Oh Nintendo, I love you again. I kind of stopped when Super Mario Sunshine came out, I admit. And the Gamecube, while host to some excellent games, is definitely my least played of the three main consoles this generation. But, oh, your handheld consoles are things of beauty. Not in the looks sense, of couse. The DS is as ugly as rotting zombie Santa. The SP and the Micro are nice, though. In fact the Famicom SP is absolutely gorgeous.

And the batteries last a good long time. Long enough to get me from Maidstone to Stansted Mountfitchet, stay overnight and then come back again. Not that I was playing the SP for the whole time… just most of it.

Got lots done in Final Fantasy. Most importantly I got my class upgrades. I haven’t actually done much with them – I’ve not bothered buying spells for my two characters who can now use magic – but my party now look much better. And being a ninja is obviously cooler than being a thief.

I just finished the third crystal dungeon, which opens up another optional dungeon place. Unfortunately, it’s out in the middle of the ocean, so I can’t land my airship there. Time to find out where I left my ship…