Another Double Update! Now, I feel like I should do these for remakes, and allow the new sheets to be on their own...
Anyway, Horsea and Qwilfish are both pretty cool Pokémon. Horsea's a cute little Seahorse, and Qwilfish's name is fun to spell! Horsea evolves into one of the most awesome Pokémon around, Kingdra, and Qwilfish has the potential to evolve into a cool strong Pokémon, but even without evolving, it's still a viable Pokémon.
So hey, Mario Party 9 for the Wii was released yesterday and
I find that crazy. There are nine Mario
Party games! No, there are 11 because of DS and Advance. ELEVEN! That is
some insane stuff right there. Too bad the quality seemed to be on a constant
downhill slide ever since 4. Regardless of how the quality in later games have
been, there are very few multiplayer experiences out there quite like Mario
Party. I remember plenty of great memories spent playing with friends and
family, even some of the lesser ones like Mario Party 6. Mario Party is a lot
of fun when you have a group to play with.
Go die, Domination.
But what makes Mario Party Mario Party? Well, the mini-games
of course! Each game packs what seems like 60+ and they always make for a good
time. That is unless they’re luck based or require you to tap A furiously for
10 seconds like Domination, those games are awful. But hey, we’re not here to
talk about the bad, we’re talking about the good. The ten best, in fact. Yes,
in honor of Mario Party 9’s release I’m looking at what I consider to be the
ten best Mario Party mini-games. But before I begin, keep in mind that I don’t
own Mario Party 7 or Advace, so none of those will be on here. Technically I
don’t own 1 or 5 either but I’ve played those plenty with friends so I know of
them. Anyway, let’s get started.
My choice for VGM this week is from the fantastic DS title, Ghost Trick. I recently played through it again and I knew pretty much right away what I wanted my next VGM of the Week to be: Detective Jowd's theme.
Not only is this tune relentlessly catchy and one of the better examples of how this game's soundtrack incorporates some chiptune elements, but it manages to accomplish so much strictly as a narrative element.
When you first meet Jowd, he's on death row and has pretty much lost his will to live. Your actions throughout the game not only save his life, but give him renewed resolve and a reason to continue living. And this song expresses that so wonderfully that it's really uncanny. There's this real churning sense of urgency to it, but it's not one of hopelessness, it's really got this underlying sense of conviction. I don't quite know how to explain it, but when I listen to it I can just feel the weight of the situation and the sense of urgency it carries, as well as Jowd's determination in the face of obstacles. It's really spectacular.
I know I'm showing my bias here because this is the second song I've picked that was composed by Masakazu Sugimori, but he's one of my all-time favorite VGM composers for a reason. And that's one of the cool things about switching off every week, is that you get to see all of our different tastes and aversions and preferences and bias. So, I hope you enjoy this little number and I hope you go out and play Ghost Trick if you haven't already (or even if you have), because believe me when I say that this song carries a lot more weight if you've played the game.
So, it turns out that I left you guys Pokémon-less for the past few days...It's only because I completely forgot to post Natu! But hey, at least you get two sheets at once!
there's really not much to say about these guys. I like them both, but I feel like Natu's design is a little too simple, but at the same time, something about that makes it look cool...Hoothoot's design simplicity is kind of misleading...it looks like it's simple, but the...thing around the eyes is complex...I also didn't know that it actually has two feet, since you always only see one...
Anyway, that's it for these two...Next up is...still more remakes!
