Nintendo Okie

Thanks to Shannon, I have been listening to the Persona 3 FES soundtrack whenever I’m in my car.  It’s pretty awesome and listening to it reminds me of all the fun I had playing the game.  One song in particular really stands out; the final boss track.  As long time readers of the site know, I had an epic ordeal with the final boss in P3F.  For those of you that don’t know let me put it this way; ten hours over eight attempts.  Imagine my surprise when a boss with 800 of 24,000 hit points left charms one of my party members to get a full heal.  I still get chills thinking about it.  This didn’t happen just once but multiple times!  Luckily I had means to farm anti-charm items or I may have been flat out stuck.  Anyway, every time that song comes on, I remember the battles I went through and all the screaming I did.  Likewise, I remember how excited I was once I defeated. It’s pretty awesome how that one song makes me feel like I can take on anything.

Hearing this song over and over got me thinking about all the other epic battles I have fought during my video game adventures.  Around the same time as my P3 victory, I had a similar struggle with No More Heroes 2.  I was a little nervous starting up Desperate Struggle since I accidently played the first game on the easy difficulty.  In fact, I’m pretty sure I wrote a whole thing complaining about that very subject.  Anyway, turns out the normal difficulty didn’t present a problem.  In fact, I didn’t even notice a difference; partly due to playing the first game years before.  If anything I found the game too easy.  I never felt challenged but the game was still fun.  Read more…