Latest Gaming Purchase

[Moonface]

Also if you're wondering why I bought a copy of XBC3 for Switch instead of just waiting to get the Switch 2 Edition... it's just my collection obsession kicking it. I plan to eventually get the physical copies for all of the XBC games on Switch 2 as well. It also doesn't help that I had hunted down sealed physical copies of XBC2 and XBC2: GT before the announcement of the Switch 2 versions, so my collection of the series on Switch was already half-way done, so I have to finish it with XBC3 and XBCX: DE.

At least you aren't trying to get XBC1 on the Wii because I'm sure the prices for that nowadays are astronomical, considering Shira paid $100+ for a pre-owned copy over a decade ago. x.x


Emberward (PC)
I downloaded the demo of this game ages ago when it was still an Early Access game, and yesterday got a ping from Steam that the game had fully released. I had been tempted to buy the game during its EA period, but it's from a new developer and I didn't want to trust that the game would actually be finished by someone without a track record.

[Maniakkid25]

At least you aren't trying to get XBC1 on the Wii because I'm sure the prices for that nowadays are astronomical, considering Shira paid $100+ for a pre-owned copy over a decade ago. x.x

*Looks at their own Wii copy of XBC -- complete with instruction booklet -- they bought for 30 bucks* You were $100 at one point?

[Dragon Lord]

So out of curiosity I looked it up, and it's actually super cheap. A sealed copy of the Wii version of the game can be had for $35 if someone is okay with a UAE copy of the game. Or if you're like me and you don't like the UAE copies and want actual North American copies (just strictly for uniformity in my collection), then you can find them for just a bit more. I see one listing for around $55 (after shipping). There's another listing for $80, which actually isn't that bad all things considered if someone was looking to add sealed Wii games to their collection in current year.

Found a nice listing on eBay today for a sealed PS4 copy of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. They were selling for $39.99. Final cost ended up being $51 after shipping and taxes, which is pretty nice considering that puts it at right about the same price as it would have cost me retail when it first released. The next cheapest copy was $49.99 and that would have ended up being closer to $60 total. There's a small blemish in the shrink wrap of the one I bought though, so I'm assuming that might factor into why the seller was selling it for a bit cheaper than other listings. Though they had a picture of the tear and it's very small and doesn't affect the seal of the game at all, but hey I'll take the slightly cheaper price. The PS4 version of Crisis Core is one of the games I'm missing from my collection (have the PS5 version already, but ya'll know I gotta double dip on these PS4+PS5 releases).

Also decided to do some more shopping...

Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters (PS4)
Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution (PS4)
Persona 5 Strikers (PS4)
Persona 5 Tactica (PS4)
Yasha: Legend of the Demon Blade Deluxe Edition (PS5)
Xenoblade Chronicles X - Definite Edition (NS)

The first four games I bought because I found them all for super cheap ($23, $27, $16 and $20 respectively) and all were missing from my PS4 collection. Yasha I've been meaning to pick up for a while and Gamestop was the only retailer to have any of the Deluxe Editions left. XBCX I picked up because Gamestop had it for $41 new (30% off sale for select NS games) and that's by far the best price I could find for that game (not a single seller on eBay comes close), so I wanted to get it before that sale ended. I wanted the free shipping too though, so I threw in Yasha since I wanted it regardless and getting them both together boosted me up to free shipping.

[Mr EliteL]

BlazBlue Entropy Effect X Deluxe Edition (PS5)

Probably will be the last PS5 game I'll buy, or one of the last.

[Dragon Lord]

Edge of Eternity (PS4)
Freedom Wars Remastered (PS4/PS5)
Xenon Valkyrie+ (PS5)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (PC)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - Digital Deluxe Edition (PC)
Bullet Girls Phantasia Deluxe Edition (PC)
Legend of Mana (PC)
Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrade (PC)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PC)

Picked up a PS4 copy of Edge of Eternity since it looks like they are starting to dry up and I found a sealed copy for cheap. Freedom Wars Remastered is on sale on PSN right now for $12 and you get both the PS4 and PS5 versions so I figured that was low enough of a price for me to finally dip on it. Xenon Valkyrie+ has a PS5 version I never knew about (I have a physical PS4 copy that LRG sold years ago) and it was available for PS+ members for just $1, so I figured what the hell, $1 for an easy triple dip platinum (got the plat for the Vita version already, haven't gotten around to the PS4 version yet and now have the PS5 version to do).

As for the Steam games, there were some decent sales going on. FFVII Remake and FFVII Rebirth were $9.99 and $14.99 respectively. Legend of Mana was $10. Bullet Girls Phantasia Deluxe Edition was $20 (normally $60) and the bundle for Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising and Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - Digital Deluxe Edition was on sale for $21 when it's normally $85. So I figured I'd pick up this handful of games while they were on sale for pretty good prices.

[ShiraNoMai]

I think I also saw the Nier games on sale as well, if you didn't have those already on PC/Steam

Most recently got the full 1.0 version of Batomon Showdown, and prior to that, I got Resident Evil Requiem (9) on physical around the beginning of August when it dipped on Walmart's site for sale at 49.97

[Dragon Lord]

Yep, I have them already. Haven't gotten around to playing them on Steam yet, but with how much of a fan I am of the games, I made sure to get them on Steam as well, haha. With next year being the 10th anniversary of Automata, maybe it'll be a great time to go back and play it.

Terranigma - Gaia Edition (PS5)

A very big purchase here, but god it's so worth it to me. Not only is it a physical version of Terranigma in 2026, but it's also the first time the game has ever officially been released in North America, so I absolutely had to have the biggest edition of this game to support this release.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (PS5)

Held off on this game for a long time, but with Wo Long 2 coming up, I wanted to finally get the game and hopefully get around to playing it in the near future. Not sure if I'll be able to find the time though, haha. Pretty packed schedule with Trails in the Sky and Trails in the Sky SC to get around to playing (was waiting for the release of SC Remake before playing FC Remak), the very soon release of the Kingdom Hearts Collection on PS5 (triple platinum on these games let's gooooo) and all of that leading into Ocarina of Time remake. But hopefully I can find some time to play this one, since it looks a lot like Nioh and I absolutely love the Nioh games (even if I haven't gotten around to playing Nioh 3 yet, haha...)

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (PS4)

This is another case where I noticed that available sealed copies of the PS4 version of this game are starting to dry up, so I wanted to make sure I secured one before it was too late.

[Dragon Lord]

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3)
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3)

Due to working a good chunk of overtime the last two weeks, my paycheck was quite a bit higher than normal, so I decided I was going to use part of that extra to go ahead and secure the last two games of this trilogy I needed to complete it.

Class of Heroes 2G (PS3)
Class of Heroes 3 Remastered (PS5)

Found GameStop selling CoH 3 Remastered for $20, so picked it up. Then I started looking into the other games of the series. 2G is a PS3 port of the original Class of Heroes 2 on PSP and has an interesting release history in North America. It was released by GaijanWorks, who released it in batches, so there's four different variants of the game (A, B, C or D). D is the last batch and the one that had the most copies printed for it and is pretty easy to find for sale on eBay for around $60 sealed. A, B and C are rarer, and while there isn't any differences with the game itself, there are some cosmetic differences on the case (the first three variants feature text boxes with blue backgrounds, while D has purple backgrounds), the game disc (each variant has different character art on the disc) and the game manual (D variant has the manual printed in a black and yellow "bumble bee" colorway). So while looking around for copies on eBay, I happened to notice a Canadian seller selling a copy with the blue text boxes on the back, indicating that it's A, B or C (I couldn't tell because they didn't take a picture of the spine where it shows which variant it is), which in USD came out to be $60 -- the same price as the listings for all the D variants out there. So I figured what the hell, if they're selling it for as much as the other copies I can find, but this one is slightly special in that it's a rarer print, I might as well snatch it up and add it to my collection. Even though in the end it really doesn't matter, but I was just interested in adding this small piece of niche gaming history to my collection (and before anyone asks, no, I'm not crazy enough to go out and find the other three variants that I'm missing to have all four of them in my collection... maybe.)

Sadly Class of Heroes 3 on PS3 never came West, so 2G will be alone by itself in my PS3 collection (CoH1 never received a PS3 port).

Getting closer and closer to getting that PS3 physical collection completed.

[Dragon Lord]

The big Prime Day sales are going on, so of course that means I had to buy some games!

Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined (PS5)
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (PS5)
Tales of Berseria Remastered (PS5)
Kingdom Hearts Collection [I–III] (PS5)
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Nintendo Switch)

Finally got some decent prices on games I was waiting to pick up. DQVII:R and Guardians of Azuma were both by far the cheapest prices I've seen them yet ($28 and $20 respectively). Tales of Berseria Remastered as also down to $20, and even though the game is still a scam, I was okay paying that to throw it into my collection. FFT for Switch was just a pick-up because with how much of an FFT fan I am, I just wanted to support the game further by buying the last version of it that I could play and having it on Switch gives me a on-the-go method of playing it if I want.

Hogwarts Legacy (PS4)
Hogwarts Legacy (PS5)

I had remembered that I never did get physical copies of these games (I had even forgotten PS4 even had a physical), so I was looking around since they are relatively cheap and ended up finding some interesting listings for them on eBay. One listing is for new PS5 copies for $10 (+$5 shipping) and the other is sealed PS4 copies for $17. So I went ahead and snatched a couple copies up. Will be interesting to see what I end up getting. I can't imagine they are scam listings, as each is from a seller with 100,000+ items sold (one with a over a million) and 99%+ ratings, so I highly doubt either seller would risk everything to sell a scam for 10-20 bucks. Probably just selling copies they acquired through liquidation sales and just wanting to try and get rid of them faster since they probably ended up with a lot of them. This game did receive a massive amount of stock.

Hogwarts Legacy: Digital Deluxe Edition (Steam)
Maid of Salvation (Steam)
Shattered Divinities (Steam)

And yes, here we are with another purchase of Hogwarts Legacy. Not only did I find those physical copies for super cheap, but Steam also has the DDE on sale for $6 right now, and I was like, okay, I keep forgetting to buy this game when it's on these massive sales, so this time I'm not going to forget and we're just buying it for the last time. The other two games are neat looking little indie games I've had on my wishlist for a while and are on okay sales. I didn't want to go too crazy in the Steam sale since I knew I was probably going to spend quite a bit on Prime Day sales, so I limited myself to HL since it was dirt cheap and then the other two because they are only available on Steam of course.