DS Daily: Must. Have. It.

by David Hinkle { Dec 24th 2008 at 10:30AM }

As gamers and general obsessing types of folk, we find our love of games doesn't actually stop at just the game. We buy figurines, peripherals bearing the likeness of characters we enjoy, and posters, among other things.

What we're asking you today is which of these franchises to do you go beyond just the game with? What characters or games do you own figurines, posters, and soundtracks for?

Tags: art, fan-art, figure, figures, figurine, music, must-have-it, poster, soundtrack

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Maurice @ Dec 24th 2008 11:08AM

I've got 4 posters from Team Fortress 2.
Not DS related but it's all I've got.
I love TF2 :)

Robert @ Dec 24th 2008 12:57PM

Oh, how I desire the Left 4 Dead posters....

wiinterfang @ Dec 24th 2008 11:32AM

Nothing, gaming is more of a guilty pleasure I have, I also act like I know nothing about gaming and stay out of all videogames discussions.

Icebox @ Dec 24th 2008 11:50AM

Earthbound + Chrono Trigger. Fan Made Merch. Cheap and Groovy.
www.fangamer.net
Learn Yo Self.
Check "The Year The Earth Stood Bound"
and, "Chronometer"
-Icebox

Steven J Fox @ Dec 24th 2008 12:36PM

street fighter LOL. I have posters, wall scrolls, figures, all the comics, all the art books I can find, the minimates, imported Japanese figures, a blanka watch, valentine cards, all the anime, lazerdiscs featuring Japanese tournament fighters, and even a press kit from when the van damme movie came out. Idk why, haha, I just dig street fighter.

aj @ Dec 24th 2008 1:12PM

Pokemon.

My wife and I are both adults, and very much too old for this sort of nonsense, but we are obsessed with Pokemon. We have the cards, stickers, colouring books, an army of dolls, marbles, and candy wrappers (we ate the candy). And oddly enough we didn't set out to collect the stuff....it just sort of happened. A sticker book here, a pack of cards there....

SephFinale @ Dec 24th 2008 1:30PM

I try for soundtracks. I have the Star Ocean soundtrack, the Tales of Phantasia soundtrack, Tales of Eternia Remaster Audio, The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess 7 track Nintendo Power CD, the Chrono Trigger Orchestra Extra Soundtrack (CTDS Preorder), and the Castlevania 20th Anniversary Soundtrack (This is the reason Portrait of Ruin is my first Castlevania game). There's plenty other soundtracks I want...just too poor the get them...

I also have a figure of Fayt Leingod from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. And a bunch of Pokemon toys I don't wish to get rid of.

ALH @ Dec 24th 2008 2:09PM

I've never gone full nerd with the collectables tbh, i do indulge, but usually its just one or two action figures per franchise. For example, i have a plushy link, a lil model of colossus #5, a handful of final fantasy action figures, a couple of resi 4 figures, a couple of pokemon.

I did rebuy ecco the dolphin for GBA and then for xbox 360 if that counts for anything ;_;

Gendreavus @ Dec 24th 2008 2:30PM

Directly under my computer monitor I have a "toon" Link plush (ie., the Windwaker/Phourglass variety), and a Final Fantasy VIII Gunblade letter opener. I've got a Gengar plush stuffed in one of the holes in my desk meant for CDs, and four different versions of the Gengar Pokemon card in the hole with him (can you tell what my favorite Pokemon is?). I've got Nintendo Power posters of Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, and Metroid Prime Hunters in my room, as well as a TP Link wall scroll that I got at PAX, as well as the poster from the mid-level Halo 3 package (not the game-only version, but not quite the Legendary edition. I can't remember what it was called). On the back of my laptop is a reflective Cloud Strife sticker, and a friend got me the Final Fantasy VII Advent Children soundtrack during a trip he took to Japan.

They aren't video game related, but I also have a Darth Vader coin bank that moves and talks when you put coins in it, as well as a model Gurren Lagann, and a Gurren Lagann flag over my bed.

I also have a gnome on my desk. It keeps me company when everybody I know is too busy to do anything >_>

Austin @ Dec 24th 2008 3:38PM

I love merchandise.

I have Mario figures and pokemon.

I also have have Yoshi house shoes.

Peenmaster @ Dec 24th 2008 4:17PM

I have a 1up Tattoo on my right shoulder blade...

a.a. @ Dec 24th 2008 5:04PM

Bought the artbook for Etrian Odyssey 1 + II. Also have a set of Kirby plush dolls and a Kirby key chain.

Ashe @ Dec 24th 2008 8:14PM

Definitely for Final Fantasy I go beyond the games, mainly FFVII. Have 2 wall scrolls, one AC, one Crisis Core. Own both the AC and Crisis Core soundtracks, have a Cloud plush, and the Cloudy Wolf ring that Tifa wears in AC. I want to get some of the figures eventually.

munjey @ Dec 24th 2008 11:38PM

Pokemon. Gotta catch em all.

I have posters, figures, plushies, DVDs, imported soundtracks, cards, games, and countless other perephenalia. In addition, I have a few Zelda, Metroid, and Batman posters around my apartment, as well as a few other games.

I'm also 22. =[

zchry @ Dec 28th 2008 4:07PM

Pokemon can be so aggravatingly addictive. I'm 17 and I have a Pokemon book cover, but I'm mostly a closet-addict: I play Pearl like crazy.

Tenchan4 @ Dec 25th 2008 2:03AM

I have 3 non-working original famicoms, plus one non-working
original disk drive, and a bunch of original carts and disks, just to
display them around my house. That and a ton of figures from Akiba and
Nakano. I also got all the Japanese Club Nintendo DS games still sealed in their packages.

Drahken @ Dec 26th 2008 5:33AM

I have more Nintendo merch than I can recall here. But I am quite proud of the more imported stuff like my WW Link and Goomba plushes (when you bop the Goomba, he makes the appropriate "bloop" sound. And occasionally the game over tune) and some Mario and Zelda capsule toys. And I have a plush Mr. Resetti on top of my TV so whenever I'm watching something, his face, locked in a snarl of silent rage, remains a constant reminder to not reset anything EVER.

Drahken @ Dec 26th 2008 5:35AM

Oh, and I've downloaded gigabytes upon gigabytes of game music, including official soundtracks and special selections like the CDs from the Japanese Club Nintendo.

zchry @ Dec 28th 2008 4:05PM

Mario and Zelda get a shoutout because I own the SMG soundtrack and the OOT soundtrack. I used to have a Pokemon shirt when I was little, if that counts.

WriterFuzz @ Dec 29th 2008 1:43AM

I own a few game soundtracks, when they are really really good. Which, for me, means the entire Silent Hill series. :)

Shirono @ Dec 29th 2008 9:03AM

I'm pretty obsessed with Tales of Phantasia merch- though its not a DS title. Couldn't hurt to port the SNES version like Chrono Trigger, but that's another story.

Amazing ToP Gashapon figurines by One-Coin, also a supplemental (although sub-par) anime and an artbook, they really rolled it out for this series...