AMINE AND MANGA

I stumbled over some really nice prices on Heroes games over at Amazon.co.uk... Now, we don't normally do this sort of outright plugging, but I think you should know about this, seriously... Obviously, Amazon are logging out all sorts of obsolete games at lowered prices, but the cherry on the top is a release of Heroes III & IV Complete from Sold Out software for only £2.78. That's a collection of the complete versions of Heroes of Might and Magic III and IV with their respective expansions, for less than three quid. The same item sold by the American branch (Amazon.com) is sold for $29.99, which is *quick calculations off the top of my head* ... about six times the price. I dunno if the price on this has been this low since its release in May, or if it's a bargain thing lasting only a few days... but if you're interested in this at all, I'd pick it up now.

Joining the existing sale of Heroes I, three other games from the Might & Magic franchise are now being made available on Good Old Games - all compatible with Windows XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit), all for the price of $9.99. Heroes of Might and Magic II Gold edition is available right now. For your money you get to download 558 Mb of game goodness, as well as access to a 143 page manual, the soundtrack and a high resolution wallpaper. Heroes of Might and Magic III Complete edition is listed as a "coming soon" feature, with the manual and soundtrack available along with the 800 Mb download once it is released. Then there's a limited edition of Might and Magic VI up for release soon as well; and this appears to be a bit of a gem. Along with the 450 Mb download you get loads of extras, including soundtracks from M&M IV and VI, manuals and maps for M&M I-VI, cluebooks, avatars... niceness. I really like this trend of old games being re-released and made compatible with new machines, because - as we all know - games were better in the good old days...

Mai Tokiha is an ordinary high-school girl who has recently transferred to the Fuka Academy with her younger brother, Takumi. However, a routine boat ride and a chance encounter with a mysterious young girl changes everything. Mai discovers that she and some of her classmates possess the powers of HiME and must battle against mysterious creatures called Orphans and an ominous organization called the Searrs Foundation. Along the way she must face her own demons and understand what it means to love.

My-HiME (舞-HiME, Mai-HiME?) is an anime series, created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, the series originally premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo from September 2004 to March 2005. The show is a comedy-drama focusing on the lives of HiMEs - girls with the capacity to materialize photons - gathered at Fuka Academy for a secret purpose.
The series is licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment and European distribution by Bandai's European subsidiary, Beez, with the first American DVD released at the end of March 2006. Bandai released the Complete Collection DVD set in America on October 7, 2008. It is also shown on Anime Selects On Demand but only for a limited time.