Agnates -- talk to me about Lost Story.  Is it doing okay or is it another Xenoblade?

I ask because you seem to follow the JP numbers closer than anyone else.

travo said:

So Vader, will you be saving your newly earned money fora 360?

I have so many PS3 games to play right now that I will hold off on a 360 for a while. My first focus is to get gaming on the go, portables and a new laptop.

aspro said:

Is it possible to see the words "Duck Tales" and not sing "Whoo-hoo" in your head?

Yes. I never sing that. Mostly because I have no recollection of anything Duck Tales outside a very faint memory of a NES title.

Whoo-hoo!

Apparantly Fedor is not retiring. He is going to fight in Sambo later this month. His eye was only superfically damaged, nothing is broken.

Fedor's coaches have gone completely bonkers, accusing everyone of doping and not understanding how Bigfoot got back to 285 pounds within a day. Also they accused them of illegal hypnosis technigues. The camp of Big Foot made an awesome rebutal for that.

Japan never change

(How do I embed youtube videos?)

Agnates said:

aspro said:

Agnates -- talk to me about The Last Story.  Is it doing okay or is it another Xenoblade?

I ask because you seem to follow the JP numbers closer than anyone else.

Something like 150k by last week. It's not bad but it's not great. Better than Xenoblade, better than Blue Dragon, etc. Hopefully it'll do a slow burn to 200k, maybe get a player's choice rerelease for a small boost.

It's doing about the same as every other JRPG in Japan it doesn't matter what console it is the sales are the same. The only exception is Final Fantasy XIII which sold 1.9 Million.

XBOX 360:

• Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 210k
• Tales of Vesperia - 200k
• Blue Dragon - 200k
• The Last Remnant - 150k
• Infinite Undiscovery - 110k
• Lost Odyssey - 110k
• Resonance of Fate - 40k
• Nier - 20k

WII:

• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - 210k
• Tales of Graces - 200k
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 170k
• The Last Story - 140k
• Xenoblade - 140k

PS3:

• Final Fantasy XIII - 1.9 million (obvious outlier)
• Tales of Vesperia - 365k
• White Knight Chronicles - 340k
• Tales of Graces F - 290k
• White Knight Chronicles 2 - 250k
• Resonance of Fate - 175k
• Demon's Souls - 160k
• Valkyria Chronicles - 140k
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 140k
• Nier - 135k
• Ar Tonelico 3 - 100k
• Disgaea 3 - 95k

Those are LTD btw, when I said better than Blue Dragon etc I meant in the same time frame, the first few weeks.

Agnates said:

Those are LTD btw, when I said better than Blue Dragon etc I meant in the same time frame, the first few weeks.

You are not an importer are you? You are going to wait for an english release like the rest of us to get Last Story?

Okay Vader you wanted to read the crazy stuff? Well here you go.

Fedor Emelianenko - "I am not done yet"

"I rushed to declare my retirement. I will fight more. Possibly, I will return to the Heavyweight Grand-Prix.


I am capable of having a few more fights. I didn't make any analysis yet on why I lost. I need to recover, I can't see very well yet." - Fedor Emelianenko, after returning to Russia



Fedor's trainers believe he will be back to training very soon:


"It's very nice that Fedor still has his fighting spirit, he is ready to rip everyone apart right now. Yes, his eye is swallowed, but it will heal. Most importantly for him not to have any psychological pressure. After this, he will train with a triple effort." - Vladimir Voronov, SAMBO coach.


Fedor is capable to return to the tournament. Everybody stumbles, this is not the end of the world" - Alexander Michkov, striking coach

Nice 'hater gonna hate' walk by Fedor

Fedor’s Camp Goes Crazy, Accuses Entire GP Field of Using Steroids


Shortly after the legendary Fedor Emelianenko put an end to his brief retirement this week, his camp did him no favors with a series of wacky accusations and other assorted oddball statements.


In an interview posted on the Russian website valetudo.ru, Fedor striking coach Alexander Michkov admitted that the Fedor team did not have a plan for Bigfoot Silva, which lends credence to the whispers of Fedor’s lack of preparation these days, and also strongly hinted that Silva was doping.


Michkov was not finished. He also accused the entire Grand Prix field of using steroids, including Alistair Overeem, who he claims is “gormandized” with steroids. Yes, “gormandized”.

Trainers reveal Fedor was attacked with illegal hypnosis

Mentor of the "Last Emperor" told the real reasons of the loss.

“Fedor was literally beaten throughout the fight. We believe that they used the forbidden psychological technologies.”


Trainer of Fedor Emelianenko convinced that illegal methods of psychological warfare were used against the Russian.

According to trainer Vladimir Voronov, both athletes have received various "charges" of hypnosis before the fight.

“ It seems that everything is not just right, and they used certain technologies,” said Voronov to Life Sports.

“Certainly not those that would see by the naked eye. Most likely, it was psychological technologies that worked on both fighters at a distance from the audience.

That is why Fedor was just not like himself during the fight.”


“Fedor’s behavior seemed very strange to me.

He stepped into the ring and did everything exactly the opposite what we practiced before the fight.

We were all shocked. This has never happened before.”

Bigfoot Silva's manager responds to allegations

Jeez, I got caught. I will have to come out with the truth now. I hired a Macumbeiro (Brazilian witch doctor) and we killed a black chicken on the crossroads. After this, over a few beers, I showed the witch doctor Fedor’s fights, and he was worried that a chicken wouldn’t be enough, so we went out and killed a black goat just to make sure. Very potent stuff. Really messed Fedor’s brain waves up."


"We wanted to try that other military stuff Voronov is talking about, but it’s expensive technology and we were broke. The chicken and the goat came out way cheaper. Witch doctor is a friend; he did it for a few beers and an autograph.

O shit it is true