Mario Kart Super Circuit- Post two week (and then some) wrap-up

Sorry everyone, got a little distracted and didn't get my post up after the two weeks. First off I didn't enjoy my playtime with this game. I also didn't play it for very log. I normally would not base a game's worth off of such little playtime but being a racing game it doesn't take long to see all it has to offer. Also on that not I am not new to Mario Kart but this made me feel like playing a game of PONG would bee too hard for me. It didn't control at all like I wanted to and I never could get the power slide (drift) to work. I had a hard time winner even on the 50cc cups. After a while of getting aggravated I decided that maybe it was my beloved Donkey Kong was causing me to not have any fun. I switched to Yoshi and the game was better but not anywhere near what I felt it should play like. It was fun to see some new courses and mark off that I have played/owned all of the home Mario Kart games. I hope you had a better time playing than I did. I got through Mushroom, Fire Flower, Lightning, and Star cups with the best rank I could get of C. Time didn't allow for me to try the Special Cup. So before I end this post I will say something I did like about it. I did enjoy the ability to recover from a banana peel or other slick hazard without spinning out. I would not mind seeing something like that return. So did you get a chance to play it recently or during the two week period? If so let us know how you felt about it and your playtime and how far you got.

The Activity Log has me for 53 minutes and played 5 times.

Two weeks with Mario Kart Super Circuit

Good evening folks. The next game will be Mario Kart Super Circuit. It won by a landslide in the vote. Who did vote for this anyways? This just goes to show you your vote really does count.

This game was released in the US on July 27th 2001. This game is based off Super Mario Kart. Super Mario Kart was a favorite of mine. I remember going 99-1 one night in battle mode against some friends in middle school. The feather power up is one I have missed in the other Mario Karts that came out after Super. I will be interested to see if it is in this one. Super Mario Kart was a game about racing skill. No blue shells here. If you wanted to take out the first place guy you had to do it yourself. I fired this game up in December 11 and played a round. I didn't really like it but I will give a few cups a try to see if it gets better and if the old feelings come back. So lets strap on our helmets and go swap some paint.  Game ends 4/15/12 1201a.

Two weeks with Metroid Fusion

Well hopefully a few of you snuck some extra time in since I didn't get a post up Sunday. I am going to try to be better for the next games. I want to hear from you guys so post a comment on your play through. What sector are you in? I want to know the time on the save file, on the start menu your energy, missile, p-bomb, beam, missile, bomb, suit, and misc field contents. What is your current objective? Did you enjoy the game, learn to love it, or hate every minute of it? Do you plan on continuing the game? I probably could have went at least one more sector in my playtime but 3D classic: Kid Icarus and Crush 3D stole my playtime. I'll update this post after a couple of you share your experiences. In the mean time here is a tease.

UPDATE

A couple days late with my update. I was trying to get this out before we started the next game. I enjoyed my time with Metroid Fusion. I really haven't ever played a Metroid game before. I can remember playing Super Metroid as a kid at Target. I have Metroid Prime for Gamecube but I just couldn't get used to the controls. At that time I was heavy into FPS on PC. A couple of years later I picked up Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii but I only opened it to look at the game case and art book. It is waiting on my huge backlog. Then I picked up Metroid: Other M. I really enjoyed the time I put into it. It looked great and played great. I really didn't have an issue with the voice acting.  I plan on revisiting it and hopefully beating it some day soon. Anyways back to Fusion. First off like I believe Jerm said the graphics were good and I couldn't agree more. I would say this was modeled after the SNES graphics yet it doesn't feel to be 4 generations old when this game came out in 2002. I just pulled up a wiki on it and yes it does look like Super Metroid cause it was made by the same team that did it in 1992. You can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Fusion . This makes me feel like I need to pick up Super Metroid on the Virtual Console. The activity log on the 3DS has me at 9 hours and 10 minutes. It also has me at 16 times played with an average of 34 minutes per play. I would say that number is probable closer to 8 times played since there were a few times I launched it and had to quit to do something else. The save file has me at 5:53 minutes and I am on the main deck. My current mission tells me to go to "Central Reactor core down. Engage auxiliary at target. Last time I played it I made it down to probably is the boss of this stage and died. I didn't seem to be hurting it and I died. It was late and I had to go to bed. The next time I had an opportunity to play I was helping out my wife play through the second sector. A couple days later the two weeks ended. I plan on going back and gutting that monster but it is time to stop the Metroid Fusion play through. I had a good time playing this game. The story line was ok and after playing Metroid other M some I enjoyed her talking about Adam. This game really encourages you to look for hidden rooms and power-ups.  My only hope is Nintendo does decided to update this games and give us more options like save states and the ability to pop back to the home screen for friends list and internet.  Another good feature would be button remapping. Even though the play time is over it isn't too late to post your impressions.   

I'm still around..... Let's play Metroid Fusion

Hey everybody. Been a while since I have posted. sorry about that. My wife and I are still working through Super Mario Bros All-stars and it is taking much longer than expected. We have also been playing Skylander: Spyro's Adventure, Mario Kart 7, and Super Mario 3D Land.
 
Right now my friends and I are working through some GBA games on our 3DS. We took a vote and Metroid Fusion won. We are taking two weeks to play through as much of the game as we have time for and then discuss it. I am currently on Sector 4 and fighting what I am guessing is the boss although it seems awful quick. The 3ds activity meter has me in for 3 hours and 17 minutes and the game's save file is 2 hours and 8 minutes. I have 4 energy tanks and I think 55 missiles. Let's not discuss too much details right now but I just want to get a feel for how far you have got. We can discuss more 3/24.

Why is this here?

Why does this blog exist? Well that is a good question. As far back as I can remember I have had hobbies and interest but none have stuck with me quite like Video Games have. It is really funny. Growing up it wasn't the cool thing to do but I had several core groups of friends that tolerated my passion and even extorted it. Many would have me beat a level or find some secret that they were looking for. Many used me for cheat codes that I would get out of Nintendo Power, Tips and Tricks , Gamepro and other such magazines that I would pick up at the Supermarket. My bad handwriting made it just that much exciting to get the codes to work. This was way before the internet was so mainstream in fact I think the first time I ever used the net was several years later sometime in the early 90's over at my friend Jonathan's house. 

I started with an NES that I bought off my older brother; he was always thrifty that way. I think my favorite game was Pinball Quest. A few years later I bought a Super Nintendo from a pawn shop. I still remember playing Super Mario World and 100% that game. And who could forget Super Mario Kart. I went 100 wins to 1 lose one night against my friend, his brother and sister. A Gameboy found me thanks to my oldest brother digging out a demo unit from a dumpster that a department store that was going out of business that he worked at. He asked if he could have it and they said yes. Favorite game from Gameboy I think it was called Donkey Kong '96? I think a Sega Game Gear came next. I always wanted that TV adaptor but I never got it. Jurassic Park and NBA Jam is what stole most of my time there. I got a Virtual boy too. It was another self purchase I believe for $25 from Wal-mart and I think the games were under $10. I don’t care what anyone said it was a great experience. Yes you would get headaches and the thing wasn’t the most comfortable but I made it work. I laid on my back and propped the system on my face and chest. Wario and Mario Tennis were great. Then came the Nintendo 64 at around launch for my Birthday. Wow those were some good times. 4 player matches of Goldeneye 007 64 that would last all night. I think my record was 14 hours straight. And I can’t forget the Mario Kart 64 and Super Smash Brothers matches and other countless games either. I got heavy into PC gaming (Tribes was my main squeeze) over the next few years so it wasn't until I was married in 2003 that I bought my first non-Nintendo system, a PS2. We bought it on our honeymoon to watch some DVD's and play some Spyro the Dragon for my wife and some Twisted Metal Black for me. I know some wild honeymoon huh? My wife really didn’t like the "dark" mood of black. It was kinda creepy. I think either the next year or the year after that my wife got me a GameCube with Mario Party 7 for Christmas. That was a ton of fun with our newlywed friends. We then got Nintendo DS Lites, a white one for me and a pink one for my wife. We really didn’t play that many games together. My wife enjoyed her puzzle games and I enjoyed my ...... everything else games. On a whim I decided to get a Wii. I had no idea how hard it would be to get one. After one time standing out in line and being next to the person who didn’t get one I made sure I would use the internet to track down when shipments would come. I have one game for one to get with this system if you get nothing else other than Wii Sports, Boom Blox or Boom Blox Bash Party. It is a great game for all ages and skill levels. I believe it was around this time I discovered my favorite blog ever at www.gonintendo.com . I highly recommend you check it out if you haven't before. Raw Meat Cowboy runs a great blog for Nintendo and Nintendo related news. The Gonintendo podcast is a never miss for me. I love the Nintendo game music quiz they do every week. He also inspired me to do this blog. Speaking of which man did I get off topic but I might as well finish my history of gaming first. At this time I also switched jobs and met a lot of people who enjoyed gaming of all ages. I put my love of games into socializing with my new co-workers. Letting them borrow games and helping them track down a Nintendo Wii for sale. I traded my White DS Lite in sadly, but it was for a Nintendo DSi system. It was well worth the trade. Next on the horizon is a Nintendo 3DS and yes if you know me you can come play mine before you buy. I always like helping people try before they buy. That should wrap up a very long but briefly listed history of my gaming. I am sure I left out something but let’s get back on track.

Ok now that my rant is over let’s get to why I made this blog. I love playing Video Games but sadly getting out of school and getting married has put a damper on my all day play sessions. That and let’s face it you used to have a couple of good games come out a year and now they are Monthly or weekly. That and I am stuck playing PC games with some of the same guys from Battlefield 2. I spend most of my time on PC then on console due to the online community. Right now it is Battlefield Bad Company 2 which I put a ridiculous amount of time getting all the pins and insignias. This has lead to a huge embarrassing backlog for me. I got fed up with it and decided I could do a blog about going back and either finishing games or unwrapping them from the shrink wrap when I bought them on that buy 2 get 1 free sale three years ago at Toys R Us for example. I hear all the time on many podcast I listen to about their backlogs and I like it when they go back and play them. Radio Free Nintendo at http://nintendoworldreport.com/ does a vote every so often and they pick a game for the podcast crew and listeners to go back and play an older title and discuss it. This is kinda what I am hoping to do. I hope people will like looking at the games I am going back to play and they will be encouraged to do the same and post about their memories playing these games. I am not a good writer by any means but hey I don't need to be this is a blog not the New York Times. I hope to find a way to get a pole up or just list some and get some votes of a game you want me to finish from my backlog. First up will be Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition for Wii. Hope to hear from you soon.