Kujibiki Unbalance: Kaichou Onegai Smash Fight! ~Limited First Press Edition~

"Kujibiki Unbalance" is a spin-off series often watched by the characters in "Genshiken". While Genshiken didn't manage to get their own game, this series did, and it is in the form of an RPG. The title "Onegai Smash Fight" makes it sound like a fighting game, but it is more of an action RPG (Think Kingdom Hearts, not turn based). You'll take control over the protagonist, Chihiro, and make a party with the characters of your choice to set out on a quest to save the school from skeletons, slimes and other dangerous monsters. 

This pack features a very nice and stylish box, a special disc (One-sided dialogue with the protagonist) and a desktop accessories CD.

It's clearly fan-art, but that doesn't mean it is bad!

Looks a lot better than the original art style!

This box has also suffered some sun "burns"

At least it's colorful!

Your usual backside

The special "Dere" disc. The artwork looks like it was

made by a teenager in his early anime years...

Some cast information as well as a description

The dere disc (pink) and the desktop accessories

(blue)

The game cover. Two people fighting randomly, a small girl

looking at the ground, a redhaired girl bending for

no reason and "Kaichou" just standing there usual

The inside of the cover

School Rumble: Neru Musume wa Sodatsu ~DX Pack~

 Once again, here's yet another School Rumble game, but this one is focused on the first season of the show. The title is "School Rumble: Neru Musume wa Sodatsu". Just like the other game, this one is a visual novel with some romantic elements included. You are in charge of Harima and are going to be friends with all the girls. The higher the friendship level is, the better the chance of getting a good ending with the character you like.

The DX pack of this title is small, but features a lot of content. We have a soundtrack CD, a desktop accessories CD and some stickers. The soundtrack CD is about 1 hour long, while the desktop accessories CD will provide plenty of hours with fun. We're talking about calendars, breakout games, desktop mascots, pc icons and much, much more!

The front of the box

The side of the box. Color is a bit faded due

to constant sunlight

The back of the box

This is where the goodies are

Information: Soundtrack CD, DTA CD and 2 stickers

The discs

The stickers. That second picture must've

been taken from the intro of the show...

                                 Cover                                                                   Inside

Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi PS2 ~DX Pack~

Suzumiya Haruhi is probably the most popular anime series ever aired in japan. Despite of that, they're not making a new season and has put the series on hold for over 4 years. Maybe they're waiting for the novel to finish? Nobody knows... However, there's still a lot of games to play if you are craving Haruhi merchandise!

"Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi" is a adventure/simulator game for the PS2 system. You'll join Haruhi and her club in a quest to make a fully functionable game. Either if it's an RPG, Visual Novel or Princess simulator you're aiming for, you'll get the joy of playing the finished product. That's like four games in one box!

The DX edition of this game features ONE single bonus: A revoltech figma. These kinds of figurines usually go for 8000 yen (80$), so getting the box for 10 bucks (with free shipping!) from ebay was a bargain! The box is incredibly huge as well, so you need a good amount of shelf space for this one! The figurine comes with a stand, an extra face and some extra hands in different positions. There's also an attachable sword.

It's empty because it lives in my shelf

Extra hands for extra detail

A angry Haruhi face, if you like that better than the smiling one

The expression she has on the manual is scary...

She has evil, evil plans for Kyon

And the figure itself used previously on the blog

Love Hina Gorgeous Chiratto Happening ~First Press Limited Edition~

The turn has now come to the game "Love Hina - Gourgeous Chiratto Happening", an adventure game based on the best-selling romance manga series "Love Hina". You take control of Keitaro and has to raise the affection levels of the girls in the dorm. You do this by completing different mini-games, join them on events and visiting their room on a regular basis. If the girls affection towards you is high enough, you'll be treated to a good ending: a date with the character you choose. If you don't focus on any of them and try to give everyone the same amount of attention, you'll most likely get the bad ending where the game ends halfways.

The game itself is great. There's 100+ unlockable CG pictures and a whole lot of events. The mini games are divided into four kinds (Reaction, rotation, direction and  fast-forward/back), and are usually very challenging. Losing a mini game means losing CG, so it's necessary to save often in this game. You can't load a game before you've completed a chapter, so you will have to restart the whole console if you did something wrong. That, or you can fast-forward to the end of the chapter (takes 15 minutes, though!). Every voice actors is here once again to reprise their roles and the artwork is made by Ken Akamatsu. Or more accurate, it's panels from the manga series, just colored.

The bonus items aren't really something to brag about. It has your typical big box, and some cards. Not playing cards, not trading cards but "event" cards. They're better explained by pictures, so take a look at the pictures if you're curious about those.

The box. It's pink, it has hearts, it has shiny silver lines...

Yes, it looks like a game for girls...

The back of the cover. The rectangle in the middle is

the back of the included limited "event" cards

The game cover, just like on the box

The inside of the cover. Even the disc is pink...

One transparent card and one event card. Put them together and...

Voila!

Want some Keitaro x Shinobu romance as well?

Well, here you go!!

Also includes some dress up cards. There's only

one outfit for every character, so it's a bit lame

Game ni Natta yo! Dokuro-chan! ~First Press Limited Edition~

I didn't really enjoy Dokuro-chan that much (the violence was way over the top), but it had some really memorable moments I'll never forget. Like the infamous "Binkan the salary man" TV show, or the cut/paste pictures of real life animal heads used on human characters. And who can forget the man-angel Zansu, the biker gang lookalike with a very silly personality?

I was looking forward to more of these moments and therefore brought the game. The voices were the same as in the anime, the story was avarage at best and the game lasted for four hours. The amount of CG was fine, and the videos were ripped off from the OVA series, which is pretty dissappointing if you're expecting new animation. Still worth the money, though (15$ including shipping).

As for this edition, it features a pretty neat box, an interview CD and an artbook with full color artwork, sketches and character profiles.

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Front of the box

                                                                     Back of the box

The cover for the game with a warning about grotesque/

horrific or gory content. The 18+ rating speaks for itself

The inside of the game cover, disc and manual

All limited goods were stores in this box

The interview CD. Interesting if you like a inside view on the production

The front of the artbook. Not hardcover like most art books

                                      "Artwork used as the different character's poses in the game"

"Character sketches, not colored"

                                           "I just had to pick this guy's profile, he's awesome"

School Rumble Nigakki ~DX Pack~

After searching for a while on ebay for low-priced anime games, I noticed that the american amazon store had limited editions of these for extremely low prices (10-20$). These are sold by japanese retailers and as the packages are usually sent på SAL (takes about 1 month to reach the destination), the shipping cost is very low.

I brought a lot of limited editions after noticing this, so my next posts will contain the items I've received. First out is "School Rumble Nigakki", a visual novel for PS2 based on the popular school comedy series by Jin Kobayashi. It's the story of a class trip to the beach gone horribly wrong after having visited a haunted house...!  The full, awfully long title is: "School Rumble Nigakki: Kyoufu no (?) Natsu Gasshuku! Yokan ni Yuurei gen ru!? Otakara wo Megutte Makkou Shoubu!!! no maki"

The contents in this box are few, but still noteworthy. It features a special box (of course), a drama cd, some stickers and an artbook containing everything from sketches to character profiles. The game itself is avarage, but it should be interesting to fans of the show as long as you can understand the language. Every playthrough is only 2 hours long, but as the game is propped full of CG and alternative story lines led by your own choices, it's sure to last for a good while if you're a completist. 

                                  The front of the box. Simple and plain, with great artwork as well

The back of the box. Mentions what the box contains, as well as

a plot summary for the game, together with screenshots.

The side of the box. The box has been in sunlight for too long...

An artbook with different kinds of content. 

Harima as a naked angel on the front.

                                    An original short story featuring the School Rumble characters
           

                                  Enviromental artwork. These are used as backgrounds in the game

                                                       Some character sketches in full color

A bunch of character profiles. These are my favorites.

                                 A 12-minute long special drama CD. A story about the gang visiting
                                          an abandoned mansion and experiencing creepy events.

                                       The back of the drama CD. Resolution turned out horrible.

Two stickers bundled together with the drama CD. All that

glitter makes it look girly