Ace Jade Marose!

A new week

Looking at how many people actually come here in search of the Vanguard iphone app, I re-downloaded the game and started from scratch (not that I wanted to but my data was not retained).

Because I actually was familiar with the game, I did not have to spend resources figuring out what to do.
Right now, they have this limited event so I'm running through the dungeon again and again to collect the limited tickets of which 15 of them can be used to cash in a premium "gacha". In my last data, I did not manage to get anything past R. This time, within a short span of 1 day, I managed to get 2x R+s by going through the event dungeon. 

I'm thinking of saving up 11x normal tickets hoping that I can get the 11x in a row bonus. I hope it doesn't only apply to paying people. It looks quite expensive to pay to play so I can't really imagine people doing that. There are a few ways to get some R+/ SRs like from a 1st print of the 10th set and 11th set or like some song CDs but I don't see myself getting those. Hope the game has more of these limited events. I stopped at first because it didn't seem like I could get decent cards.

I also picked up the next and suggestively final copy of the Magic the Gathering comic and got a promo Corrupt.

Also over the weekend was my first irl Vanguard game with a borrowed deck which happened to be MLB so I had not much trouble wielding it. That build was very different from mine and I couldn't really do the plays that I had in my build because of the structural differences but it was fun to finally play the game irl.

I'm waiting for my cards for my deck to finally come from the land of the rising sun but it seems like it would maybe take another week or so. =(

For the 3DS game, I managed to get 100% of the non-promo cards via online games that gave out unowned cards. Unfortunately, I am 11 cards short in the promo area which is does not seem to be accessible via normal means other than via passwords. So that means that I wouldn't get to test Exculpate until the time comes for it to be released. -_-" 

Last week, I got a feel of the new V2 for Guardian Cross with the quest assigning bartender who is obviously a bartender by the hairband. Not going to comment on her ultra skimpy censorship-for-clothes attire.

And new quests from some new faces...

And more hyped up faces...

I should be taking a break from GC this week in favor of the VG iphone app. Even 1 game is hard enough. What more 2?

Don't do this to me!

Today would be the final day for the GC mass slime event. I have yet to get the mighty silver slime or the medium red slime. :(

It's not like I'm not getting the ultra rare cards but...



I keep getting the weak slime!!! *pukeblood*
I want the other 2 too! T.T

5 star Slime???

For the whole of last week, I ignored GC and did not try to get the 7 chess pieces. It's quite a grind and I have stopped hunting entirely for awhile now. This morning, I went in to see what's new and they have a slime event with 3 new slimes...

To think that they would use my fav monster to lure me back... -_-"

Anyway, after 5 rounds of hunting just slimes and fire slimes, I managed to get a Weak Slime!



I look forward to seeing the other 2. :)

Highlights from the Temple of Trails II

Highlights from the fruits of the past few weeks of grueling effort. =)

Fortona Evil !!! I think its skills are better than the good one but I don't have any intentions to reborn them (or level them).

Fortona Good !!! (Managed to get both. Phew)

The overly paranoid slime... "Me Slime! You humans? Dun bully me!"

Probably the cutest character in the game... I still wonder what the axe is for.

The masochist slimes~ "Bully me!" Thankfully my routes were both the ones where I had to interact with the slime. HAHA! I had a nice chuckle and I like the big slime character arts.

The dumb looking clown Pierrot who wants to come along with you too...
I can bring Fortona along but not you. Sorry. (Unless you become a guardian)

Iphone Apps magazine with Guardian Cross Code and intro to Monster Hunter apps~

So today I was at Kinokuniya and I looked through some of the Japanese magazines.
I noticed there was one that was similar to the Famitsu iphone & Android...

These magazines showcase a ton of mobile games and usually have some promo stuff you can get in game that are limited to a one time use code. The last one I got was the other title that had promos for Guardian Cross except for that particular issue.

 So I checked my iphone and saw that the name matched. Obviously, I bought it.

After I got home, I opened the magazine and cut open the serial codes page (it's sealed up).

Typed in the numbers into there...

And voila! They added it to my stash...

And I received it into my collection.

Hestia, with her ability lock. I might try to get an Ace in the future when she becomes available to hunt for those short periods of time. She looks like she was selling matchsticks in the winter and helped people to light the matches up. =x

From Wiki: In Ancient Greek religion, Hestia is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family and the state.

One of the 3 pages on Guardian Cross which shows the recent FFV tie in and the promo card notice...

SAO iphone app.
Everything you probably can think of has an iphone game in Japan that is the same genre with slight differences but ya...

"Monster Hunter Massive Hunting" app...
Promo item doesn't look impressive. Come on. I got that heavy sword so early in the game... =(
I might consider trying the game next time... but I had better redeem the code first over the next few days.
(Codes usually have an expiry date to them)

Monster Hunter Card Master G app.
They should have just tried to port the card game of Monster hunter to the phone.
(They had an actual card game but I don't think it lasted long. It might still be around, just that I don't know.)
I'd probably try the other title over this...

Just FYI, to set up a Japan itunes account, all you have to do is pick up a local address somewhere (say a shop) and use it for registration. Once you have one, you are free to download any free to play apps from the store.
(You just can't make purchases even if you want to unless you buy the itunes store card through internet or something. They need you to pay through the itunes store that you downloaded the game from.)

Temple of trials 2 - update 3

At level 40, the guard mistakes you for some helpers and wants you to help clear up the storage but says not to take the treasures.
My choice: Take the pots.



At level 50, the guy tells you not to press the button.
My choice: go for the door.
(I kinda want to know what happens if I press the guy but refrained from doing so)

So I managed to get to level 51 and face the boss who had Fortona Good and got a few stones for it. I was saddened to see Fortona's pic to be the same as Alm Fortona.



I guess you can't get both Fortonas reborn then. :( Maybe you can only get Fortona at try #3 and #4 again...

Temple of trials 2 - update 2

At lvl 30, the witch wants to complete her ritual and needs help. Crack the pots in the order of right -> left -> center.
My choice: crack as requested.

Temple of trials 2 - update 1

For those of you who want to know what the context of what is happening on every 10 levels, I shall help explain.
I will be trying the good side until the bad side is confirmed. The previous one had some ambiguous scenarios but it usually meant the more troublesome route. That rule cannot be followed this time.
I will leave the evaluation of what to do to you.

Lvl 10: Doggy hood bandit wants you to join him to get the people.
My choice: kick His ass (you get some stones).
Other choice: smack the people and take their stones.

Lvl 20: 2 girls are using the Hansel and Gretel idea of dropping stuff to form a trail back. They used stats stones for that. Lol.
My choice: pick the exit (get nothing).
Other choice: take the stones and make the girls lost.

And I managed to beat the 10 alm valentine specters (!!). Phew.

Temple of Trials 2

I was getting very inactive in GC to the point where I could not even bother to earn friend points but I logged in today to find the limited time dungeon event up from the update from yesterday.



I believe that there was some information that you can go with the light or dark route to get different guardians. I hope more information comes out soon so that I don't end up missing anything. :(

I can't believe that my random field team actually lost to their treasure chest boss: 10x lvl 60 valentine's specter.



To be fair, my team was quite crappy because I wanted to see the April fool special azi and vampire matron but even so, it has been a long while since I lost to field bosses. I guess they finally found a good setup to mow down players. Self destruct actually prevents revive and possibly last stand so that allowed them to keep on par with my kills while getting some from lvl4 deaths.



I'll try to go with a better set up.
Gonna bash the clown now. Hope his team isn't insane. (Otherwise normal players can go home)

GC - The Faces of Azi Dakaha

The Jace (most popular face) in Guardian Cross would definitely be Azi Dakaha.

See the gallery of Azi with the introduction of the pixelized Azi from the April Fool's Event.

It looks so WIERD and yet you can tell what it is.

 



The only 最凶 card (also read as saikyou which is the same as almighty 最強）...

The first X-mas card...

Happy April Fools!
(It's breath has the fragrance of lime mint?)

(Post Dengue) Updates~

Some time ago, there was a blog (official I think) by Square Enix with a guy posting that he could hunt 17 guardians in the plains map. See my record:

 

 

I also managed to get 2x Alm Fortona from the dungeon to get my reborn going but I got sick after that so I stopped playing for awhile so it's still far from being leveled up.

 

 

With Alm Fortona, I can almost complete my Field team of unique cards (unique in the sense that none of them are actually available from a hunt).
If they release another unique card, I can finally complete the team!

I think the spot where the Alm Serenade Banshee is should be for the 10k friend point guardian (I'm still at 3k pts) but the lack of the gold border might be a little off.

 

Check out Lilith from the Sea map:

 

The virgin type would be a direct conflict with the description of giving birth to 100 demons in a day. (Lol) Anyway, the art is wicked!

 

 Also, there is a new Sonic game on the iphone, Sonic Dash, which is another of the classic iphone games, the infinite running kind. It looks like Temple Run to most but it really reminds me of Sonic Generations in the modern Sonic stages where the experience is really similar.

 

I like the game quite a bit. Only problem is that I kinda suck at it for some reason.

エースGilgamesh!!

Already excited.



Amused by it being beside a Silver Slime that was stealing the spotlight.



I hit an ace Gilgamesh!!!