tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24514894296416979332024-02-18T18:12:26.003-08:00Operation RainfallThe Total Screenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010503987936833244noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-39033989968485676482012-03-20T11:53:00.001-07:002012-03-26T17:30:29.342-07:00New Website is live! WE HAVE MOVEDIt's been a whirlwind nine months, and with two out of three campaign games announced for release in America, many people have wondered what Operation Rainfall has accomplished, and if there will be future relevancy for a campaign like this.<br />
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First off, the staff of Operation Rainfall make no claims to be the absolute, direct reason why Nintendo of America chose to release Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story in America. However, if we accomplished anything, it was that we spent nine months promoting sales of games that would be readily available in Europe. If Nintendo was watching sales numbers alone, at least we can claim to have informed several Europeans about the games. If nothing else, even sales in Japan for the titles saw a resurgence upon this hyped-up group of fans in America.<br />
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Now, you are probably wondering what we plan to do next. Rest assured, we have every intention to make sure Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story see sales numbers deserving of their pedigree. As for Pandora's Tower, we will be celebrating an entire month dedicated to the game beginning on April 13th.<br />
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Our new website is located at both <a href="http://operationrainfall.com/">http://operationrainfall.com</a> and <a href="http://oprainfall.com/">http://oprainfall.com</a> - <span class="st">Have a look around, hm? Feel free to <i>browse</i>, but try not to <i>carouse</i>! Ho ho!</span><br />
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To ease any fears, the campaign is still in the same capable hands that have been running things from the beginning. A few staff member have come and have been replaced by new dedicated individuals, but the leadership remains the same. We will continue to provide coverage of the campaign games exclusively on our Facebook page and social media sites, with any news and articles about non-campaign games being kept strictly on the website for the time being.<br />
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And, in case you are wondering, yes, we will be covering other games on the website. We will even be providing coverage for niche games on non-Nintendo platforms. We expect this to be minimal at first, because we will still have a heavy focus on the campaign, but we want to make sure other niche games get sufficient hype in advance of their release in Japan. Prevention is the best medicine, as they say.<br />
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We hope you enjoy the look and layout of the new website, and if you have any questions or concerns, please use the "Contact" page on the new site. We will be giving putting this old blog to rest in the next few weeks and having it auto-redirect to the new page. All posts and comments here have been archived and moved to the new site and can be found here: <a href="http://operationrainfall.com/blog-archive/">http://operationrainfall.com/blog-archive/</a>.<br />
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The past nine months have seen their fair share of ups and downs, and for everyone who has been with us this far, thanks. For anyone newly joining us, welcome! This thriving community of niche game fans has worked hard to provide coverage for deserving games, and we plan to keep doing so for a long time to come.<br />
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We want to personally thank you for reading this and being a valuable part of our community, and we hope you'll stay with us for the ride.<br />
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Thanks again,<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Steven Boaz (aka Marko Mac) and the rest of the Operation Rainfall staff.Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-62126893667499428482012-03-16T09:23:00.002-07:002012-03-16T09:23:17.191-07:00Check Out This Article From Kotaku<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">They directly mention Operation Rainfall and also give their opinion on all three Operation Rainfall games</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><a href="http://kotaku.com/5893763/does-this-rpg-carry-its-own-weight/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://kotaku.com/5893763/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>does-this-rpg-carry-its-own-wei<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>ght/</a> </span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-40534866785582000592012-03-13T09:46:00.002-07:002012-03-13T09:46:49.187-07:00NEW BLOG COMING SOON!<br />NOTICE: We will be making some major changes to our blog format this week, while we do this, the domain names <a href="http://oprainfall.com/">http://oprainfall.com/</a> and <a href="http://operationrainfall.com/">http://operationrainfall.com/</a> may periodically display errors. This is a normal part of the process as we switch nameservers and get everything up and running.<br /> <br /> If you wish to go to our current (soon-to-be-replaced) blog, you may continue to do so by visiting <a href="http://oprainfall.blogspot.com/">http://oprainfall.blogspot.com/</a><br /> <br /> Thanks for bearing with us as we work hard to bring you the latest news!Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-5034121103509016942012-03-12T10:23:00.000-07:002012-03-12T10:23:16.673-07:00☰☰ RUMOR WATCH ☰☰<br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">VGChartz Weekly US Xenoblade Pre-order Numbers- Xenoblade Jumps to 18k!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This Week</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Rank #-------Weeks Left--------- Pre-orders Up-----------Pre-orders Total</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">07 -----------04 -------------------18,095 --------------------148,161</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Last Week</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Rank #-------Weeks Left---------Pre-orders Up------------Pre-orders Total</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">09 -----------05 -------------------13,462 --------------------130,066</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">GameStop http://www.gamestop.com/wii/games/xenoblade-chronicles-gamestop-exclusive/98535</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">VGChartz http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/40979/USA/</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Note: VGChartz may use speculative information to come up with their numbers and should not be taken as fact.</span><br />Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-16781238708712743582012-03-11T22:39:00.002-07:002012-03-11T22:39:21.729-07:00* THE WEEKLY RAIN - March 4-10, 2012 *<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Just a quick heads up to everyone, we will be upgrading our blog over the course of the week, so please bear with us as we get ready for some major updates. The website may experience a few down periods during the transition, but rest assured that you can also catch the latest updates here on Facebook, Twitter, Goog+, and tumblr.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">A lot of the staff here have been taking some personal time from investing so much promoting The Last Story in February, but we have every intention to come back full-swing to promote Xenoblade Chronicles with a TEN-DAY "Countdown to Xenoblade!" starting on March 27th.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Xenoblade Chronicles launches in North America on April 6, 2012,</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Pandora's Tower launches in Europe on April 13, 2012, and we will be sure to provide ample coverage for folks in Europe, cross-promoting alongside NTSC Xenoblade.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Starting with the European launch of Pandora's Tower, we will be dedicating an entire month to the game, similar to what we did for The Last Story in February.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Also, be on the lookout for The Last Story updates this month from </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=163718093353" href="http://www.facebook.com/XSEEDGames" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">XSEED Games</a><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">, who are currently hard at work getting the game ready for folks in America. XSEED is known for their high quality work and they have impeccable taste when it comes to making fans happy, so we can't wait to see what they have in store!</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">So basically, get ready for another busy month leading up to the day when you will all get to hold your own copy of Xenoblade Chronicles in your hands. Savor that moment. Then enjoy the hell out of the next 200 hours of gaming bliss.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">We'll have more details on the "Countdown to Xenoblade!" and "Pandora's Tower Month" over the next few weeks, so stay tuned!</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">HAVE A GREAT WEEK EVERYBODY!</span></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Xenoblade’s Beyond the Sky was sung by Sarah Alainn, also known as Sarah Lim. She helped to write the lyrics to Shackles of Night, the theme song for the Otakon convention in 2010. Alainn also performed some songs for Makai Senki Disgaea 4 and Chaos Ring Omega.</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-48951551668927143622012-03-11T00:02:00.000-08:002012-03-11T00:02:00.990-08:00Pre-Orders for Pandora's Tower<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Some news that is sure to please all of our followers and give hope on a Pandora's Tower North American release. Pandora's Tower is currently the 5th best selling pre-order on amazon.co.uk and number 1 for Wii Pre-Orders in general! Hopefully this is an indicator of things to come! You rock Europe!</span></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><a avglsprocessed="1" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pandoras-Tower-Special-Edition-Wii/dp/B007C6EQGO/ref=zg_bsnr_videogames_5" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pandoras-Tower-Special-Edition-Wii/dp/B007C6EQGO/ref=zg_bsnr_videogames_5</a></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-55180077627820046162012-03-10T20:59:00.000-08:002012-03-10T20:59:26.347-08:00╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #22 ☆╮<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gem Crafting 101 Part 3<br /><br />Now comes the crucial part: any enhancement values under 100 will be up for Cylindration. This is where the Cylinder Gauge comes into play. Depending upon the Cylinder number on top, you can select just as many enhancement values. Each selected value will be ‘recycled’ into a Cylinder, to be used as a future material in adifferent crafting session. Once your Cylinder amount is empty, all remaining enhancement values will be lost.<br /><br />This is why you should aim for 3 to 4 enhancement values while selecting materials as mentioned earlier. If you go overboard with 5-7 values, you might lose materials in the end as they cannot be Cylindrized. Of course, you can still hit an unlucky crafting streak and only generate 2 Cylinders even with a great character couple, but that’s the luck of the draw. What works best in terms of the amount of values chosen is wholly dependent upon the characters’ ability as a Shooter or Engineer and their Affinity.<br /><br />Once you’ve selected all values for Cylindration, the game will hand you the resulting Cylinders and Gems to put into your inventory. As space is limited, be sure you have enough space left before starting the process. You’ll then be asked to continue for another session or quit crafting. <br /><br />These are the basics of Gem Crafting, there is so much to this mechanic that we can't even keep it all in parts. We hope this info was beneficial to you, and help's you all on your adventure in the world of Xenoblade.</span></div>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-78552916552908064042012-03-10T10:15:00.001-08:002012-03-10T10:17:07.069-08:00Something Fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Here's something fun you can do since it's usually slow during the weekend.</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Find Aeron, Shulk, Zael, and a mystery character.<br /><br />Helpful tip: Click on the image to make it bigger. </span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-79136647236842273782012-03-10T10:08:00.000-08:002012-03-10T10:10:41.331-08:00Say "Thank You" to Monolithsoft<span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">If you are looking forward to Xenoblade Chronicles, say "thank you" to the developers:</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=220077224721514" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/%E6%A0%AA%E5%BC%8F%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88/220077224721514" id="js_7" style="background-color: black; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">株式会社モノリスソフト</a><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;">(Facebook) / @MONOLITHSOFT (Twitter).</span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">(HINT: You should LIKE/FOLLOW that page and/or FOLLOW them on Twitter!)</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-26404098046125529332012-03-10T09:33:00.004-08:002012-03-10T09:33:28.911-08:00N-Europe Review of The Last Story<span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">"When discussing The Last Story as it moved along the final stages of development, it didn’t take Hironobu Sakaguchi long to draw the comparison with what is considered to be the gold standard of the JRPG. “I used the same method with Final Fantasy VII”, he conceded to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. The method in question is very simple: design a game from its most basic part</span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">s before even starting on extraneous details like graphics, plot or characters. On the one hand, it sounds like a plan tailor-fitted to developing games on the modestly-powered Wii. On the other, this was clearly never a game that was going be treated with anything but the highest production values by Nintendo and Mistwalker. The result is a slick marriage of adventure homage and modern cinematic sensibilities that almost all comes together perfectly."<br /><br />8/10</span><br /><br /><a href="http://n-europe.com/review.php?rid=607">http://n-europe.com/review.php?rid=607</a></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Gem Crafting 101 Part 2</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">This is probably the most confusing part as it involves Flames, Fever and whatnot. This is where is get's really confusing, but in short: during crafting the Shooter and the Engineer will boost the stat values of the enhancements chosen through your materials and will fill the Cylinder gauge respectively. How many times they will boost and fill is dependent upon the Affinity of the chosen characters. </span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">A good exmaple would be to put Reyn in Shooter and Shulk in Engineer roles, but this may vary depending upon your personal game. Then select a balanced approach of the best boost of the Shooter and the most stable Flames of the Engineer (with a high Affinity of course) </span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Now the animation will start. You can fast-forward through it by holding the A button. Depending upon the selection of your Shooter and Engineer (and just plain luck) your enhancements will be boosted and your Cylinder Gauge (the green gauge right of the ehancements list) will fill up. When they are done, all enhancements with values above 100 will be converted into Gems. If you have values above 200 these will display as ‘Heat’ and will generate a higher Rank Gem instead (as a bonus it also boosts other values)!</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-34394279129304160922012-03-08T22:07:00.000-08:002012-03-08T22:54:53.967-08:00Xenoblade Chronicles Preview in the March Issue of Game Informer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">The March Issue of Game Informer has given a full page preview of Xenoblade, page 71. Below are two excepts from it, the first and second paragraphs:</span><br style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">"Xenoblade Chronicles has been readily available in most major gaming markets in the world other than North America for a while now, and RPG fans have been raving about it. Here are just a few of the reasons you should pay attention to this April release:</span><br style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">The Wii has never looked this good. It's easy to complain about the lack of HD on Nintendo's consumer-friendly console, but Xenoblade Chronicles proves that you can still put out some stunning standard display visuals. From the detailed character models and animations to the gorgeous environments, the only games on the system that come close to looking this nice are Nintendo-developed releases like Skyward Sword and Mario Galaxy."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Gem Crafting 101 Part 1</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Each material has a value for certain stats enhancers. Say, Agility Up or Poison Defense. To gain a Gem from materials, you need to raise the stat above 100. This will ensure a Gem will be created. The trick is to select Crystals and Cylinders until you reach a 100+ value on the stat of your preference. This is a delicate p</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">roccess, as when the value is over 100 you can not add any more to it. So it's imporant to keep materials for crafting in order.<br /><br />Thankfully the game helps you, with highlighting the material compatiable with another material. This means they enhance at least one of the stats of your chosen material. Continue until you’ve reached a 100+ stat and try to not have more than 3 or 4 stat enhancement affected in total.</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-40267237549652415552012-03-08T16:10:00.000-08:002012-03-08T16:11:01.985-08:00Nintendojo Review of The Last Story<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">"All in all, </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">The Last Story</em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> is simply a delightful game to play. With its rich, lively combat system and entertaining characters, it strikes a masterful balance between engaging gameplay and heartfelt story-telling. "</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Monolith Soft, a subsidary of Nintendo, developed Xenoblade Chronicles, but did you know that they also co-developed the RPG Baten Kaitos (alongside Tri-Crescendo) on the Nintendo GameCube as well as it's prequel Baten Kaitos Origins which was even published by Nintendo in the year 2006. </span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">You can play two of these games on your Nintendo GameCube or your Nintendo Wii since it's backwards compatible if you didn't play them when they came out, to give you an idea of the talent and arsenal that Monolith Soft possesses while waiting for Xenoblade Chronicles!</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-81831724370855721352012-03-07T12:50:00.001-08:002012-03-07T12:59:36.612-08:00Intend To Buy Xenoblade Chronicles?<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Fill out the "Intend to Buy" survey on Club Nintendo NOW to earn 10 bonus coins when you register the game! </span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;">If you heard about the game from Operation Rainfall, be sure to let them know in the survey </span><span style="background-color: black;">(</span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Select "Other", Enter: "Operation Rainfall")</span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">! </span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Visit </span><a avglsprocessed="1" href="https://club.nintendo.com/coins.do" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://club.nintendo.com/coins.do</a><span style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">, sign in, and select Xenoblade Chronicles to begin the survey and earn your reward!</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-65326561965562446692012-03-06T15:36:00.000-08:002012-03-06T15:45:37.574-08:00╰☆ Xenoblade Chronicles Tidbit of the Day #26 ☆╮<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Makna Forest is the warm, temperate forest that the Nopon make their home in. It is split in two by a great chasm, through which a fast-flowing river flows at the bottom. Th</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">e river is fed by the beautiful Makna Falls, found near the forest’s entrance.<br /><br />Makna Forest is located on the Bionis’ back. It has huge Ether deposits in various places, which attract all kinds of weird and wonderful creatures. It’s a huge area to explore, and there are plenty of difficult places to find. One in particular gives a fantastic view of the falls. Make sure to explore the area very thoroughly!</span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-83398641076267996552012-03-06T12:22:00.000-08:002012-03-06T12:22:19.450-08:00Join Us In Our Forums<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">Did you realize that Xenoblade is just one month away! Let's start getting excited people! There is perhaps no better place to talk about Xenoblade than in our forums. There are tons of topics already to choose from, so join us! Once the game is released, staff will be on hand to answer questions about the game, and even help people if they can't find something or if they get stuck!</span></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;">...in case you didn't realize. Which means starting today, you're going to be seeing a lot of Xenoblade coverage from us. Come on people, let's get excited!<br /><br /></span></span>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-61193090862350688532012-03-05T19:27:00.004-08:002012-03-05T19:30:37.791-08:00Kotaku Review of The Last Story<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The Last Story</em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; line-height: 22px;"> is an excellent game and truly the Wii's swansong. The story is emotionally complex with interesting characters, the combat is fast and engaging, and the world it creates is just a pleasure to visit."</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://spong.com/feature/10110636/Review-The-Last-Story" style="background-color: black;">http://spong.com/feature/10110636/Review-The-Last-Story</a>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-63676288910794220942012-03-05T15:49:00.001-08:002012-03-05T15:49:47.678-08:00Mirror Review of The Last Story<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">"The name feels strangely prophetic, because as a Japanese RPG on the Wii, The Last Story resides in a gaming genre regularly read its last rites on a console in the twilight of its years."</span><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">4/5</span></span>
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<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/video-games/the-last-story-review-this-winner-suggests-749606" style="background-color: black;">http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/video-games/the-last-story-review-this-winner-suggests-749606</a>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451489429641697933.post-48690273819327844482012-03-05T14:34:00.000-08:002012-03-05T14:34:29.493-08:00Xenoblade Jumps 13k Pre-orders (VGChartz)<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">VGChartz Weekly US Xenoblade Pre-order Numbers- Xenoblade Jumps 13k!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">☰☰ RUMOR WATCH ☰☰ </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This Week</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Rank #———-Weeks Left————- Pre-orders Up————Pre-orders Total</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">09 —————-05 —————————-13,462 ——————130,066</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Last Week</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Rank #———-Weeks Left————-Pre-orders Up———-Pre-orders Total</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">09 —————-06 —————————-4,142 —————-116,604</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">GameStop <a href="http://bit.ly/rsxvtx" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">http://bit.ly/rsxvtx</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">VGChartz <a href="http://bit.ly/xEMYYR" style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">http://bit.ly/xEMYYR</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Note: VGChartz may use speculative information to come up with their numbers and should not be taken as fact.</span></div>Operation Rainfall Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431482963177036270noreply@blogger.com3