Some new possessions to burn your hard-earned money on are being released at the end of this month.  Here they are in all of their glory:

	Metis 1/7 PVC Figure $74.90 Orchid Seed makes some damn decent figures, but they do charge accordingly.  Metis first appeared in the highly anticipated Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES.  This was the last figure made for the series.  If you are interested in purchasing it, get it before it’s gone.
	Metal Gear Solid 4 T-Shirt $49.90 The official Metal Gear Solid 4 T-Shirts are nowhere near as cool as the ones designed by Uniqlo.  For some reason they are also much more expensive…  At least they are more readily available to those of us in the West.  Oh yea, it’s also available in white.  Unfortunately, only size L is in stock for both colors.
	Knights in the Nightmare Perfect Audio Collection $29.90 Sting’s Dept. Heaven series is great at creating cohesion between art, music and story.  The newest volume in the series is a bit darker, yet hopeful.  The music seems to reflect that sentiment.  To get a better feeling for it, you can listen to the BGM here.

I’m really not too crazy about the MGS4 shirt, but sadly I wasn’t able to get a Uniqlo one.  I assume most of us are in the same boat.  Why are these things only ever available in large?  [Insert typical fat-gamer joke]

I think I may start scouring the internet for a download of the Knights in the Nightmare OST.  If anyone finds it before me let me know!  Man I cannot wait for this game…  

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Sting’s newest volume in the Department Heaven series, Knights in the Nightmare, appears like it will have a learning curve as steep as Baldwin Street.  (Sorry, Wikipedia-nerd-humor.)

This is a great way to prepare for the game’s release on the 25th of this month.  The downloads will be available until October 7th.

It’s nice to see the Nintendo DS’s features being used to their full extent.  Who would have thought you could play demos of Nintendo DS games legally?  It’s too bad such options aren’t available to Western gamers.  Hopefully they will be at some point. 

I might play around with Minnano Nintendo Channel and see if I can figure out how to download the FSEE.  If I can, I’ll post a how-to. 

I think this is personally my most anticipated DS title of next year.  Hopefully Atlus or Sting will be announcing some details of the game’s localization soon.  Since the other Dept. Heaven titles were brought over, it seems obvious this one will as well.  Judging by these screens though, it looks like there will be a lot of engrish to clean up.

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The opening video to the Japanese version of Stings’s Knights in the Nightmare has appeared on YouTube. I was surprised to see that the game features English voice-overs, although that seems to be a style choice that Sting prefers for their Dept. Heaven titles.

This video is much higher quality than the short clip of the battle system. Both the sprite quality and backgrounds look very impressive for the Nintendo DS.

The video appears to focus on Mary, the mysterious girl who joins forces with the wisp. While she may not be the main character, it seems her story is important to the game.

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Atlus revealed their secret today with the announcement that Yggdra Union for the PSP will indeed be receiving an American localization.

The PSP version does feature a few added bonuses that the Game Boy Advance version did not have including (but not limited to):

• Complete voice-overs with both Japanese and English dialog
• Higher difficulty setting (watch that morale!)
• New Playable characters
• New Missions
• Multiple endings
• Enhanced visuals and audio effects

Yggdra Union will be giving you one more reason to buy a PSP September 16th. In addition to the opening of an official website Atlus also sent out a newsletter featuring this trailer video:

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Atlus’s website has been updated with this banner as well as a series of cards bordering the site’s content. Rumor has it that the announcement will be for a US release of the Yggdra Union PSP port. This seems like a fair guess to me since cards are an integral part of Yggdra’s battle system. Also the ones on Atlus’s site are identical to the back of the cards in Yggdra.

This is still just a rumor, but we will find out the truth tomorrow. Since the Yggrda PSP port has been out in Japan for nearly a year now, we can probably expect to find copies hitting shelves before the year is out. Yggdra Union is part 2 in the 4 part Dept. Heaven series.

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