Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles with BONUS GameCube/GBA Link Cable

How long have video games been in existence now?!Heres a RPG with no chalenge,very few enemy types,mind numbing music,towns with buldings you cant even go into,shops that sell worthless items,equipment your character cant equip,etc.Horrible stuff.Good graphics though!Thats what sells it,how cares about the other stuff,right game designers?Gameplay is basically slash away at enemies/bosses or you can use your endless magic or cure.Its almost like playing a regular game with a code that makes it too easy!Worst RPG I have ever played.Buy Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles with BONUS GameCube/GBA Link Cable!

HORI Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Forever Clock

First of all, I knew that it didn't link with the game so I wasn't disappointed like many others. I actually wanted to buy this clock when I saw the ad in the Chains of Promathia expansion pack for the PC when it came out years ago. I recently started playing again and decided it'd be fun to pick it up and try it out.

First of all I am VERY impressed with how easy it is to set up. For those of you who have problems, I suggest using http://www.pyogenes.com/ffxi/timer/v2.html to set it up. It needs to be down to the second, so it may take a couple tries. All you do is put in your time zone (based on a chart they give you), the date, and the earth time (again this has to be to the second.) and it automatically calibrates all the Vana'diel info i.e. Day, Moon Phase, Time.

Four alarms can be set as countdown timers or just your standard alarm. They can be set to Earth time OR Vana'diel time. For instance, you can set the alarm for 8:00 Vana'diel time so you know when the Mhaura ferry arrives. You can set the Countdown timer for 2 hours earth time to notify you when your 2hr is ready to use again. Alarms are super easy to set and turn on and off.

The cons. You can leave the alarms on so they will perpetually go off every time they're scheduled to. However, the timers must be turned on again after they've completed their countdown. This isn't a huge deal but say if you wanted to synchronize them with a specific airship and have it go off every fifteen minutes and automatically start over again, you can't.

The screen can be difficult to read from certain angles and in certain lighting. The light isn't as bad as most people say though.

The alarms seem too loud for the speakers. They are very loud and, especially during high notes, distort a bit. It's a shame because they're actually quite pretty. They sound like music box versions of the various nation's themes. I don't know why they made them so loud as most people will have this sitting a foot or so away from them while playing.

All in all, I'm very happy with the purchase, the cons are more just little annoyances than anything to deter a purchase. This is a surprisingly sophisticated little device and I recommend it to anyone who avidly plays Final Fantasy XI. Buy HORI Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Forever Clock!

Capcom Classics Mini Mix (Bionic Commando)

At $20 you'll pay too much if you elect to buy this. The three games are ported pretty much intact, and that's the problem--NES Strider already suffered from crippling programming bugs, hit detection, lame control and slowdown. For some reason, the processing power of the GBA magnifies rather than corrects this--the game is constantly slowing down to a crawl.

Mighty Final Fight is good enough for what it is, but the SD characters come off as too small and dumpy on a tiny portable screen and the play mechanics feel really cheap most of the time, which compromises its fun factor somewhat.

Bionic Commmando comes off the best, but is hobbled slightly by the tiny screen dimensions--to play the game well, you need to be able to see your bionic arm clearer than you're able to and it really makes for frustrating play.

On top of all that, the sheer laziness of the conversions--especially compared to the PSP compilaion leaves a bad taste in my mouth. They could have done so much more with this, unfortunately the will wasn't there and was tossed onto the dying GBA with hardly an afterthought. And very much feels it too.

Avoid it like the plague and hope they do a better compilation on the DS someday.Buy Capcom Classics Mini Mix (Bionic Commando)!

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

I'm a Shin Megami Tensei fan, I've played Devil Summoner, Persona 3, and Persona 3 FES and I can say that these games have their faults but they are very good quality RPG's! I only played a little of Nocturne but I still enjoyed it very much I'm currently playing Persona 4 and enjoying it very much!! If you like playing RPG's give Nocturne a chance or try Persona 4 which is the latest SMT game!Buy Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne!

Army Men: World War Final Front

This is a pretty good game with pretty good graphics, the reason that I gave it 4 stars is because it is just another army men game, I mean there's more than ten Army Men games out there, 3DO comeon make something else than army men games.Buy Army Men: World War Final Front!