Review Haiku and Some Fanart!

Strategy segments
work surprisingly well here.
Krystal is still hot.

What more can I say? It's been pretty darn fun so far. With 9 possible endings, I've knocked out 3. They really took the branching path idea from the previous games and went with it, making each time I play through practically a new game that I just keep coming back to.

Fan Art: Toad

Here is my latest fanart for Toad, which I started so I could make a nice looking main image for my blog. I was pretty happy with the way this one turned out and decided to make it into a wallpaper. Click the image to download the wallpaper in 1600x1200 size. I made it big thinking that it could just be shrunken down for users with smaller displays. I plan on making some more wallpapers very soon, including one from a new shirt design I'll be putting up on my online store this weekend.

First images of Kingdom Hearts 2: Final Mix have been released courtesy of Famitsu magazine! Normally when Square Enix makes these Final Mix versions, they may have some new bosses or movies in them or something, and that's certainly true of this one too, as it looks like we'll get a glimpse of who was behind the armor of at least one of the strange knights in the secret ending's movie. But the part that has me truly excited is the fact that they're completely remaking the battle system apparently! You can see from the screenshot that the card battle system of Chain of Memories is making a return! I for one really enjoyed the battle system of the portable Kingdom Hearts game, and this is making me consider purchasing an import when it comes out. Although the fact that the one pic takes place in the coloseum makes me wonder if this particular battle system will only be included in a new coloseum mode or not. What do you all think of this change? Did you like the card battle system, or despise it?

I'm hoping to complete Final Fantasy X-2 this weekend, so I'd better get right to that. I'm getting quite fed up with the usual Final Fantasy "power leveling" that must be done at the end of each game, and I've starting to feel the need to beat the end boss!