01.03.08
Cyber Famulator Lite
新年明けましておめでとうございます to all of you (a stereotypical greeting at the start of the new year for us Japanese). I didn’t even think it, but of course, when I phoned my parents up this morning (to tell them, actually, what new stuff is being organized for my wedding), they greeted me with that. And with it, came the realization that yet again, I’m missing a lot of festivities.
On the news front, of course, 31st Dec. – 3rd Jan. being a bit of a ‘to-do’ over there, there just isn’t a lot on offer. But, I’ve managed to dig up some from the last year’s pile nonetheless (wait a couple of weeks for things to pick up over there again).
1) FF CC Little King: new movie up on their official site (try the button after ‘HOME’). Also got a few wallpapers in the Special Contents section (third one from right), with one available until 7th.
2) Chocobo game on Wii is out now in Japan, and by the sounds of things, worth playing, esp. if you’re a FF fan. There’s apparently a fair bit of duels involving those magical cards that you may be familiar from the DS game out last year. And yes, here are the screenshots.
3) For £26, and out now (since yesterday) is Cyber Famulator Lite. Not all Famicon games are available on Virtual Console… so this is the interim solution – stick your Famicon cartridge and play on your DSLite. Needs 4 AA batteries if in portable mode (lasts approx. 4.5hours), or link into a standard adapter or cable into TV.
4) Ever wanted to figure out what those Buddhist monks were chanting? Now you can… apparently… with It’s tehodoki! 般若心経入門 . It teaches you the chant, as well as help you write it, Japanese calligraphy style (習字). Intriguing, though hardly what I’d choose to spend my new year doing.