Bata-kun no Atarashii Nikki/バタくんの新しい日記

Chances are that you were at Fanime the last few days. While you were busy with the con itself, I was in the downtown area to see what random insanity Chupiler would throw at me this time around. Ha ha ha!

I didn’t visit Chupiler and his crew until Saturday (because I was working). He chuckled for a bit when I said, “Ewww. Beikoku no tabemono”. Obviously, I don’t think anyone else understood what I said. The guy got to see a “Quiz Magic Academy” cosplayer. Of course, the two of us couldn’t remember the names of the guys. =P

He gave me some good gifts. I will not reveal what he gave me because you’ll end up surprised. To be honest, he wanted to get rid of the stuff actually and sell them off, but the gifts have a place now. So, I’ll just stop right there in regards of that.

Chupiler showed me his 360. I know it has potential, but the problem is that it is still an action console. Up to this point, if I had a choice, I’d own a Japanese 360 over the other two because not only does it have some games I’m looking for and it has a controller similar to the DC’s, it’s not expensive though.

I got killed “Senkou no Ronde”, but I got to see “Idol Master”. After a couple of days or so, it took me a while to figure out who is Lili’s seiyuu, seeing that she somehow sounded familar to me. It turns out that she is played by Kanda Akemi-san. (The only seiyuu I knew up to that point that’s in the game was Nonaka Ai-san.) Oh and I so want to play “Imas” now, even though I’ll mess up.

You can’t have a video game party without a Dreamcast, which is what I brought. Chupiler was rusty in his “Justice Gakuen” and it showed in “Moero! Justice Gakuen”. He just had to use that Kyousuke glitch though. Of course, he preferred the old character creating process, but oh well. Capcom couldn’t reuse it.

I finally managed to touch a GP system! I didn’t turn it on because they don’t have good battery life and I would have probably killed the batteries right away. I so want to play “Winter is”. I so need money for my “Help Bata-kun Get a GP” foundation.

Crossplaying: I would definitely have a hard time doing it. There. I talked about it. I don’t want to go more into this issue.

Sunday was weird (as if the crossplaying issue wasn’t enough). To start off, I went to Clover. I made one of his friends happy seeing that I bought yakisoba pan, and she was very excited. Besides that, I bought some okonomiyaki pan, melon pan (for Chupiler), croquette pan and ringo pan. I also went to Mitsuwa to get a bunch of treats and Ramune.

I brought my PS2 this time around. Chupiler and I played both “Twinkle Star Sprites” games. Why there is such heavy slowdown? I don’t know. Oh and yes, we all laughed when we heard that good old Neo-Geo sound. That sound’s never old. Good times indeed. I also saw some tactic game for the 360, but I forgot the name. I’m pretty sure the name’s in one of my “Arcadia” issues.

As for the silly parts, those kids were fighting over a bag of yogurt covered raisins. Now, I know that yogurt covered raisins are good, but are they really worth having a rumble over for? Not really. The tactic to grab the raisins was mean. No, scratch that. The tactic to grab the raisins was evil.

Want to know a reason to stop drinking alcohol? Here’s one. Try “You will so end up nauseating”. That’s what happened to another one of his friends and I’m typing this up for his sake. I will admit that I did have a shot once in a blue moon, but I stopped while I was ahead of myself. So, if you’re a drinker, stop while you’re ahead.

After that, I didn’t do much else. I cleaned up the room for a bit. Of course, I had trouble sleeping and I couldn’t sleep until I got home. Before that, I did manage to play “Mario Mahjong”. I always have trouble with mahjong in general, but Mario and his crew are always a good stepping stone towards anything pretty much. Of course, I will not mention the joke Chupiler made, unless you already know.

Monday was a bland day. I bought more treats at Seoul Market and surprisingly, what I bought was less than three dollars. Well, we would depart from there and that was that. I couldn’t stay long because I had to work.

The weekend was pretty um, wild. I wish I was better off not remembering certain parts of that weekend. I think I am more scarred than ever. I think Chupiler is laughing as I am typing this entry up. Never the less, there were definitely good times. I so need to find that “Battle Frontier” link.

I better make this quick, seeing that I’m about to crash. I always say “I better make this quick,” don’t I? It’s a habit, I guess.

Anyway, remember this entry? Chupiler showed me the site of “Quiz Magic Academy IV” just recently. (Don’t know the release date, but it should be later this year.) For those that don’t know, “Quiz Magic Academy” is a quiz game series by Konami that started three years ago. What makes the series unique is that it’s an online quiz game. The problem with the games is that the questions are obviously in Japanese.

Don’t believe me? “Quiz Magic Academy Net” states in its English page that all of the questions are in Japanese. Oh and guess what? Unlike a game like “Quiz Nanairo Dreams”, a quiz game made by Capcom more than a decade ago and a game I have actually made a guide on, there are no questions that ask about English! That’s what I would assume.

So, why in the world am I ranting about a game I am most likely going to be killed in? The answer is because I have always felt that somewhere down the road, the game or the series in general has potential. What’s funny is that this could end up being, and I am so serious about saying this, my game of 2007. Aside from the art, it has seiyuu such as Tamura Yukari-san who plays as Clala and Kuwashima Houko-san who plays as Ruquia, and this is an online game. Not to mention, this is a learning game.

Okay. I admit. I did see a testing movie that was disturbing, but I won’t get into that. What’s important is that it’s a learning game I’ll end up playing and probably a fun one at that too.

Oh! I will go to Japan in a few months. I am going to be in Tokyo for the most part, altough I’ll try to sneak a day dedicated for Kyoto. I will only be there for a week because of various reasons. I’ll be able to do what I wanted to do ever since I was 17. Of course, I plan to buy a bunch of stuff. I can’t forget this game also. I will try to do well, though I’ll get killed obviously.

I want to visit Seoul after this trip, but that won’t be for a while. Oh well. I will hopefully get the sources I need.

Okay! I’m off! I so don’t want to work the day after tomorrow, but I have to. The reason’s because every last Wednesday of the month is when I have my big laundry day. That’s why. I’ll just wing it for the next couple of days and then I’ll really dedicate February to rest. Ja mata ne.