Gaming Haul: February 6th, 2013.

I made some more rounds today with a little extra money in my pocket and came up with some good stuff. First off, I found a Super NES game I've had high on my list for quite some time, Secret of Mana, in very good condition at a local second-hand game shop for $50 and I didn't think twice about snagging it up. I have yet to run into Secret of Mana in public so I didn't want to pass that one up. Secret of Mana is a game I have yet to actually play so I'm looking forward to firing it up.

Second, I found a good condition copy of Shenmue for the Dreamcast for $20 (which is about the same price I always see it for). I've always regretted selling Shenmue many years ago and since I picked up it's Xbox sequel about a month ago, I wanted to right my wrong and reintroduce it to my collection. I also picked up Fire Emblem: Awakening since I heard the game is basically the first must-own game for the system that isn't a Mario or Zelda game and I've always wanted to get into it's genre (see my blog post below about my experience with it so far).

Finally, I was able to find a Gamestop store that still had a brand new copy of The Last Story for the Wii. The Last Story is the second game feature in the Operation Rainfall movement that helped Xenoblade Chronicles get localized for the North American market. The game only had one pressing and is very hard to come by, so I grabbed it since this will probably be my last chance at getting it for a decent price. I plan on writing something about The Last Story fairly soon.

While I was out, I also grabbed a silver Gamecube console for $25. I sold my Gamecube back when I first bought a Wii due to the Gamecube backwards compatibility found in the Wii hardware. I regretting this as well since I wanted the console for my collection and I would much rather play Gamecube games on an actual Gamecube console and avoid sticking goofy memory cards and peripherals into the top of the Wii. I also talked to gentleman at one of the game shops I visited who may be able to hook me up with a Sega 32x attachment. I've never owned a 32x and even though it was short-lived and didn't have a lot of software, I still want one for collection purposes. The system has not been tested and was missing some cables, but the clerk told me to check back in a few days so he can try to obtain cables and test it out, then will sell it to me.

That is all for now. I better go play all of these damn games!