The GWJ JRPG Club 2.0

Nominate: Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

I’m wondering if I should create a spin-off club for Kingdom Hearts. I, for one, want to review and catch up before KH3.

sometimesdee wrote:

I’m wondering if I should create a spin-off club for Kingdom Hearts. I, for one, want to review and catch up before KH3.

You could throw it in as a nomination, first. You never know...

I would second it, if someone else does the hard work to figure out which, exactly, is the first game in the series. It doesn’t seem exactly straightforward.

steinkrug wrote:
Fastmav347 wrote:
steinkrug wrote:

Do you think we’ll end up getting the PS4 versions of the Cold Steel games? I haven’t heard much about them as far as if they’re notable improvements in any way.

the worse part about Cold Steel is that we are two games behind with no word of localization.

Ah, yeah that would be the priority.

Malkroth wrote:

I would like to nominate Trails in the Sky: Second Chapter for this next quarter.

Jumping in on the Cold Steel discussion, it's good to hear that the story is unrelated. I have always worried that playing it would spoil something in the TitS story. As for platforms, it is currently PC and PS3 correct?

Cold Steel? It’s also on Vita.

I’ll second TitS 2nd Chapter and Tales of Zesteria.

I know it’s juvenile and stupid, but I just can’t this thread seriously if we continue to refer to Trails in the Sky by its acronym.

Alright, I’ll go ahead and nominate Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix (the first game in the modern KH 1.5 bundle package).

For what it’s worth, GameStop seems to have 1.5 and 2.5 remix (the first 6 games in the series?!) for PS4 in 1 package for $20 new. Seems like a deal and a half. Except, of course, that KH3 on PS4 will come bundled with this, so it’s going to be somewhat irrelevant by early next year.

What are the platforms for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne?

Mr GT Chris wrote:

What are the platforms for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne?

I'm pretty sure I have it on PS3 through PSN. Originally a PS2 game?

merphle wrote:

Alright, I’ll go ahead and nominate Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix (the first game in the modern KH 1.5 bundle package).

For what it’s worth, GameStop seems to have 1.5 and 2.5 remix (the first 6 games in the series?!) for PS4 in 1 package for $20 new. Seems like a deal and a half. Except, of course, that KH3 on PS4 will come bundled with this, so it’s going to be somewhat irrelevant by early next year. :)

Seconded. I was thinking it could be its own because one per quarter isn’t fast enough to finish all the side games before January.

Stele wrote:
Mr GT Chris wrote:

What are the platforms for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne?

I'm pretty sure I have it on PS3 through PSN. Originally a PS2 game?

Yes.

I'm just finishing up my first play through of KH1.5 and, while its not exactly a great game, I loved my time with it. I'd happily drop by to discuss it as you all went through.

It's a roughly 20 hour game, would we be doing the entire disc, or just the first game? I know the story gets a bit bumpy from Chain Of Memories onward, and I'd love to discuss it as I went through.

sometimesdee wrote:
merphle wrote:

Alright, I’ll go ahead and nominate Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix (the first game in the modern KH 1.5 bundle package).

For what it’s worth, GameStop seems to have 1.5 and 2.5 remix (the first 6 games in the series?!) for PS4 in 1 package for $20 new. Seems like a deal and a half. Except, of course, that KH3 on PS4 will come bundled with this, so it’s going to be somewhat irrelevant by early next year. :)

Seconded. I was thinking it could be its own because one per quarter isn’t fast enough to finish all the side games before January.

Yeah. There's a ton of games to get through. KH1.5 and KH2.5 are each three full 20+ hour games, plus another three games in KH2.8? I don't know what everyone's appetite on this thread is for putting this quarter in for just the very first of these (Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix), or attempting the full KH1.5 package. I'll be playing through the whole shebang, regardless of how the club votes -- picked the disc up on my way home from work today, and just about to pop it in and sit down with my kids.

Well, I'll be doing the same. Do we have a Kingdom Hearts general thread? This ordeal may be more appropriate over there

I'll see how this goes, but let me know if you want to do a buddy playthrough. I find it helps with looong games.

I've had a number of friends bug me to play something Kingdom Hearts. Thirded!

JohnKillo wrote:
Stele wrote:
Mr GT Chris wrote:

What are the platforms for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne?

I'm pretty sure I have it on PS3 through PSN. Originally a PS2 game?

Yes.

Apparently I own it on PS3! Thank you PSDLE!
https://repod.github.io/psdle/

As far as the Kingdom Hearts thing goes...

If it wins:

My thought is...
Count all of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix, so Kingdom Hearts Final Mix and Re:Chain of Memories (358/2 Days being just cinematics) as far as club completion, leveling up goes. The two combined would put in on par with the length of our previous games this year.

And then those that want to play the rest of the games can continue using the thread for discussion.

If it doesn’t win, then a separate KH playing thread could still be created.

But if ya’ll just want to do this outside of the club feel free.

I’ll throw in a wild card as my nomination: Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth since it’s readily available on iOS/Android now.

Update:

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter
Tales of Zestiria
Xenoblade Chronicles

Needs Second:
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth

Well, I jumped the gun and started KH1 last night. Only about 90 minutes in so far, but I’m enjoying it — probably more so because my kids are watching along with me. They’ve been watching a lot of anime lately, and are typical Disney fans, so this is really a pretty fantastic blend for them. They’ve been getting a big kick out of all the Disney references everywhere. That’s not really a spoiler at this point, is it?

merphle wrote:

They’ve been getting a big kick out of all the Disney references everywhere. That’s not really a spoiler at this point, is it?

That's not a spoiler; it was a selling point!

steinkrug wrote:

I’ll throw in a wild card as my nomination: Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth since it’s readily available on iOS/Android now.

Update:

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter
Tales of Zestiria
Xenoblade Chronicles

Needs Second:
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth

I´d be down for Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, so seconded. I will purchase it if need be.

EDIT: Also, KH 1.5 for the whole package seems relatively doable, so I'd be down for that, as well.

I’m going to open voting; I think we’ve got what we’re going to get. 4 days seems to be enough for the amount of people interested right now. I seconded Nocturne. So, we’ll vote from now until around this time (11AM GMT) Sunday morning.

Reminder: Everyone can vote for up to three games.

Nominees:
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Tales of Zestiria
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
Xenoblade Chronicles

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 is the only game I have time to play right now, so I’ll keep that as my only vote.

My votes:

Tales of Zestiria
Xenoblade Chronicles
Legend of Heroes: Trails SC

The first two are in my backlog, and the third -- well, I'm on the final chapter of Trails in the Sky, so it's a good incentive to finish Trails, at least.

I'll vote for:
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - heard a lot of good things about this one.
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter - looking so similar to the first game is a little off putting but I'd like to find out how the second chapter ends at least.
Xenoblade Chronicles - been interested in this game for a while but never owned a Wii.

Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix - not into Disney characters.
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne - not being portable makes it tough but if it wins I'll definitely have a crack.
Tales of Zestiria - passed on this when it was on sale just because I have a silly number of Tales games on my backlog.
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth - I browsed the reviews but doesn't look like something I'd like to play on a touch screen.

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth - Looks like I own this already on my psp, so I'm willing to give it a go
Xenoblade Chronicles - been on backlog for soooo long and gives me a reason to use my Wii U
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix - been meaning to find out whats the fuss is all about.

Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Xenoblade Chronicles

I browsed for Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth on PSN but couldn't find it. Was it a UMD only game?

Mr GT Chris wrote:

I browsed for Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth on PSN but couldn't find it. Was it a UMD only game?

Indeed, it was, sadly.

OK, I just dug through my UMDs, but that wasn't one of them unfortunately. I do have Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume on DS though! Woooo....

Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is the only one of those that I own besides KH 1.5...which I have played dozens of times with my children. If it gets picked, I'll definitely join the discussion but not sure if I can stomach playing through Chain of Memories again.