I was taking a trip to Bergen (my city) just for looking around, just like I always do. I checked around some game stores and for some odd reason, I came across this game:
Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix +
In that instant, I bought this game. Sure I finally had something some Norwegians might didn't have, but there was a catch with this one! I needed a chipped or a Japanese PS2 to play this one.
At first, I was going for chipping my PS2. But the modders in the district were rather modding XBOX360's and Wii's. But the day I got back my Internet (since I was moving in to a new apartments back there), I checked out the Play-Asia.com-site and was overjoyed that they had a new PS2 model on store. So I bought that one!
While I was looking around the site, one game came to my mind. "NiGHTS into dreams..." Yes, I know what you're thinking. "Ain't that a Sega Saturn game?" Well, that game I was looking at is a remake of the same Saturn-game by Sega and Sonic Team. And since I wanted to try out this game, since those who had that game for the Saturn liked it, I bought the game.
About one week later, I finally got them. And to my surprise, the PS2slimline-model was... very different to my PAL PS2.
PlayStation2 Console Charcoal Black (SCPH-90000CB)
As you see here, the PS2 on the top is my original PS2 (which doesn't play Japanese games) and the one on the bottom is the Japanese PS2. And yes, you can see a little bit of the lamp in the bottom one. That shinny is it! Makes my original PS2 look boring!
Okay, I got to be honest here: I took these photos with my SonyEricsson W810i! Anyway, the top PS2 is the Japanese and the bottom is the EU. Not sure you can look clearly with this image, but the ventilate on the EU is missing on the Japanese one. Same goes to that bar the EU has.
This one is easy to see. The position is the same. Only this is the backside of the PS2's. I guess you can figure it what's the new with the JAP-PS2.
That... just happened to come along with the PS2! And it's f*****g good, too!
NiGHTS into dreams... -Nightopia Dream Pack-
I mentioned that I bought NiGHTS into dreams... along, too! But that I didn't mentioned that I bought the "Nightopian Dream Pack", was kind of a my idea. This was the content of this pack:
- The game
- Illustration Book (which is on Japanese, btw)
The content of Nightopian Dream Pack
Now that I finally got the chance to play this game and KH2FM+, I'll be making a review for PS2-NiGHTS later. But for now, I'm gonna play these games while I wait for Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Vampire Darkstalkers Collection and Arcana Heart, so...
See ya'!