After nearly 5 years of teaching English in Japan, I'm finally back home in the US!
I had a little bit of money to throw around during my last month over there so I picked up lots of cool stuff:
UFO: A Day in the Life for JP PS1 - Got it cheap by using a point card
Ore no Ryouri for JP PS1 - ^ ditto
Taito Memories Joukan for JP PS2 - 25 classic Taito games! (I bought the other collection but it is still in transit)
Taito Memories II Joukan for JP PS2 - 25 more Taito games!
Taito Memories II Gekan for JP PS2 - Another 25 Taito games!
A.C.E. 3 for JP PS2 - Found it for under 1000yen
Basara X for JP PS2 - Only 700yen!
Evangelion: Jo for JP PS2 - Under 1000yen
Color-changing Tingle's Ballon Trip of Love for JP DS - Under 1000yen
To-Love-Ru LE for JP DS - Under 2000yen
Final Fantasy IV LE Gameboy Micro - Adding to my slowly growing GBM collection
Tingle's Balloon Fight for JP DS - Only 380yen!
Pokemon Mini Console - I was hoping to find the JP-only games but no such luck
Pokemon Party Mini for Pokemon Mini
Silver Gameboy Micro - cheap!
WireWay for DS - 500yen at Target
3000 JP Nintendo Points - Used it to buy some great DSiWare
Zelda Spirit Tracks Feather Stylus in Rupee case - Only 500yen
Famicom Cartridge Case - Cool and dirt cheap!
COCORON for Famicom - I prefer CIB games but I got all of these Famicom carts for 600yen each.
Front Mission Gun Hazard for Super Famicom
Black Classic Controller Pro - only 700yen!
Samurai Pizza Cats for Famicom
Getsu Fuu Ma Den for Famicom
Pocket Saurus for Famicom
Holy Diver for Famicom
Rent A Hero No. 1 for JP Dreamcast - 50yen!
Sonic CD for JP Sega CD - Only 600yen, looking forward to the soundtrack
Gussun Oyoyo S for JP Saturn - cheap
Pop'n Music Da!! for JP PC - A surprise find for only 105yen! This typing game is a nice addition to my Pop'n Music Collection!
Shikabane Hime Manga Volume 6
Ape Escape Manga Volumes 5 & 6
GTO: Shonan 14 Days Volume 3 - Latest release in my 2nd favorite series
Evangelion Volume 12 - FINALLY! After 3 YEARS of waiting!
Mario's Picross - I thought this was a guidebook but upon opening the plastic wrap I found out it is a book of Picross puzzles!!! An awesome find!
Evangelion 1.11 BluRay - Got it on Amazon for under $20
Monster Squad BluRay - Only $10 on Amazon
The Lord of The Rings BluRay Steelbook - Via BestBuy
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete JP BluRay - Found it for 980yen!
My birthday was April 15th and I got some pretty amazing stuff from my girlfriend:
LEGO-esque Birthday Card
Pokemon Card GB 2 for JP Gameboy Color - Very hard-to-find and expensive!
Samurai Kid for JP Gameboy Color - It was CIB, I forgot to include the box in the pic.
L.O.L. (Lack of Love) for JP Dreamcast - Another very hard-to-find game!
Birthday Scrapbook - this book is AMAZING and full of pictures of my favorite characters and my girlfriend and I over the last year. Definitely my favorite gift
I've also picked up a bit of cheap stuff since arriving back home:
Giant Gameboy-shaped Hard Case - Found it at Goodwill
Innocent Life for PS2 - $5 total for this and PoP!
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time for PS2
Gameboy Micro Case - Only $4
Speed Racer BluRay - $10
Avatar BluRay - My dad really wanted to see it so I picked it up on sale
Where The Wild Things Are for PS3 - $10 total for this and the DS version
Pokemon SoulSilver for DS - Got it 25% off on Gamestop's website
WireWay for DS - Forgot it was in the pic above..
Where the Wild Things Are for DS
I got ALL of these books for under $15 TOTAL!
Jurassic World HC - Jurassic Park and The Lost World in one book
Rising Sun HC
Airframe HC
Son of a Witch Paperback
Timeline HC
Digital Fortress HC
The Da Vinci Code Paperback
Watchmen Graphic Novel