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For those of you familiar with the Backloggery, you might know that there is a massive Final Fantasy marathon going on right now. Basically, one of the members of the Backloggery decided that, since Final Fantasy XIII was soon to come out (this was back in May) it would be a fun idea to play through all of the Final Fantasy games in preparation for the release of FFXIII.

Well, considering how many Final Fantasy games I own (and hadn’t beaten), and the fact that I’m a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge about the series, I decided to participate officially in that marathon (as a matter of fact, I’m first on the list that the member in question has in his page note). Sure, I’m probably not going to be able to play FFXIII when it comes out (not owning a PS3 or a 360), but it’s still a way to slay Bak’laag. That, and you never know — I might get the game anyways even though I can’t play it, like I did with No More Heroes for the Wii and possibly for Valkyria Chronicles for PS3.

The sad part about me participating in the marathon, though, is how much of a FF nut I am. That means I burn through the games like acid on steel. … bad analogy, but you get the picture.
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For those not in the know, I’m a total Pokemon fangirl. I’ve played since they first came out with the series way back when and I’ve gotten all the (main) games ever since then. But one particular game in the series had a special place in my heart — that game being Pokemon Crystal. So, myself, along with a countless number of those Pokefans, have been hoping ever since the remakes of the first generation games (those remakes being FireRed and LeafGreen) that Nintendo would heed our pleas for a remake to the second generation, of which Crystal is a part. Then came the fourth generation, and our hopes were renewed that maybe Nintendo would make a repeat performance with their remakes.

Earlier this year our prayers were answered.

Nintendo announced the next two games in the Pokemon series: HeartGold and SoulSilver. These games would be remakes of the second generation games, Gold and Silver with added content and some changed things, the most drastic of which being the inclusion of a girl character — not Kris, who was the first girl character of the series (in Crystal), but Kotone, a character who people have likened to looking like Mario. And these two games released nigh two days ago in Japan. And every Pokefan squee’d with such delight. … or at least I did.
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