The Unverified Apocalypse

Also known as "Mulepocalypse".

Bandai Namco has finally done it. They have restricted all unverified accounts in the Cinderella Girls mobile game. They cannot trade or gift anyone. They basically play alone for the most part. Being verified means to have a valid Japanese cell phone number. However as a foreigner I don't have the advantage of having one, nor do I have the means to buy one. Also, buying one just for this game would seem a bit ridiculous for myself, since I'm not a very active player to begin with.

This means it's almost the end of my playing. I'll stick around a little to see if Ritsuko ever gets her SRare, or if Makoto ever gets an invitational SRare. At least I had the chance to get Yayoi's SRare. Sadly, I wasn't dedicated enough to even get Makoto's SRare...

I'll also stick around to see what happens with the currently sketchy legality for the "Completion Set Gacha" that has been discussed in Japan. DeNA and Gree, the two top mobile game companies, have had drastic drops in their stock values because of this. Who knows what the future will hold for these games.

It was certainly fun while it lasted. I hope to see more material in the future, such as the upcoming Cinderella Master CDs.

In other news, a new Idolm@ster game has been announced. Some pachinko slot game by sammy. Somehow I think these machines will be even more like gambling than the current CG gachas.

And in other other news, summer classes have started up for me.

Initial D : Initial Episodes

I was randomly watching/listening to an Initial D song video when my bro decided that we should watch it. And so we did. Interesting how I didn't want to watch it so long ago when I thought the animation was too weird to watch. Turns out it quite tolerable, and the same goes with the CG. Quite exciting and neat seeing Takumi drifting in that AE86. Too bad I probably won't be finishing this anytime soon, with school starting up again.

One thing to point out is that I watched this on the official Youtube channel of Funimation. It's nice to be able to watch this on an official source without having to bear with the bad dubs.

The Power of The Super Moon Princess

She flips tables. Like a moon princess should.

The whole "Super Moon" business reminds me of this little "game" that involves Kaguya Houraisen, princess from the moon, flipping a table over and over for great glory. Fun times. Also, I miss Walfas/KirbyM's flashes. Those were the days.

May The Fourth Be With You

Hooray Star Wars Day!


And also, hooray for a random reference to Star Wars in this little game I started playing today! What a coincidence indeed.

[pic related, but not here until I screenshot]

Upotte 1 : Guns as Girls

[Gun girl with a gun (herself as a gun) shooting stuff]

Well that was an interesting watch. I'm sure gun enthusiasts could get a laugh out of this. I certainly only caught a few of the references myself, and it seems like the next episode will be lots of fun. Not sure if I'll continue though. Got to recommend it to my gun enthusiast friend.

A legendary sword; A badass fire mage

Yeah!

Played a lot of Fortune Summoners today. One of the first things I did was try and get this darn "Legendary Sword" from these capsule machines that cost 200 copper each. Ridiculous. I spent nearly 8000 trying to get it. Alas I did and it turned out to be... not quite what I expected, but still good.

Stella being badass as per usual.

And then I finally was able to play all three characters in the same party. Lots of sword slashing, fire flinging, water healing madness going on. Lots of fun compared to just a duo of characters. Stella is of course showing her awesome side again. Her skills wreck havoc on everything.

Other stuff that happened included beating some ghosts, fighting a wyvern on top of a tower, beating some mushrooms, and relaxing in a nice hot spring fueled by sulfur. Lots of progress indeed.

Hyouka 2 : A Curious Book

[more sparkly eyes -or- those menus -or- those kanji pictograms]

A slow start leads to an interesting conclusion for this episode's "case". The introduction of the new character Mayaka Ibara (voiced by Ai Kayano) leads to some more fun. The ending leaves with a cliffhanger that I was not expecting. Seems like this isn't just going to be purely episodic stuff.