06.01.07
More convenience at convenience stores
Excuse, it’s been a while. A sudden dip in temperature here has made me get a nasty cold – which made me all the more lethargic than usual. Even the translation work had been abandoned for the week.
In July, the Metal Gear series will have its 20th anniversary, so big things are being planned for the occasion. Be warned that the official site will take at least a couple of minutes to load. The Collection Box will be out from 26th July, with a DVD titled Metal Gear Saga, will cost approx. £35… which is pretty damn cheap compared to some of the other Collection Boxes I’ve seen. For 18th July costing £14 is a soundtrack CD with 12 original sounds on it. Previous games are also available from £7.50.
2 new colours are added to the plethora already available for the DSLite. As seen here, Metallic Rose and Gloss Silver are to be added as of 23rd June. Also for the best selling handheld is this. Powerful Charger… available in 5 colours and uses 2 AA batteries (単3), for £10 available from any convenience store across Japan. How handy. And it comes with 2 batteries already for immediate use, although the 1m long cord might be a tad annoying. According to the makers:
1) on max. display and max. volume with wireless – it’ll give up to 50mins of playtime
2) on min. display and min. volume without wireless – it’ll give up to 210mins playtime.
Also out on 23rd June is the long awaited DS title from Zelda, while 12th July sees the release of DQ Sword, and 26th, Mario Party 8 and Puyo Puyo both for the Wii… just in time to get the kids out of your way.
Announced at the Square Enix Party last month, FF IV(DS) site has a nice trailer up (blue tab). The red tab is an advert that basically says they’re looking for a vocalist who wants to sing to Uematsu’s tune for the theme song. There are no requirements (just be over 18, not working under contract) which is pretty damn rare in Japan and you have to send your details (name, D.O.B, address, phone, email, the usual), demo (even tape’s accepted in this day and age), photo… to their offices (154-0001東京都世田谷区池尻2-4-5 IID 209 ラグラス ＦＦIVヴォーカリスト募集事務局 宛 or their mail address, bottom of page) by 31st July.
