Shut up and take my money

Day 412

This is actually the first time in awhile I've sat down to write something and I've felt sort of at a loss! I know I'm going to spend most of tonight playing Persona 4 Arena because I'm starting to get into it a lot more. I'm still somewhat concerned with the pacing of the game but I can easily get over it. The story is interesting and the combat is fun--and of course it features characters from some of my favorite games. What's not to like? I'm sort of dreading the inevitable increase in difficulty once I get to the later stages of the story mode, but I'm sure I'll be able to handle it, regardless.

I think I've also pretty much decided that I'm going to start playing Torchlight 2 again since my usual co-op partner has agreed to play through it with me. If I finish it and all the games I'm playing now, I should hit 30 for the year. I imagine it won't be at all difficult to do so before I'm even halfway through the next month. I could probably easily play through a few more games before the year's over, but 30 is my primary goal. Anything else is just icing on the cake--but of course I'm still painfully cognizant of my obsessive desire to completely clean out my backlog.

I'm getting a pretty sizable paycheck this Friday and my mind has irresponsibly been swimming with thoughts of what I should blow all of it on. My first thought is always the Wii U because I know I'll need one for the new Super Smash Bros game--and I definitely wouldn't mind playing Bayonetta 2 either. There are also a few Wii games I haven't finished yet that I could easily play on a Wii U in the meantime, such as Super Mario Galaxy and Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon. I'm not sure how good of an investment it would be in the long run, but for only $250, I guess I can't really complain. There's a remarkably small pool of exclusive games I enjoyed for the Xbox 360 and I paid more for it at launch.

Of course,  I'm also reasonably interested in the PlayStation 4, but it doesn't seem like an essential purchase as of right now. Persona 5 will be available on PS3 and Disgaea 5 is likely not enough to convince me to buy the console alone. I do enjoy the series, but it's not as essential for me as some other games might be. Final Fantasy XV will be showing up on both the PS4 and Xbox One. I have no interest in the latter so that's a fairly compelling reason to grab a PS4 at some point as well. Still, both of these games are probably pretty far down the line, whereas Super Smash Bros is on its way very soon.

I've also had the PS Vita and new 3DS model on my mind lately. Having a larger screen for my 3DS would be fantastic, because the small screen I have now is a huge bummer on certain games. I still need to play through Bravely Default and it's very likely a whole lineup of excellent games will continue to show up on the 3DS over time, so I can only assume this would be a great investment. The Vita is more questionable, but I would at the very least be able to enjoy Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden. Both are ports, though--I would definitely need to find out if there were some quality original Vita games before making a decision on that handheld.