Live Blogs Let Fate Guide Us: Barrylocke plays unexpected Game Boy Advance games

Barrylocke2011-10-29 20:31:06

It's been a little while since I did this. I hope to continue doing more of these now that I'm about done with the Fire Emblem Blazing Sword Draft. I wanted to start off this post by further proving some of the rants I made in the past installment or two, that Astro Boy: Omega Factor, and Fantastic Four: Flame On are very similar. BEHOLD!!

Airdashing!

Cannons!

FLIGHT!!!

With that out of the way, here we come to the heart of my post. A few days ago I did my next random.org roll to find my next game to play. the Random Number Goddess was teasing me with 2 Licensed Videogames, and now it tortures me again with my next result: 2136 - Gyakuten Saiban (J)

For those of you who aren't in the know, Gyakuten Saiban is the japanese name for Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. B-b-b-but that's a DS game, right? Well the original version of it was on the GBA, and was later ported to the DS with the 2nd screen functions, micro support, etc. which is what America got.

So what's the issue? The Phoenix Wright games are awesome, right? Exactly, and that's the problem. I've played this game before so it won't be a new experience for me, and probably not for many of the readers. There's also the question about how to go about playing it. Basically, here are my options:

A. Ignore this roll and reroll (due to having played it before in late 2007)

B. Play the DS version of it (due to that being the version in English)

C. Play the GBA version of it (due to this being a GBA thing)

D. Ask T Vtropes what to do while I try to figure out what I want to do.

So guess what I picked? If any of you have thoughts on what might be a good way to go, be sure to comment it, please. And NO, I don't want to here "Hmmm, idk. This is your liveblog, do what you feel is best ^_^" Encouraging words are great, but I'm asking because I'd like your opinion if you have one. (if you're equally unsure, that's understandable).

Comments

Hunter1 Since: Dec, 1969

Oct 29th 2011 at 11:53:45 PM

Well, it is your choice, as you're the one writing the liveblog, but if I was in your position, I would choose either A, or B (or B2, or B3: Play the Wiiware/iOS version) and just skip case 5 (since I seem to recall that that case was added in the DS version).

FreezairForALimitedTime Since: Dec, 1969

Oct 30th 2011 at 12:47:23 AM

If you'd never played the DS remake, I'd say go for it, since you fumbling through the Japanese text in a heavily text-based game would be hilarious. But since you know it already, and I think the novelty would be part of the fun, I'd say pass it by. Reroll, my friend.

MadWritter Since: Dec, 1969

Oct 30th 2011 at 4:28:53 AM

I said, "Roll again!"

JonnasN Since: Dec, 1969

Oct 30th 2011 at 1:05:29 PM

I say that, if it lands on a game you already played (and don't wish to play again) you should simply do a quick one-phrase review of the game and re-roll.

After all, you're doing this to play random games you never played before, right?

BearyScary Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 2nd 2011 at 2:25:00 AM

A or D!

Nyarly Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 2nd 2011 at 5:12:55 AM

Personally, I'd say reroll. If you decide to play it, you should play the English version. Sure, it's not GBA, but playing it in a language you don't understand (I assume that you can't read Japanese) would be rather unfun and confusing.

kanbabrif Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 2nd 2011 at 6:09:38 PM

Do something different: play the original Japanese GBA game, but only through the first chapter. You'll spend a LOT of time if you play some of the games all the way through, I mean, what if you pick Final Fantasy IV next?