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Katie sent me cookies and snacks and stuff along with my new DS/GBA games, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Mega Man Zero 4, and Final Fantasy IV Advance. My unwarranted impressions follow in that order.
Castlevania. The name just screams "Buy me!" unless it's on a new home console. The last two handheld Castlevania's have been fantastic. Outstanding examples of how to make a two-dimensional exploration/action game. This one is no different but first the gripes. Why skimp on art? For whatever reason Konami felt the need to replace the typically spectacular cover and instruction art with cheap anime crap. The in-game art is still intact but this cover art doesn't scream blood dripping horror like the previous Castlevanias. Please compare...
The difference is quite obvious. Awesome, awesome, lame. What in the hell, Konami? Overblow the budget on the game itself so you had to skimp for the first time in YEARS on box art? This might not be as bad as it is if Soma didn't have goddamn Farah Fawcett hair. Seriously Konami, you're killing me.
On a much brighter note, Dawn of Sorrow itself is totally awesome. A little harder than Aria of Sorrow. It's outstanding.
Mega Man Zero 4 is just that. I've only finished the introduction level but for the first time in a Mega Man Zero game, I got through the intro without dying AND got an "A" grade. Hopefully this means I haven't lost my skills gained from those insane days at Fort Polk, Louisiana when I somehow managed to beat Mega Man Zero 2 and Mega Man Zero 3. This Mega Man Zero ditches the shield boomerang and chain rod (useless and useful, in that order) for the Zero Knuckle, which allows you to take an enemies weapon and looks disturbingly like a molestation attempt. Zero reaches out and grabs. It's so dirty. And since I'm a Z-saber whore I can't see myself using the Zero Knuckle much at all. I don't play Mega Man Zero to shoot or molest, I play to dash and slash. I play Mega Man Zero like I play Castlevania. Run up to the bad guy real close and smash the attack button until it dies.
I haven't started Final Fantasy IV yet. On gameboy I mean. I started it on PSX when I got Final Fantasy Chronicles and that's why I got it for gameboy. My playstation isn't portable, my gameboy is, and Final Fantasy IV is the only Final Fantasy I've enjoyed enough to WANT to play it.