One Piece Romance Dawn (3DS RPG) is coming to Europe!

I just spotted this earlier today, on the European Bandai-Namco website:

ONE PIECE: ROMANCE DAWN

It's a One Piece RPG, I haven't seen nearly far enough in the story - all I can say is it's set pre-New World. It comes out in November 2013, and I can't find any pre-orders open yet...

One Piece Unlimited Cruise 3DS - watch out!

One Piece Unlimited Cruise first came out on Wii here in Europe a few years ago. A two-part action RPG game, based on the manga / anime series One Piece.

It is the only Wii game I have seen to have its price skyrocket to double its original price like that - copies trading for up to around £80 per part. When the first part came out, it was around £30 and climbed, then the price of the 2nd one was reasonable in preorder... but quickly grew to the same high price levels as the first part. Then the first part got a bit of a reprint, but it only lowered the price for a short while. I managed to snag both parts at a reasonable price, actually buying the 2nd part first!

And then, a few years passed and the 3DS came out. Soon after, I heard of a remake of One Piece Unlimited Cruise for 3DS. When it came out in Japan, it contained parts 1 and 2 redone in 3D and a bonus Marineford mode. Then it was announced that it would be coming to Europe!

Then a limited edition was announced, coming with a funny little Portagas D. Ace figure. For around that same £30 - £35 price mark that most new full-size games are.

So lots of people preordered.

And when it came out.... oh, I noticed a lot of disappointed and angry people reviewing the game on Amazon!

You see, the 3DS European version is completely missing part 2. And it doesn't mention this omission anywhere on the box or anything. People found out by playing it and it finishing all of a sudden, advertising a part 2 which isn't present in the game.

So if anyone is reading this, wondering about buying One Piece Unlimited Cruise on 3DS, well, know what you're getting - it might only be half the game you were expecting!

2012 anime calendar time!

It's mid-September, so it's time to think about the new year. Time flies you know.

As always, I'm shopping at CD Japan. There's a special offer there at the moment: spend 5000 yen (paying by PayPal) and get 1000yen's worth of loyalty points back, which works out as kind of 20% off, so that's good. There is a catch that the points are only valid for 90 days though, so it's not as good an offer as it could have been. Still, it's fairly good. It's valid until the 8th of October 8 2011 (Japan Standard Time GMT+9).

Anime calendars my brother is interested in:

ONE PIECE Release date: 2011/09/17, Price: 1500yen
SUITE PRECURE Release date: 2011/09/17, Price: 1500yen
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu 2 Release date: 2011/10/01, Price: 1600yen
Shinryaku! Ika Musume Release date: 2011/10/22, Price: 1600yen

Some fun (and some funny) series ^_^

I want either the "Yotsuba to" one, or the "Chi's Sweet Home" one, but... I can't tell whether the Yotsuba one is another one that's full artwork or photos with Yotsuba being cute in them like it was the other year, and I can't tell what the Chi's Sweet Home one is like either, aside form being a wall calendar and slightly more expensive than the other calendars.
Yotsuba to (aka Yotsuba&) Release date: 2011/11 (sometime), Price: 1500yen
Chi's Sweet Home Wall Calendar 2012 from Kodansha Release date: 2011/11 (sometime), Price: 2200yen

I normally get myself an "All That's Ultraman" calendar as well, but I am not sure about that this year. I think I just want a super cute calendar. Decisions decisions!

One thing I have decided is that I want a copy of MIO (MIQ) The Perfect Best with the rebate points I get. :)