Introduction

Wait, two games in one LP thread?
Yup! This is Wild ARMs Alter Code: F, a remake of the original game. ACF was released for the PS2 back in late 2003 for Japan, reprinted with "Playstation the Best" added to it in laste 2004, and then finally localized to English in late 2005. I'll be doing this ~~simultaneously with Azure_Horizon's LP.~~ Azure rushed ahead and finished the game because I was updating really slow for his pace. His is already archived, check it out. Our LPs shouldn't spoil each other.

What's with the emphasis on localized?
Agetec did a really poor job. To be fair, a lot of it isn't overly noticeable and for the most part you can miss it, but there are some really really poor moments where it's obvious they didn't really playtest it. Fortunately in the localization they didn't leave behind any too crippling glitches, or at least I don't believe so.

So how are you going to be doing this portion of the LP?
I'll be doing it completely as an SSLP, with the occasional video linked to someone else's work on Youtube. For cutscenes, you're going to have to deal with me screen-shotting them, but I"ll attach the music and try to sync them up with notes so you can follow along to the music. I'll also be attaching links to the OST along the way, including the Rocking Heart and Feeling Wind greatest hits albums. I'll use those songs if the normal songs get a bit repetitive.
And I suppose it's worth mentioning that I have played and own all seven Wild ARMs games released in the US.

Wait, greatest hits albums?
Technically they are "Music the Best," but yeah, they are effecitvely greatest hits. The Rocking Heart album is rock and jazz remixes of songs from the first four (and this) games, while Feeling Wind consists of piano arrangements from the same games, including a bit from the anime.

Oh yeah, it said you got a free DVD with that. What's up with the anime.
It's pretty mediocore, you'll probably only enjoy it if you're a hardcore Wild ARMs fan like I am. If I can find the first episode somewhere, I might toss a link to it because it was included with the game, but otherwise you're welcome to look it up on your own time.

With that all said and done, let us begin in our journey to the end of the Wilderness.

Music

Krysmphoenix posted:

I'd like to briefly bring this up because Slowbeef posted in the Sandcastle about it, but regarding the music I and Azure_Horizon have linked to throughout this LP, I just double-checked and I am fairly certain that all the OSTs all Wild ARMs games, Twilight Venom, the Alone the World Vocal Collection and the two Music the Best albums are not reasonably avaliable. Amazon lists them, but lists every single album as "Import", and even mentions that most of them aren't even in stock.

So, I believe that as far as go, we're alright. So because I can't just drive over to the nearest record store (do those still exist?) and pick up any one of the OSTs, and iTunes has absolutely no idea what Wild ARMs is, I'm going to keep hosting the OSTs on Tindeck with downloads off, like I have been since I started this LP.