Beware of this thief named "Mart Abbigail Ganan y Castillo"

Ok another post after 5 years, and another post related to another scammer taking advantage of people kindness. 

So how do I get started with this scammer/thief/bitch "Mart Abbigail Ganan y Castillo"? 

She used to be someone whom i worked with at a company. She used to be a bright star till she was showing some questionable attitude at the company. She was troubled with financial issues and she started borrowing money around from workmates at company and she also was involved in online gambling. This had affected her so much that it was showing in her performance where she would start taking emergency leave times from times where eventually she was retrenched. 

After she left the company, she started to text me trying to borrow money and then out of pity and out of my interest in her, I always lent her and in the end the sum ended up somewhere north of 100k PHP where she never even once tried to return me despite her multiple claims.  She usually will disappear, not reply any messages, change her phone number etc when she didnt need any help. (which is definitely a red flag when someone tried to do this). 

I stopped lending her the money eventually and still tried to help her if she cleaned my place and due to my trust for her, I let her clean my place on her own and she left my place unlocked. Twice i found out that I lost something from my place after she left so I started to suspect she was the one stealing from me. She denied it vehemently that she wont do it. Second time where I lost my Switch again after she cleaned, I found out a unit sold on FB marketplace that looked exactly like mine and after a deep snooping and checking with the seller it was confirmed that it was Abby who stole this. Eventually she just admitted she did it out of financial issue etc (see the pattern here? Someone who lacks of money always try to make themselves look pity).

Abby denied everything.

Next,  i lodged a report to Philippine police station so that she can learn a lesson because I was kinda disappointed that she lied and stole from me even after many favors that I did to her all this while. I told her about this and she begged for me to retract the whole thing where she promised me that she will return all my stuffs and the things she stole from me very soon by saying her parents will go to Switzerland to work and get advance money from their boss (which is their relative) as she didnt want a bad record showing up for her.

Abby finally admitted

Guess what happened? Till now I never received single cent from her and I never retract the report as well. However the efficiency of Philippine police deparment is something of a concern as i have lodged the report during June 2024 and I was supposed to go to court to testify against this and till now I was never summoned.

In conclusion, for anyone checking on Mart Abbigail Ganan y Castillo, be aware she has some issues when it comes to finance as well as credibility, so I hope that no company ever will hire her whenever they did a background check and read this. Hereby i will attach her photo as well as the first page of the police report that I lodged against her. 

 

Jastip Scam Indonesia (Sheanny Febrianty)

 Reviving this as I was just scammed by a jastip service.

Current Im based at Indonesia and I was seeking for buying service to procure me the latest Ipad air 4 from Malaysia to Indonesia due to covid and I couldnt go back easily After researching for the the service on instagram(there are plenty on instagram), I bumped into this below(privatetravelmalaysia) and it looked legit enough and the tempting part was the jastip fee wasnt expensive(yeah i know, nothing good comes cheap) and she will handcarry to avoid tax. 

 I even asked the owner to show me some testimonial of her service for more assurance since she was requesting for full payment. I just regretted that I didnt personally ask them to further verify since those so called testimonials were just buyers making payment successfully. 

So the full chronology was this. 

1. I requested her to bring me ipad air 4 from malaysia and she agreed to do so with jastip fee 200k IDR which is equivalent to rm60 where the condition is I must pay full payment of the Ipad Air 4. At this stage responses were prompt from the service provider. 

2. I was provided the account info below and I transferred the money to her on 30th October 2020. I was informed she would procure the unit on the day itself and she would cod with me on 9th November as her flight back to Malaysia was on 7th November. Everything was still smooth by now and response was prompt. 

3. On 1st November 2020, she told me she already preordered with Machine Sunway Pyramind and will be getting my unit on 2nd November 2020. 

4.  On 2nd November 2020, I was requesting for the photo of my Ipad as I was anticipating it very much. Here was when the response started slower(yeah i get it, i already transferred her the money and she has reached the goal)

5. On 3rd November 2020 morning she just replied me with some bullshit telling me that she will get it later since she was waiting for the call from Machine? What the heck? From picking up on 2nd to waiting for call of pickup? Then i was asking her again when was the expected pickup date without any response again till the next day.

6. On 4th November 2020 which was Wednesday she replied me that she will get the unit by friday which was 6th November 2020 as she was busy with some authorization from Indonesian embassy. Yeah something was very fishy now. Pickup was delayed and delayed. 

7. On 6th November 2020, she told me she will pick it up and I asked him to show me some picture of the unit. She also informed she will come back on 7th November 2020 but couldnt cod with me and only cod on 9th November since she wanna self quarantine and do swap test once reaching here. What a bollock.

8. From 7th till 9th November 2020 she never replied my messages once even after I tried to make some video call to her. On 1pm she sent me this bullshit. She informed me that she couldnt go back due to CMCO and her relative was infected with Covid. More bullshit to ensue.  She promised me that she will refund my money within the week even though she has purchased the ipad. 

9. At this point, I just feel dump for trusting her for so long. Not even once she managed to show me the pic. Oh come on how hard will it be to show some pictures of the unit? Then it was the last post from her till now. You can easily transfer the money back to me instead of telling me some bullshit that you need your relative to transfer it and why the fuck would it require 1 week? Unless you have spent all my money and trying to delay again?

10. On the ig page actually there was a phone number which was a malaysian number and i tried to contact the number. +60 13-768 3977. The girl who picked up tried to deny she has anything to do with the page but earlier i already whatsapp her with another number and in that she confirmed that she provided the local tour service in KL. Gotcha scammer. 

Above was sent using my indonesia number. Below was sent using my malaysian number. 

Lastly i tried to comment on her ig to warn the rest from trusting her but alas comment feature was suddenly disabled by her after i called her out as a scammer in whatsapp using my indonesian number.

At this point I was sure that this person was a total scammer and I will be reporting soon to the local police. To get my money back I think it wasnt possible but I hope police will have this record and it will help to prevent others from getting scammed. 

Here is some info of the scammer and her bank info.

Name: Sheanny Febrianty (scam)

Bank: BCA

Bank account no: 1640314059(scam)

Malaysian phone number: +60137683977(scam)

Hands-on and ridiculously in-depth with the Nintendo DSi

Ok, I am sold about this new DSI. Reading through this piece of article and I think you will be able to find out everything you wanna know about dsi(this one is much better than what I linked here last time).

When I say everything, it means everything ranging from its camera and its photographic toys, its sound application to how the slightly bigger screen is gonna affect your gaming experience. Believe me, even though this article spans 5 pages, I am sure it will definitely worth your time if you are still hesitated on getting one or you plan to get one. Hafez, I am sure after reading this it will definitely make you get it once it is released. I know I would provided I have the green! Say YES to blazingly louder volume baby!

Now, when can I get my hand on this? At least I wanna tinker with it as soon as it is released. Hopefully I would be able to attend the LYN gathering and get to experiment with this, particularly on the volume side of it!

I love Play-Asia

It had been some time that I didnt make any purchase at Play-Asia due to the my slowly changing nature that propels me to wait for discounted products and used games. However, since there was a lucky spring sale last week(it should last until tomorrow which is the end of March), I hopped into that site hoping that I could get something as I hadnt bought any new games in a while. A quick snooping around was made and finally I came out with 2 games which were Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword and Chrono Trigger japan version(it features double translations which are English and Japan).

Thanks to my fellow friend, Corez, my order was paid on 22th March and they were shipped out to me the next day. I was lucky he could help me out with the order as I found out 1 or 2 days later both games were restored to the original price. Then of course I had to wait patiently for it to reach me. I was anxious at the same time fearing that this order may not be lucky enough to escape the bloody sucking claws of customs as I had ordered something before at usd80 and unfortunately I received a letter asking me to pay for some tax. No one is gonna enjoy of shelling extra dough for something they have already paid and neither do me. I prayed hard that I could receive this as early as possible and please no letter from custom this time.

To my surprise, I actually receive the order today and I never expect myself to receive it so fast. Ok I lie, I was kinda hoping that I would receive it today but that was really unforeseen as I would expect myself to get it this week. As soon as I received the package, I quickly fire up Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword(without reading the manual! Guess I have been clamouring for a new game for some time as I would read a manual first before playing a new game).

Once again Play Asia has done a great job of delivering its goods and top notch service and I would happily go back and shop again during next sale. For those who have obtained something from the Lucky Spring Sale, have you received your item? What have you bought anyway?

PS: Ok, I gotta head out now to pay Corez his money. He just received his bill statement today and I guess it is time to do my job now. Thanks again, Corez.

Why Zelda?

There were a couple of big news disclosed during Satoru Iwata's(Nintendo CEO) keynote at GDC 2009 like the support where virtual games could now be played through your SD cards after a firmware update and new Final Fantasy games would be available through both Wiiwares and Virtual consoles(for more info, please refer here for the entire keynote) but nothing beat a trailer of a new entry in Zelda series.

It didnt come as a huge surprise to me and I was kind of expecting a new Zelda game on NDS or to be exact I was expecting either port of Ocarina of Time or Majora Mask but to my surprise, NDS is getting another new entry of Zelda series named The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks. Why would I be surprised that NDS will have another Zelda whole new sequel? Let's have a look at the Zelda series on Nintendo portable systems. The original gameboy has its first share of portable Zelda series which is the Link's Awakening while the Gameboy Color has 2 Zelda games which are Oracle of Seasons and Oracles of Age, I consider them to be a game since the you have to link both games to acquire the real ending. Ok, Link's Awakening DX on Gameboy Color isnt considered as a new game. I am talking about the new game which has never appeared on the other consoles before. Next, move on to Gameboy Advance and what we have here? A Minish Cap right? Well, looking at every single portable system before Nintendo DS, you would realize only only 1 original entry of Zelda series will appear on each portable system. The Legend of Zelda seems to break the tradition and by having a new Zelda game on DS, I am both euphoric and disappointed simulatenously.



You know the reason I am happy right? Because it is a WHOLE new Zelda game. On the other hand, I am let down because it seems like as for now the game is not a lot of different than the Phantom Hourglass. Maybe it is too early to judge it but based on the trailer it seems like the game just plays out like Phantom Hourglass. I sure hope that this time it will AT LEAST include a d-pad control but I do notice the fairy is still available in this game, I guess I have to wait until my dream comes true in another outing. I am not trying to say that total touch screen control is bad here. In fact it is intuitive and it certainly injects a refreshing experience into a series that has been around for some time for those who are used to Zelda series but sometimes those Zelda veterans just want something traditional with their beloved Zelda series. Is it that hard to implement both touch screen and d-pad controls? The second reason I am disappointed is until now the DS still hasnt received its port of Ocarina of Time and Majora Mask. I don't care if some player think that Nintendo may milk this series by porting Ocarina of Time so many times(2 times on Gamecube and another one could be found at Virtual Console) but I havent played it and I have been waiting for a long time to see it on my Nintendo DS. This is one great masterpiece that I have been anticipating to play on the go. Why can't Nintendo make it happen? Up until now, both NES and SNES games have already appeared on GBA so I expect the N64 iterations to follow their heels by making ways to NDS. Hopefully this is going to happen one day. Nintendo, be it release them separately or combine them together in one cart, faithful ports or with some added and tweaked controls, just port them to DS one day I beg you!

Deep in my heart I know Spirit Tracks is going to be great and I will be there first day to get it, and not to mention its BGM is really that stellar and I have at least replayed the trailer 50 times to listen over and over to the same BGM and I dont seem to get bored with it. Hopefully Miyamoto will come out with something different to surprise me again in the latest Zelda game. For those Wii owners, I guess you would have to wait until next E3 to see if Zelda will be swinging his sword(or you can do that with the marvellous Motionplus technology, hehe)on Wii.

NDSi FAQ! Everything you would want to know regarding NDSi!

Excited of NDSi? The third iteration of NDS is going to make it way to USA on 5th April. That is actually a tad earlier than I expected since based on what Nintendo said, I thought it will not be available until end of 2009. Nonetheless I guess it should be a great news for anyone anticipating it as the launch date is just 2 weeks away.

For those who are interested in it, have you ever wondered what the differences between this baby with the previous NDS phat and NDSL? I guess some may have done some snooping around to obtain more details but for the rest, they may still be left in darkness. Hence the following link that I am gonna provide is chocked full with everything you should know about NDSi. They are using a Japan version of NDSi to come out with this FAQ but I guess specifications will likely remain the same so it is still a utilitarian and useful FAQ....although I still wonder why no one has ever addressed the comparison between the volume of NDSi and NDSL. I am so eager to find out how loud NDSi volume in comparison with NDSL volume. Call me stupid but this might be the sole reason that might entice me to get it.

Five Years, 20 Lessons, 20 DS Games

While most of us may not be familiar with Griptonite, it is actually one of the game developing companies that have created abundance of games for Nds in 5 years starting from games that first appeared alongside the launch of Nds Phat until now.

The following link will give a full picture of what they have learned(mistakes, lessons, improvements). Something I noticed while reading the article is the reason why movie adaptation games are generally bad! Most probably it is the shockingly short deadline. Tell me, how is a particular game supposed to be good when you are ordered to develop the games in just several weeks? Not going to happen I guess, hence it explains why most of the movie adaption games are so sucked.

It is a long and you might want to have a cup of coffee with you but I am gonna tell you this article is really worth you time.

P/S: I never thought that I have played one of their games which is the Urbz Sims in the City. The game itself was good but probably I am just not interested in Sims games, hence the game is no longer in my possession and I never buy any Sim games since then. What games developed by them that you have played before?

WTF price?

For those who have followed this blog, they should know that now I already have the tendency to get something used rather than brand new copy due to the disparity in price. As usual I was browsing for cheap bargain at lowyat forum.

However I found it amusing that one particular seller was trying to sell his nds games at rather expensive price(more than rm100 for 1 used DS game anyone?). While I thought the high price tag was just set for display only initially(well, you know we can always ask for best price right?), after a couple pms, the seller was reluctant to even slightly reduce the price for some reasons, it is after all square enix games that we are speaking now(I am interested in one particular game but you know what? Other non square enix games are expensive as well!!) and due to the stronger USD currency. I know, it all boils down to the simple fact where if you agree with it, you just buy or you can leave if you don't like the price but I could not help to wonder who is gonna get it from you if you aren't willing to even reduce the exorbitant price and the fact that the games he is trying to sell aren't even rare?

Seeing how the whole thing took place around 2 or 3 months ago,when I bumped into the same thread recently and looked at how those NDS games are still "lying" at the thread without any buyers for now, I know the price set is just too high and even if I am trying to add the game into my collection, I know for sure I wont even consider getting it from him if he is still adamant to stick with his original price tag. I guess it is just a lose lose situation for both of us now.

Anyway, this post is not meant to bash this seller but just to get us wonder, what is the comfortable price that you would consider for a used ds game? I know I wont get a used ds game if it is more than rm100.

Music on!

Having just completed Disgaea DS recently and clocked in around 80 hours in my first playthrough, even though I am compelled to play it again to level up my characters and see other endings, deep inside I am reluctant to do because I know I will be having difficult time putting it down once I start playing it again. Then I thought I am gonna have some new games in my hands soon, so Disgaea DS is temporarily put aside.

To my disappointment, I never managed to get The World Ends With You, Dragon Quest IV and Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword at discounted price since Stringfellow was too preoccupied with his future in laws during his vacation in USA(well, he is going to walk down his aisle later this year, so congratulations!) Fortuitously, The World Ends With You and Dragon Quest IV are getting the same treatment at Play-asia as well, so I might as well get them there later.

Being stuck in my library of games, I was having a hard time trying to decide what games should I replay. Unbeknownst to me, my hands just reached to Ouendan and holla, here I am playing Ouendan again.

Recalling how hard I tried to get all rank S for the very hard difficulty before but just gave up and moved on to another games when I grew too tired and bored of this game, I thought I will never manage to reach my goal and never did I realize that I am having a blast again with this game currently. Although until now I still haven't managed to get a rank S yet, I have been training and practicing hard to get one. However, the slightly distorted touch screen has so far managed to hamper my relentless effort. I tried Elite Beat Agents also but to my dismay this game seems to be less attractive to me now due to its rather poor selection of songs. I think I may not be able to finish this game at all since I am still in the normal difficulty.

Now that my interest in Ouendan series has piqued again and I would like to get Ouendan 2. Unwilling to spend dough on this hence I am thinking of trading this game with my getting-less-love-from-me Elite Beat Agents. Who has Ouendan 2 and wanna trade it with my Elite Beat Agents? Let me know please!

Another Mother 3 translation....in BM now?

Apparently there are still many fans out there who are still clamoring for translations in their own mother tongue language even though the unofficial english translation patch had been released by starnet for sometime ago. I couldn't believe my own eyes and nearly fell off my chair when I saw someone apparently from Malaysia is trying to do its own BM translation of Mother 3. Don't buy into it? You gotta see some screenshots to believe in it.

This really sounds corny as it seems but we Malaysians should be proud that this game is going to be in Bahasa Malaysia soon(chuckle). Apparently this project has just started around January 2009 and I guess it should take some time before we can see the light of the final project. I was just hoping that this wont get canned eventually when he isn't passionate to do it anymore. The status of this ongoing project could be monitored here. You might wanna check it from time to time if you are interested in the final outcome of this project.

Hmm, if my eyes serve their purpose, apparently the person who works on this ambitious project seems to be only a secondary school student at SM Teknik Kota Tinggi. I can't imagine how a teenager can work on this alone and this only proves that I am rather outdated and obsolete by having such thought. We really can't underestimate anyone nowadays eh?

At Gamingeuphoria I am praying for all the best to this guy who works on this project and I am tempted to check out the final results.

Trivia: For those who dont have, we do have some localized international games like Resident Evil 3 and Dino Crisis for PC which were released years ago. I still remember the the localized title of Resident Evil 3 is Kubu Iblis 3 but I already forgot the localized title of Dino Crisis. I tried to find the boxarts for both games but to no avail. Both games are totally in BM and if my memory serves me well, the original versions were just rm20 each. Very cheap right?

The 14 best pre-order bonuses

Call it gimmick or whatever you like but it is undeniably sometimes pre-order items are really essential in spurring sales of certain games. I am sure most of the gamer would have put down deposit just for the sake of certain preorder thingy.

However, trying to obtain pre-order thingy has been a hassle in Malaysia since the original gaming scene here isnt as active as it is in other countries like Japan or USA, hence most of time those who are interested to secure some really compelling preorder items would have to part with their hard earned dough and go the hard way plus a little luck to get them. As a gamer who has only started supporting the original games since the DS era, I dont have much experience of acquiring many preorder bonuses but some goodies still manage to make their ways to my collection. The most recent ones happened to be Disgaea DS and Rhapsody The Musical Adventure which came with a stylus, a Rune Knight figure and a musical cd respectively(although I mentioned it is the latest one, do note that the purchase was made last September) but the most notable one and most worthy one should be the Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin. Sure, I had paid premium for this game but the preorder bonus bundles with it was definitely worth the admission. Look at the image below and you would realize all the hard work and effort are definitely worth it.

Hmm, if only every preorder bonus is that sweet, I would dare to say everyone in Malaysia would be more inclined to support the original gaming.(not to mention they should be made easier to purchase as well).

However, it seems like Atlus has a new strategy and a new way to define pre-order bonuses where they will just bundle something cool with their latest games. Their latest games which have been bundled with some cool goodies are like Luminous Arc 2(comes with a original soundtrack and artbook), upcoming Legend of YS I and II(comes with an original soundtrack cd) and also Super Robot Taisen Endless Frontier(comes with an original soundtrack cd as well). This strategy seems to be paid off and has garnered some positive feedbacks among the gamers and I myself really applaud such a good decision where every gamer virtually everywhere(Malaysia also of course) would be able to get some preorder bonuses without paying premium price.(Those are actually obtainable at Play-Asia) But then again, I feel that some gamers might not find themselves to be happy with such decision from Atlus as it may seem that this move might render some of the preorder bonuses to be less valuable, hence make them less interested in getting the games from Atlus, haha.

The following link features some of the coolest pre-order goodies that have ever appeared, let's see how many of you own something in the list? I know that the Castlevania preorder bonus is listed as one of them, hehe.

R.I.P Electronic Gaming Monthly?

I was shocked today when the news of Electronic Gaming Monthly(EGM) will be discontinued emerged out from today nowhere. The slumping economy must have helped to quicken the process(rumours of EGM demise have been circulating around for some time). It seems like everything has been finalized and January issue of EGM shall be the last printed issue we could find at book stores...

I may not have been a subscriber of EGM nor I get to read every issue that has been released but somehow I still managed to kill some time by getting some issues occasionally. But when I do have this mag, I will enjoy myself reading every article in the mag as this mag tends to be more"mature" so it does contain some jokes and article that can appeal to adult gamers like me. I would reckon that this mag resonates more with me compared to Nintendo Power and it is so sad to see it leave in this way.

In this new era where we can almost get everything latest related to gaming almost immediately on internet, it is not hard to figure out that printed magazines must have some hard time trying to convince old readers to stay subscribing let alone attract new readers to embrace it. In my opinion a mag can still thrive if it tries to break out the old mold and try to go in a new and radical direction where something available in the mag itself could not be found at internet. Let's see, an exclusive interview with some big people in the industry? How about exclusive games unveiled in the latest issue? I really applaud Nintendo Power decision to dedicate almost one page every month teasing us what great games that are bound to appear in next issue. Next thing I really like about a printed magazine is usually the features presented. I gotta admit here, the time I spend alone in reading features related articles is far huge compared with the time I spend reading reviews and previews of certain games. Since I am only a Nintendo DS player, features can always provide some insights for me in other gaming platforms which is a great welcome as I don't always have the time to keep tabs on all the news related to current gaming platforms.

I guess for those who have ever read EGM before are gonna miss the days without it anymore and everyone will miss its notorious EGM Aprilfool joke(Lego Halo anyone?)

A vending machine.....that you can buy Nintendo DS?

Awesome is it? You maybe fortunate enough to see this if you go to an airport in USA. The best of all is it does sell a Nintendo DS Lite, so if you are in a hurry and forgot to bring along a NDS and you happen to be in an airport, you might wanna try to get it from this machine. After all, you will never manage to experience this back in Malaysia, haha. Besides Nintendo DSL, you can find some DS games inside like Mario Kart DS and Guitar Hero On Tour. They are just waiting for you to pop in the money and bring them back.

Trying to find this in Malaysia is practically impossible I guess seeing the low gaming penetration in our country, not to mention the rampant piracy that has shunned away so many potential gaming companies to promote their games here. We are really a huge step behind compared with Singapore in term of embracing original gaming.

If this machine DOES show up in Malaysia, expect to see it to be broken open soon enough because notorious thieves here will just do anything to get the valuable things inside, which shows how unsafe Malaysia is nowadays.

Games on sale!

It has been sometime since my last post and I am sure someone of you might have missed my updates(please tell me there is AT LEAST one reader who wholeheartedly follows my blog, haha). Time is ticking so fast and I have gotten into a new semester in my university again. I was previously working temporarily hence it explains the long absent of my updates here(haha, some of you may say I am just lazy! I do admit I was lazy to write anything as I didnt have a proper pc and a stable internet line that could enable to update my blog as frequent as I did). Hopefully I will be able to update this site as frequent as possible and bring exciting news for you guys again, haha.

These are some games that I have bumped into when I went to Play Asia just now. They are great games and since the price has dropped, there is no reason why you should'nt get it.

1. Sonic Chronicles Dark Brotherhood-usd29.90
2. Izuna 2-usd24.90
3. Bangai O Spirit-usd24.90
4. Guitar Hero On Tour-usd39.90

Yeah, I love Rosenqueen!

Ok, these games may not be so new but they are still in sealed condition and I have yet to unwrap them due to lack of time to do so(Ok, I was just exaggerating but I really don't have the time to play them), so they are still sitting idly with other games now...

I was really glad that I could preorder these all along with their preorder goodies thanks to rosenqueen which ships anything sold at the site worlwide. And thanks to my online friend, ashchia I have been able to save myself from an exorbitant shipping fee(still expensive though...) Not to forget to thank Corez as well for his cc. Bravo, dude!

What did I buy actually? Take a glimpse at the pics to figure out youself!


Disgaea DS and Rhapsody The Musical Adventure.



The games and preorder goodies.



A musical soundtrack comes with Rhapsody The Musical Adventure. Haven't tried it out and I don't think I will, haha.



A Prinny stylus that comes with Disgaea DS. Looks cute to me.



A cute figure that also comes with Disgae DS. This one should a Mage Knight...I think. Right, ashchia?

Unlike me, ashchia didn't get 2 games like me instead he was just getting Rhapsody and the soundtrack as he has already had the PSP version of Disgaea. For those who are interested in the preorder goodies for Disgaea DS, it is actually still available at Rosenqueen, so if you don't mind the EMS shipping fee or you can just find other friends to share shipping with you(do bear in mind that don't get anything more than rm500 including shipping or else get prepared to fork out extra amount of money for tax.)

Top 25 Worst Nintendo Games

I have been a huge and devoted Nintendo follower as their games are always top notch and their games never let me down in term of quality or sheer excitement and fun. They have also produced so many great games in different genres that you won't have to crack your head just trying to figure out which titles that can cater to your taste. Of course, there are some genres that they are really good at and excel like platformer, cart racing and ARPG. The most beloved series from Nintendo for me is certainly the Legend of Zelda series. Even though the core formula hasn't changed for all these years, the games are still fun with certain additions that Nintendo will surely include with every iteration and I am glad the magic is still there after playing so many Zelda games.

But I guess no matter how good developers they are, it is still inevitable that occasionally they will produce games that are not up to par or simply garbages. Games that have wonky controls, nightmarish collision detections, fraught with unimaginable(and imaginable, pun intended)bugs, you name it. Same thing happens to Nintendo as well but as long as most of their games are exceptionally good and outstanding, we should just get over the bad apples and always long for the better games from Nintendo. So far I am really glad that I haven't really bought any crappy games from Nintendo thanks to several gaming sites out there which can always provide me some insights before getting games I am interested in.

Here is 25 worst Nintendo games by Gamedaily. Do you ever own or you are still having games that in the list? Do you really agree that those games listed are as bad as purported by Gamedaily? Please leave your comments here.

Play-asia Removal Sale is here

Surprisingly, Play-asia is holding another sale before Christmas. I am hoping that it doesn't leave out the possibility that there will be another sale for Christmas where it should have more discount(30% discount sales? keep them coming!). Personally I am not really interested in getting anything currently as those which pique my interest are uneligible for this deal(Castlevania Order of Ecclesia is just released for less than 1 week) but I know there are people out there who can benefit a lot from this deal.

So what are you waiting for? Head here to browse through a huge catalogue of stuffs that are still in stock. Better be quick or you are gonna miss out some games that you have been rooting for to drop in price.

Chrono Trigger and....its preorder goodie?

I have been torn whether I should join the bulk since the price has been bumped up to usd40 and it makes no difference if I purchase this from play-asia. Most importantly is most of time I will holding out for sales just to get it at a cheaper price. Not that I have time for it if I get it earlier as I am currently too preoccupied with study and other sealed games as well.

But oh well, it seems like the particular news is gonna draw me in for the bulk again. As the title suggests, it seems like Amazon will be giving out a soundtrack cd for those who preorder it.(Just check at Gamestop, this deal is available there as well)

This soundtrack seems to be more lacklustre than the Castlevania Order of Ecclesia soundtrack though. It will only feature 2 themes from Chrono Trigger and I am unsure how good they are since I have never played this game before. Nevertheless, it is still a bonus who plan to get it on day one.

PS. If you are interested in preordering it and would like to join the bulk, please head here for more details.

More on Castlevania preorder goodie...

Previously I was having a deliberate discussion with why_79 trying to come up with a conclusion. Are we getting a physical copy of the Castlevania soundtrack or just a couple codes to access to the digital version?

Now that the game is released(have you got your copy?), our question is answered as well. Apparently this is some of the silliest business decisions that is gonna offend some of those who opted to preorder earlier. Instead of deciding whether those soundtracks should be distributed in digital form or physical copy, they have chosen to give away those soundtracks in both forms. Anyway to tell that you are gonna receive which of it? Not until you get either an email of the codes or just the cd itself with the game you order.

Apparently some Gamestop don't have the cd for grabs so if you are really interested in the cd itself, I would really suggest you to head down to a brick and mortar Gamestop now to find out whether they the cd. The cd should still be available at some shops so better be haste if you are really interested in it.

As for me, I am really glad that I didn't go through all the troubles just to discover that I am merely getting some numerical codes later(and not to forget the part where "the supplies last..." That is deplorable and unacceptable!).

For those who are unable to get hold of this cd, you might be tempted to see how the real deal is.

Preorder good of USA version of Castlevania Order of Ecclesia.(finally!!)

Remember when I complained about the lack of preorder goodie for Castlevania Order of Ecclesia unlike its Japan counterpart here? It seems like someone at Konami has heard our rantings and has been kind enough to include something for those who preorder it now at Gamestop. Even though it still pales in comparison with Japan version of preorder goodie, why should you complain when the whole thing is still retailed at normal price while you will be getting a free thing? You shouldn't, really.

Ok, for those who are gonna preorder it at Gamestop, you will be getting yourself a soundtrack cd. It is not gonna include all bgm available in the game(not sure whether the soundtrack included in Japan version is gonna feature all the bgm though), but still this should make a cool addition (and not to mention it is virtually free you know?). The track list could be found below.


The question now is should I even bother to get it? Trying to get something in USA now has been a hassle since my friend in USA has refused to help me anymore with all the purchases there(haha because apparently I have been getting lots of stuffs after she went there to further her study). Should I get it or more accurately how should I get it if I am interested? Why, what will you do?