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I attended Distant Worlds in March 2013, when it was in Omaha. I sprung for VIP tickets for my wife and myself, which meant I got to go backstage to a little after concert party with Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth. It also happened to be Mr. Uematu's birthday (March 21). Mr. Uematsu autographed the front cover insert of my Final Fantasy IX, which is still in my collection to this day.

The year previous, I attented Distant Worlds when it was in St. Louis. That one was strictly regular seating as I didn't find out about it soon enough for backstage tickets.

My classic example of a game I didn't expect to like but did was the original Final Fantasy Tactics on PS1. I'd just finished Final Fantasy VII and wanted another Squaresoft RPG to play. I bought it because it was on sale, figuring that if it sucked, it was no great loss. It went on to become one of my favorite games of all time. It was a gateway to SRPGs to me, and therefore got me to play two other games that are near and dear to me, Valkyria Chronicles and Sakura Wars.

I've never actually picked up Mass Effect. Tried Dragon Age and DA: I and could never really get into them. Pretty neat to be playing a game for charity that you've never played through before.

FFVI, FFVII, and FFVIII were memorable intros. Also Parasite Eve and Xenogears.

A Link to the Past and Super Metroid also had memorable intros, particularly the brief voice clip from Dan Owsen in the latter.

Zero Mission and FF Tactics Advance were two of my favorite GBA games. I wish they'd release Tales of Phantasia on Virtual Console, even with its slightly mangled localization.

Good remake, I picked this up so I could complete my Final Fantasy collection at the time. It got lost in the shuffle as it came out right before Final Fantasy XII. This game was ball bustingly hard.

I never did dabble much in themes, but I guess I should. I wouldn't mind a Xenoblade or Bravely Default theme. Might have to check them out now. I do have a Valkyria Chronicles theme on my PS4.

You know me, I like RPGs and SRPGs, especially the Japanese ones. Also adventure games, classic arcade games.

And yes, I do like fighting games as they're where I make my rare appearances online. I've always loved the character designs and the movesets.

I never have been into sports or FPSs, though there are exceptions to the latter.

Oh, I'm sorry, buddy. :(

This was a good update, and I also appreciated that in the "prologue" (classic levels) that they included the Cement Factory, which was cut from most home versions including the NES version.