I'll be heading down to my GameStop in about 10 minutes to pick it up. I have nothing (nothing!) to do today so I've got my pizza hot and my cokes cold. I am ready!

Try asking a friend for one borrowed, you always hear stories about a lot of people that don't have anything to play or have never used their Wii in months, now is your oportunity to bank on those stories, for sure you will find someone who is telling the truth and is willing to lend you his/her wii for a few weeks if you offer something in return. Ask around you will not lose anything.

Smeags said: I'll be heading down to my GameStop in about 10 minutes to pick it up. I have nothing (nothing!) to do today so I've got my pizza hot and my cokes cold. I am ready!

Nice! I didn't think this would be your type of game though

Ouch! Surprises me the game launches on a day which is closed...especially when other people are claiming that they're going in to get the game today...

To be honest, RPGs (especially the more traditional ones) really aren't my cup a tea. But from what I've seen, this is an experience that cannot be missed. I'm very much looking forward to it.

Just got home and reversed the cover. ^_^

Cool. If you've got the game, why are you still here, talking? Go and play it now! We'll have a talk about first impressions later...

I've just arrived at 'that bit' at Colony 9 with Metal Face. In my speed-run that's just under 3 hours, took me 7 hours originally. Think that's enough for one day.

Because I have the laptop right in front of my T.V.

That and my Wii is having trouble reading the disc (it's a launch Wii, and it's had trouble reading dual-layered discs for a while now). Ah, it just went up. See ya in 24 hours.

Well, I was doing alright but I kept on dying in Tephra Cave, because I was under-leveled (Lv.3), so I went to do some sidequests and some exploration. That took up just over an hour.

I'm thinking of simply doing some exploration and ditch the early quests. Monsters are a must, of course, but I'm trying to keep them to a minimum.

My thoughts are to do Bionis' Leg in 90 minutes, then struggle against Xord in the Ether Mine. We found an interesting technique that, if you have a full Party Gauge leaving a fight, it's full when you start another, even if you fast-travel. That's how we'll get around it...

Aside from that, there should be little issue up until the Telethia in the forest.

24 hours? You'll barely be a quarter through at that point

Did anyone get the pre-order artbook? My Gamestop said they received none... :(