Level Up! Seize the Experience!

It’s just been a Kingdom Hearts day for me today. I about fell over myself in glee when I found out yesterday that the next Kingdom Hearts game, 358/2 Days (pronounced “358 by 2 days,” something that will apparently make sense during gameplay) will be released in the US on August 31, 2009. So imagine my demeanor when I learned Gamestop is taking preorders. I’ve been waiting for Amazon to announce the preorder — I mean, why wouldn’t they? They’ve had the Final Fantasy XIII preorder up since last year and the game won’t hit the shores until 2010 now — but it’s been silent. So screw them; Gamestop gets my business. I need to look into if they will let me pick it up at the store so I can get it on the day of release, but other than that, everything is set.

Then the mail comes in today, and in it arrives Reward Zone gift certificate for $25 for Best Buy. Always so very happy to get those in the mailbox. I hadn’t picked up my copy of Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories for the PS2 yet, so it was time to rectify that and keep my KH day going. However, I’m not sure when I’ll get around to playing it. I’ve beaten the original game, and I (sadly, yes) imported the Japanese PS2 version when it first came out because there was no word on the game coming to the US. I’ve played that version without understanding a word being said about halfway through the Sora-side of the game, and then quit when I got sick of leveling up. Running through all of the floors again and again just to level up was annoying on the GBA, so imagine how annoying it is doing it again and in a different language. The 3D effects doesn’t make it any more enticing.

So why did I bother picking up yet another version of the game? I have a collector’s mentality, so I couldn’t leave this gap in my Kingdom Hearts collection open. I probably will play it eventually and I’m sure I’ll finish it eventually, just probably not as quickly as I finished the original game. Although, seeing the cut-scenes (and in English, no less!) may be a bit of a motivation factor. I should make it a priority to complete before the next game comes out, but my stack is large enough as it is, not to mention I made a New Year’s resolution to complete Twilight Princess before the year’s end.

Can I yammer on about blah blah blah for sentences and sentences? Yes! Yes, I can!

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