What Did You Buy/Get This Month? - February 2010

[Vyse]

Hello and welcome to the gaming purchases/gifts thread for February 2010. Whatever you bought or got as a gift during these 28 days that's video-game-related - games, systems, accessiories, add-ons, or the 100% real Tekken 6 TapouT shirts (http://shop.tapout.com/index.cfm?fa=c.template&template=Tekken.html&showcartnav=1) - should be posted here.

Welcome to month 2 of "The Great 2009 Migration," where a bunch of games - big and small - migrated out of the Holiday 2009 window, making this time of the year eventful yet dangerous. Eventful? Games like Bioshock 2, Dante's Inferno, Aliens Vs. Predator, Sonic & Sega All-Stars, White Knight Chronicles, Heavy Rain, the Lunar remake, Star Ocean 4 on PS3, Fireteam Bravo 3, and Heavy Rain are all coming out this month. Dangerous? Dante's Inferno and Bioshock 2 are coming out on the same day, along with Star Ocean PS3 (which may make less money than Squenix title Pony Friends 2).White Knight and Lunar share the same day, too. Heavy Rain has to compete with a kart racer featuring Sonic. And, let's not forget the potentially good smaller titles (those even smaller than the Lunar remake like Chime and Darwinia+) that may be lost in the shuffle.

Everything is culled from IGN.com. Special editions and special re-relases are detailed (excluding the "International" versions because White Knight never came to the US before and Star Ocean PS3 isn't game-changing). Expansions are noted. ALL RELEASE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

February 1
Global Agenda - Hi-Rez Studios; PC

February 2
Imagine: Reporter - Ubisoft; DS
Star Trek Online (also in Collector's Edition with in-game content, artbook, and Communicator badge; and a Digital Deluxe Edition with in-game content) - Atari; PC
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony (also in Limited Edition with soundtrack CD and 13 "Bromide" cards) - Xseed; PSP
White Knight Chronicles: International Edition - Sony CE; PS3
Puzzle Chronicles - Konami; PSP, DS (X360, PS3, and PC versions out Feb. 28)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat - BitComposer Games; PC

February 3
Chime - OneBigGame/Zoe Mode; XBLA

February 9
Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll - Sega; Wii
Rock Blast - UFO Interactive; DS
Best Friends Tonight - Ubisoft; DS
Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (micro-expansion; requires SoaSE) - Stardock; PC
Data East Arcade Classics - Majesco; Wii
Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral - Storm City Games; Wii, DS
World Cup of Pool - Aksys Games; DS
Scene It? Twilight - Konami; DS
City Builder - Virtual Play Games; Wii
Everyday Genius: Square Logic - Mumbo Jumbo; PC
Spore Creature Keeper - Electronic Arts; DSiWare (?), PC
Bioshock 2 (also in Special Edition with Rapture advertisment posters, the soundtrack on CD and vinyl, and hardcover artbook) - 2K Games/Take-Two; PS3, X360, PC
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity (regular game plus the two micro-expansions) - Stardock; PC
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Activision; DS
Pet Pals: New Leash On Life - Destineer; DS
Windchaser: Guilds of Glory - Got Game Entertainment; PC
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - Square Enix; PS3
Shiren the Wanderer - Atlus; Wii
Dante's Inferno - Electronic Arts; X360, PS3, PSP
Chicken Riot - City Interactive; Wii
The Legend of Kay - DreamCatcher; DS
Crazy Garage - PlayLogic; Wii (DS version out Feb 23)
Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip - Sony CE; PSP

February 10
Sam & Max Season 2: Beyond Time & Space - Telltale; Wii
Stargate Resistance - Firesky; PC
Darwinia+ - Introversion; XBLA

February 16
Tropico 3 - Kalypso Media; X360
KORG DS-10 Plus - Xseed; DS
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce - Koei Tecmo; PS3, X360
Smart Series Presents: JaJa's Adventure - UFO Interactive; Wii
Learn Math for Grade 5 - DreamCatcher; DS
Learn Math for Grade 6 - DreamCatcher; DS
Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun - D3 Publisher; Wii
EverQuest II: Sentinel's Fate (expansion; requires EQ2) - Sony Online/Sony CE; PC
Aliens Vs. Predator (also in Hunter Edition with exclusive map access, a Facehugger model, a hardcover graphic novel featuring the original AvP comic, a Weyland Yutani sleeve badge and a 3D lenticular postcard) - Sega; PS3, X360, PC
Nancy Drew: The Model Mysteries - THQ, DS
Diner Dash 5: Boom (also in Collector's Edition with5 advanced levels, strategy guide, and digital artbook) - PlayFirst; PC and Mac
Ragnarok - Xseed; DS
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - Capcom; DS
Crime Scene - SouthPeak; DS
Making History II: The War of the World - Muzzy Lane; PC
World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars - THQ; X360, PS3, Wii
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 - Sony CE; PSP

February 17
The Misadventures of Mr. P.B. Winterbottom - 2K Play/Take-Two; X360, PC
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares (the first DLC expansion; requires RE5) - Capcom; X360, PS3 (PS3 most likely will come out following day)

February 23
Aztec Treasure Hunt - PlayLogic; Wii
Napoleon: Total War (also in Limited Edition with in-game content) - Sega; PC
Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny - City Interactive; DS (PC out March 2)
Metal Slug XX - SNK Playmore/Atlus; PSP (most likely not coming to PSP-N for the Go-only users)
Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia - Konami; DS
Word Jong Unleashed - Destineer; DS
WarBirds: Dogfights - iEntertainment; PC
Lovely Lisa and Friends - Tomy Corporation; DS
Hello Kitty Birthday Adventures - Zoo Games; DS
Winter Blast: 9 Snow & Ice Games - Destineer; Wii
Deadly Premonition - Ignition Entertainment; X360, PS3
Heavy Rain (UK owners get Limited Edition at HMV stores) - Sony CE; PS3
Last Rebellion - NIS; PS3
Endless Ocean: Blue World - Nintendo; Wii
Chocolatier - Zoo Games; DS
Pony Friends 2 - Eidos/Square Enix; DS, PC, Wii
Sled Shred - SouthPeak; Wii
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - Sega; X360 (with Banjo-Kazooie and Avatars), Wii (with Miis), PS3, DS

February 26
Aztec Treasure Hunt - Playlogic, PC

February 27
Murder, She Wrote - Legacy Interactive; PC

February 28 (also code for "no date listed other than Feb 2010")
Plants Vs Zombies - PopCap; iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Link 'n' Launch - Nintendo; DSiWare
X-Scape - Nintendo; DSiWare
Alien Zombie Death - Pom Pom Games; PSP Mini (compatible with PS3)
Triple Crown Championship Snowboarding - Destineer; Wii
Sega Genesis Ultimate Collection - Sega; iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Dawn of Discovery: Venice (expansion; requires Dawn of Discovery) - Ubisoft; PC
Hunted - Kalypso Media; PC
Risen - Deep Silver; X360
Elemental: War of Magic - Stardock; PC

[Desensitized]

Data East Arcade Classics for sure. (Preordered from their site)

We need more comps with late 80s/early 90s stuff instead of always the same material.

[Mynd Hed]

Wow, other than Bioshock 2, this looks to be a pretty slow month for non-PS3-owners. That's fine by me, though: I've got a massive backlog of stuff from last holiday season and this January to catch up on.

[Daxdiv]

From the looks of it, my confirmed purchases for this month are Bioshock 2, the collectors edition, the new Miles Edgeworth game, and Sam and Max Season 2 for the Wii. Anything else will pop up later.

[Grave]

January looked like it was a strong month for all gamers, and I'm actually curious whether the rest of these months can top last month.

Anyway, I didn't buy anything yet, but my sister bought Onimusha 2 (I'm real skeptical about it since I hated the first Onimusha. Stupid Resident Evil camera/control type setup) and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (I was actually hoping it'd be Double Agent, but "shrugs"). She intends on sending them some time this month. (Hopefully soon, I really want to try out SC)

[Daxdiv]

Went on a binge today and bought the final 3 chapters of Tales of Monkey Island off of WiiWare.

[Vyse]

Only two games interest me this month: Chime and Metal Slug XX. Still got to get through my massive backlog of games from the holidays, the Xbox games from last week, and massive spending on PSP games since 2009. Still won't stop me from spending and not playing, though.

Also bought the PAIN Downtown and Hot Shots Golf tables for Pinball Heroes and picked up The free Unkut Pack for Saints Row 2 (X360).

[Juu-kuchi]

Whew. Not much in terms of games for February, save for Ace Attorney Investigations. January did it in for my wallet with regards to games, with the three-way tag team of Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, No More Heroes 2, and Mass Effect 2.

Speaking of which, just recently purchased the Collector's Edition earlier. Good stuff.

[Classic Speedy]

As the forums were down on Saturday, I didn't get to say that I picked up Area 51 and PaRappa (a buy back of a game I owned a loooooong time ago) for PS1.

[Vyse]

All the talk about pinball on the PSN thread has made me buy Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection for the PSP off of the Playstation Store. Got 15 minutes and 75% left to download.

[Kylewayne]

One game interest me this month of February Dante's Inferno on the 9th. The trailer for the animation movie looks absolutely awsome as well! The game demo on xbox live was pretty good...reminds me of God Of War. =)

[Captain Highwind]

Telltale games gave out a survey last month, and I took it. So they emailed me a free game code today. I downloaded Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, since it does not seem to let me download all five chapters for free.

And rest assured, my survey told them to make more Grim Fandango and Maniac Mansion games.

[ToonFaithful]

Today I bought Pokemon Platinum Version and so far it's awesome!

[Eddy]

I have a pre-order down for BioShock 2 to pick up Tuesday while I'm at school. Geez, with Bayonetta, No More Heroes 2, and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom in January, and now BioShock 2, Heavy Rain, and Resident Evil 5 DLC in February, 2010 is going to be murder on my poor wallet. Not to mention I'd also like to get the Miles Edgeworth game, Dante's Inferno, and maybe Aliens vs. Predator in the near future.

I also want to get Deadly Premonition. The graphics are terrible but it's a horror game, and I'm a sucker for the genre. Plus it's going to be a mere $20.

[Classic Speedy]

Picked up Apocalypse (PS1). Gotta love Bruce Willis and Smash TV-style controls.

[Kevin the Geek]

I got a copy of Klonoa for the Wii, when my mom, brother, and I were at the Best Buy in Florence, Alabama, on Thursday.

[Bryangst]

T-minus 7 seven days until I get a Playstation 3. Finally. I sold my X-Box 360 in anticipation of picking up the PS3 on the 4th when my financial aid was to be disbursed. That disbursement didn't happen. Won't until the the 14th. SO I guess that will be what I am spending Valentine's Day with hahaha. Not really, but at least a little bit of the day.

So yeah... PS3 this month.
Gamewise, I haven't a frickin' clue. I know I will be picking up Star Ocean: Last Hope International, Dante's Inferno, and Tekken 6. Beyond that I have no idea what is good! Before I sold the X360 it had been like a year before I did anything with it besides use it as a DVD player and to play classic Sonic. So suggest games! I'm open mostly to RPG, Action/Adventure, and Fighting. Very much dislike sports (unless there is a Lacrosse game out there somewhere?), racing, and first person shooters.

[shaman_mya19]

put 10 dollars down on pokemon heart gold

[creativerealms]

Bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced for 6 bucks.

[Viper]

So yeah... PS3 this month.
Gamewise, I haven't a frickin' clue. I know I will be picking up Star Ocean: Last Hope International, Dante's Inferno, and Tekken 6. Beyond that I have no idea what is good! Before I sold the X360 it had been like a year before I did anything with it besides use it as a DVD player and to play classic Sonic. So suggest games! I'm open mostly to RPG, Action/Adventure, and Fighting. Very much dislike sports (unless there is a Lacrosse game out there somewhere?), racing, and first person shooters.Although I don't have a PS3 myself yet, there are some games I know of that look pretty good:

Spiderman 3 (PS3 & PC versions are the best:D)
Both Ratchet & Clank Future games
Tales of Vesperia--a better remake of the 360 game:D
Wet--interesting Tomb Raider clone:)
Final Fantasy XIII
Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Street Fighter IV--a must have!:D
Valkyria Chronicles
Soul Caliber IV--a must have!:D
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
White Knight Chronicles

I hope this list helps you.:)

[dtemplar]

I bought a PS3 for my birthday, and I got it at Sam's club as a bundle that includes Batman: Arkham Asylum.

[Juu-kuchi]

Just recently bought the last Klonoa (Wii) at the local Wal-Mart.

[Vyse]

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Xbox 360)

[Game Freak 4]

I hav gotten a DSi.

...and a new set of headphones.

[J!!!]

2000 Nintendo Points for Wii.

Dunno what I'm gonna get with them but it's nice to have some.

[TKnHappyNess]

Pre-order for Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver. I'm getting both.

[jph139]

Pre-order for Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver. I'm getting both.

Oh, yeah, I placed a pre-order for SoulSilver a few days ago.

Nabbed myself a nice little Lugia statue for my trouble. :D

[Daxdiv]

Picked up my copy of Bioshock 2: Collector's Edition, and holy hell this thing is huge. I wish I could take pics and show you guys.

[Krabby Fries]

Just bought me an Excitebots+Wii Wheel bundle. Brilliant game.

[unknown hero]

Picked up Bioshock 2 for PS3.

[PickHut]

I've gotten BioShock 2 in the mail yesterday (and so far it's... well, it's not terrible, let's put it that way) for the Xbox 360. Also, thanks to two Amazon promotional deals, $10 for buying BS2 and the Buy Two Platinum Hits, Get One Free promo, I've managed to snag three additional 360 games (Ninja Gaiden II, Burnout Paradise, and Lego Star Wars Complete Saga) for just $30.

Edit: Oh, I almost forgot! I also downloaded Chime on Live Arcade, as well.

[Drifballoon]

Got a ton of Microsoft Points for birthday, so I decided to get the original BioShock using Games on Demand. Now, if only the power would come back on it my house <.> Darn snowstorm

[Marvin Tikvah]

Got Golden Sun for 8 dollars at GameStop today.

[Classic Speedy]

Wii online purchases:
-Balloon Fight (VC)
-Blaster Master Overdrive (WiiWare)
-Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (VC)

Also picked up Pac-Man World Rally for GameCube.

[Daxdiv]

I bought One Piece for the (GBA.) Heard it was a decent game and decided to pick it up.

[Vyse]

Bought a 512 MB Memory Unit for my Xbox 360. Might as well put the 120 GB hard drive from Christmas money to good use.

I also have 360 Microsoft points. Just wanted to share that.

[Azrayel]

Awesome Sonic and Sega All star racing is coming out this month. I just gotta get the Wii and DS version, and I pray to god that after moments of buying the game the hackers haven't already found a to cheat their way to victory.

Anyways I was browsing my DSi store since I haven't done it since the day of the release but anyways I saw they're was a "free" section I didn't remember and so anyways I checked it out and I saw Flipnote Studio was there and so I got that.

[Bubblegum Girl]

Sands of Destruction :p

[Mynd Hed]

I went on a bit of a spree-- picked up No More Heroes 2, Bayonetta, Batman Arkham Asylum, and Red Faction Guerilla. I've only played that last in demo form, but I liked the demo well enough and I only paid like ten bucks, which I can probably flip for more than I paid in Goozex points if it's not worth keeping.

[Vyse]

PSN titles
-flOw for the PS3, which was free yesterday
-Echoes, a PSP Mini

[Daxdiv]

Bought 2000 Wii Points, then I spent it on the following games

Phoenix Wright: Justice For All (WiiWare)

Blaster Master (NES)

Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (NES)

Also, it's video game related, I also ended up buying Halo Legends 2 Disc Special Edition

[Zero Kagayaki]

picked up White Knight Chronicles and Nintendo Point for wii

Reserved Lunar for Psp

[Drifballoon]

Used some more Microsoft Points and picked up Serious Sam HD and P.B. Winterbottom, and both are tons of fun.

[Desensitized]

I got some extra points for March so that I have enough for Perfect Dark XBLA and whichever DLC comes out first. (Either Left 4 Dead 2 or Borderlands)

[Tanooki]

Still waiting for my local Walmart to get in copies of Ace Attorney Investigations. Usually it only takes a full day after release date. I'm growing impatient.

[Vyse]

Xbox 360 Memory Unit came in the mail today. The good thing is that it's authentic (it also has Worms from XBLA on there).

[Soul]

$20 PSN Card which I bought:
-Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares DLC
-Resident Evil 5: Costume Pack 1
-Resident Evil 5: Versus Mode

-Resident Evil 2

[Beefy]

Keeping with my tradition of waiting until the price comes down before buying video games, I finally got:
Street Fighter IV (360)
Lost Odyssey (360)
Wolfenstein (360)

[shaman_mya19]

picked up on my used book store run crash bandicoot warped for ps1

[Daxdiv]

I decided to buy Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth after getting off of school today.

[mariofan62]

I reserved Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver with the Ho-Oh and Lugia figures.

[Drifballoon]

Got Garry's Mod on Steam and having fun with it

[Soul]

Off of PSN-
Marvel VS Capcom 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

[Drifballoon]

Snagged a copy of Capcom vs SNK 2:EO for Gamecube at Gamestop, original case and instruction booklet, for only $13!

[Light Lucario]

I got Battle of Giants: Dragon for the Nintendo DS and preorders for HeartGold and SoulSilver for my birthday a few weeks ago. Today, I went to a Hollywood Video store that's closing down and bought a used copy of Diddy Kong Racing for the DS. I'm just about done with the Battle of Giants: Dragon game and I wanted another game to tie me over until HeartGold and SoulSilver come around. Plus, Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64 was the first game that I ever played, so it will be fun to play it again on a new system.

[Drifballoon]

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing finally shipped to my Gamestop today, picked it up the first moment I could.

[Classic Speedy]

Virtual Console purchases:
-Bonk's Adventure
-Bubble Bobble

I saved the other 1,000 points on my account for Mega Man 10 on Monday.

[Soul]

Off the PSN Store-
Resident Evil: Director's Cut (Dual Shock Ver.)

[Vyse]

Metal Slug XX (PSP)
Metal Slug XX Leona Character Add-On
Shoot 1UP (Xbox Live Indie Games)
Arkedo Series 03 - PIXEL (Xbox Live Indie Games)

[PickHut]

Decided to get Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox 360 while the Deal of the Week was still up for it. I also started getting tired of playing only a bunch of 360 games in a row, so I bought some used games for cheap: Air Combat and Ace Combat 2 for the PlayStation, and Virtua Racing and Battle Arena Toshinden Remix for the Sega Saturn. I haven't heard great things about the latter two, but I can't help it, I have this odd fascination with the Saturn's US library, ever since before the system was even released.

[Vyse]

Metal Slug Anthology (PSP through PSN)
3-Month Xbox Live Card