Atelier Meruru Plus – The Alchemist of Arland 3 – Final Review

Artist: ikeda yuuki

You might be asking, “if you have the English version of Atelier Meruru, why would you buy it again on the Vita, but in Japanese?” The answer is that I find the game addictive, but I want to play it on the go. This is where the Plus version comes in as it brings the full game with the DLC included, costumes and extra scenes. Since I use my Vita mainly to practice my Japanese skills, it’s one of the main reasons I bought this game. (Image Source)
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Ore no Imouto 2 – Episode 2 – Kyousuke Gives Friendship Advice

Kirino approves this game!

Kirino approves this game!

Poor Ayase… I understand how she feels when her best friend gets ignored because of some video game.
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Genkai Totsuki Monster Monpiece – First Impressions – A Cute and Fanservicy Monster Girl Trading Card Game

Since there is no Monster Monpiece art, here is the next best thing...

Since there is no Monster Monpiece fan art, here is the next best thing…

For a while now, there has been a good amount of criticism surrounding Idea Factory/Compile Heart games. They have a bad reputation of having overly complicated gameplay, needless grinding among other things. While the first Neptunia game had a lot of bugs, at least I heard that they improved the gameplay in the sequels. Now with the Playstation Vita, I think they kind of learned their lesson with Genkai Totsuki Monster Monpiece (限界凸騎モンスターモンピース, lit: Unlikely Knight: Monster Monpiece), which sold over 50,000 in retail and download. With that, I would like to share some experiences of playing it after getting through the first Chapter and a part of the next one. (Image Source)

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Let’s Play Atelier Meruru – Episode 7 and 8

Artist: fuyouchu

This is probably the longest episodes I uploaded pretty recently as I usually cut a lot of the requests and bring it down to 50-55 minutes. However, I left some battles in since I want to show off what young Rorona can do. Apparently, she becomes pretty powerful once you give her the most powerful weapon. As you see in the video, her attacks kind of make her look like a magical girl.

As for Episode 9 and 10, I’m rerecording the commentary, so you may notice a noticeable quality increase in the next two episodes. After I finish uploading those episodes, hopefully Spring Break will come so I can record more. Aside from that, the Playstation Vita version of this game releases in about three weeks, so I will be playing that once I beat Tales of Hearts R. (Image Source)
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Thoughts about Tales of Series and Tales of Hearts Demo

Artist: ruri14

In the past, I have played various Japanese RPGs such as Final Fantasy and Pokémon (excluding the Atelier games I played recently). Of course, there is one other RPG series that is popular with the Anime fandom and it’s the Tales of Series. (Image Source)
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Let’s Play Atelier Meruru – Episode 4, 5 & 6

Artist: nasubi kyou

If you might be wondering why I delayed the third post for this Let’s Play, it’s an unexpected one. I realized recently that I didn’t record enough episodes up until Spring Break, which starts on March 17. The bad news is that, I have to delay Episode 9 and 10 because I need to re-record some parts of the commentary that got messed up.  Even so, I bought a better microphone yesterday, which is a Blue Snowball since there was a good deal on it. Hopefully, that will sound better than the crappy internal mic I was using from my previous recordings.

As for the episodes’ content, I’m getting a bit deeper into the game. Basically, I completed my first year of developing while having new people to accompany me on adventures. Of course, there is a special surprise in Episode 6, but I won’t spoil it since it’s cute. (Image Source)
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Experience of Using Japanese Video Games as Practice

Artist: miyama-zero

As you may know from my review of the Playstation Vita, I actually use video games as a way to practice what I have learned besides studying the textbook, memorizing new vocabulary and writing sentences. While the readings are great in the textbook as they show how the grammar is being used for a particular lesson, it can get a bit cheesy at times as it’s usually consists of people talking about school life and such. For that reason, I decided to play some video games in raw Japanese and I had a pretty good experience from it.
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Atelier Totori Plus – Final Review

Artist: ryokka

As released back in 2010, Atelier Totori made numerous improvements to the gameplay from Rorona after Gust made their first entry to the Playstation 3 such as the art style and game mechanics. Now, that is now made into a Playstation Vita game that only got a release in Japan. (Image Source)
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Let’s Play Atelier Meruru – Episodes 2 & 3

Artist: mirai (macharge)

I basically finished editing Episode 2 and 3 a bit early. Because of that, I may as well bring them to the public. In these episodes, I do some farm development and making the path to the mines. Believe it or not, I made a lot of progress in those five months. Believe me, the in-game time goes by very quickly (although you have a lot of time if you meet the extension requirements).

Also, I received a question on where to get this game since it’s pretty niche. Your best bet is NIS America website or Amazon. Aside from that, feel free to add me on the Playstation Network. Mine is chikorita_157, which is my Japanese PSN account (trophies list will have mostly Japanese language games). I will accept everyone who I know in the blogosphere first.

The next posting (Episode 4 and 5) for this let’s play will be made in two weeks. For now, enjoy! (Image Source)
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Let’s Play Atelier Meruru – Episode 1 and Introduction

It’s a new year and as promised, I will be doing another Let’s Play. This time, I will be doing this one on a pretty niche Japanese RPG. As the title suggest, it’s about making items and this is the third game in the Arland Trilogy.

Like last time, I will be making a post for every two episodes, which will be about an hour long. I am planning to record enough before college starts so I have enough content before Spring Break, which I plan to record the rest. As always, if you have any suggestions on improving future episodes or have any thoughts, just leave them in the comments below.

For now, enjoy the first episode. I plan on publishing the next episode next week. Please note that I’m using the Japanese audio, not the English Dub.

Note: No Punis were harmed in the making of this Let’s Play. (Image Source)

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