For me this time of year I don't spend any money on video games(that's my parent's job this time of year). The torment comes from having to shop for family.
Hmmm, Yeah the xmas list are coming in now. I'm setting my sights low really.
Firstly Hand made Knuckles and Rouge (try to get piccies when done) Chao for little sister - 40-50 (its made in America)
Some British Comedy for Dad (Blackadder maybe) - 40
Something for Mum - 30
Soul Calibur 3 - 30-40 (Very soon my precious I'll be destroying everything)
Shadow the Hedgehog - 30-40 (FEAR THE ANGST...)
WWE Smackdown V Raw 06 - 30-40 (looking sexy this game)
Burnout Revenge 30-40
Prince of Persia 3 30-40 (The look of Sands of Time and the weapons system from Warrior Within plus Ivy weapon. surely this cant fail)
Probably have no hope in heck of getting but fingers crossed and everything.
Blue Nintendo DS With Nintendogs - 100
Wario Ware, Sonic Rush, Meteos, Mario 64 - 30 each.
Also Cyc go for VF4: Evolution if possible much more garnish plus videos of how fast japanese players fingers move, Also Quest Mode > Kumite.
This year seems especially worse than last year, it has to be said...
Anyway, for christmas and the coming months, I'm keen to buy:
Soul Calibur 3 - 40
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 40
Pokemon XD - 40
Mario Kart DS - 30
Battalion Wars - 40
Import Sonic Gems & Freeloader - 30-40 (?)
Sonic Rush - 30
Shadow The Hedgehog - 40 (I'm not really bothered about this game, but I'll get it if I have any money left over)
And a couple of DVDs such as Pokemon Chronicles, and some Toto/Rush DVDs means it's going to be a looong few months...
Hmm, not really a lot out or coming out that interests me currently. The main things I'm thinking about would be:
Medal of Honor: European Assault (should've gotten a while ago) - $40, PS2
Star Wars Battlefront II - $50, PS2
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Collector's Edition - $60, PS2
Shadow the Hedgehog (maybe, planning to rent first) - $50, not sure which console I should get this one for. Leaning towards GameCube (although that'd require me to either delete something I want, or buy a new memory card, since the puny thing I wasted money on holds so little).
Also considering the Mega Man X Collection, although that would wait until after the others mentioned, as I can already play most of the games currently. Also not sure of console on that one, might go for GC if it doesn't miss anything from the PS2 version (and doesn't have a backwards control scheme).
PS2:
~Crash Tag Team Racing
~Jak X Racing
~Kingdom Hearts 2...although chances of it coming in US in Christmas 2005 is low, but I'll still put it on my list
~Tekken 5
~We Love Katamari
Gamecube:
~Mario DDR
~Mario Strikers
~Twilight Princess, wait, another delayed game. Durn.
~Bunches of old GC games I wanted to buy
GBA Player:
~Bunches of old GBA games I've been wanting to buy.
~Neo
As far as I'm concerned, I've just had the month of financial torment.
Not much coming to the UK games-wise until February (Kingdom Hearts 2, Shadow of the Colossus, We Love Katamari), as far as I can tell...
Given my pc can't handle FEAR or Quake 4. And they've only released the X-box version of Call of Cthulhu so far.
Right now, I want Farenheit, and not much else.
This is why I have Gamefly. (A "by-mail" renting service to you Brits) It takes off some of the pressure of having to have every game I want. But I can relate to eveyrone here who's wallet suffers this time of the year because of not only games, but Christmas presents.
Gotten so far:
Hulk:Ultamite Destruction (X-Box)
BurnoutRevenge (PS2)
Burnout Legends (PSP
Ultamite Spider-man (X-Box, Traded in after finishing)
Sly 3 (Finished and traded in for.......)
Pheonix Wright; Ace Attorny (DS Great,long game. Finshed and traded toward......)
City of Villans (P.C. Awesome)
Ratchet Deadlocked
Grand Theft Auto: LCS (PSP)
WWE Day of Recking (Only keeping it ti Smackdown vs. RAW 2006 comes out.
Still need to get:
Star Wars Batllefront II (PSP, My P.C. is no longer powerfull enough to run the latest Battlefront and I wan't to play it online.)
WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2006 (Both PS2 and PSP)
Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube I pick that sytem cuz all my other Sonic games are on Gamecube, and it only makes sense to keep my Sonic collection all on one system.)
Sonic Rush (DS)
Mario Kart DS (DS)
Animal Crossing DS (DS)
Trauma Center: Under the Knife (DS)
Call of Duty 2 (PC In Direct X 7 mode)
King Kong (X-Box)
I won't be getting a X-Box 360 yet. None of the launch games look that great, and only use less than 1/4 of the power of the actual system.
Um, I kinda want a new guitar strap, pegs (so the damn thing doesn't come loose and break my axe), some CDs, new strings, a bass effects pedal, various gift cards...
Yeah. Sorry my list has no games on it, but I honestly don't care about them too much. Fear.
KH2.
Soul Calibur III.
Twilight Princess.
Maybe some older games I don't have.
Money's really tight now as I'm temp. "between jobs". If i manage to get hired soon I may be able to set aside enough for Sonic Rush, that's it.
I'll probably buy the World of Warcraft expansion and a whole bunch of weed. That'll sort me out for a couple years.
Amen to that.
Wait a sec... WoW expansion is coming out this year? I don't believe.
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/burningcrusade/faq.html
Q: When will the expansion be released? How much will it cost?
A: We have not yet announced a release date for the expansion set. However, we expect to announce further details, including the release date and price, on our community website in the months ahead. Please stay tuned to www.WorldofWarcraft.com for more information.
Then I did not remember correctly. I assumed it would be soon considering all the hubbub that's been going on on the official site. Either way, I'll be saving up for it now, what with debts and driving lessons soaking up the larger amounts of cash in my ailing bank account.
I'm still buying the weed. 
Now, when the pc version of Call of Cthulhu comes out, or the PS2 RE4, or Shadow of the Colossus (in the uk) or Katamari Damacy 2, or Kingdom Hearts 2, or FFXII, or Shadow Hearts 3, Or Gunstar Future Heroes?
What's that you say? All but RE4 aren't released here until next year!
(Mutter)
Ummm... Gunstar Super/Future Heroes arrives in Europe this November. Like, THIS month. In fact, Wikipedia lists this Friday, although Wikipedia can be wrong for obvious reasons.
Well, I'm saving all my money for a new bass... So I'm currently having to do with downloading, well, full demos. Nabbed FEAR, runs like a drunken monkey on my computer, but it's f**kin brill.
And whenever I buy console games theyre a coupel years old and about 15 bucks.
So.. Nothin, I guess.
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Nabbed FEAR, runs like a drunken monkey on my computer,
Use Direct X 8 Shaders. That'll boost your performance significantly. Won't look as good, but framerate > graphics anyday.
I'll be getting a hundred bucks for mah birthday, so I'll be running down to my local GameXchange, RadioShack, Wal*Mart, and/or Barnes And Noble and puchasing:
One (1) Used SEGA Dreamcast
One (1) Used VMU
One (1) Cheap Computer Mic
One (1) Star Wars Episode III DVD
One (1) ASoUE, Book the Twelth, "THe Penultimate Peril"
AND A PARTRIGE ON A PEAR TREEEEEEE!!!!!*shot*
And who knows what I'll get at Christmas. >>
Pneumonia! **shot for vague TT reference**
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Ummm... Gunstar Super/Future Heroes arrives in Europe this November. Like, THIS month. In fact, Wikipedia lists this Friday, although Wikipedia can be wrong for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the correction.
We get Psychonatus soon as well, which pleases me greatly.
Meh, I'll be lucky if I get anything. If I did have money though, I would buy:
1. DC VMU
2. Shenmue
3. X-Box
4. PS2
5. Gamecube
6. Crapload of games for the above three consoles.
This is of course, if I had money.
A sequel to LoD would be nice as well...
Well, my 'holiday' shopping began this last Thursday when I bought Mario Kart DS ($35.99)...and now I'll probably have to shell out another 40+ bucks for a stupid USB Wi-Fi connector (damn you Nintendo...)
I'm also in the process of buying a NES from Ebay...I've already lost about 4 of them in the last few seconds...drat...I'm also looking for a Famicom (Japan version of the NES)
I'm also ordering the original Robotech DVD set, some old Sonic comics, and a new 2.1 speaker set for my PC...
As for my wishlist, I'd like an Ipod, a X-box 360 (only for Halo...I swear!)...yeah, that's about it...I'd rather wait on the 360 and get my Revoulution though...which will (unless I some how win a contest...) be what happens...
