NINTENDO

There are only a couple things more annoying than not being able to remember where you put something, especially if it was less than 12 hours since you had that something in your hands.

Take my keys.

After going out with some friends for a Saturday evening of food and fun, I returned back to the dorm and partook in some Super Smash Bros. Melee with a couple more friends. I know for a fact I had my keys with me then, because I used them to open the file cabinet that houses my more expensive goods (several hundred dollars of software, blank checks, and my Gamecube games and gear). I brought my keys with me when I went to play SSBM, and afterwards I grabbed them on my way back down.

This is where the "fuzzy" part of my mind kicks in and I can't remember 100% what I did with my keys. I know I made it back to my dorm room with them, and I remember using them to open the locked file cabinet again, but after that I don't have any idea what I did with them.

I scoured my room for them, looked in all the usual places, but still no keys...my dad's coming up tomorrow with some bolt cutters and a new lock, and probably a slap upside the head for being such a bonehead, so after we have lunch I'll find out for sure if my keys are in there.

In other more pleasant news, Starcraft 2 has been announced, and after watching all three gameplay trailers and the cinematic trailer (btw, Blizzard, how hard is it to offer up files for HTTP download, eh? I'm sick and tired of torrenting everything), I have to say I'm very "meh" about the whole thing. I've never really been much of an RTS guy, so I see a game like Starcraft and think, "wow, those are some pretty awesome graphics"...I'll try to get into it like I do with most RTS, but I'm just not sure I'll find the fun in this that many people who can handle micro-micro-management games will find.


I WILL, however, derive great pleasure from the new Super Smash Bros. Game that's coming out for the Wii. Super Smash Bros. Brawl promises new characters, levels, and items while retaining the familiar Gamecube control scheme we've all come to love. Nintendo announced its decision a year ago, as quoted from Joystiq's article back on May 10th, 2006:

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And before you ask, no, I don't have a Wii now, but a recent scheme came across my doorstep that, while sounding just a BIT too good to be true, also sounds plausible enough that I want to give it a try. Basically, it involves GameFly's referral program; right now, GameFly has a promotion where if I can get 5 friends to sign up for their paid service, I get a free year of GameFly or a Nintendo Wii. The cheapest GameFly plan is $8.95 for the first month, so all I have to do is give five friends $10 and have them sign up for a month of the service. Once I get my voucher for the free Wii, they all cancel, I get my Wii, and everyone's happy...except for GameFly. I have the five friends, I've scoured the TOS for any possible loopholes/catches, all I need now is to find a bit of free time to coordinate the whole ordeal. Its a bit risky, but hey, you don't get ahead in anything if you don't take chances!

Check out the trailer for the next Super Smash Bros. game, coming out on the Wii early next year!

I had lost faith in Nintendo after sub-par games on the DS and a general lack of games that I felt were for the older audiences (i.e. hardly any extreme violence/shooting action-type games), but this video rekindled my appreciation for the quality and innovation Nintendo has come to be known for.

So I've decided to stick it out with Nintendo...at least until the next console wars!