be an understatement. Finally getting to play the game in English justified all of the work that I have put in up until now. With ROMhacking projects, many people quit because they lack motivation to continue. I never got to that point, but getting to actually play the patch-in-progress gave me new inspiration. I’m looking forward to continuing to work on this project and I hope that everyone will be able to enjoy it as much as I do when the time comes to release it! As always, thanks for your continued support! ^_^

Kingcom has been working on formating some more of the menu windows, getting all of them spaced out properly and looking their Sunday best. You can see the results for the Monster Encyclopedia above. I realize that these pictures might not be all that exciting to most people, but they’re all I had handy for the time being, so I hope you’ll forgive me. Remember, every little bit contributes to the whole. Those of you following the blog are in it for the long haul, you get to see everything as it become available, but there are lulls.

My main reason for making this post is simple – I just finished translating one of the largest files in Tales of Innocence. Item Names and Descriptions are now translated! Maybe that doesn’t mean much to anyone else, but for me, having items out of the way is always a huge milestone. I attempted to calculate a menu completion percentage to celebrate the occasion, and here’s what I came up with. The menu is somewhere around 80% complete. (Maybe if it’s bold, people won’t ask me about the progress for a little while.) So now I’m sure some of you are asking yourselves, “What’s left?” It’s a lot of small stuff. Guild stuff, shop stuff, some misc. enemy names, various bits of dialogue that are stored in the menu – remember, it’s the small stuff that makes the game. That 80% DOES NOT include the Summary data. I plan on translating the Summary stuff AFTER finishing the main story and skit translation, so it might be one of the last things I do. In fact, a fair amount of the translation remaining in the menu will be best completed down the line, so it probably won’t be long before I really get started on the dialogue (and eventually the skit) translating.

If you’re wondering how this project is moving speed-wise, I would say that it is going “fairly fast”. I certainly don’t think we’re moving at blazing speed, but Kingcom and I are both very comfortable with our current pace. There’s really no need for us to rush it though, this is about as fast as we want to be moving right now. Everything is progressing exactly as we had hoped. Well, that’s about all I’ve got for now. I’ll be back to school, but nothing much should change around here. ^_^

First up, we have a dialogue shot. Hacking work on dialogue is obviously not an issue at this point and the translation is progressing. Second, another menu shot, which is currently my main focus. Implementing the selector is still a work in progress (since I have to cross reference past games with the Japanese names). I’ve ended up creating a huge spreadsheet that is documenting naming conventions all across the Tales series, but it is taking me longer than I expected. The good news is that the time I put into creating this database now will pay dividends on future projects. That’s currently low priority, however. Kingcom is doing a great job of making everything look fantastic. The cooking window had to be completely restructured in order to make that screenshot.

I previously mentioned that I would be making the announcement for my second project in early August. Obviously that didn’t happen, although the announcement IS still coming. I now expect that the project will be revealed in early September. I apologize for those of you who are waiting to hear what it is, but hang in there just a little longer.

Finally, I just want to say something in regard to a release schedule for Tales of Innocence:

Tales of Innocence will be released when it is complete and no sooner. The release date of the project will be well publicized when we are ready, but that is still months away.

We have started to see comments about how people are “starting to lose interest”. I’m somewhat stunned that there is already such impatience towards the project. It hasn’t even been a month since we announced the project. Anyone who has ever been involved in a translation project could tell you that these things do not happen overnight and there’s no way to rush it. We will continue to work at our own pace and aim to bring you the best translation that we can. We ask for your understanding and support until that time. Thanks. ^_^

Namco Features

• Gel instead of Gummi
• Cape instead of Mantle
• Magic Lens instead of Spectacles
• All Artes will conform to (or be translated in the style of) the US standards

Additionally, unlike Tales of Phantasia where the option had to be selected every time the game started, Tales of Innocence will store the data in the options menu, where it can be changed like any other option at any point during the game. And perhaps most impressively, the data will be stored in your save data, so once you have set it up, you may never have to think about it again.

This is what I meant when I said that we were doing our best to please everyone! Now fans of Namco Hometek localization, translation, and of romanization can all find things made just for them in the same translation! We hope that this kind of selector will become a standard among Tales translations and game translations in general. It gives the player just what a game should give them – options. We’re proud to bring you this option and hope that you will enjoy the game no matter how you choose to play it!

Questions or comments?

Kingcom (or KC as I have referred to him in the past) is the one hacking for this project.

I know that a lot of people here are familiar with the work that Gemini and I did, so I’m glad that when people refer to “that group who did ToP” it’s usually in a good light. However, it drives me crazy to know how much work Kingcom is putting into hacking this game only to have Gemini get credit for it. Both of these guys are absolutely incredible hackers and they’re both very worthy of your praise and thanks, but let’s make an effort to give credit where credit is due. Thanks.

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So, with a fair number of votes in, I’m ready to settle on some names. If you would still like to cast a vote, the poll is still available at http://zettaizero.questionform.com/public/Innocence1. So, these should be the final names barring some kind of strong objection or huge swing in the votes. Most people seemed to agree with my choice of Luca and Asura, but Ilia was strongly rejected, so we’ve gone back to Iria. Also, Chitose no longer has an X in her name, so that’s great.

Luca Milda

Iria Animi

Spada Belforma

Ricardo Soldato

Hermana Larmo

Ange Serena

Asura

Inanna

Durandal

Orifiel

Himmel

Coda

Mathias

Chitose Charma

Hasta Extermi

Gardel

Sian Tenebro

Albert Grandioza

Oswald von Cruella

Translation and hacking are both progressing nicely. We do have other screenshots to show, but we don’t want to burn you guys out on them, especially until naming conventions are sorted out. As always, feel free to leave comments. I’m sure I’ll be hearing from those in the minority who voted for “Ruca” whether I like it or not. ^_^

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Attention all!  Please visit the following link and submit your preferences there!

This will make life much easier on me!

http://zettaizero.questionform.com/public/Innocence1

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All right, I knew this would come up, but I was hoping I would have a little while longer before it did. There are, technically, “official” names for the characters in Tales of Innocence. They were created by Namdai Japan, so keep in mind that they do not represent the only possible translation. Names are works of interpretation. However, I am not doing this project for just myself, and as such, I want to ask for the input of those who will actually play the game. Therefore, I will be providing a short name list. I will include both Namco’s official names and what I would prefer. Anyone interested in helping to make this decision, please post a comment with your preferences below. Those in bold are the only ones that have changes or possible changes, so if you have an opinion on them, please comment below.

Ruca Milda (th413: Luca Milda)

Iria Amini (th413: Ilia Amini)

Spada Belforma

Ricardo Soldato

Hermana Larmo

Ange Serena

Asras (th413: Asura)

Inanna

Durandal

Orifiel

Himmel

Coda

Mathias

Thitose Cxarma (th413: Chitose Chalma [LAST NAME?])

Hasta Ekstermi (th413: Hasta Extermi)

Gardle

Sian Tenebro

Albert Grandeioza (th413: Albert Grandiosa)

Oswald fan Kuruela (th413: Oswald van Cruella)

Note that some of these were made up on the fly, so if you have a suggestion for a name other than what I posted, please feel free to comment.

Also, you can feel free to comment on the usage of Gel vs. Gummi, Magic Lens vs. Spectacles, and whatever else might be lingering in the back of your mind.

That’s right, a project to translate 2007′s Nintendo DS title Tales of Innocence is officially under way! The project is a collaboration between myself and KC (whom I met on the Romhacking.net forums). You may know him from his work on some of the portable titles in the Super Robot Wars series (and if you don’t, it’s never too late to get acquainted). I was first contacted by KC on July 8th, this project officially began on July 9th, 2008.

Tales fans have been patiently waiting and hoping for an official announcement for ToI, but sadly, it looks like that day may never come. We believe that Tales of Innocence had all the makings to be a big success outside of Japan. However, with the development of newer games (including the upcoming Tales of Hearts for the DS) and the localization staff already working on Tales of Symphonia’s spinoff sequel and Tales of Vesperia, we believe it is unlikely that Tales of Innocence will ever see the light of day.

Tales of Innocence has many of the features that Tales fans both old and new have come to enjoy:

• A 3D battle system that follows in Abyss’ footsteps (Free Running!)
• Voiced Dialogue
• Voiced Skits
• Not Sucking (Never Before Available on the DS!)

So how are we going about this? Unlike my translation of Tales of Phantasia, I have decided to give in a little and use the official localized names for many of the series features. Namco has made efforts with recent games to create a standard and recognizable set of terms for their series, which I will respect. This means that I will be using Artes, Magic Lens, and many of the enemy names will be taken from Tales of the Abyss and Radiant Mythology.

However, I’m still sticking to some of my guns. Gummi shall remain Gummi. Shūsōraizan, the technique often translated as “Lightning Tiger Blade” will be the same as it was in Phantasia, “Thunder Claw”. “Grave”, the earth spell that strikes the enemy with spears of rock, will still be translated correctly as “Glaive”. This method allows me to give credit where it is due, gives fans the familiar Arte names that have been in use since Symphonia, and still gives me the freedom to add my personal touch to the Tales series.

Our translation is being tested on both emulators (primarily no$gba) and on real hardware using flash carts. Menu translation is currently at about 50%. Battle specific text is 100% complete. Skit and Event translation has not yet started, but I don’t think it will be all that long before we get started on it. KC has made things really easy on me and I look forward to continuing to work with him going forward.

We’re proud to be bringing you some of the freshest and best that the Tales series has to offer. I hope you continue to check back here, as my blog will once again be the home of the project. Any updates I post elsewhere will almost always be posted here first. Screenshots will also be available as part of the ongoing updates, though we will likely save most of the menu shots for the long lull that must occur while I translate the main script. With no further ado, allow me to present to you just a taste of what we have produced in less than one week:

Please leave us some comments and help us spread the word!

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Otro acto que sacamos en Toi No Fansub para que lo disfruteis a tope, ¡en español! Hemos sacado los 4 primeros de golpe porque nos relentizamos un poco con los primeros pero, ahora que vamos al día los siguientes tardarán un mes en aparecer, así que este cuarto saboreadlo bien, leéroslo 5 veces si quereis para que no os entre el mono luego
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Dos o tres semanitas para el capítulo 5, pero no os desanimeis. ¡Iremos posteando mangas alternativos para ir leyendo durante la espera!

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Saludos!

Pues llegó el tercer capítulo de Tales of Innocence. Este capítulo es de los más importantes de la serie (almenos el más importante de los 3 primeros, jeje) porque descubrimos de dónde proceden realmente los poderes de Ruca y sus amigos.

Realmente no vale la pena perdérselo así que, ¡bajandoooo!

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En unos días, el acto 4

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Segundo acto de este magnífico manga que seguro que os enganchará a todos, ¡otra vez en HQ! Pulsad en el servidor que queráis para bajároslo.

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Ya estamos trabajando para traeros el Acto 3, ¡un poco de paciencia!

Saludos!

Aquí teneis el primer acto de este magnífico manga Tales of Innocence en HQ. Podeis descargarlo de los 3 servidores en los que lo tenemos subido por el momento.

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¡Espero que lo disfrutéis!

Si os ha gustado seguid atentos… ¡Pronto el Acto 2!

Saludos!

Bueno pues parece ser que el inventito este del Wii Fit cada vez tiene más aceptación en el país del sol naciente.

La lista está copada por hasta 5 juegos de DS y 3 de Wii, dejando solo lugar a el comentado en este blog “Lost Odyssey”, y la novedad para PSP “Everybody’s Golf 2″.

Bueno, aparte de estas obviedades, comentar que justo esa semana salió a la venta el nuevo título de la serie de Namco Bandai “Tales of… ” llamado Tales of Innocence, un juego que, bueno, por la parte jugable, esta saga pocas veces ha defraudado a sus seguidores, y por la parte técnica, ofrece un nivel impresionante, como podéis contemplar en su tráiler.

I’m probably going to work on a new website layout this weekend. After the universities fair of course.

I recently started watching Full Metal Alchemist again. Damn good show, probably the best I’ve ever seen. And the dub is probably the best dub I’ve ever seen.

vvv Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye!!!

Wish it didn’t just end at episode 51 and a movie.

CSI: New York season premier was this week (along with a million other shows doing premiers)and I have to say, I’m excited for new episodes! The season premier was really well done, nothing more to say. I love how they decided to start off with a mystery that unfolds throughout the season.

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA PHANTOM HOURGLASS IS RELEASED THIS MONDAY. I can’t wait at all. I haven’t spoiled myself about the story at all, nothing, I don’t know anything about it except the basic storyline, because you can’t look up Phantom Hourglass without seeing something about Tetra being captured etc.

In the meantime, enjoy a paper Link doll.

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Tales of Innocence looks WAY better than Tales of the Tempest (once I beat TotT, I’ll post a review). I’m going to keep an eye out for this game. If it doesn’t become localized, I wouldn’t mind importing it.

Ninja Gaiden DS looks AMAZING for a DS game. Looks almost PSP-like quality. Amazing. ‘m undecided whether or not I should buy this one, but if I had endless amounts of $$, I would.

Assuming I’m just getting giddy over a couple games, I really don’t have much of a life right now. ₪