Fate/Stay Night Réalta Nua and bust figures
Just received my copy of Fate/Stay Night Réalta Nua for the PS2 by mail today. Since it's the "extra edition", plus it was "pre-ordered"(I got it on yahoo auctions japan actually), it also comes with the PSP card game, and the Saber bust figure.
The game is basically a port of the PC version(the visual novel) with some extra scenes and full voice. But since I never bought the PC version, thought this might be my chance to "own" Fate/Stay Night. 
The PSP game is actually a mini game included with Fate/Hollow Ataraxia on the PC, this time it comes as a separate game, though I'm yet to see anywhere to sell it independently by itself, so you would have to get the PS2 game too if you want it. If I recall from the PC version, the card game is actually pretty complex, in some way resembles Mahjong, where you have to form your hand to a certain pattern in order to win. It's actually pretty fun, if only I can get a PSP somewhere to try it out(that's right, I don't have a PSP, yet I have a PSP game in my hands)....
The bust figure is pretty neat. It's Saber shaped like a chalice. It's one of the figures out of a set of five, and to tell you the truth, I already have the other four, plus an extra Saber.
There are actually two versions to the figures, the campaign version and the capsule version. The campaign versions are ones that was included with certain magazines, and in this case, the Saber figure was included with the PS2 game. The capsule versions are ones where you can purchase from toy vending machines, or gashapon. Other than the fact that dark Saber(she's the evil Saber who only appeared in the game) does not have a campaign version, the other differences are mostly color variations, like the weapons on the capsule versions have blood stains, whereas the campaign versions are squeaky clean. A few major differences include the color of the shoulder armors(?) on the Saber figure, Ilya's hat(the campaign version has her hat glued to her head), and Rider's mask(the capsule version has no mask). Both the campaign version and the capsule version are limited editions. Other than my blue Saber, all my other ones are the capsule versions.
Considering that they(the capsules) were sold for 300 yen each, I'm really surprised by the quality of these little figures. Though you can't compare them to those $50 1:6 figures, they are still fairly detailed and well made. There is no deformed face or anything like that.
Now since I have one extra Saber, if anyone wants the white Saber(I'm keeping the blue one), drop me a message, or send me an email, I'll put it on ebay and you can have it for 5 bucks(that's less than how much I got it for), postage extra. 
May 30, 2007 - 16:41 - Japan is so gorgeous, lucky
Room - Hehe so do i especially the
Canon EOS Kiss X2 - nice
Canon EOS Kiss X2 - Ellipsis-nar
.hack//G.U. Vol 1 - Saitan Guild Requirements - I've only watched Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam OO (Double O) - That song is brill Lu Hope u
Sumomomo Momomo episode 17 - The Judge
The Judge - pretty interesting. the
Canon EOS Kiss X2 - .hack Fan and awesome music!
English lyrics of Silly-Go-Round and other songs - wow granny, what big lens you have...
Canon EOS Kiss X2
great thanks for episode 20! really appreciate the work you do...
just one question, wondering if it's my computer or codec that's messing up, but at
16:33 - 16:36 there seems to be some encoding corruption on the lower half of the screen.
update: just checked the file in Mplayer Classic, GOM Player and VLC, all 3 shows sign of corruption.
@Anonymous: yes, it is indeed an error, I'll fix it in the batch.
in the mean while, you can try the LQ version. the error only affects the HQ version.
btw, luperry, it's an off topic question but I'd like to ask what is that picture that I barely see on your screen.
Also, I have a psp myself, not too much of a big deal if you don't mind dropping the money on it and buying imported games since SONY USA just sucks...
Props on the Fate figures, they look awesome for the price!
And thanks for su(mo)*6, seen them all already on raws, but I am a collector of all kinds and I just feel like having sumomo for my deployment coming up.
sorry for the long post and good luck with finding a psp. I already have fate/stay night and ataraxia, but I have yet to even touch them [too busy with other games if you know what I mean], but I will eventually get to them since an english patch for the fate route has already been released.
till later then, and enjoy fate 2!
@avluis: oh, it's romeo x juliet. you can get it here:
http://ningen.nattoli.net/wallpapers/Romeo-x-Juliet/
ningen wallpapers ftw :D!. hahah i'm currently using one of his of tsubasa chronicles :3.
~~~ aru hareta hi no koto, mahou ijou no yukai ga ~~~ I'm sorry t3h b4k4 is lost to the anime music. check back later *bzzt*
~b4k4
Cool figurines! =D
Out of curiosity what does the Rin one look like from the back? I can see a little bit of Lancer peeking from behind =3
@A Random Fan~<3: it's like this. :D
Been wondering if there were any more perks with getting this, except the busts and the psp game(Don't got a psp either), over the pc version even because of the *cough* obvious tradeoffs
@Shuhei: all the dialogs are voiced by the casts from the anime, that's the biggest one I think.
the PC version has no voice.
there is also some extra scenes, but then again, you lost some in the process.
Really, I will have to wait 2 weeks maybe 3 to see if I get it, but today I ordered a ps2 from japan lol and gotta powersupply on order too... anyhow if it and the game I ordered works i'll order this one and even more based on anime shows from there.
Too much to resist and no other options open to play them for me.
Now I'll get to try my skills at ablib-ing which control does what on the screen. :D gotta start somewhere learning to read..
woah you actually went and bought a Japanese PS2
Probably would have been easier to get Swap Magic or something assuming of course you already have a ps2
(wow long time since i last posted here) my copy of the game just came today, the PSP game is kind of fun and i can not read japanise i just got it cos im a huge F/SN fan.
*cough* craigs listed a jpn ps2 for myself for jpn .hack//GU >>;. << >> <<.. oh! ended up getting the .. er i mean beating the crap out of the final boss today too. Damn am I pleased with who I decided to bring along for the final battle :3. <3 the items they had on them :D.
Enough getting side tracked. Watching F/SN thanks to a friend, and i'm entertained :3.
@random fan: I think you mean Archer. ... and careful :P I think Archer would be the type of guy to take offense to that kind of mistake :P.
~~~ aru hareta hi no koto, mahou ijou no yukai ga ~~~ I'm sorry t3h b4k4 is lost to the anime music. check back later *bzzt*
~b4k4
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I just love those figures. Interested to hear about the card game that plays like mahjong (my game!). What does anyone else make of it? (especially anyone who knows mahjong)