Final Fantasy--Defeat Garland

Defeated Garland a little while ago. Wasn't to hard. I have beaten him before at level one, but this time I did some grinding, getting to level 2 before I fought him.

Got the lute, Built the bridge, and now it is tiem to go to Provakia

Completed NES Games

Disney's Adventures In The Magic Kingdom
Disney's The Little Mermaid
Dragon Warrior
Final Fantasy
Wolverine

Onimusha--Defeat Doppelganger

Defeated Doppelganger He was tough, constantly attacking and with an orb attack I don't, it was hard to get an attach in. Finally I used the wind orb attack, a few sword attacks, a lightning attack, and a fire attack. We both fired our orb attacks at the same time, but mine took him out :)

What I want to know is why I had to play as Kaede. She was pretty much useless until she got the spiritual knife. and without the Gauntlet, there were a lot of enamy souls I couldn't collect.

Hopefully I won't have to play as her again, but I probably will.

I really need to get some more Wii Points. First it was Paper Mario last week, and now this week the added Shining Force.

Like I said, I need to get some points. At this rate, they will be adding Super Mario RPG next week. (we can only hope for such an event.)

Super Paper Mario--Chapter 5

Finished Chapter 5 earlier. Got two new Pixls, saved two races, and fought O'Chunks a couple more times. He might not be too tough to beat, but he is easily my favorite villian in this game, at least so fat. Dimentio is getting better and better too. Almost reminds me of Starscream.

Beat the bad guys, saved the day, got thee Pure Heart. On to Chapter 6

Weekly Challenges--July 23-July 29, 2007

I didn't do to great last week although I did make a lot of progress. I finally got pass where I was before I sent the Wii in to get repaired in Super Paper Mario, I beat another boss in Onimusha, finished 2 more scenarios in Age Of Empires, and got most of my Pokemon up to Level 10. I would have completed that on if it weren't for the fact that Zubat was my lowest pokemon and also was pretty much useless. I switched to Geodude, but I still wasn't able to get him to level 10 before Midnight last night.

Going to make a few changes to this week's goals, other then to show progress in the games. I am dropping the Kid Icarus goal. After seeing the first part of Game Trailer's Final Fantasy Retrospective (found here), I realized that it has been years since I played the game. So I am replacing the Kid Icarus goal with Final Fantasy.

On to Goals!

1.) Defeat Garland in Final Fantasy.
2.) Complete 4 Recipes in Cooking Mama.
3.) Defeat Doppelganger in Onimusha
4.) Get my main pokemon up to level 10 in Pokemon Pearl.
5.) Complete Chapter 5 in Super Paper Mario.
6.) Complete 3 scenarios in the Egyptian Campaign on Age Of Empires.
7.) Get the Coal Badge in Pokemon Pearl.

Onimusha--Defeat Marcellus

Defeated Marcellus earlier today. Not only that, but I got a new toy as well. A staff, my preferred weapon in real life.

He was a lot easier to defeat then the last boss, but it was still a good fight, and I loved the fact that it was on a roof top.

Now I have to go underground to find the Princess. I'll probably run into Guildenstern at some point too, but I'll just have to deal with him in some way.

Super Paper Mario--Chapter 4

beat Chapter 4. I am finally seeing new stuff! I was in 4-2 when the Wii broke down, so I am finally pass that.

It was kind of sad though. I haven't had to buy any healing items or use the in the entire game, but I was forced to return to Flipside while in 4-4. I love that level. It was cool that you had to walk on the walls and ceiling to get to the end.

I was surprised by the boss. At the end of Chapter 3, when Bleck mentions the green one (or what ever he said) I figured he meant Luigi, but then some of the stuff said about Squip and the way he acted I figured maybe he was the boss. then Mr. L, the Green Thunder (brainwashed Luigi) showed up. The fight against Brobot was great, cant wait for the next round.

The best part is the fact that the love story between chapters is finally beginning to make sense.

Now I have to find the next Heart Pillar, and Chapter 5.

Weekly Challenges--July 16-July 22, 2007

Didn't do to good last week, partialy because of laziness, partially because of computer problems. I just spent the last 8 hours trying to wrestle my network into submission and get the Wi-Fi connection to work, only to find out that Paper Mario is now available on the virtual console, and I can't afford it :( Oh well. it was worth getting Final Fight, and I will get more points when I get paid on Friday, and then it will be mine.

Now that I have the network up and running (again) on to this week's goals.

1.) Get through level 1 of Kid Icarus.
2.) Complete 4 Recipes in Cooking Mama.
3.) Defeat Marcellus in Onimusha
4.) Get my main pokemon up to level 10 in Pokemon Pearl.
5.) Complete Chapter 4 in Super Paper Mario.
6.) Complete 3 scenarios in the Egyptian Campaign on Age Of Empires.
7.) Get the Coal Badge in Pokemon Pearl.

Onimusha--Defeat Osric

Bit of a change. I forgot that the game areas do one equal levels. so I am changing it to going from boss to boss, and beyond to the nearest Magic Mirror (save points)

It was a tough fight, simply because I still am getting use to the control scheme. I did unlock the easy mode by dieing several times.

Yeah, that is why I did it. on purpose to unlock easy mode.

Osric is dead, the princess is still missing. Bring on the next boss.

Super Paper Mario--Chapter 3

Still nothing new in the game, but I really enjoyed this chapter, because I enjoyed it the first time. Once again hearing the classic music, and going into a version of world 1-2 of Super Mario Bros was cool too, and the story finally gets really interesting.

Now if you will excuse me, I have a heart pillar to find.

Just saw on G4's E3 coverage that Mario and Sonic go to the olympics, which is already cool just for having those two in a game together, might have a fencing game!

Yeah. more sword fighting on the Wii. Not to impressed so far after learning that the light saber game from Lucas Arts may in fact be a remake of Lego Star Wars 1 and 2. Hopefully there is another won in the works.

My thoughts on Rock Band

I'm watching yesterdays coverage of E3 on G4, and they have been talking a lot about Rock Band. I was excited about this game when I first heard about it, but I was also a bit concerned. I love Guitar Hero, but with all the other instruments on it, I knew tha it could be hard to keep track of what was going on.

They have been showing footage from the game, and they are actually showing a demo for it after the commercial break, and I have to say they aren't helping any. it looks like Guitar hero on crack, with a karaoke revolution style lyric bar on the top of the screen.

I think the main problem I have with this game is the fact that, to get the most out of it, it is essential;y a party game. Guitar Hero is fun when playing with friends, but it is also fun by yourself, while games like Mario Party are more fun with friends. I have a feeling that, no mater how fun Rock Band is, it will truly shine as a party game. Not that this is a bad game, but I like games that are just as good in solo play.

one cool part was the fact that they were talking to Steven Van Zandt, who apparently is serving as a consultant on the game. it was funny when he said that a lot of older, classic rock songs aren't played much on radio stations and can be hard to find. apparently he doesn't know about classic rock stations, that only play classic (and sometimes modern) rock. there are 5 that I can get with varying degrees of clarity, in my truck (reception sucks in my apartment)

Harmonix is making this game, and they are the ones who invented the genre, so I will probably still get it, but at the moment I doubt that I will be getting it at launch.


Update: They just showed the demo, with Three Finger Salute (a Rock Band band made up of Harmonix employees) playing. Except for at the very end, they did very good, with the guitar player messing up right at the end. Up next is the G4 bad, Red Circle Of Death. should be interesting to see how someone who didn't make the game does.

Update 2: They didn't even last a full minute before someone (I think KEvin) crashed and burned and someone apparently tried logging onto X Box live. did pretty much confirm my theory that it is a party game.

Weekly Challenges--July 9-July 15, 2007

Didn't do too well last week, mainly because I didn't have much time to play games last week. I hoped to get the DS goals done while riding to the cities to help my bro move, but I ended up spending most of the time either reading or talking to my parents, and I was just busy with other stuff to play any other games.

Oh well. Going to cut down on the goals a bit this week.

And here they are.

1.) Complete 4 recipes in Cooking Mama.
2.) Get my main pokemon up to level 12 in Pokemon Pearl.
3.) Complete Chapter 3 in Super Paper Mario.
4.) Get through level 1 of Kid Icarus.
5.) Complete 3 scenarios in the Egyptian Campaign in Age Of Empires.
6.) Finish Area 1 of Onimusha.

Super Paper Mario--Chapter 2

Beat Chapter 2. Mimi was a lot easier this time, mainly because I remembered how I beat her last time.

Same as with Chapter 1, not much new. After all, I've beaten it before.

Super Paper Mario--Chapter 1

Beat Chapter 1. It was kind of cool to hear the old music and see a level based on World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros.

Not much new though. I've beaten this chapter before, and remembered most of the stuff from last time.

200th Post!!!!!!

YEAH!!!!!!

200 Posts!!!!!

Not much else to say. I think the last 100 went pretty good. Only got 1 game completely done, or atleast close enough for me. I also got a lot of goals completed. Not sure how many, but I know it was quite a few. I will have to update the list. Maybe I will do that tonight. Monk would want that. (Give you 5 guesses what show I'm watching right now. I should be playing games, but Monk is worth missing game time :) And I plan on playing either Guild Wars or AoE while watching)

Should be interesting to see how I do for the next 100.

Weekly Challenges--July 2-July 8, 2007

Sorry about posting this earlier. I finished last week's goals! Yeah! Not only that, but I finished a new game and added a couple that I previously beat.

Now for this week's goals

1.) Complete 4 Days in Rayman Raving Rabbids.
2.) Complete 8 Recipes in Cooking Mama.
3.) Win the first gym badge in Pokemon Pearl.
4.) Get my Pokemon to level 12 in Pokemon Pearl.
5.) Complete the first 2 chapters in Super Paper Mario.
6.) Complete 3 scenarios in the Egyptian Campaign on Age Of Empires.

Age Of Empires--3 Scenarios

Forgot to post this the other day. I finished the first 3 scenarios in the Egyptian campaign. Not much to talk about. They are tutorials after all.

Cooking Mama--Fried Prawn

I did rather well on this one. Got 80 points and I didn't even drop anything in the frying step this time! And I unlocked chili sauce shrimp.
I also redid some other ones and got better scores; 100 in both Fried Rice and Pan Fried Batter Cake, 85 in Sweet Roll and Pan Fried Vega tables.

This week's recipe count: 8 done, 2 Gold.

Cooking Mama--Pan Fried Batter Cake

Only got 87 points. Would have gotten a perfect score, but I am still having trouble mixing. I'm going to have to practice that some.

Didn't unlock anything this time, which is the first time in a while that I haven't.

Now it's onto Fried Prawn.

This week's recipe count: 7 done, 0 Gold.

Cooking Mama--Croquette

Got 86 points in this one. Most of the problems I had were timing issues, so if I choose to replay it, it shouldn't bee to hard to get a perfect score.

I also unlocked Seasoned Beef with Potatoes.

Next on the menu is Pan Fried Batter Cake.

This week's recipe count: 6 done, 0 Gold.

Pokemon: Pearl--Oreburgh City

Got to Oreburgh City last night right before going to bed. Didn't do much other then find the cities Gym and it's Pokemon Center. I will win the badge and explore next week.

Oh, and last week when I said all my pokemon were at level 7. Turns out I forgot to save before turning off the power, because they weren't there. Got them all between level 9 and 10 now. and I made sure to save.

I caught just 1 new Pokemon, a Budew. I almost caught a Geodude, but I for got to send out a Pokeball and ended up defeating it. And I encountered several Abras, but they all teleported away before I could catch them.

Wii-Sabers!

I've been waiting for this. We heard rumors about this game at last years E3, but nothing since then. Now it seems it is quite a ways into development. They say they will announce something this fall, most likely it will be at the GDC, and will be a release date. I'm guessing that it will be out in time for Christmas.

Cooking Mama--Spring Roll

Finished Spring Rolls a little bit ago. Got 75 points and unlocked Shumai Wantons. That one should be interesting. I has some trouble with sauteing, and I also dropped a couple of them, so I should be able to get a better score rather easily.

Up next, Croquettes

This week's recipe count: 5 done, 0 Gold.

Cooking Mama--Fried Rice

Finished Fried Rice. Actually I finished it a couple of times, since I didn't get a chance to post about it earlier and I forgot my score. SO I did it again. got 81 points and unlocked Rice Balls. Would have gotten more points, but I has some trouble with the final step, and no matter what I do I always seem to make a mess while mixing the ingredients.

I might try to get a better score, but for now, it's onto Spring Rolls.

This week's recipe count: 4 done, 0 Gold.