This is the most amazing game I have played in a VERY long time.
Name of Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Price: $49.99
My goodness. I'm 2 hours deep into this game, and I can't even begin to describe how much fun it is. Mario is cool enough, but Mario in space is possibly one of the coolest things ever. The best part is the fact that the Wii controls are utilized almost perfectly. You just swing the remote to make Mario spin, while the pointer is used for collecting star chips. It's all very Rainbow Brite. There's really no easy way to describe it, and I haven't really been able to utilize the 2 Player option. I'll write more when I get the chance, but now I have to get back to playing...erm...my work.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Cartoons of my Childhood
One of the birthday presents I got from my sister was Season 1 of Animaniacs. For those who do not remember this show, it focuses on the antics of the Warner Brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and their sister, Dot.
This is possibly the funniest show ever.
The humor is incredibly sophisticated, sophisticated to the point where I wonder if we even understood the depth of it is children. Their subject matter ranges from parodies of Gilbert and Sullivan to Les Miserables to Apocalypse Now. It's actually incredible how they managed to parody so many things. Not only is the humor sophisticated, there are a plethora of double entrendres and innuendo.
This, of course, is not to say that it isn't hilarious for children. The visual gags alone are worth it, and all the other innuendo and puns are completely over their heads. It kind of reminds me of the Muppet Show, which was a Sketch Comedy show masquerading as a kid's show. In any case, if you haven't seen Animaniacs, I've got it now, so...yeah.
I also picked up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for Wii while Sarah was here. We both agree that it kind of sucks as a game. So, I took it back and reserved Super Mario Strikers instead. That should be a really fun time.
Playing through Pokemon LeafGreen to revisit the old Red & Blue days. It's just as easy as I remember. I had a system, you see: Start with Bulbasaur, blaze through the first gym, catch a Caterpie, evolve into Butterfree, use Confusion to stomp through the second gym, catch an Abra, level to Kadabra, win the game.
It's pretty simple, actually. All the Pokemon in Red & Blue had such a weakness to strong psychic Pokemon that you could clean the floor with a Kadabra. It's really easy, and you get to catch any Pokemon you want to have on your team, as long as at least one of them is Kadabra.
This is possibly the funniest show ever.
The humor is incredibly sophisticated, sophisticated to the point where I wonder if we even understood the depth of it is children. Their subject matter ranges from parodies of Gilbert and Sullivan to Les Miserables to Apocalypse Now. It's actually incredible how they managed to parody so many things. Not only is the humor sophisticated, there are a plethora of double entrendres and innuendo.
This, of course, is not to say that it isn't hilarious for children. The visual gags alone are worth it, and all the other innuendo and puns are completely over their heads. It kind of reminds me of the Muppet Show, which was a Sketch Comedy show masquerading as a kid's show. In any case, if you haven't seen Animaniacs, I've got it now, so...yeah.
I also picked up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for Wii while Sarah was here. We both agree that it kind of sucks as a game. So, I took it back and reserved Super Mario Strikers instead. That should be a really fun time.
Playing through Pokemon LeafGreen to revisit the old Red & Blue days. It's just as easy as I remember. I had a system, you see: Start with Bulbasaur, blaze through the first gym, catch a Caterpie, evolve into Butterfree, use Confusion to stomp through the second gym, catch an Abra, level to Kadabra, win the game.
It's pretty simple, actually. All the Pokemon in Red & Blue had such a weakness to strong psychic Pokemon that you could clean the floor with a Kadabra. It's really easy, and you get to catch any Pokemon you want to have on your team, as long as at least one of them is Kadabra.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Friday Night
Yes, Friday nights are awesome. Mostly because right after I get off of work, I get to come home and do the video game thing for a while. I managed to scoop up the infinite rocket launcher in RE4 today. So, I had a lot of fun blowing up zombies en masse. Brent came by, we hung out and watched the Simpsons.
The other day I had my first experience with Pokemon Battle Revolution online. It was probably one of the oddest experiences for online gaming that I've had in a while. For those that might be wondering, this was the Diamond/Pearl team I was using:
Empoleon
Blissey
Charizard
Gardevoir
Steelix
Giratina (though really this was just a placeholder.)
Basically, the online service works like this: you get onto Nintendo Wi-Fi, and select "battle someone," tweak the rules, and the system matches you up with somebody who also wants to battle. Cool and easy. The only problem is that my opponent was clearly not ready for someone of my level, because they surrendered before the battle even began, although that could be because of the type of Pokemon they sent out:
Me: Charizard/Empoleon
Opponent: Grotle/Monferno
I managed to have two amazing Pokemon that not only had better stats than theirs (even with the lvl 50 all rule in play) but also both of their Pokemon types were weak to mine. It was sweet. Tonight, however, was my first battle with a semi-competent opponent. Each of us picked 4 Pokemon for the 2 on 2 battle:
Me: Empoleon, Blissey, Gardevoir, Charizard
Opponent: Empoleon, Rhydon, Mewtwo, Shellgon
Though normally, the two Empoleons would cancel each other out in that they would prove completely ineffective against one another, it was clear that this trainer hadn't bred theirs with battling in mind. The two moves I saw it use were Rock Smash and Surf, both of which are HM moves. My Empoleon was also faster than theirs, so I managed to eliminate the Rhydon in a single Hydro Cannon hit. Unfortunately, Blissey only got 1 Hyper Beam in before getting KO'd by Mewtwo - My Empoleon took it out with Hydro Blast before it could make any other moves. I replaced Blissey with Gardevoir and managed to take out both Empoleon and Shellgon in three moves.
Brent was watching this entire time, and he seemed thoroughly unimpressed. Ah, well, such is life. I was really surprised all of my Pokemon didn't fall to the Mewtwo - although I guess people take for granted how good they are against the computer AI and just don't bother to train them.
Currently I'm training an Ivysaur I've raised from an egg, an Alakazam that I got over GTS (originally a Kadabra, the trader was smart, he wanted a Machoke for it), and a Beldum so that I may soon have a Metagross maxed out in speed and attack. Still trying for a Snorlax, they're really hard to obtain legitimately.
Must sleep. Big day of desk cleaning and garage emptying to do. **sigh**
The other day I had my first experience with Pokemon Battle Revolution online. It was probably one of the oddest experiences for online gaming that I've had in a while. For those that might be wondering, this was the Diamond/Pearl team I was using:
Empoleon
Blissey
Charizard
Gardevoir
Steelix
Giratina (though really this was just a placeholder.)
Basically, the online service works like this: you get onto Nintendo Wi-Fi, and select "battle someone," tweak the rules, and the system matches you up with somebody who also wants to battle. Cool and easy. The only problem is that my opponent was clearly not ready for someone of my level, because they surrendered before the battle even began, although that could be because of the type of Pokemon they sent out:
Me: Charizard/Empoleon
Opponent: Grotle/Monferno
I managed to have two amazing Pokemon that not only had better stats than theirs (even with the lvl 50 all rule in play) but also both of their Pokemon types were weak to mine. It was sweet. Tonight, however, was my first battle with a semi-competent opponent. Each of us picked 4 Pokemon for the 2 on 2 battle:
Me: Empoleon, Blissey, Gardevoir, Charizard
Opponent: Empoleon, Rhydon, Mewtwo, Shellgon
Though normally, the two Empoleons would cancel each other out in that they would prove completely ineffective against one another, it was clear that this trainer hadn't bred theirs with battling in mind. The two moves I saw it use were Rock Smash and Surf, both of which are HM moves. My Empoleon was also faster than theirs, so I managed to eliminate the Rhydon in a single Hydro Cannon hit. Unfortunately, Blissey only got 1 Hyper Beam in before getting KO'd by Mewtwo - My Empoleon took it out with Hydro Blast before it could make any other moves. I replaced Blissey with Gardevoir and managed to take out both Empoleon and Shellgon in three moves.
Brent was watching this entire time, and he seemed thoroughly unimpressed. Ah, well, such is life. I was really surprised all of my Pokemon didn't fall to the Mewtwo - although I guess people take for granted how good they are against the computer AI and just don't bother to train them.
Currently I'm training an Ivysaur I've raised from an egg, an Alakazam that I got over GTS (originally a Kadabra, the trader was smart, he wanted a Machoke for it), and a Beldum so that I may soon have a Metagross maxed out in speed and attack. Still trying for a Snorlax, they're really hard to obtain legitimately.
Must sleep. Big day of desk cleaning and garage emptying to do. **sigh**
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