Posts Tagged ‘wand of fortune’

I lost!!! GRrrrrrr….

Yeah, I think I got the bad end on Wand of Fortune…and I was using a guide! I wonder if my stats were too low, I focused a lot on maryoku and almost nothing in the other two

…but still, that seems kind of harsh…and I don’t know when I need to start from again…grrr….

No more playing for you, Wand of Fortune! I’m going to play Himehibi 2, so there!!

/hissy fit

Wand of Fortune – first playthrough

When it rains, it pours…I just got Wand of Fortune, just a couple days after receiving Arco Baleno, Kazeiro Surf, and Himehibi 2. I thought it would probably be easy to get into so I started it up, and it’s pretty fun so far. It’s a sim, not just a visual novel, so it’s taking longer than, say, Will o’ Wisp did. But it’s not difficult, or at least I don’t think it is – I’ll find out when I get to end and see if I got Ragi ^_^.

After the introduction, where you meet all the characters and the school staff, as well as get the goal explained to you (to raise your magic stats, as well as get high enough in one element), you start on a regular weekly schedule. You choose where to go in the morning and evening (thankfully you can see where people are before you commit), and you’ll encounter someone on the way to and from school. You can only choose to raise your magic stats in the daytime, since that’s when the instructors are available, but you can raise your elements anytime by choosing one of the guys. Once you meet the guy, you then choose to either raise the element (by studying with them), or talking to them and raising their affection level.

That’s the weekday progression – on Saturday you stay in and rest, and can see your memories and cards, and on Sunday you can go to town as well as wander the campus.

Also, at certain points in the game, there will be special date events which I think are required to complete the guys’ routes.

There are a few other features to the game to enjoy as well:

• Memories – you find these coloured jewels in certain places depending on the guy, and they show you little snippets of his memories
• Card game – a simple card game where, if you beat a character three times, you get a special card that will make them say ‘things they would normally never say’.
• Missions – I’m not sure if these make much difference to the story, but if you choose someone on the map that has a star beside them, you’ll start a mini storyline that will culminate in a ‘mission’ that you do on the weekend, and has a chance to raise the affection of one the guys involved (usually two on each mission).

It seems the game goes through about 20 weeks, and since you have to choose where to go everyday, it takes a bit of time to get through everything. I’m only about halfway through, and I’m going for Ragi. So far there hasn’t been any major angst, but it’s quite fun, and I think once you go through once, other playthroughs will be pretty straightforward.  

So in short, Wand of Fortune is a fun, fairly simple sim otome game that has enough sidequests and events to keep me interested for now, though I’m not sure I want to try doing more than one or two routes in a row.  I’m going to try and finish Ragi’s route tonight, so then I can finally try Himehibi 2!

New games announced

Well, now that winter vacation is over (not that I meant to take any…), there was some news in the mags this month:

New games - one each for the PC and PS2, and I can’t remember which is which – one looks to be set in a kind of alternate history.  It’s in an imaginary country, but it’s about pilots and the planes look to be circa 1920, give or take a decade. It has an interesting artstyle that I haven’t seen before in an otome game. Some more info on Souten no Kanata, Wand of Fortune and Arco Baleno from Otomate, and a new R18 game from Mirai.

Other news - Garnet Cradle is scheduled for March 27 – so much for winter 2008 Some other things we knew already, like Will o’ Wisp being ported to both Nintendo DS and PSP with Easter no Kiseki – they’re both planned to be the same price, which is nice for PSP users. Harutoki Ukihashi is being adapted to the PS2, with extra scenes overall and material for Akuram, Shirogane, and Tomomori.

There’s a lot of scanning I want to do for the new games, hopefully I can do that soon!

Merry Christmas News!

I was very disappointed that my mags didn’t come in time for me to bring them to my parent’s house for Christmas. BUT, I am going home tomorrow, and they will definitely (probably) be there, so get ready for some news!  I already saw a couple things on Famitsu, namely that Will o’ Wisp is being ported to both DS and the PSP, and will include the Easter no Kiseki content.  Boo to making me buy another format, but yay for whomever hasn’t bought it on PS2 yet and can get both games at once!

Also, the next title from Idea Factory has been announced, with the artist from Will o’ Wisp – Wand of Fortune, scheduled to be released in June for the PS2. More info soon!