PlayStation Network scratch cards for japanese accounts

I have been using my Japanese PSN account for 4 years and this is the first time I will purchase a prepaid scratch card to buy digital games thru PlayStation Store.

Items that I bought from Datablitz

Good thing that our local game shop Datablitz is one of the stores that sells Japanese PSN prepaid cards. They have 3,000.00JPY up to 10,000.00JPY scratch cards. Too bad that they don't have the 1,000.00JPY card. They sell it a bit higher that the original price, I bought the 3,000JPY for 1,695.00PHP (approximately 400.00PHP mark up).

Datablitz also sells Japanese Nintendo e-shop credits as well. They also sell third-party accessories such as Hori. They sell a Hori brand screen protector for PS Vita for only 100.00PHP.

It would be cheaper if PSN allows foreign credit cards to reload credits in Japanese accounts and not necessary residing in Japan, unlike Nintendo e-shop.

beatmaniaIIDX Arcade Style Controller

A few weeks ago in I received my beatmaniaIIDX Arcade Style Controller. Although used, the controller is in pristine condition. The controller is huge and even more huge when inside its box. Currently, this controller sells more or less $400.00 especially in Ebay and Yahoo! Japan Auctions. Availability of these controllers are very limited and cost of shipping is very expensive.

beatmaniaIIDX ASC

I tried playing the controller and I didn't feel "arcade style feeling" maybe because I'm exhausted from work. Nevertheless, it's worth buying.

pop'n Metal Gear Solid V

Last week, I received my newly bought items from ebay. Although, they all came from the same seller, the parcel was split into two, First is the pop'n music portable 2 was sent thru SAL and pop'n music 11 and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes ships thru EMS.

MGS V and pop'n 11

 All items are in good condition and working well. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is the first time that I bought a game that was recently launch. However, I'm unfortunate that the codes of this game is already used by the original owner and I'm not expecting it though. On other items, pop'n music portable 2 package includes the DLC codes, unfortunately (again), the game already ended its DLC service over 2 years ago.

pop'n music portable 2

At the moment, I don't have time to play games. I just tested the game if it works.

Castlevania for DS

Last Saturday afternoon, I rushed towards SM Mall of Asia to meet the seller of the Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows for Nintendo DS. I found this game on sale at OLX.com.ph . This meet up was settled a week before because he can do meet ups on weekends. When I finally met the seller, he was only at around 15 years of age.

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrows for Nintendo DS

Originally, the seller sells the game for 800.00Php but he agrees to sell it for 500.00Php. The condition of the item is in good condition with few signs of discoloration in box art cover.  The game is its fourth re-sale based on Konami's catalog number

Although the seller sell cheap, but in Ebay, someone is selling it for $120.00 excluding shipping. A hefty price for a nine year old used game.

Love Plus plus is here!

When I'm browsing in a Social retro gaming group in Facebook last Tuesday night, I found a Love Plus plus game for Nintendo DS for only 300.00Php(approximately$8.00)! Good thing that no one put a "dibs" (reserve) comment on it, so I'm the first and the last one to dib the game.

Love plus plus for Nintendo DS.

 A few minutes after, the seller contact me regarding meet-up arrangements, I asked him if we close the transaction at a nearby bakery because he was not far from our house and he was the sibling of my Elementary-High School friends. A few minutes after, some of the members of the group feels dismay that the game is on sale for more than a day and they only notice it moments after it was sold to me.

Love plus is a dating simulation game. The game I bought is the sequel of the first game. Where you can ask a Date in one of the 3 main characters of the game. Although, I used to have the demo version of the New Love Plus for 3DS, I managed to delete it because of memory constraints of my console. :(

pop'n music galore!

On the night before my birthday, I received a postal notice that my parcel is ready for pick up at the Makati Central Post Office (MCPO). The next day, I got my new old pop'n music 7 CS for PlayStation 2. Last Monday, My Mom accepted another parcel thru doorstep delivery. The buyer sent it thru EMS (Good thing that Customs cleared it without paying extra cash and delivery the items our home).

The EMS loots consist of pop'n music 4 APPEND for PlayStation 1, pop'n music 8 and, pop'n music 13 CARNIVAL for PlayStation 2. All these games came from the same seller with different shipping method (First shipment was sent thru SAL).

pop'n music games

I tested the game using the pop' n music Arcade style controller and my gameplay outcome is rusty, my score didn't even reached the 80,000 bracket in normal level. I think it would be best if Marikina River Bank Mall is nearby because that's where pop'n music 16 PARTY is currently in. Unfortunately, pop'n PARTY is the only pop'n game in the Metro and the Sengoku Retsuden is in (I think) Cebu.

I guess I have to endure a few number of pop'n games I have especially the PSP version of the game.

My portable gaming artillery!

Aside from mobile phones which we always have them wherever we go. But for me, portable gaming consoles have the same weight as bringing mobile phones everyday.

On my bag, I have a Pink Nintendo 3DS and Ceramic White PlayStation Portable. I have them inside my bag because of Nintendo 3DS' Street pass and pedometer feature, and play pop'n music portable and Twin Bee portable on my PSP.

My Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Portable

Some of my colleagues asked me why not using tablets instead of PSP's or 3DS's? My best answer for that is my mobile phone can browse the internet, take high-quality pictures, play music and can be use as road map. Although tablets be used as gaming devices however, tablets are more on multimedia purpose not in gaming and tablets are too big to hold unlike PSP or 3DS have easy controls. 

If I'm going to buy a tablet like an iPAD, I think the only games I have is REFLEC BEAT plus and jubeat plus because are they BEMANI games ported to iOS.

beatmaniaIIDX controller

beatmaniaIIDX is a DJ simulation game where you imitate as a DJ, by scratching the turntable and pressing 7 keys to produce key sounds. It has been in the arcades for over 15 years since its' debut in 1999.

beatmaniaIIDX is also available for PlayStation 2 console starting from 3rd style up to EMPRESS. Although, console counterpart ended after EMPRESS, arcade rips became a solution to those hardcore gamers.

Two beatmaniaIIDX controller in double layout.

Every IIDX gamers needs a controller, a controller designed to imitate somehow 'real' arcade gaming experience. The beatmaniaIIDX controller is very rare and expensive, one Ebay seller sells the controller for $300.00 plus shipping.

I recently sold my semi-defective spare IIDX controller to a friend for only 1,000.00Php or around $24.00. My friend doesn't bother the cosmetic fault as long as it's working and he plans to overhaul the controller

I also have a controller for the original beatmania like the DJ PRO STATION, but left out of my storage collecting dust and space.

The beatmania DJ PRO STATION.

beatmaniaIIDX's presence in the Philippines is rare unlike in other Asian neighbors due to lack of popularity and because most of arcade gamers in the Philippines are more on Fighting and Racing simulation. There are only 3 IIDX cabinets in the country and the latest is IIDX 17 SIRIUS located in Marikina City (eastern side of Metro Manila).

GITADORA Masterpiece Silver!!

Before the start of our long weekend because of the observance of the Holy week in our country, I managed to pick up my parcel from our local Central Post Office.

I got my GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER for PlayStation 2 console! Which I bought from an Ebay seller last month.

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER game.

When I opened the parcel, the seller includes the limited edition Timepiece Phase II design e-AMUSEMENT PASS Card, only available when you bought the Konamistyle edition package.

The Timepiece Phase II designed e-AMUSEMENT Card.

Looking forward for my pop'n music 6 CS to arrive in our local Post Office anytime soon.

Nu Gundam HG 1/144

I have been a Gunpla fan since I was in Elementary and until now I still have the enthusiasm in building a Gundam aside from collecting BEMANI stuffs.

Nu Gundam Box

This Gunpla kit  is one of my favorite Gundam models (aside from Gundam X's Gundam Double X and the original Gundam). It became my fave Gundam when I watched the Char's : Counterattack OVA in Youtube last year and I didn't know that there is a continuing story right after the Original Gundam anime.

The retail price of this Gunpla kit is 1,699.00 Php, released in Japan in 2008. I bought it somewhere in Greenhills Shopping Center. Although, a bit expensive than the current 2013-2014 versions of 1/144 HG. I notice that this kit is much bigger that the common 1/144 scale HG kits, the size is almost the same as the 1/100 scale.

Built Nu Gundam

One fall back on this kit is that the funnels on its back wiggles if you combine all 6 funnels in one side. They should have made the funnels more sturdier, though the funnels are all intact.

New BEMANI Stuffs for 2014!

              Last Thursday evening, after a very stressful and tiring day from work, I received my postal notice from our local post office. The next morning, I got my new BEMANI stuffs this 2014. I bought these games last December of 2013. Fortunately, the transit time of my parcel is on time schedule unlike to the previous parcel that it took almost 2 months.


DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection and beatmaniaIIDX 4th style CS
 

            Anyways, I bought a DanceDanceRevolution Party Collection and beatmaniaIIDX 4th style CS for PlayStation 2. Although, they are both old, they are one of the rare and expensive BEMANI games.  I got both games for around $9.00 (roughly, 400.00Php) plus shipping.