Looks like there's some fine Kotaku 'shop contest material in here...

I agree that the plot could be either irritating or endearing, and it indeed split opinions. But the amount of WTFery made it even more likeable, to me.

I'll be writing for your own list to right the wrongs, Mike!

I'd put Shadow Hearts 2 up against any of the Final Fantasies.

Yes, Shadow Hearts was something else, entirely... It succeeded in being epic and random at the same time, with a fair level of WTFery that made everything better.

Just do an image search for 'wacky races goodwood'... It's delightful, like my kid's dreams come true!

I'd like, no, I'd love to have these in GT! :D

Ski slopes! Typically, that's what they are, not a natural formation, not something made by forest exploitation either. So yes, SSX-style minigame has been revealed! Coolio!

I wish you great holidays! And about French-bashing, I agree that it can absolutely be (tough) love. One US friend of mine specializes in criticizing the French, but he wouldn't consider living anywhere else!

Oh yep, that! :) I guess that the main problem with the walkman was the fact that it was a brand name in the first place, just like "frigidaire" (fridge), which was as French as it sounds, was replaced ages ago by "réfrigérateur". "Ordinateur" has historical rights, and is valid for just any computer. I guess they…

I can't say if they sold well, but I bought them, like every Yakuza game they made available here...

I can only hope that you are right and that Yakuza 5 is just "delayed". Is there anything that has been said about that lately, for it seems to me that Sega never said a word on any localization...

When it comes to naming cars, which is the topic here, the French don't seem to be language-centric. Peugeot usually goes with numbers (205, 307, etc), with a compulsory 0 in the middle (that's where you turned the crank to get the car started, back in the days), Citroën with a letter/number combination (GS, CX, C1,…

I'm in the line for the white controller as well. Hey, look at us Sony ! \(' ' )/

this is exactly the sort of game that I'd chase a tiny wagon train across the kitchen floor for

Yes, Sir! m(_ _)m

Thanks! I should definitely move on to P4 then, but like in the Persona games, there's too little time in real life to do everything! OK, OK, getting closer to Valkyria Chronicles 2 completion, and then P4 it is (says he, while booting Monaco...). ;o)

Thanks for dispelling the shadows (of a doubt), mate!

The picture with the little girl holding a plastic-wrapped T-shirt looks strangely reminiscent of Shigenori Soejima's designs. If so, is it taken from one of the Persona animes (which I still have to see, as well as play P4 Golden on the Vita: I'm postponing booting P4 Arena until then, so that I don't spoil the…

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