Today I entered a whole new echelon of video game geekitude; I imported a game system from Japan! Kara’s been digging the DS like crazy, so I decided to get another one for her birthday. But, here in America there are only two color choices... silver and blue. However, in the magical land of Japan there are a bunch of different colors, so I ordered a candy pink one from play-asia.com. The system was the same price as US systems, but the shipping from Hong Kong was 27 bucks! But, nothing is too much for my little game girl, right?
We also went to EBGames today and traded in 6 old GBA games to preorder his and her copies of Nintendogs (Ok, they weren’t his and hers, they were Chihuahua and Dachshund). That was seriously one of the best deals I’ve ever seen, 3 GBA games for a brand new DS game. All six games would have been worth $26 for regular trade in, but instead they got us $60 worth of games! I’m almost positive that Nintendogs will keep Kara entertained for quite a while (judging from her past Animal Crossing obsession). I just hope I don’t quickly tire of its open-ended cuteness. It should be fun to share the experience (again, like Animal Crossing) so I’ve got my fingers crossed.
Finally, while Kara was picking up dinner at Olive Garden (soup, salad & breadsticks to go) I ran over to Gamestop and bought Feel the Magic for $16. I’ve played a bunch of it today and it’s pretty much what I expected... silly mini-games. You can really tell that they were experimenting with all the DS features, and it’s fun to play around with them. The game gets surprisingly hard at one point, which I guess is a good thing because it kept me from beating it tonight... I have a feeling that I’ll be trading this in not long after I beat it... it’s fun enough to play through, but not good enough to keep.
