Upcoming games in 2017

I made an article like this, but that was nearly two years ago, in this blog's golden age of 2015. I thought it was high time then to make a new list for games I'm personally excited about. Also, almost everything on that old list was either disappointing or hasn't come out yet. Looking back, everything there is super ironic. I really hope that doesn't happen with this list.

PS Vita (Though all of these are on PS4 as well :/)

YS VIII

Image from: Gematsu http://gematsu.com/
YS: Memories of Celceta was cool game, and this one looks like it will be good too. It also looks pretty great for a vita game.

Danganronpa V3

Image from: Danganronpa Wiki http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/

Ultra despair Girls was flawed and 3 (the anime) was mediocre, but this looks to be a total return to form. If this is anywhere near as good as 2 I will be a happy camper.

Tokyo Xanadu

Image from: Gematsu http://gematsu.com/
2nd Falcom game on this list, and that ain't just a coincidence. I'm playing Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel right now and it is FANTASTIC. I have high hopes for this one too.

3DS-

Fire Emblem Echoes

Image from: Fire Emblem wiki http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Emblem_Wikia

FE fates was... odd, but not bad, but really I don't think this game will be really similar to it. It is a remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden on the Famicom (It returns on this blog!), and I'm excited to play through that story for the first time.

Ever Oasis

Image from: Polygon http://www.polygon.com/

Ever Oasis might not be great, but it at least LOOKS interesting, and it's a 2017 3DS game, so it makes the list.

Wii U-

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild https://www.forbes.com/

Image from: Forbes
 This was on the LAST list, and it makes its way here as well. I have some concerns, but it does look interesting.

I'm sure there will be more interesting stuff announced later on, but for now this is just about it. Well this and Mother 3, but... it was on the last list too. Also, stuff like Horizon: Zero Dawn is already out (I think?) so I can't put it on here. To be fair I'm most interested in picking up some 2016 games for cheap soon.

Some Questions

*AHEM* Research has been done, and the result is: blog ads are worthless for me. Even if someone clicked on an ad everyday it would take 200 days for me to see a cent. SO yeah, poll closed, and this post will be deleted in a week or so. Yeah... this was an eye-opening experience.


I've put a couple of polls up today. One is a retrospective poll, which I'm excited about making. The other is a bit of an experiment on my part. Yep, I've put up a poll about ads. Now, a primary rule of this blog is no ads, buuuuuuut I'm curious.If I put ads up, and I make, say, a dollar a month (Which is probably hopeful talk, all things considered) I might be more "intrigued" about making new articles. I'll put ads up for about 2-3 months as an experiment if the poll approves.No worries either way, the blog will remain FOREVER. WHAHAHA- uh, anyway, vote on it? Hey, if It's a yes I can make a review about ads themselves! Anyway, I'm just curious to see what will happen from all this. Retrospective in march!

Edit: I added a "Followers" gadget to the blog. I'm not yet sure if that is better or worse than subscribing by email. If you're already subbed by email, don't worry about it.

The Nintendo Switch

Boy, this is an odd one. Yup, it's a console-handheld hybrid, like expected, so what are my own feeble thoughts about it? Full disclosure, I don't have a switch. That's a whopping 300 bucks I don't have or have spent on vita games.

Yeah, that's the thing though, the switch is a PS Vita + PSTV. It's a high-end portable, something I thought was proven that people didn't want with the vita. Of course, the switch has its own variety of gimmicks and features, but it has a lot of flaws too. Clearly, the detachable controllers are a big selling point. Not only can you put them into a controller, but you can also have two players on the go. However, aside form technical issues (controllers purportedly de-sync) they also look uncomfortable when held sideways for two players. Also with this comes the complete removal of the D-pad, which is ironic, given the fact that it's Nintendo's invention. Instead, there's a Wonderswan-esque four button arrangement. As an aside, I am overjoyed that I successfully used "Wonderswan-esque" in a sentence.

A new year and nothing's changed.

It's a brand new year, and I'm still laughing at google translate. Anyway, here are some highlights of a translation from a japanese website from 2003. Hey, I was just going to post these no context, so be grateful.

"Friends, friends, game rivals, marriage partners and heads of organizations are all part of someone's altogether. "
Truly deep and inspirational.
"Work and love partners and rivals are someone over the internet. "
I suppose this is true?
"Someone with the encounter, someone and fell in love, married with someone,? How can what children"
How can what children, indeed.

The Odd Year of 2016: 3DS

Not my image, but it fits way too well with the subject material. Yes, this is a real game.

Note: I wanted to write this whole thing in an evening. That didn't happen. I'm posting what I've got anyway. (MY HANDS!)

I remember back in 2013, that things looked pretty great for the 3ds. The system had finally thrown off the plague of its mediocre launch and was becoming a veritable hit factory. 2013 brought games like Fire Emblem: Awakening, Pokemon X & Y, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and Shin Megami Tensei IV. I did, and still do believe it to be the best year for the 3DS, bar none. 2014 was also a good year for the 3DS, but the exclusives were drizzling out and there were 1st party failures like Yoshi's New Island. 2014 still had blockbusters, but the number was dropping. I took this as a lean year- perhaps certain developers need time to create big games for 2015.

Namcot Famicom Cartridge

So, as the first part of what is a (potential) series about famicom cartridge variation. Now, videos and pictures have been made before, but uh... Hmm. Well, now with more minute details?

The first (and only) cartridge we look at in this article is Valkyrie No Bouken by Namcot.

Now, in case you didn't know, A lot of third party developers on the famicom made unique cartridge casing for their games. Why? No idea, but most of them do look cool, or at least are more interesting than the generic NES cart. Namcot, the name namco went by for some famicom games (multiple theories exist as to why this was done), created a uniform (to my knowledge) cart design for most of their games.

Review of a bottle.

Seen here, majestically overlooking a table.

So when I recently went to CSUB for some advising stuffins, I got a free bottle. It seemed to be basically uninteresting, holding really no value, but I kinda like having it. So in order to fully look a gift horse directly in the mouth, here is a review.

Random Adventure

So, as our two heroes were traveling to punch YOU in the face, they stopped for no reason, to have pointless exposition.

“Hey, I think I should become a pokemon. What do you think?” Daniel asked.

“LET IT RIP!” David yelled.

And with that, David launched a spinning a top at high speed into the rear of daniel’s cranium.

“Um, ow. ALSO THAT’S THE WRONG FRANCHISE.” Daniel yelled.

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire Ramblings

Yup, another Pokemon post. It was either this or me rambling about food(again). For those who don't know, Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (ORAS for short) Are remakes of a duo of Game Boy Advance games released in 2002, with the remakes coming out in 2014. So why am I talking about them, more than a year later?

I just played it. As you may have gathered, this blog typically follows whatever I am interested in at the moment. Such is what is happening now.

So, Pokemon ORAS. It's good. As in, REALLY good. First, some history. I liked the original Ruby & Sapphire, but never enough to actually dedicate my time to beat it. This pattern had pretty much held for all Pokemon games, until X & Y. Even for X & Y, I didn't really beat it because I adored the game, I beat it because it's a really easy game to just play occasionally. That's great and all, but my I never felt like X & Y ever left much of an impact. So, when I first played ORAS, I was afraid the change back to a more traditional Pokemon would push me away from playing it.

Top 11 Favorite Pokemon!

It's been a while since I made a list, so I thought, why not? The recent trailer for Pokemon sun and moon have reinvigorated my interests in the series, so I'll be doing a list of my personal favorite Pokemon. This is 0% based on stats, 100% based on sheer personal bias. Also yes, I DID accidentally put 11 Pokemon on the list.

#-1000: Dunsparce: I hate Dunsparce. It's just so... pointless. I also remember, even as a kid, thinking it was ugly.

Ahem, my attempt to post on this blog (Long title, which I hope none read all of the way to the end)

I clip my toenails today. I went for a walk, since I had that written down on my schedule. I got a Minnie metal pin on the bottom of my shoe. I did other stuff. I hope this was random enough and worthy of being call back to post more entries.

GARDENING!

Yes for once it is time to stop, turn off our brains, and look at pictures of plants. Today's plants will plants that I have planted. Plants.

Yup. Beans, The 2 giant stalks in the back is where the giants live. Also, it's 2 sunflowers.

Mystery Story Teaser

Another day, another story. (This means in no way that I am posting a story a day DON"T HOLD ME TO THAT! also, I called this a teaser because I was to lazy to create "chapters". Oh and yes, the name Jael IS a reference to the book of judges. Foreshadowing.)

“It’s suicide, they’re saying.”

I sighed.

“Same basic piece then. Guess I’ll schedule an appointment with the family. I should have the piece done by next week.” I said.

“Sounds good, Jael. That’s all for now.”

“OK. See you later boss.” I responded.

I had been working for the school paper for about a year. Nothing too interesting, just trying to get something to put a resume really. School wasn’t big enough to have any large controversies, but there was usually something interesting every now and again. I’d written a couple pieces about students who had committed suicide. It was so odd at first, It’s not something you really think you ought to really talk about. Meeting with the family is going to be hard, but I can at least take solace that I won’t have to ask any of the real hard questions. A basic sort of positive “he was a good kid” message would suffice.

Blog Update 5/11

Yes, I changed the background. The hexagons got old. Now would be the time to protest if you hate the new style. As for the future, I dunno, stuff's gonna happen. The end.

Sega 3D Classics Collection Review

Power Drift: This game, while not really a "classic" is certainly fun, and interesting in how it presents its pseudo-3d tracks. It's really an interesting looking game, with plenty of variation and verticality in its track design. At the same time, the extreme speed combined with moving through a 3D area on sprites and with hazards also being sprites, the hit detection is really strange at times. Prepare to fall through bridges you appeared to be mostly on and slide through trees you directly drive into.