Zero Team

 With Capcom dominating the Arcade Scene in the 90s it is very easy to overlook other beat em up games which actually can be hidden gem. I have been looking for this particular game called Zero Team for a long time already ever since i got my hand on MAME only until recently that i managed to find it. Considering when i was a kid i only know this cool game from the main characters being red and blue Ninjas shooting up lightnings but my persistence paid it off!

Sakura Taisen 2 Orihime Route Clear!

 So it took me one and half year and Shin Sakura Taisen announcement series to get me back into finishing Sakura Taisen 2 from where i left off. This makes my fifth playthrough for Sakura Taisen 2 and the new Teikoku Kagekidan member from Italy, Soletta Orihime is the one i picked this time! Out of the Main Heroines under Ogami's care, Orihime is the least cooperative of all in the beginning but eventually open up to Ogami when he helped to resolve her issue. In terms of Personality i think Orihime is somewhere in between Sumire and Glycine though more slightly more mischiveous.  Being the new Heroine in Sakura Taisen 2 along with Reni, the Devs definitely put more effort put for Orihime to shine as bright as other Teikoku Kagekidan Member. To me, while Orihime's character song can't surpass Reni's, i think her ending is easily the best in Sakura Taisen 2. For the 6th Playthrough i think i will go for Kohran's route which i will try not to procrastinate so i can make proper article for this game.

Too Bad Orihime you will be getting fierce competition from Paris Kagekidan

Sakura Taisen Orihime Ending

You can look at my coverage of the Sakura Taisen series here

• Sakura Taisen 1
• Sakura Taisen 3

FW Gundam Converge #12 Review

 A long due review which i try my best to wrap it up. Last year i went into craze for Gundam Candy Toys which i grabbed most possible variants available however as the dust have settled, i am mostly sticking to Forte and Ensemble as i find them to be the better choice of the lot. In any case the 12th Volume of Gundam Converge is not that exceptional save for that it wraps up the Endless Waltz Gundams which are followed by Tallgeese III on the next Volume

Aquamarine 1/9 Shinguji Sakura

 Following up the announcement of Shin Sakura Taisen, the PVC figure made by Aquamarine is the first one to make it! The prototype has been around since last year and now are going to be released on July 2019 with 12800 Yen Price Tag. This particular version of Shinguji Sakura had a good pose since we don't have any battle uniform version for a while already though the Face sculpt could have been better. I won't be getting this one since the Kotobukiya version of Sakura is the definitive one for me but i will be waiting for the merchandise for other Heroines. Hopefully we will be seeing some more products for Sakura Taisen this summer.

You can look at my Review for Kotobukiya's ARTFX J Shinguji Sakura here

Valkyria Chronicle 2

 Took me 6 months worth of procrastinations but i get to finish yet another Backlog in my PSP library. I played Valkyria Chronicles 2 way long before i touched the first game and left it unfinished. Overall VC2 is quite fun game for PSP but it is nowhere close to the VC1 in terms quality. when it comes to gameplay, VC2 did try its best within the PSP capability despite it get repetitive at times with farming class up items being the worst offender. However the worst part of this game is easily the storyline. If Valkyria Chronicle 1 presents itself as melodramatic War Drama which nailed down the atmosphere perfectly, VC2 just throw the wrench and went silly route. Using High School setting combined with Over the top story formula definitely makes it hard to take this game's story seriously. This leads down to mediocre casts with the main protagonist Avan Hardins as a typical Hotblooded teen that defeats everything in his path with the power of friendship. Though VC2 storyline is not the worst one i have encountered, it is really a stark comparison with the Valkyria Chronicle 1 which is a masterpiece that ages really well.

 As for gameplay balance, if the Scout is the gamebreaker in VC1, The Armored Tech subclass Fencer and Mauler just steamrolls everything in VC2 and the Mauler class did better job than the dedicated tankbuster Lancers. With another of old score settled, i will take a break from Valkyria Chronicles series for now to complete my Sakura Taisen 2 which needed immediate priority and afterward i may consider going after Valkyria Chronicle 3 instead of completing VC2 Postgame.

Heroic Age

 One of the anime that i watched halfway when i was in highschool and another backlog cleared in my list! I remembered Heroic Age as a Space Godzilla anime with Hirai sameface slapped on it. The premise of the series is similar to Yamato where a group of people looking for the key to save for humanity except that instead of battleship, the group gains a support of a Space Godzilla to help the reach the goal. Overall Heroic Age is mediocre despite it had solid start and ending because the middle part feels dragging and a 13 Episode series would fit better for this series. In any case Heroic age is another good SRW material that brings more variety into the fray though Belcross could be rather overpowered if its ported directly. I am not too fond of Hirai sameface but i could look at Majestic Prince if i need some torments.