Final Fantasy III

It's that weird crunch time when kids are finishing school and college finals are taking everyone's time and you're counting down the days to relative freedom unless you have a job that doesn't revolve around the typical 9 month school schedule, in which care you're S.O.L. and can enjoy the free time you have to yourself. It's also that time when I just want movies to come out, yet I know I won't even see 75% of them in theatres because I'm a mixture of lazy and cheap; plus I know the movies I go to theaters for, which are summer blockbusters, the occasional Disney flick and certain franchises. Movie-wise, I'm in a state of hype and hurry-up-and-get-on-disc-so-I-can-borrow-and-watch-them.

Game-wise, I'm currently running through five series is preparation for new installments in each. Final Fantasy got held up on VI due to other franchises and the final DLC releases of XIII-2 (which I heavily enjoyed) but I'm now reliving why I loved VI so much as a kid. Replaying through Kingdom Hearts for 3D's July release and because I convinced a friend to finally delve into all six games so someone else can be hyped for it. In my handheld Zelda run I've recently started Oracle of Seasons for the first time in what has to be a decade; the Oracle games are the two Zelda games I'm definitely most fuzzy on besides Spirit Tracks, which I've still yet to actually play despite owning. Playing through Metal Gear Solid 2 in the HD collection for Revengeance's eventual release, and I gotta say Platinuming MGS2 is a test in endurance - lookin' at you, VR Missions and Extreme Boss Battles. Playing the post-game in Pokemon White and going through the main story in Pokemon Black, cuz they finally revealed an anime trailer for Black and White 2 (!!!) and color me hyped; returning Gym Leaders, connected continuity to all other generations, continued focus on a story - these are all things that make me want to move to Unova until Gen VI is announced.

So yeah. Super-important stuff goin' on (yeah right). Once I kick Monday's Final I'm free to indulge in my pastimes in overdrive. Then I'll finally be able to focus on drawing decently again. It's been too long...

And so has this pointless opening. Onto the Retro Review!

All hail the nameless protag with the awesome swords!