Esaka

Well OK, still not outright stated. But it does seem to be easier to infer that it's Marth in comparison to the American version.

Wasn't it very implicit in the Japanese version?

Wasn't it implied that Marth is one of the dread lords? Seeing as how Yenfay is alive in the alt universe, that means that Marth is likely the remaining one, despite how... out there that is.

First of all there should have been 50 more Ballistae in places that can hit you but you can't reach... unless you have fliers which are one shot by them anyways. Second of all, Saias should have had a skill that increases hit/avoid by 30 to all ally units that somehow goes away when you recruit him. Third, the boss should have been Fin with 50 luck, FE5 Miracle, heck why not give him his classic brave lance and make it 1-2 for some reason? Fourth is that there should have been a ton of staves that use sleep on your entire team despite being across the map. And finally, just for fun, give us some warp tiles that lead us to inescapable doom and make the map based off of chapter 22 of Thracia. Now this should have been the challenge DLC, complete with the FE5 "Leaf Army ~ In Search of the Victory ~ Near of the Defeat" the whole way through. God Damn it, I love Thracia.

People don't like Vaike? I dunno, I love him. Anyways, I don't like Sumia.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/01/evo-2013-charity-drive-raises-over-200-000-smash-bros-melee-f/ Gentlemen, I think I may just go to Evo this year.

Use Smugleaf. DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

Sigurd has been changed to Sigurd?! God this franchise is dooooooooooomed. Also, Fin is now Finn. Yeah. Not gonna lie, these name changes feel far more important then they should. Ah well, I can live with Leif and Seliph, but Orsin angers me.

Best: Alvis theme Worst: Calamity Bringer

Xenoblade and Persona 4 Arena. Speaking of which, I really need to get on the Persona series now, as that game was/is amazing.

Me and my friends were discussing the flaws in ToTA a while back, we agreed the game had some terrible pacing and there was some major inconsistency with characters. Couple that with some impossible to know sidequests... well it's annoying I think Symphonia had a solid idea of sidequests as most of them were after points of no return and were near the end of the game, making them far more enjoyable. I will give Abyss some credit however, it has my personal favorite battle system in the series, note I haven't gotten to Graces and I'm not an import fan, it's more free then Symphonia and Vesperia battles were way too slow for my liking. So if you enjoy a quick paced monster killing, it's solid, especially when the Arena opens. So if you get Abyss I advise going blind as it's more fun NOT knowing about all the stupid extras, but even then the pacing is balls, but hey, not every RPG is FF4 which was the king of pacing in RPGs... well IMO at least.

I'm not done playing Paper Mario, until I do, I'm not sure where to put it, thus why it said "pending". Also cry moar.

Kid Icarus is hands down the most enjoyable game on the 3DS, but if you're playing solely for hours to stall until February, then Tales of the Abyss is likely the better shot considering the sheer length of it. So it's a matter of quantity over quality. But I have 7 3DS games so I'll make a little tier list Hamazing: Uprising Tis Mariorific!: 3D Land Mario Kart 7 Still Amazing: Ocarina of Time Meh: Tales of the Abyss Street Fighter 4 Pending: Paper Mario

TBH I wouldn't mind that too much, it's nothing too bad. Plus, imagine how much of a shock Sigurd's death would have been back then, that would have left such a huge mark for US RPG's at the time.

Most: Fin Least: Ralph

Best: FE4 Worst: FE6

Wasn't Ragnell's multiple blessings of sorts part of the explanation as to why it has to be Ike and Ragnell?

Give build a growth rate, along with move! That was nothing remains stagnant on the character. Oh if only there was an FE like that. But stagnant weight is stupid, no weight is stupid, strength and weight is stupid, I really think having a build growth is the best solution.

FE5 Build wins my vote.

Most Leaf Least Hector

Hate to sound petty or anything, but just for the fun of it, could you do Zangoose? I know he's not in Emerald, but I actually enjoy these reviews a lot :P. Plus Ruby is still cool... amirite?

That video lacked Zero which WOULD beat Metal. Just saying.

Zero. Despite not knowing what he's fighting for, he's really damn good at fighting. Also if Wily have robonza or whatever, it's super one sided.

Just finished Casshern Sins. Really, really good That is all.

Best: Fergus Worst: Corple