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With Nintendo dropping this bombshell, I decided it'd be time to get back to my own "Fantasy Brawl Draft"... Poo Franchise: Mother First Appearance: Mother 2 aka Earthbound (SNES) Why?: I'll point to the title of this entry and leave it at that. Though I will say add that with Lucas now added to the mix (and starting to look like a Ness clone), it's quite possible the Mother series will still only have one representative in Brawl. I never played Earthbound, so I'm not familiar enough with it to be able to give a better reason than that. Appearance: This one's easy. Poo was only in one game, and in that one game he wore the same outfit you see above. Is he a ninja? A karate master? He's a Prince trained in the art of Moo, which is enough to explain his gi-like style. Moveset: Though I'm not familiar with Poo's role in the story of Earthbound, I was able to find numerous resources with which to pull together a fairly fun moveset. As with veteran (and potential outcast) Ness, and newcomer Lucas, Poo is a master of PSI power. Poo's Up+B recovery would be Teleport Beta, where Poo spins around before disappearing and reappearing elsewhere on the screen. I know, there are already a few characters who Teleport, Poo however would move him in the direction you are aiming prior to teleport. In that time, Poo would be able to damage any opponent in his path. To make things interesting, Poo could produce a small energy field that would damage any characters at his destination. His standard B move would produce a shield that can reflect most projectile attacks. His Down+B would activate his Mirror ability. If an enemy is in range (similiar to how Mewtwo's Disable has a limited range), Poo will flash and absorb energy from his enemy. The target will be momentarily disabled, and you'll find that Poo's B attack is now the special attack of his target. In order to dispose of the attack, either perform Poo's taunt or press Down+B again. Poo's smash attacks would involve a variety of karate/ninjitsu moves (I hope that's what he actually used in the game). Final Smash: "Starstorm Omega". Just rolls off the tounge doesn't it? I imagine this would be incredibly shiny and cause a ton of damage to whoever gets hit. I'm imagining a meteor shower, except it's falling on the battlefield instead of in the background. This was a tricky one. I've never written a moveset for a character I knew nothing about going into. But in the end, I think he'd make a fine addition to the ever growing Brawl roster.
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At first I was unsure of all stylus controls for the latest Celda, but after purchasing Phantom Hourglass, it did not disappoint. The controls are quite good. I'm having a lot of fun playing this game. However I also have a friend code: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Kohaku - 0344 - 7191 - 3709 I'll see you guys in the dungeons. Kohaku
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...is quite possibly the best game ever created. It is so full of win and awesome that it makes my head hurt. If you haven't heard of it you should be punished in some painful way. Such as a nuke puck. And it is free. So Google it. And, BTW, download the registered version, because it has all the upgrades. You do need another person to play it with, though. Mines FTW!! ~D
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I picked up Final Fantasy 3 the other day when that one big game supposedly came out. I like the game from what I've played. Friend code time! Final Fantasy 3 - 2578 - 0979 - 4378 Drop me a comment here or a PM if you add me. Kohaku
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I've been hearing rumbilngs about this Halo game that's supposedly coming out tomorrow. Anybody know anything about it? I mean, you'd think they'd have been talking about this a bit more than they have lately. It just sorta snuck up on us all. But I guess I'm kinda glad. I mean, it's apparently the 3rd game in the series. So it's good their letting it ride on the reputation of the previous games and not trying to build it up as some revolution in gaming. Because honestly...what's the point of overhyping a game?
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Written by the same person, and brought to you via the interweb: (Once again I have no ownership over it. Except for a small edit I had to make.) The Return of Admiral Cossack Dane By the sea of Norion Nova I wandered one night The moon it was shining quite clear For no reason at all I heard someone call For Sammy Dark Samus Now Dark Samus I knew to be dead The story had spread from star to star How she lost her life while plunging her knife Into Admiral Cossack Dane While I pondered the moonbeams descended quite low Casting shadows suffusely, and then I discovered that I was standing close by The tombs of those two sweet masses Then in the tombs shadows there rose from a grave The form of a Federation Hussar And my skin nearly peeled, as he stood there revealed It was Admiral Cossack Dane 'Twas he who was calling, I hardly dared breathe My heart 'most stopped beating from fear When out of a grave, in need of phaze Arose Sammy Dark Samus "Well, wouldst speak with me Dane?", quoth she quite low "I wouldst", replied Dane quite clear "That quarrel we had, 'twas all to the bad Friend Sammy Dark Samus" "I've lain here for ages with that on my mind And that's why I called you tonight" "Well, I'm in the same state", quoth Sammy the great "Twas foolish for we two to fight" "Oh friend, thou art blameless", cried Dane in haste "The fault lies in my hands alone" But Samus said "Nay, 'twas never that way The fault was no one's but mine own" "Well, dost think I'm a coward?", quoth Cossack Dane "Step forth and I'll slice off thine ear" "Oh, son of a cat, you'll never do that" Quoth Sammy Dark Samus So once more they battled and fought as before The multitudes came from afar And lauded with cheers these bold buccaneers This Metroid, and this Federation Hussar The ghost of the AU 313 on a fiery black steed Came rushing to witness the fray While Samus sat there in her royal gold ship It was just like a scene from a play 'Twas just at that moment each sword found its mark And I heard a blood-curdling scream I opened my eyes and to my surprise I found it was only a dream. One of the things I like about the two poems is they are based off of two real poems. Also, it has been mentioned my interest in Cosplay. Admiral Dane might just fit me. Also, Admiral dane could defeat anyone in a fight. Especially Master Chief. Kohaku
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A Poem via the internet... a poem about Admiral Castor Dane. Note, I did not write nor do I own the poem. First some info on him. Fleet Admiral Castor Dane is the commander of the GFS Olympus. He is known for his utmost dedication to protecting the Galactic Federation from its enemies. He is stern, aggressive, and has a strong dislike for the Space Pirates. A rumor exists about him that says the Space Pirates killed his parents at an early age, causing him to be an orphan as a child. He still seeks to avenge the Space Pirates for the death of his parents. Admiral Cossack Dane The sons of the Comet are many and bold and quite unaccustomed to fear, But the bravest by far in the ranks of the Command, Was Sammy Dark Samus. If you wanted a woman to encourage the van, Or harass the foe from the rear, Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout for Sammy Dark Samus. Now the heroes were plenty and well known to fame in the troops that were led in the Federation, And the bravest of these was a man by the name of Admiral Cossack Dane. One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun and donned his most truculent sneer, Downtown he did go where he tred on the toe of Sammy Dark Samus. "Young man," quoth Sammy, "has life grown so dull That you wish to end your career? Vile meatbag know, you have trod on the toe Of Sammy Dark Samus. So take your last look upon starshine and ship And send your regrets to the Chozo ordain For by this I imply, you are going to die, Admiral Cossack Dane." Then this bold Metroid drew her trusty fleshpoid, Singing, "Phaaze o' Phaaze Phazon!" And with murderous intent she ferociously went for Admiral Cossack Dane. They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed, Of blood they spilled a great part, The Chozo blokes, who seldom crack jokes, Say that phazite was first made on the spot. They fought all that night neath the pale blue moon; The din, it was heard from afar, And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame, of Sammy and Admiral Dane. As Sammy's wood beam was extracting the life, In fact she was shouting, "Huzzah!" He felt himself struck by that wily Shlemiel, Admiral Cossack Dane. The AU drove by in his red-breasted fly, Expecting the victor to cheer, But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh, Of Sammy Dark Samus. Madam Samus, too, in her bodysuit blue Rode up in her new crested car. She arrived just in time to exchange a last line With Admiral Cossack Dane. There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Phazon rolls, And graved there in characters clear, Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul Of Sammy Dark Samus." A splash in the Fiery Bryyo one dark moonless night Caused ripples to spread wide and far, It was made by a sack fitting close to the back, of Admiral Cossack Dane. A Chozo-Raised maiden her lone vigil keeps, 'Neath the light of the cold northern star, And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps, is Admiral Cossack Dane. And then he comes back. Kohaku
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Samus. Metroid. A History. These two words are well known gaming icons, and why not, they've deserve it. The original Metroid blew the gaming world away with two simple things. Samus was a female. And the often looked over ability to go left. However, I'm not talking about the history of the games, we are going to explore the life of the famous heroine, Samus. Where does it all start? Her story starts with the Metroid e-Manga, which goes through her childhood and it shows us why she has such a hatred for space pirates. Pre-Metroid & Metroid: Zero Mission It all starts with the creation of the Galactic Federation, there was one main ship which helped bring prosperity and did the important negotiations. It needed an energy to power it called Afloraltite. These energy crystals were mined on Earth colony K-2L. Her mother and father. Samus at age three lived on K-2L with her family. One day Samus has her bag taken by a squirrel-like animal. At the same time the Chozo arrive and need Afloraltite, they have a small chat with Samus' father... when Samus and some other kids race. Samus bumps into one of the Chozo named Old Bird knocking off his cloak. Obviously Samus is afraid, however Old Bird says, "My appearance may differ, but inside peace dwells within both your heart and mine just the same." Isn't Samus cute? Samus, being the kid she is thinks Old Bird can help her and pulls him away from the negotiations. She still wants her bag back. Old Bird, suggests that perhaps the little animal just wants to be friends, and suggests Samus gives it a name. That name is Ponchi. Ponchi. Back at the negotiations the Chozo are ready to leave as they know that boss Aran was entrusted by the federation. Old Bird apologizes for the rudeness of the Chozo, and they leave. The reason they needed the Afloraltite is also revealed. They wanted to stop the Metroid Cultivation! The Metroids will multiply. Scary, huh? Meanwhile, General Ridley and the Space Pirates find the location of the Afloraltite: K-2L. And they want that energy. Boss Aran finds out that they are coming and has a distress signal sent out. As Samus is in the forest playing with Ponchi, the Space Pirates attack, and things blow up. Samus wanders into Ridley and tries to befriend him. Ridley says, "Hm. Can't have a cute girl around... we just can't!!!" Ridley attacks... and Samus' mother sacrifices herself to save Samus. Around the same time her father detonates the Afloraltite, surprising Ridley as his ship explodes. Samus!!!! The Chozo arrive too late. No one survived... Except Samus and Ponchi. Samus and Ponchi are taken to Zebes, and Mother Brain states an important fact. Humans can't survive on Zebes as they cannot adapt. And yes, we are talking about -the- Mother Brain. Mother Brain! Thus, the Chozo give Samus a gift, they infuse her with their DNA. Samus can adapt and becomes more skilled than the average human. Eleven years later we find out that Samus has been training and has a power suit.
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I'll be the first to admit this is less of a longshot than my previous suggestions: The Miis Franchise: Nintendo Wii First Appearance: Mii Channel (Wii) Why?: This is about as close to a create-a-character as we're ever going to get in Smash Bros. The introduction of the Miis brought a personal touch to the Nintendo Wii. Though not quite as open to customization as most standard CaC's, the Mii would allow the user to put a face with their Smash profile. Nintendo has already "revealed" that your profile will now store Button Configurations, so why not include your Mii? Appearance: That's the beauty of it. It'd be whatever you'd want it to be. It could look like you, an alien, or Chuck Norris (though admittedly that'd be a bit unfair to the competition). The Mii would default to whatever color shirt/skirt you set as your favorite in the Mii Channel, and would change to fit the team color if you play in that mode. Moveset: Considering the variety of sports and games the Mii's have been involved in already, it shouldn't be too hard to come up with a varied movepool. The standard special attack would involve throwing a random ball, anywhere from Tennis to Bowling. Side-smash would be similiar to Peach's in that they'd switch between bats, clubs, and tennis rackets. The Up+B would be a somewhat funky looking swim move to boost them up. The flailing limbs would cause damage to those that get in the way. Their Side+B special would summon a Cow that they'd rampage across the platform on. This would provide a bit of an extra boost to come back (similar to Luigi and Pikachu's headbutt moves). The Up+A would call up a mighty boxing uppercut. I'm not quite sure what Down+A would do. Final Smash: There are a couple of options with this one. My first instincts were to suggest the Mii Parade, where an army of Mii's from your box stampede across the screen. Then I thought, why not reference WiiPlay and have the Wii's play LaserPong (or whatever the game was). Two paddles appear on screen and start bouncing your opponents back and forth across the screen like little Pong balls. It'd be shiny, and somewhat unique comparred to the others I've suggested. Well, that's the third. I'm rather enjoying this, though admittedly aside from these three I'm running a bit short on dark horses.
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Today I went to Gamestop. I played some Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. And honestly the game is as good as people say it is. I killed a few Pirates got the Missles in the beginning. Then went on to own the Berserker Lord and the way it dies is completely awesome. (I'm not gonna spoil it for you.) I played some more and killed the Pirates on the now famous Bridge Battle, that was fun, so is the grapple beam. (Somehow I fell off the bridge, which didn't kill me horribly.) From what I played the game is worth it. Besides killing Space Pirates is very fun. If you own a Wii, this game is a must get. Then I reserved it. And bought some sweet stuff: -A fan which helps cool down the Wii and it glows. (It replaces the silver base.) -Metroid: Zero Mission -Metroid Fusion -A magazine supscription to Game Informer -Plus I got a sweet Samus poster for free. It is win. Kohaku
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I had fun doing an entry for K. Rool. So in keeping with the "Sleeper Hit" characters theme: Dog Franchise: Duck Hunt First Appearance: Duck Hunt (NES) Why?: Face it, you've wanted to beat this guy up since you first booted up your NES way back in the 80's. Well, now's the chance to put up or shut up. As one of the most reviled and yet memorable characters of Nintendo's earliest console days, Dog brings a few new entertaining possibilities to the Smash Bros table. For starters, he's a quadrupedal character. Other than Ivysaur (who was only introduced recently for Brawl), there hasn't been a four-legged fighter in the Smash series. That is, unless you count Pikachu. And I don't. Also, he'd leave the game open to really have fun inventing a moveset. Afterall, he's a dog. What can he really do? Appearance: Not much special here. He'd be upgraded to 3d, as the 2d design was something unique to Game & Watch. But otherwise he'd be the same brown dog with his black ears and color. I'd imagine he'd spend most of his time on four legs. Not to exciting. Moveset: Honestly, the only certain thing is that pressing Up on the control pad would let out that annoying laugh that caused many a gamer to fire a barrage of clicks at their screen. You know the one. Other than that, it's tough to come up with anything. I picture him running around on all fours and using a combination of bites and headbutts to attack. Of course, his standard special attack would let him stand up and fire a shot from his personal firearm (shaped like the blaze orange Zapper). His Up+B recovery move would summon a duck, which he'd quickly grab to get pulled up. This duck would also damage enemies as it swooped in. His other moves are a bit of a mystery, but with a taunt as memorable as Dog's...I couldn't refuse the opportunity to make a case for his inclusion. Final Smash: Duck! Harking back to his days on the open range, Dog would dive let out his signature bark and dive behind the nearest bush. What would follow would be an insane onrush of wild ducks. Striking from every direction, the ducks would juggle Dog's opponents into the air, where he'd pop up to strike a few blows of his own. When it was all over of course, he'd grab a few strays that fell down and hold them in his classic pose. So there you go, Dog and K. Rool are the first two additions to my dream Smash Bros roster. How'm I doing?
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I never blogged about it last week but I beat Metroid the first one on the Virtual console. (I got the second best ending.) Just a few minutes ago I beat Super Metroid. Time: 9:41 (My first try) Item Collection Rate: 80% Animals Saved: Three Etecoons and the Dachola That game was freaking awesome. I still have to improve that time... unfortunately wall jumping sucks. And now the newest pet in my blog: Isn't it so cute? I will name him Ponchi. A cookie to anyone who knows the naming reference. Kohaku
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Custom Edition. Server name: Last Chance. If you wanna play, just comment. I finally got my computer to run multiplayer games. If the last chance server isn't up, mention it. It means I 'm probably on another server. Once I get a few people here who want to play, I'll start the server. So watch this entry. Oh, and my username is: =Targeter= By sharp and fame, =Cortana=
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This is my new army: You will fear them! Kohaku
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Diddy Kong annoucned for Brawl, bringing the total to 8 new characters (Snake and Metaknight were both confirmed in the original trailer). To put things in perspetivce, Melee added 14 new characters to the roster going from the 64 to the Cube. But of those, only three were officially annouced prior to release (Bowser, Zelda, and Ice Climbers). Now, Nintendo's not going to reveal everything before the game comes out. Which means there are going to be more new characters hidden in the game. So that's where the fun begins. I've got a strong hunch about a few characters, and a few I threw in to have fun with it. So while Nintendo's revealing their characters, I'm going to try my hand. K. Rool Franchise: Donkey Kong First Appearance: Donkey Kong Country as "King K. Rool" (SNES) Why?: Melee introduced Bowser, Ganondorf, and Mewtwo. These were the first "villians" to enter the world of Super Smash Bros, and have now been joined by Metaknight. This gives even Kirby a rival of sorts to go with Mario, Link, and Pikachu. With the addition of Diddy Kong, it's become clear that Rare isn't exactly holding back from letting Nintendo use characters from the DKC series. When you look back at Donkey Kong's long gaming career, the only real villian that stands out is K. Rool. He's been a king, a pirate, and a doctor. He even dabbled in boxing long enough to get a light dropped on him by a jetpack wearing chimp. If Nintendo truly wants to add a deeper single player experience, it's important to give DK a villian he can confront on his way to the end. Appearance: Here's where it gets interesting. K. Rool has had three very different appearances over the DKC series. In order to best represent this, I would dress him in his pirate's jacket and crown. On his back would be the helicopter pack. Sure, it wouldn't look much like any one appearance, but it'd pay homage to his many jobs through the years. I'd even debate giving him boxing gloves, the joke being that K. Rool didn't quite know how to prepare, so he brought it all. Moveset: I lied, this is more interesting. His Up+B special would of course involve his copter, which would propell him upward and damage enemies from below. His blunderbuss would be involved as well, most likely as a standard B attack. I don't know how to get the crown toss from DKC involved, but I'm sure the designers could come up with something clever. If you include the boxing gloves, the gun could be shifted to Toward+B (similar to Samus' missles) while B would trigger a windup punch. If you consider the final boss of DK64 was set up like a boxing match, this would be a perfect parallel. Final Smash: This was the easiest one to think up. He'd of course have to call out KAOS for one last go. With lasers, rockets, and boxing glove arms KAOS would sweep in and rough up the place while K. Rool sat back and posed (once again referencing DK64's final fight). This posing would also be his taunt. Well, that's my first go. Don't know if I'll do more. But this is the one I've been wanting since the original Smash Bros. Will it happen? I only hope so. With that said, anybody have any characters they'd like to see?
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There comes a time when words cannot describe things. At other times words can. This is one which can't. First we have some words from Old Bird: Now we have a game that should be made. It would be the greatest game in the history of games(Idea by Kohaku, image by Kinali): And just where does Nintendo get ideas? From a road trip! Take a look: Discuss. Also, bonus points to whoever knows who the old guy is in the last picture. Kohaku
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Scweeeeeeeeeeee... I got Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory in the mail two minutes ago. The box is mind-boggling. Because it looks better upside-down than rightside-up. More updates as I beat levels. By sharp and fame, -=Cortana=-
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So I picked up Mario Strikers Charged for the Wii. I got it on the 29th a day before the official release date. It's warfare with soccer thrown in. Making it fun. The place the game shines is Multiplayer and it supports the Nintendo Wifi Connection. And it supports it good, much better than Pokemon from what some people have said. Megastrikes. You can get up to six goals. When you pull off a Megastrike your opponent plays a minigame where they have to try and block it. And on the fastest speed blocking Megastrikes is very difficult. I'm not going to make ya'll bored with the details so I'll get to the point. It is a ton of fun. The single player starts out as easy and turns to an impossibly hard level at the Striker Cup. It does get repetitive as you go through it. The multiplayer is addictive though. Online matches have little to no lag. If there has been any lag, I haven't noticed it. This is a fun game and it should hold me over till Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. If you want to challenge me add my FC: 4854 3792 4892 Next Entry: Pimp My Kolhii Kohaku
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There's a party at the Haven. After having played Pokemon since Red first launched so many years ago, I finally...after having two previous failures...have caught my first Shiny Pokemon. First it was a Rattata that I accidentally fainted in Silver. Then a Pidgey that used Whirlwind in Leaf Green. But this time, this time I was ready. While training in the Tower south of Solaceon in Diamond, a Green Zubat popped up. Thankfully I had my Lvl 63 Luxray in the lead. So all it took was a Quick Balll and I was good to go. Needless to say I saved IMMEDIATELY after. So now I have a Green Zubat. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but it's there. And it's MINE! So break out the spirited beverages and the pixie stix. ViceGreymon's letting everybody in today!
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You know that one part of the Maw level in Halo where you have to blow the four engine casings? You know that one bit where 343 Guilty Spark says: "Are you perhaps ill, Reclaimer?" When he says that, say: "Yep, sick of you" You can't kill him, but you can at least yell at him. -=Cortana=-
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"Rock This Town" once again proved to be my downfall. But for an official event held in the Rotunda of the MoA, the GHII Tourney on Saturday sure seemed pretty unprofessional. Since my one and only performance was at 12:15, I was left with quite a bit of time to discuss the merits of the contest with those around me. For starters, the field was open to over 200 competitors...however, the limited time constraints for the tourney left them able to only take the top 10 scores. 10 out of 200. One song eliminated 190 people. Which means after all the excitement and all the build-up, most everybody who went to the MoA on Saturday ended up being done after only 4 minutes. Hardly exciting. There were other problems to. The biggest was the apparant inability of the organizers to realize the significance of HD Lag in any sort of gaming. Especially one who's major focus is on timing. Anybody who has an HD TV knows that there is a certain lag associated that doesn't exist in an old school fat TV. So failure to properly calibrate the delay left each player with a different delay, and no opportunity to adjust for it (I've played GHII on a 360, so I've come to realize that if the game isn't properly calibrated for the lag it can take anywhere from two to three songs to get used to the delay). This wasn't helped any bit by the fact that the entire tournament was played on Expert. That's really my biggest complaint. If MoA and GameStop are supposedly trying to draw a diverse fanbase and make the tourney accessible, why set it at the absolute highest difficulty? There's a big enough cut-off when people transition from Medium to Hard, as there's an extra bit of practice required to start moving your pinky to hit that fifth button. Expert Mode is just that. If you think of Easy as the Tutorial portion of the game, Medium becomes a more standard difficulty. Hard is a good enough difficulty level for an open tournament, as anybody who's good enough to win a tournament on Expert is theoretically good enough to rise to the top of the pack in the Hard setting. There were other issues. Since this was organized by GameStop, every store in the district was asked to bring their 360 Kiosk to the Rotunda. These were all wired together and hooked into some massive power supply somewhere. Whoever set it all up though didn't realize the kind of juice the whole thing would be pulling though. Throughout the opening rounds of the "tournament", one entire section of 360's would repeatedly power down. Not surprisingly, most of the people who were forced to start over (some people had to restart twice) didn't make it through. Why? Because they were slowly getting adjusted to the Lag, which was then restarted (and never recalibrated by the organizer) when the machine was powered down. All in all, the whole thing turned into a joke. There were people who I knew could do better who were coming out of it with scores between 50-60%. This is not a game where you can just get "lucky" and get a high score. If you can consistently get a certain range, that's the range you'll get anytime. You're not going to consistently hit 95% in a certain song, then suddenly fall apart and hit only 55%. And when everybody mentioned the lag as they came out of there...yeah. It's sad when an tourney at a local restuarant is more professional and entertaining than a large-scale public event. And if anybody who was running that tourney is reading this...next time make sure you make that if you're going to set up a website ahead of time, you actually go ahead and put more info on there. Because had I known it was going to be on Expert...and there was a good liklihood I'd only play one song in the whole 4 hour period, I wouldn't have bothered. I'm not good enough on Hard yet to even think about playing on Expert. The whole thing was just a waste of my time. And for shoppers who were watching, it was the same song...over and over again (the first two hours were people playing Rock This Town). Hardly entertaining for them. I hope they learn from this, and next time have qualifiers at Local Gamestops. That way by the time it gets to the MoA event, they can have a solid bracket already built...and everybody just plays on the same giant TV. That way it's the same lag, and the audience sees a variety of songs.
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If any of my fellow Minnesotan BZPers have nothing to do tomorrow, I suggest you make a trip to the Mall of America, where they'll be holding a Guitar Hero tournament. I've been playing it a lot since my embarrassing second-chance at the smaller-scale tourney a few weeks ago. Five buttons isn't as hard as it once was, and my weakness now is just those faster chains (hammer-ons and pull-offs are quite tricky but nearly essential in the tougher songs). Registration starts at 10 at the Rotunda and ends at noon, with the tourney itself running till 4. I have no idea how this is going to work, but it is my duty as a gamer to go. If you go, hopefully I'll be able to come up with a way to make myself recognizable. Come cheer me on, or sign up and maybe face off against me. Whatever the case, I'm looking to have a good time tomorrow. And while I'm there, I hope to scout the Lego Imagination Center. All these rumors of Mahri sightings, I figure if they're trickling into stores I may be able to catch one or two in some kind of preview release much like the Rahkshi so many years ago. Though I'm going to have to almost as soon as my run in the tourney's out. Got family plans in the evening. This is the last weekend where I won't have to worry about getting up for work...probably for a looong time. I've gotta make the most of it right?
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93+ Hours: 159 Seen, 92 Obtained. 8 Badges, 1 Championship At exactly 1 am this morning, I was victorious. After more than a month of on again, off again training and playing, I was able to finish off the Elite Four and become the Champion in Pokemon Diamond. Comparred to the previous games, I have to say this was a tougher Elite Four than the last few gens, especially the champion, who was more difficult than the last two and could probably give the original Rival a run for his money. Having seen all 150 Shinnoh Region Pokemon, the next step of the game is collecting the remaining Legendary Pokemon and attempting to complete the full dex. If you're keeping score at home, that's over 490 Pokemon. But not much over. So from the above status report, you can tell I've got a LONG way to go. For now, if I can just see most of them...I'll consider it a victory. But my best option is to start breeding back in Sapphire and LeafGreen, then transfer the freshly hatched babies to Diamond. This is opposed to just clearing out the two previous Gen games. I put a lot of hours into those two games, and have some decent Pokes that I'm going to use in Colleseum and XD on the Cube. From there, who knows. Battle Revolution is coming soon for the Wii, so I'm hoping to have a decent Battle Team together to start fighting my way through that game. And then, if I'm lucky, I'll have a team I'm confident enough in to start getting into more PvP battling. Haven't fought a human since way back in the Red/Blue/Yellow days. I'm enojying this game quite a bit. There is a lot to do. Like, an FFXII load of things to do.
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Like the title says, it's rare when you get a second chance. So don't do what I did tonight and make a fool out of yourself in front of a large number of strangers. If you remember I attempted to enter a Guitar Hero Tournament last week, and missed qualifying for the Finals by a very slim margin. Well, I was told by the guy running it that if there was a no-show the following week it was possible I could get in. Well, it happened. There were two no-shows. Ironically enough, the guy who beat me last week to take the last spot in the finals was one of them. Apparently he chickened out at the last minute and decided not to come. The guy running it, to be fair, opened the floor to anybody who was interested in competeing. It turned out it was just me, and one other guy. So now, I was forced to play The Last Vegas' "Raw Dog" on Expert. Expert being the difficulty I had never played on before. It was a battle for a tournament slot that really should've been mine. But not everybody else knew that, and I suppose he didn't want to appear to be showing any sort of bias or favortism. Needless to say, I got stomped. Not because the other guy had played Expert, but because he just managed to struggle through it less. The final tally was 76% to 60%, so the scores weren't even close. Later on in the night (after a rocking rendition of Free Bird on expert) I challenged him to a rematch and lost 95%-93% on Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box". I felt that justified things. And watching the rest of the tournament, I decided I wouldn't have stood a chance. Though the practice would've been nice. The long story/short is, if you get your second chance in life. Be ready for it. I had opportunities to practice playing a bit over the past week, but I spent it trying to catch up on Voltron and Pokemon Diamond (I caught Dialga...YAY!).
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I got Starfox 64 for the Virtual Console. It's awesome. But, I'm not done with the VC yet, I'm getting 1,000 more points. Those will be saved for SMRPG. Oh yes. That game deserves it. I got it because I have both bonus disks with OoT on them, I didn't need that one again. *goes off to play* Kohaku
