Too lazy to crapshit right now, but can someone find me the Kantan, Futsuu, and Muzukashii charts of Stepping Wind?
...well, I've been in a period of deep nostalgia ever since this afternoon. I was rummaging through my stash of old games, mostly PSX games. May be a bit off-topic, but lemme describe what just happened to me... (I don't have some sort of blog or public diary I can put this up in, maybe I should get one lol)
-the first one that caught my attention was a 1999 PSX game named Kingsley's Adventure, one of the most unpopular underrated games (IMO) that shared gameplay with typical platformers (making it not as exciting for gamers, scoring only average in reviews) which appealed to me when I was a child. Nostalgia point #1.
-I was playing some random TnT tracks while rummaging through my stashes. Eventually I remember that TnT = 765. So I suddenly kept looking for games from 765 that I loved. This is where I found my authentic copy of Kaze no Klonoa 1 (JP), with an original copy of Klonoa 1 (NA) alongside it. Needless to say that was Nostalgia point #2 as I search for my original copy of Klonoa 2 (NA) and a rugged original copy of Kaze no Klonoa 2 (JP), then later crying at how my copy of Klonoa Heroes (JP) isn't working anymore, and so is my Klonoa GBA 1 (NA). Then by coincidence, Stepping Wind played on my player. Go figure.
-After some more rummaging, I found a stash that kept all of the PSX fighting games that I played as a kid. I didn't want to believe that I actually compiled something like it, but it was still there: Destrega, Rival Schools, and all 3 vs. series games by Capcom, ending with the revolutionary Marvel vs. Capcom 1, which was the point in my gaming life that changed my entire perception on fighting games. Remembering the evolution of fighting games, Nostalgia point #3.
-I decided to look at the bottom of the stash to look for the first games I ever played. Believe it or not, I found a rare article in Street Racer, the only black-bottom disc I have. This was the second game I played on the PSX (first being the Midway Arcade Classics compilation), and while I don't remember much of it, I will still remember it as the father of party-type racing games. Nostalgia point #4.
-Alongside that, I found my original authentic copy of Armored Core: Project Phantasma. Mech-fighting isn't my type of games, but Armored Core is a different case as it seems to have captured me as I still play the newer games now. Comparing the old engine to the new one... Nostalgia Point #5.
-Later I found what seemed to be a copy of Dance Dance Revolution (the first one!). I didn't play it as much before, but realized afterwards that I'm still a devout DDR'r when I found my copy of DDR2, 3, and 4, shortly after. I then looked at the dance pad I had on my wall, then realizing that it just turned TEN YEARS OLD a few days ago, and I'm still using it now to dominate DDRX and DDRX2. Nostalgia point #6. I still salute DDR as the father of rhythm-type video games even up 'til today.
-Seeing as how Taiko is one of the few fortes I have now, the last thing I wanted to do was gather up all the rhythm games I played ever since I was a child. Parappa the Rapper, the first ever rhythm game I played, was an ultimate nostalgia for me as my entire field of relatives (excluding parents durr) was partying with this game, how much we loved messing around with the songs. Bust a Groove/Move 1 and 2 (which I had an original copy of the NA versions) was the next, which were actually my second turning points in rhythm gaming, the first being DDR2. After some more failures, guess what I found... It may have been broken into two pieces ( :< ), but I found a real artifact that I never thought I'd see. I never knew Taiko until a few months after I joined osu!... or so I thought. I found... a BROKEN ORIGINAL TAIKO NO TATSUJIN PS2 2 DISC. It was so busted and faded that the image on the CD couldn't actually be seen anymore, but it was visible enough so that you could see the logo of Taiko no Tatsujin back then.
I... I don't know what to say. It must be destiny or something... it's like I was united back with something I lost for a long time without memory of. As I was trying hard to remember why I had the disc... I suddenly can remember those times while I was still a kid: I actually hated Taiko back then, mainly because of the shitty graphics of that really, really, REALLY old engine, and its concept of a rhythm game didn't appeal to me. Well, it's probably because I didn't play enough to know about the Oni course back then, and the internet was almost non-existent for me during that time.
...may not have been that off-topic after all. Really, this is one of the biggest realizations I've gone through for a while now. I have actually played Taiko before I was 10? Really? Oh god...
And Mainichi Kasan is one of the Anime songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTl4M4Q5OZw. Ring any bells?
