[a_Guest03]

I remember when I was about 6, we had a famicom, and we played dorakue (butchered japanese for dragon quest, or the American game dragon warrior), dragon ball, and final fantasy, along with junk sports games and miniyunku (japanese toy race cars).

The final fantasy game is 85% the same game as it was prior to 1990. They just hire better graphics designers. We went from Cid the pixel map to Cid picture to Cid the humanoid video clip. I like the original gameplay, if only because it's a friendly, familiar style. I liked up to 6 more than I liked the new ones. They lost the familiar feeling. I DID like 9. I thought the story was fun.

Anime has lost its appeal 100% for me. I saw it for 10 years growing up. The stories get worse and the drawings get better. Why are we still watching Dragon Ball? It was groundbreaking in the late 80's! It's because the other stuff didn't survive. To be honest, I'm glad we didn't get Doraemon over here, and I'm sad that Pikachu and pocket monster crap made it over...

They had some brilliant shows that they just can't bring over because they wouldn't make ANY sense to an American who didn't grow up with Japanese influence... Then again, Pikachu... I stand corrected.

Being of a Japanese culture doesn't make this stuff any better. I think it's just that they have limited Japanese shows that really push the envelope. Ultraman and Godzilla and Dragon Ball don't happen every decade.

After Final Fantasy 6, I would think it would finally be final.