Excited about Lightning Returns: FFXIII + More

I don’t know if I am even going to bother playing parts 1 and 2 of the FFXIII series.  But I think I’ll really like this new one coming up.  Why?  Because I only have to worry about controlling one character, Lightning.  I am sort of DONE with Japanese role playing games now.  I like to be able to have my character attack when they want to rather than when it’s their turn.  My patience is gone.  I want to do everything in a day but I can’t.  So something’s gotta give.

I saw the extended trailer for this video game on TheLifestream.net, and then I read up on what it is about in Final FantasyUnion.  I like the ticking-clock type of story (maybe I should go and see the Justin Timberlake movie In Time).  I’ve had dreams where I also had numbered minutes to live and when time ran out, I woke up.  But I’m digressing now.  I’m still waiting for more news on FF Versus XIII.  I know I am going to love the game-play on that one.

Is there ever going to be a Kingdom Hearts 3?  I don’t think there could be any more, to be honest.  If I have to play another KH game, I suppose I can try KH: Birth by Sleep sometime, even though it doesn’t feature my favorite KH character Sora. 

Another thing I am excited about: trying out DmC: Devil May Cry.  I’ve decided that I will rent it and see if it is worth buying.  I haven’t seen any TV ads for it at all.  Maybe they are not shown in the U.S.A.  I’m not done with DMC 4; in fact I think I may need to start the third stage all over again because I am completely stuck on what to do next to make things move on along.

Ehhhh, I have been neglecting this blog for far too long. 

Dreamed About a NiGHTS 3!!! (April 30th)

There was an ad in the form of a sticker that showed a pink-haired boy and brunette girl, with NiGHTS flying above them.  It was hard for me to believe but soon I hoped that there is going to be another sequel for NiGHTS.  I didn’t recognize those two perfect dreamers so I got excited (and genuinely felt so in the dream) that this was going to be a new NiGHTS video game yet to be released.

Oh, boy, do I wish it were for real!!

The weird thing was that, it was in my mom’s car, on her dashboard.  I had to ask her where she found that sticker.  I went on and explained what this game was about; every 100 years there are two perfect dreamers and they can only be young people.  They help out NiGHTS to save the dream world (Nightopia).  I spoke to her about the game with great passion.

I don’t remember if Reala was also going to be in the game or not.   I don’t think another NiGHTS game would be complete without Reala.

Dreaming About Video Games Again

I dreamed that I was playing another Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII video game as Vincent Valentine, and there were always bullets flying toward him. I had Vincent do all kinds of evasive manuvers just to get hit by as low as one out of every eighth bullet. It was some kind of hard mode or something.

Am I dreaming about this game because I miss it? I do want to watch the scenes again. Vincent is a cool-enough character to get his own game like Cloud Strife. Of course that is my own opinion.

Also, NiGHTS appeared in my dreams in some shape or form, twice in a row (adjacent nights).

That reminds me: Lynne Triplett (aka TRiPPY) from NiGHTS into Dreams.com is including fan art for the NiGHTS into Dreams and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams games into the website. I am so excited to see the art work there and I kept squealing and squeeing with delight at how wonderful these drawings are. I plan to submit some artwork of my own, but I will have to wait til later. I mean, I can start drawing now (or soon), but I need to wait until the existing fan art has been posted from the old website to the new/current website so that she is not more overwhelmed than she already is :D I am patient and can cook up some NiGHTS and Reala fan art of my own so that they are ready when the time comes to submit them later.

Here's the link if you wanna check out the art work for NiGHTS into Dreams: http://www.nightsintodreams.com/?p=1568

Here's the link for fan art of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams: http://www.nightsintodreams.com/?p=1591

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! NiGHTS! SQUEEEEEEEEE......!

New Year, New Habits

The New Year has started and I don’t think I even touched my PS2 or my PSP so far. Maybe I needed a break from gaming? I dunno. It is still one of my favorite pastimes. I guess after finishing Crisis Core near the end of last year, I feel like, “Gosh is there any other video game as good as this?”

I need to return to the list of games I started but haven’t finished yet. That should get me started. Of course, that will include Mega Man X: Command Mission and Mega Man X8.   I probably shouldn't buy any more new video games until I finish at least five of the ones I already have  :D !  And Dissidia: FF is going to keep me busy on the PSP for a long while.

Other Video Games I Haven’t Played in a Long While That I Should Return To

• Sonic Unleashed (the latest Sonic Game I have)

• Final Fantasy XII (I’m supposed to be in the Stilshrine Miriam now…)

• Sonic Rivals 2 (Stupid elusive Chao…stupid Sonic…LET SHADOW WIN!!)

• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Why do I neglect NiGHTS so?)

• Devil May Cry 4 (Yeah…because I only just started it.)

• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (uh, yeah…this game too)

Lately I've been having dreams that included Cloud Strife, even Zack Fair,  and/or Vincent Valentine.  The graphics were as good as FFVII: Advent Children Complete.  I feel like even though I've sort of already finished Dirge of Cerberus: FFVII, I should give the Extra Missions a try.  The extra missions in Crisis Core seem more appealing to me though (more than the ones in Dirge of Cerberus).  That could be because I am not that good at aiming Vincent's Cerberus at things.  I just make him shoot and hope that the target mark stays where it's supposed to so that he gets a hit.    I should just go for it and give Vincent's game a chance again.  That mysterious Vincent...I am all of a sudden interested in his mysteriousness again.

Another NiGHTS related dream!!!!!!!!!!

Yay!!! NiGHTS! ^,^

I dreamed that I was in a video game/anime convention and I saw an art corner where there was a lot of NiGHTS fan art! The drawings looked really good, and there were a lot of adorable smiling NiGHTS.

One drawing showed NiGHTS protecting dreamer Elliot Edwards from an unseen Nightmaren.

Another one showed multiple NiGHTSs sitting in mid-air, or posing, and smiling on different parts of a huge tree in a My Dream-like environment.

Within the same dream, I had a new Sonic the Hedgehog comic book and inside the comic book was a page that had a subscription slip for the NiGHTS into Dreams comic book! The NiD comic book was back in production and I could order issues #1 to #3, #4 to #9, and subscribe to the upcoming issues!!

Oh man, if only that were true…

I DREAMED ABOUT NiGHTS!!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!

The dream was about a trailer for a new NiGHTS video game. It was put to really cool music. In addition to the new NiGHTS video game, the copy included the original NiGHTS into Dreams game. NiGHTS’s voice sounded similar to the voice in Journey of Dreams but a little gentler in tone, more feminine.

So I decided to return to NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, since I forgot to do so on July 5 (one more year until his 15th Anniversary!!! =D ).   I went to Helen’s Dream to go back to My Dream, where I had 31 Nightopians waiting for me. When one Nightopian starts to sing, the others around it begin singing as well.  It always happens. There was an egg laid above a fire, and I had Helen take it away from the fire. She hatched the egg, and the Nightopian’s name was Oare.

Then I exited the Dream World to try out one of Will’s Dreams. I took the NiGHTS flying demo again because I had to sort of get comfortable with the controls again. I practiced doing the Acrobatic Flight, although to be honest it is one of the things I have NiGHTS do especially during the boss fights. Then I went back to My Dream and tried to feed a few more of the Nigthtopians whose rings were orange or red. Thirteen of them gathered around Will, and then one started singing and then several more joined. Ahh, the noise…only if it sounds in unison or in a pattern is their singing pretty, but this time it was just a mess! And every time Helen or Will touch a music box, they all start singing automatically.  I'd run into a music box by accident, and then those little guys go nuts.

I needed to improve my score on several levels, so to make the story shorter, I went from a “D” to a “B” in the Vs. Cerberus stage. Then I got a “C” in the Broadway Guide stage, up from “D” from before. The music from the Broadway Guide stage is stuck in my head because it sounds jazzy and catchy. I currently have 14 Dreamdrops.  That’s 46 from the total 60 Dreamdrops there are in the game.

I’m so glad I dreamed about NiGHTS. I was very giddy after I finished playing it for the day. I'm always giddy after playing that game.  Sigh. NiGHTS is my anti-drug…one of my anti-drugs.

http://www.nid15.com/

Devil May Cry 5 Dream today

I've had dreams about some Capcom games like Chaos Legion, a video game I enjoyed.  Lately I've had Mega Man related dreams because of my not-so-recent-now interest in the story of Mega Man X and Zero.

     But this morning, I dreamed that as I was reading a video game magazine, and I found out there was going to be a Devil May Cry 5 video game for the PS3 (or at least I hope it's for the PS3 and not some $700 PS4 console).  The main character was Dante, and his face appeared angrier than usual.  He had a large black X scar from his forehead to just above his nose.  What the hell happened here?!

     Then there was a TV ad about the Devil May Cry 5 video game.  Dante wore the long red coat like in DMC 3--so maybe the story for this game took place between DMC 3 and DMC.   Huh?  That's confusing.  But hey, the third game in the series was a prequel.

     I dunno if there is going to be a DMC 5.  I've wanted to play DMC 4, but I don't have it yet, not to mention my home doesn't have a PS3 yet, either.  But I like having video game dreams.   It presereves an optimism I am trying to achieve about a series I like, um...like Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy VII, XII, or XIII, or Versus XIII.  Like I might have said before, I've had plenty of Kingdom Hearts dreams too.  More of my game dreams were about NiGHTS :) though, because, well...I'm a NiGHTS fan...

     So now I've dreamed about three Capcom series (well, Chaos Legion is not a series, but it's a title): Chaos Legion, Mega Man X, and Devil May Cry.

A Mega Man X dream

The past Wednesday morning I dreamed that I was playing MegaMan X and I got X’s head armor in the Sting Chameleon stage. It was in the area that has the big falling rocks. Man, I hate this dream because I know that is not where it is. I think there might be a sub-boss battle in the area above those falling rocks, and that should be an armor part there instead. But I have not one clue as to where the head armor is.

Okay, where is my Mega Head Armor??!!!!!!!!

Can you see my face?  I'm frowning!

Dream of a big confusion…?

Before I woke up Monday morning, I dreamed that I was in an anime convention’s dealer’s hall (merchandise and stuff) and I finally gathered the balls to buy a Cloud plushie.  I wanted a Cloud one and Ed Elric from Full Metal Alchemist.  Then for some reason after I bought the Cloud plushie, it turned into a Squall, and then a little later a Zidane pluhsie (almost didn’t recognize him).  Maybe it’s a reminder for me to GET BACK TO DISSIDIA!!!!!!  And finish Zidane’s Destiny Odyssey.

Yayy, I got a Cloud doll!  Squeezie time...!

Oops...the dealer gave me a Squall doll instead?  I don't want

Squall, I wanted a Cloud...

Ooooo, a Zidane plushie!  I can do with that :)...

Aww, it was only a dream  >.<

Bayonetta dream

Last night I dreamed about Bayonetta.  She did all kinds of jumps and poses and she was shooting from both pairs of guns...
     I think she was fighting her imposter.  That's how I saw my dream, anyway.  Monday night while watching the anime Monster on the SyFy channel, I saw an ad for Bayonetta again.  It's so shweet, and I loooove the song that's playing during this commercial.  Is it the theme song?  A liscensed song used for this game?  I dunno, and I want to know sooner or later.  So cool.  [Sigh] Bayonetta...

A Weird AVATAR Dream

On Decmber 12th (Saturday morning before waking up...jeez, almost a week ago), I had a strange dream about the Avatar movie.  Unconsciously I must have known that the video game for the Wii was coming out soon.  I am curious about the game and the movie.  Those Na'vi are so interesting...
     Anyway, I dreamed that I was watching what might have been the movie.  And then, something happened to the Na'vi land, so then they resorted to eating the human invaders (I don't think they'd actually do that). Suddenly I was in their world, so I had to hide.  Why is it that in these dangerous situations I suddenly enter the world that I am watching or playing?
    I'm going to analyze this now.  Maybe deep inside I want to be in those other worlds, like the worlds from Jak and Daxter, NiGHTS into Dreams, and Kingdom Hearts, for three examples.  What would I do if I were Jak, NiGHTS, or Sora?  That sort of thing?  But I don't really decide everything that happens in my dreams.  It would be nice if I did.  But, my unconcious creates these dreams.  So why did I dream about the Avatar world Pandora?  I think my Jak dreams stopped because I am aware that I have the new Jak and Daxter game now.  I had a lot of Kingdom Hearts dreams when I was waiting for the release of KHII.
     I still have dreams that I got Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete because I know I really want it, and right now I don't have a Blue-Ray player or a PS3.  Ohh man...
     I should read the preview for the Wii Avatar video game in Nintendo Power.  I wasn't sure if I would be too interested in it, but I think the hype got to me.  o.0  Anyway, for those who know or are clueless, here are links to the trailers, one each for the film and the game.  There are many more, of course. =P

Avatar movie trailer
Avatar the Game trailer

I've decided after watching the movie trailer above that I want to see this movie.  But I'll wait until the crowds settle down first.  Most likely I might see it with my parents and my sister.

Dreams and fortune telling...?

Once again, I had nice video game-related dreams.
Both NiGHTS...and Jak.
     The first one is the one with NiGHTS.  In fact, Reala was there too!  It was a NiGHTS calendar!!!!  And I need a new calendar!   Well, anyway...Reala looked a lot like the way he's been drawn in much of the fan-art I've seen in DA and NiD.com.  Long black hair, sky-blue skin...kinda like the Dark Magician of Black Chaos from the first Yu-Gi-Oh! series, eh?  I think Reala was in most of the calendar's months.  And of course, the all-adorable NiGHTS made it to my dreams, and I squeal <3 <3 <3 <3

     The second dream was that I received Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier in the mail.  Wow that was quick!  And when did I order it?  The tenth?  Lemme tell you what happened in this dream.  I started playing it, and I don't remember seeing Daxter (maybe my unconscious mind doesn't care much about that orange fuzzball, except that he is 98% of the comic relief in the Jak and Daxter games).  However, there was one level where Jak had to jump up and climb parts of a mountain.  In fact, the gameplay was much like the original Jak and Daxter, and he didn't have any guns with him.  And get this:  the music that was playing in that area was the classic Super Mario Brothers' "underground pipe" level.  Ya know, the one with the blue bricks?  That was weird.  What did that have to do with Jak and Daxter? (starts to sing the song):

Duh nuh duh nuh duh nuh...duh nuh duh nuh duh nuh...
Duh nuh duh nuh duh nuh...duh nuh duh nuh duh nuh...
Doodoodoodoot doot doot doot doot doot do do do do do do do do do

     Do dreams tell the future?  I believe so.  I mean, not all the time.  But I knew that the new Jak and Daxter game was coming soon in the mail, so just the fact that I dreamed about it means it's on my mind.  I wondered, is the game and strategy guide going to arrive today?  Tomorrow?  Friday?  Next week...?

Dreamed about NiGHTS again ^.^

I love it when I dream about NiGHTS!

     It was yesterday in the afternoon when I took a short nap on a vinyl chair (not the best place for me to snooze, but I was tired enough to).  In my dreams somehow, I think I was playing a NiGHTS video game, but it was different.  I didn't see Elliot or Claris from NiD, or Helen or Will from NiGHTS: JoD.  But somehow in the middle of it, NiGHTS turned into a baby (Chibi-form, if you will) and was wearing a pacifier.  Odd.  @.@   But I thought NiGHTS was sooo adorable  as a baby.  I think Reala was in the dream too.  I forgot what he did though, or what happened.

      Next, some dreamer was having nightmare problems because of Reala's [possible] intervention into his unconscious??  The dream turned into a comic book sort of style (boy I reeaalllly wish I didn't miss out on those NiGHTS into Dreams comic books by Archie Comics, espcecially the first 3 issues, and unfortunately they're out of print.  It was 12 years ago I believe).  Police were trying to find answers, and the dreamer was scared.  Maybe I should write this as a fan-fiction.

      Hahahaha...NiGHTS into Dreams...and then I dream about NiGHTS, or NiGHTS related stuff.

     I really should join a NiGHTS  fanclub or something.  I know there is a forum in NiGHTS into Dreams.com that I can go to, but I have to register first before I can participate.  I should at least read some of the posts before I begin to sign up and submit something of my own.  I have attepmted to draw NiGHTS  and even Reala before, but I don't know when I'll submit them if I even do any drawings, anyway.  I'm not an artist in terms of drawing or sketching.  Sigh... :(  But I want to show other NiGHTS fans that I'm a fan too!  And a Reala fan as well.  Why can't I just take that first step and join the forums?!!!  I even have my very own fan-made NightMaren that I want to develop  a story for and draw, and share with other fans.  Sigh, rant rant rant...I'm just ranting.

     In N:JoD, I am just inches away from finishing the game, but I've only collected 11 DreamDrops.  Or was it 10?  Ergh.

     NiGHTS!!!!  ^,^

                  

Dreaming about NiGHTS

Yep. It can happen.

     I dream about NiGHTS too. Sometimes in pink outfits. It was especially after I started playing NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams that I dreamed about NiGHTS more often. There has to be a reason. Why? I am just fascinated by the fact that NiGHTS doen't have a gender. Purple is a combination of blue and pink, anyway (or blue and red). With purple being my favorite color, it was strange and exciting seeing that there was a Sega video game character who dressed up in almost all purple and can fly.

A New Sonic Dream

Here I go again.
     This morning I dreamed I was playing an old Sonic game that I rented.  IN the dream, the media was a disc and it was old and worn, even almost falling apart.  But I put it in [a] Sega console, and it read fairly okay.  The level I was playing was mostly blues or teals, with a sea-green floor.  In this game however, Sonic couldn't do a, whats-it-called...he couldn't jump on his enemies to defeat them, the Badniks.  In fact, I had to avoid touching any Badnik or traps just to not have Sonic lose a life.  I remember thinking, "That's not how a Sonic game should go.  What else is he supposed to do but run to the right?"  I kept getting hit and losing rings, and I remember having Sonic grab some more rings in order to stay alive.
     Sonic seemed smaller.  Was he a kid?  I dunno.  How old is he now, like 17?  I recall in the old instruction manuals that he was 15 years old.  Maybe I'm confused because I 'm going by the timeline for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books.  I can't argue with how his voice sounds in Sonic Unleashed because it seems to fit well with him.  I can't imagine/hear Sonic sounding any older, really.

I occasionally have dreams about NiGHTS or Kingdom Hearts-related stuff, so I may be updating on those too--if they are not too weird.  And don't forget Jak; when there's a new game coming up, that's what happens...

Dreaming about Jak

My dreams are weird.
     There have been many times I've dreamed about playing a new Jak and Daxter game. I just had one Wednesday night. I had another one recently too. In that one he was in another planet, with a green sky and lots of trees to climb on. I don't remember if ottsel partner Daxter was with him or not.
I used to dream a lot about Jak when I was excited about Jak II. I really wanted that game. Plus I knew he was going to talk in that game, since in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, he didn't say a word. I guess my unconscious self knew what was on my mind; after I finished the first game, I wanted to know what was next for Jak.
     Maybe I'm dreaming about playing Jak again because I know now that there is going to be yet another sequel in the Jak and Daxter series, titled Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier.  This I found out from a magazine I subscribe to called Playstation the Official Magazine from its October issue.  I don't know if I want to get it for PSP or PS2.  I can't let go of my PS2 yet.