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Baten Kaitos could be considered as another most anticipated RPG for Cube owners. Developed by the same minds behind Xenosaga and Chrono Cross, it could be understood why it is an anticipated title. Baten Kaitos returns to the turn base RPG but with cards. Though most card battle systems are disappointing, the card battle system in Baten Kaitos provides the player both intuitive and strategic options in the battle. Players started off with a small number of cards they card hold and wield in the battle and as they "class up" the number of both increased. However, a "class up" also change the initially infinity time limit for wielding the first card to as short as 5 seconds. That… Read more
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I never owned a Dreamcast so I haven't know this game until it comes out on GameCube. The first impression was "huh? Air Pirates? A bit corny then". But then I read so many good reviews on different gaming magazines that I eventually got a copy of it myself. I imported it from States for I have a Jap+States Cube (and an Australian Cube - but this game is a hard to find gem in Aust.) and tried it out. The starting part was like typical RPG stories, hero got involved in an evil plot while looking for his dreams. However, the story gets better and better and you got some good tricks and twists from time to time. For the battle system, it is like a mix of Final Fantasy and… Read more
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Lost in translation is a very different and refreshing piece of work, when compared with all the other mainstream movies around at the moment. Bill Murray as the middle age crisis star Bob Harris had given up a career building play to star in an ad in which he has no idea what he was supposed to do. Even worse, his stay in the jetlagged Tokyo was lengthened out of business consideration and now he had to face more lonely sleepless nights. Similarly a university graduate wife of a photographer on business trip in Tokyo was having the same problem. She was having the "expatriate wife syndrome" that apart from insomnia, she felt lonely and helpless. She attempted to cure this infinite… Read more
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