Well, to revive this topic, I have to say one thing.

I finally beat the Sega Saturn title.  To be honest, I wasn't too keen on Fuu having the Bow and Arrow instead of her massive sword in the series, but it actually works out just fine.

Aside from the name changes and the voice-acting, it was very decent.  And when I say voice-acting, only Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is allowed to have cheesy dialogue.

I missed the whole "One Year Anniversary" of the forum.  It's good to see that it's still here.  I know that Mils was going to close it if the member count didn't reach the goal she had set for it...but it did!

So now we celebrate the first year and from this day forward, we can expect to celebrate more.

Quote from: Down on March 13, 2007, 11:14:44 AM
This would be my what made my day for yesterday, but it was SO BRILLIANT and VERY RAYEARTH and I HAD TO SHARE, XDDDDDDD

First off, I WENT TO TOKYO TOWER.

...and wandered about it SQUEAKING a lot. XDDDD But I wasn't taken to Cephiro. TT_TT

...I DID, however, spot Certain Buildings from the observation deck - the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (X, anyone? XD) which I'd seen much closer the day before... and THE BUILDING. THAT ASCOT DROPS ON CLEF. IN THE OVA.

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

(and, yes, I bought some of the chick shaped okashi. haven't tried them yet, though. XD)

then we went to Odaiba - my friend and I worked out that the quickest way to get there would be to use the Yurikamome line. And I spent about five minutes wondering why that sounded so familiar, before my brain kicked in and went FUU. RAYEARTH OVA. Automated train line!!! ...and it was. XD (It was also very cool.)

...and not only did Odaiba turn out to be where the Clef-crushing-building is, but also the place where Umi wakes Selece. (which makes sense, now I think about it. XD)

...and we went across the Rainbow Bridge. XDDD (X, again. XD)

All in all, it was a scarily Rayearth-based day of sightseeing, that one. XDDDDDDDDDD Much fun! (will picspam at some point!)

That was quite the day.  One of these days I'll get to experience that too...I hope.

My copy of Rayearth came in the mail today!  WHOOOO!!

I got the Fuu disc.  Everything was included too, so I feel giddy.  Sucks that I have to work before I can really dive into it though.

Knowing that Magic Knight Rayearth and Dragon Force, two Working Designs Sega Saturn titles, will be mine within the next few weeks.

Not to mention the raise on my most recent paycheck.  I got an increase of 73 cents, which drastically made a difference.  With the hours I'm pulling, I'm getting at least half a grand per check now.

I also picked up my copy of Crackdown for the XBox 360 today.  The best way to describe it is GTA mixed with super-powers or enhancing abilities.  It also came with a Halo 3 beta invite, so I get to test that out when it becomes available.

Soon I'll be able to download Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on XBox Live Arcade and I couldn't be happier.  That game rocks so much!

Yeah, I don't think I could go on from this point, so I'll save us all a lot of time where I could be rambling on in some long incredibly unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic boring everyone to leave the post without reading what all else I have to say, which is something I don't really want to do because it's kind of rude, you know? XD

Milieva - Thanks.  For the quality of the game, I believe I got away with a helluva deal.  I won't get the game for at least another week...I suspect.  But when I do, I'll be sure to take pictures that way someone will have something to cheer about since it'll be either Hikaru, Fuu, or (if I'm extremely lucky) Umi on the disc.  You should get it just for the sheer awesomeness of owning a piece of Sega Saturn history.

Down - It seems like the best bet.  For the ST Key, I paid $10 plus shipping (which varies depending on where they are shipping to).  The game, if you find the right deal, you could pay less than what I did.  Good luck on your search.

For the record, even though it isn't MKR-related, I purchased a copy of another Working Designs title...Dragon Force.  This game is just as rare as Magic Knight Rayearth, if not rarer.  I paid $85.98 with shipping included in the price.  Thank Mokona I got that raise of my paycheck otherwise I wouldn't have been able to buy either game.

They are region-coded.  You can buy an ST Key which allows you to play any game on a Sega Saturn.  I bought one brand new for $10.  I can provide the site, if you'd like.  I think they even sell Sega Saturn consoles.  If you want the site, I can provide it for you.

If I could read Kanji (if that's the proper text...I'm not sure if it is or not), I would have bought the Japanese version off of eBay for a lot cheaper than what I paid for the US version.

I bought it off of eBay!  I was talking to Milieva over AIM about it.  I caved and bought it.  It should be arriving soon and I'll let you all know which disc I got.  My one hope is that it's the Umi disc.

She's my favorite character in the series.  I can't describe why.

BTW, when I get the Magic Knight Rayearth Sega Saturn title, I seriously hope I get the Umi disk.  It would be very awesome.

A new update...a Sega Saturn.  I went to an Anime con in Austin (Ikkicon, which the name wasn't too far off from how bad it was) and ended up making my way to a vintage gaming store in one of the malls down there.  They had two consoles left and my friend and I swiped them both for less than $35 each (he paid $35 and I paid $30 since mine didn't originally come with a controller).

I have a Sega Saturn now.  I must get my hands on the US version of this game!

"Hint, hint" for anyone that wants to know what to get me for my 25th birthday. *wink wink* XD

I wouldn't say it was a waste, but I bought an XBox 360 and some games to go with it.

*makes mental note*

When married, don't disrespect the family.

Well, time to revive this thread with another picture.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2910/1000036ad1.jpg

I'm growing a beard.  I'd rather not post the actual image as it might screw up the page.  I think it would enlarge the length of the page ginormously.

I have no clue.  My friend has it and has offered to let me play it...eventually  I'll have to borrow his Sega Saturn to play it.