02.07.07
Mind Training and other oddities
Here are some DQ Swords screenshots to drool at: 
I guess I really shouldn’t have boggled, but there we are. My predictable countrymen have come up with new designs for a hardcase for the DSLites (alminium). It’s really quite pretty in a ‘traditional’ way, but it’s not something I’d go out of my way to buy. According to the article, it’s available from Vis-a-Vis – well they’re on pre-order status right now, costing approx. £25. As long as we’re on this ‘case’, I might as well introduce you all to the new ‘Card Sabre’ that’s coming out too. Written in katakana, I was thinking, perhaps it was meant to be translated to ‘Card Saver’ but the pun’s still there in what it’s supposed to do. It holds 3 DS game cards and 1 GBA cartridge, comes in the shape of a sabre, so “whip it out like a real sword – Wow!” goes the blurb in Famitsu.com. Really something to get that excited about?
On the subject of the weirdness of the Japanese, they’ve also come up with something else to help ‘tone’ your mind. Yep, it’s out on the DS and titled DS Therapy (£25.20). With training, it’s supposed to make you more ‘pure’ (their word, not mine). So think Brain Training for the weak-willed girly (”I’m cute, look at me” type) incompetents, and you’ve got it about right. I mean the screenshots on that article’s splattered with no-brainer comments about what to do in certain dating situations! Jeez… get a life!
I think I’ve got a bad taste in my mouth. Must be the last paragraph.
Square Enix has announced the release date for the PSP FF game: 19th April, £20. The follow up FF II is being pushed for a May release too. Revenant Wings DS meanwhile has settled on 26th April release date, costing approx. £24.
