This is more a recap of how far ive gone on final fantasy 12, for reference, alright so im currently 31hours into the game, and have ashe at level 29, penelo at level 27, and fran at level 26

from the leviathan, basically, you escape and find refuge with Ondore, the group pretty much says that you need the dawn shard to prove Ashes lineage, and as such the group eventually escapes, and off to the sandsea they go, Lol…
well personally i liked the part where everyones like lets go, one character after another, i guess no one wanted to stay behind and be with Ondore, whilst everyone else is on a mission to save Dalmasca Lol..

So anyway The Sandsea which is basically 2 very huge, long drawn out areas, is so mind numbly boring it , could almost make you cry, basically Vossler joins up again, and you find out that these desert people petrol the area, Oh noes?.. and quite frankly, nothing more then that happens until you get to the kings tomb..

i found the fairly predictable flying bird before the tomb funny, i know robbert said take a lot of bows, because its difficult but after a long string of quickenings, i managed to beat within a few minutes, now finally after a long drawn out exploration of the tomb, you get, well a lovely back story from Ashe, and you get your first Esper? yay..?..

i didnt think much of the part next, because, like, you get captured, AGAIN.. why?… LOL

long story short a judge makes a deal with you, the dawn shard for the freedom of dalmasca and its people, and as you can see that doesnt end up well, since, well, the judge uses the dawn shard and, blows himself and everyone else, to, well the place DOWN BELOW LOL

before that, it basically made me go  WHAAAAAAAAAT, because, like Vossler of all people, is the boss.. LOL.. hes like. hes doing it for the good of dalmasca, im like.. well dur… Summons Belias, goodbye Vossler, it almost makes me wonder, why they gave an esper so early? because like he doesnt stand a chance.

you eventually get the dawnshard back, and after a long drawn out talk its off to Jahara, which is south of the Giza Plains.. Ashe wants to learn more about the power of the dawnshard….

so, after reaching the half way point, and quite frankly a bit, well A BIT more happens then what ive said, but… nothing exciting, it was cool seeing the Arcadian council/Vaynes dad talk, but the Ghost of Ashes lover at different points NAHHH, if they want to do that kinda stuff they should of made a romantic back story at the start, something theyve failed to do thus far.

im pretty sure Penelo loves Vaan, or that its probably just a brother sister thing, shes so protective and cares about him? is that love.. maybe

i have to admit, Ashe is a pretty strong chick, after all the stuff thats happened, she keeps on going.. its obvious when her dead lover appears in ghost form, her defensive walls, you know emotional ones start to break down.. with the words “I will avenge you” coming from her.. mouth..

but.. isnt it, like his fault? he see at the start of the game when its Dalmasca vs Arcadia the battle of the airships/ground forces, him and Basch fighting away, and bamn, hes like il go on ahead, a flying arrow hits him, oh noes i died LOL

You know how much i love hearing from friends, and generally chatting and getting to know people here, joking around, having fun, the usual, i admit my sense of humour does sometimes confuse some people or maybe make them, mad, well anyways, for a little while now, someone keeps emailing me, and being very forward to say the least, im thinking, she/he/it knows me, but.. they like all sound alike, from 3-4 different usernames now

Basically this girl, says how hot i am, and how she loves me, and uses nothing but hearts after each comment, ive tried asking who are you? but never get a response, well for the first time i responded, ive been deleting them, as and when they appear, because to be honest its not worth the hassle of replying

Now if your the girl in question, and i know , well i think i know who you are, your being creepy, i dislike girls that are THAT forward that i dont even know.. heck i dont even know your first name,  you MAY love me, but thats not love, just because im a guy, doesnt mean, well you can say those things, heck.. im not one to , like tell on people, but dang…  send me anymore email like that and il have a section up, to show the world, well my readers, what youve been saying to someone you dont even know period.

and well to anyone else, that i know, keep emailing, i love hearing from you guys =P

Before i write, im not really sure of all the names, they are quite difficult to remember, those that are side characters that is, Basilisk is an anime in Japan which is loosely based on an old Japanese conflict that may of occured, im not overly sure to be honest

Basilisk tells the story of the Kouga and the Iga, 2 Japanese Ninja clans in the feudal era of Japan, 2 Ninja clans sworn to hate each other, who have had a long history of Conflict and bloodshed between one another.

Gennosuke of the Kouga and Oburo of the Iga, both have been passed down the honour of leading the 2 clans, both are lovers, but both are sworn to a fate that cant keep them together, with the no hostilitys pact broken, both clans begin the fighting again, basically each clan has a scroll with 10 of the best Ninja from each clans for them to kill, Kouga didnt get this scroll, but eventually find out..

Basilisk has a ton of violence, for one, every episode a main character seems to die, a lot of stuff happens, like one guy loses his sister… another lost her lover, to the conflict.. its a sad and tragic tale that pretty much is awesome in every imaginable way

dont get me wrong, this is pretty much an ideal end of month post, since i need to get my blog sorted out and sectioned and start writing about more then what i am now but meh.. heh. undecided if im going to use this as my main blog and talk about the real world, who knows? lol

Oburo is cute.. for a woman that is, i have to admit if she were real ild totally be like Oburo your so hot lol

Japan in the real world has Kouga/Iga towns, which happen to have Ninja schools? conincidence .. no without reading the history of Japan it wouldnt surprise me if the towns and locations in the anime were real

A little further into the game, i finally reached the point of the Leviathan ship but more over i would basically pretty much like to say about the parts before

So after clearing the mines, theirs a fairly mediocre Basch returning to Rabinastre for the first time in years, but more over, you find out that Penelo has been kidnapped.. what surprised me, is, i assumed this was left about of the American version or read something along those lines, or maybe the Japanese version?..

Basically these people that hate Balthier, and i cant see how thats difficult to do, have taken Penelo, long story short you fly on a totally cool airship to rescue her, but first you must go to this remote island in the skys, goverened by Ondore, im pretty sure this is in Arcadian teritory but not actually controlled by them on the Count larsa is also living there and hes related to Vayne.

Amusingly or not the conclusion to this is rather underwhelming, i mean after reaching the end of the mines we basically get a boss encounter but instead of fighting, you … run away?.. and fight at the same time.. only 4 of them and 6 of you but oh noes.. you cant win apparently… meh thats a load of you know what as.. i managed to kill one in one quickening move.

eventually you find out that Penelo has been taken to Ondores place, she was origionally going to be arrested by the judge for being around the mines etc but Larsa the kid brother of Vayne? helped her.. which is cool i guess

the part next rocked i mean you walk around saying im captain basch, dont listen to Ondores lies, etc which leads the insurgents to finding you arranging a meeting with Ondore, who betrays you for a reason since he knew you could rescue ashe from the judge in his own way.. hes not all that bad eh..

i like this game because it pretty much has a great deal of stuff going on at the same time, but also because it doesnt always solely rely on long boring dragged out dungeons with random counters every 2 seconds  to make it drag out for hours before the exit, then story scene..  i think on average i bet each dungeon in like 20 minutes or so.. im currently 15 hours in, and so i could guess, around 20 percent through the game

Penelo <3

Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix finally came out in Japan today, but its left me somewhat disapointed and sore again, i mean, theirs so much new stuff in this game, and its in english yet i seriously doubt it”l see a North American/Europe release.

some of the new stuff is like

New Areas to explore, with new features, the battle with Roxas at the world that never was, is no longer a cutscene, but an actual battle, and.. lastly im sure this isnt the last new thing but… for arguements sake.. more battles with the Organisation 13 members.

now.. its weird.. i mean they also did chain of memories as a seperate game and included that with it.. im not at all that bothered about the new final mix scenes, i want to play chain of memories because its well new, well if you count a remake of the gameboy game.. i think you can play as Riku.

Lastly… the only thing that annoyed me about the game was the boss battle the dude thats like Dance Water Dance the dude at  Beasts castle was a pain.. i dont feel like.. playing again

so… we can all take solice in the fact that another country is getting a game we”l never play in full english no less.

Namine is very much <3

Long overdue i know, well i recently got into this game, i was thinking i probably wouldnt like because i read and heard the battle system is a bit like final fantasy 11s, which put me off somewhat, but its a really different game in some regards, yet samey in the others, the game has the large open enviroments of final fantasy 11, and the random, hit the monster, wait, hit back, hit the monster approach as done by final fantasy 11, thing is, i dont find this game boring.

The Opening scene, and from this moment onwards, this will seem spoilerific, so complain at your own discretion.

Basically it shows and tells about Arcadias invasion of Dalmasca, and eventually sees what we would call Basch, kill the king, obviously you find out that it wasnt Basch, but his twin brother but dang, i guess if i hadnt of read that Vaan was the main guy i would of assumed Reks was.

Reks fights off the soldiers, goes to join Basch or what he thought was Basch, gets stabbed, 30 minutes after the game starts and dies, Game over lol, Shortest game ever. well final fantasy =P

Alrighty, some key points

Reks was introduced, was playable, until dying

Vaan sneaks into the Palace after hearing Vaynes speach, he dislikes the way his town/people around him are treated, Penelo and him have lost their parents due to the war, he eventually meets Balthier/Fran, escapes, minor arguement, eventually seeing Amalia, gets captured by soldiers.. they escape.

Meet Basch, free him, he explains, Vaan hates on him, poor dude, his brother whos a judge is revealed to of killed the king, hes Baschs twin?

oh boy i can go on for like forever, the game has a lot of key points in my opinion, thats probably somewhat 15 percent into the game, i like Ashe, shes actually not that bad, yeah shes been through a great deal, losing the one she loved, almost other things, that and shes probably the hottest insurgent.. sorry freedom fighter that ever lived lol

im sure fran would disagree >_>..

so anyway i power leveled Vaan solo to level 13 before aquiring Penelo and everyone else into my party eventually, just meant i had around 800+ license points to speand which rocks, no idea which character needs what weapon im pretty much sticking with

Fran - Archer, Basch - Sword, Balthier - Gun(weak need to change) Vaan - Sword

planning on switching Fran to Katana when i aquire

im currently up to the Leviathan sky ship, after Ondore betrays you, hes actually a pretty smart guy, he obviously knew that the judges had Ashe held on that ship that went to arrest the party.. so he “betrayed” them but also helped them since he knew Basch is like awesome and he would totally own the Judge..

also, i totally thought that Basch killed the king like everyone else but i think your like meant to and stuff, you dont actually know Basch asides from that brief cutscene at the start, so hearing Basch say hes innocent and is like sorry all the time to Vaan about Reks makes him out to be a good guy, i mean, he sounds like, and seems like he wouldnt do that to the king.

i think deep down he rid himself of the king because he was going to surrender to the Arcadian empire cowardly much lol, still a bad thing to do… poor Basch being hated on because of his twin bro lol

Ashe is lol.. makes me laugh.. Vaan speaks.. DONT INTERUPT, infront of the bad guys

 Ashe is <3

i wasnt sure if i wanted to write about these kinds of things but i found it more intresting then anything else, the girl who wouldnt eat, well basically, earlier on i saw this programme on TV, well the ending of it, it was about a girl who i believe was about 8-9 years old that has never eaten,  anything in her life, its difficult to believe but true, made me feel sorry for her.

Basically from what i understand, the doctors in England tried helping her but were baffled by the whole situation, her mom, and brother went to Austria, and she had this tube thing that feeds her stomach, basically since she was a baby if im not mistaken shes had to have this in order to survive.

from what i understand she stayed in this hospital where the staff, and nurses were trying to find out why she wouldnt eat, but would drink water, obviously without the tube feeding her, she would die, i believe she weighed only 20kgs, im not sure if thats normal for someone of her size, to be honest, anyways.

they did these series of test on her, to see if its a physilogical reason or otherwise, they like used a camera to check down her throat if their was any damage or defects, which they found none, they then assumed by removing the tube she may have no other choice but to eat.

they came to the conclusion that the girl was in her own world, and this tube thing was a part of it, i mean she really didnt want to eat, not that she couldnt, she was apparently fine, she was then diagnosed with some mental illness..

long story short the girl eventually moved onto fluids that could substain her, so she actually had calorie intake, went back to school and survived on just that..

no idea how old the programme, is, it showed her trying foods but not swallowing, obviously this is a big step for the girl, but.. it kinda makes me wonder whenever or not she actually is cured by now?

sucks that they dont make a sequal, tho in reality it probably isnt good for the girl in general or the family to get that much exposure on TV..

well anyway i found it intresting.. thats basically what i saw

Have you ever had one of those days where things just arent going your way, well its a long story but, my internet also died, so i was unable to go online for a while, of course this is all better now.. so um yeah lol

so asides from a few minor things i was helping my parents out and generally being the cool, awesome dude that i am

and having just now, had a ton of email to reply to, which is cool, well not really, i always have a lot of email everyday from friends here.

First of all, welcome to my blog for those that are new to this place, and my blog, my names Matt, and pretty much anything you want to know about me, you can email or ask me here, im open to all questions, by default, comments are moderated so dont worry if yours doesnt appear, it just means i need to accept, and il respond to yours, in due time

 i plan to pretty much write about Anime, Poetry, Movies maybe, probably videogames not to sure, and anything thats pretty much on my mind

and if you want to help improve my blog leave your suggestions  here, and also if you just want to talk, or need advice, you can ask me here or email me at my mymelody address matt_4@mymelody.com

as you can see one of my favourite animes is Eureka Seven, i like a wide range of anime, like Gun Sword

also into a great deal of music, chances are i may like the stuff you do, i dont feel like writing a huge list but if theres anything you know, you like and are curious if i like too, then ask

i also love sports, swimming is something ive always liked, as well as soccer and football, and basketball, anything else.. maybe..

and just a shout out to those that i know here, hello! lol