Some Good News Everyone

Well, for some reason I was never expecting this. North America is getting the Member Card item in Pokemon Platinum and Next Level Games Express interest in making another Punch-Out Game.

My reaction.... FUCK YEAH!x2. Sure I may have the Darkrai from the Toys R Us event from when Movie 10 was coming out and the Shadows of Almia, but this is different cause instead of giving them away with some gimmicky move, you get the chance to fight Darkrai, something I wanted to do since Diamond and Pearl was out.

As for the Punch-Out!! Wii sequel, Punch-Out!! is currently my favorite game, so far, I'm focusing on beating everyone challenges in both Contender and Title Defense mode, that and I'm waiting for Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! reward for Club Nintendo Members. Also the idea of Create a Boss and Online Multiplayer intrigue me. Along with a new twist to the gameplay mechanics of the series. Here's hoping that they throw in the ability to fight as one of Little Mac's opponents, that is, if they get the greenlight to work on this game series again.

Club Nintendo Rewards

Well, recently this week Club Nintendo just released their rewards for people that were able to reach Gold and Platinum status. For Gold status, you only get a calendar for 2010, as for Platinum members, you get to choose between a collector’s item known as “Mario Hat” or you can get an exclusive WiiWare game called “Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!” in which Little Mac can go toe to toe with his mentor Doc Louis. As a sidenote, I was expecting this game to be Doc Louis in his prime fighting since he was a former WVBA champion. Now I am conflicted with what prize I should get. Let me list the pros and cons of this

Mario Hat Pros

· It’s a Mario Hat

· It’s a rare item

· Would look sweet to have around

Mario Hat Cons

· I can get the hat from eBay or any other online auction site.

· Most people will probably go for the hat.

· I have nowhere to put the hat.

Doc Louis’s Punch-Out! Pros

· Exclusive WiiWare Title in the same way that Club Nintendo has the Game & Watch Collection is exclusive to the program

· I really love Punch-Out!

· You don’t need the retail version of Punch-Out! to play it

· You fight Doc Louis.

Doc Louis’s Cons

· Fear that this game might go public after a while

· The game might not be good

· Might be either too easy/difficult

· Novelty could wear off fast as it is basically an over glorified demo.

Personally I am leaning towards the game due to the fact that at least for the Mario hat, I know that a few people will soon hock that on eBay for a quick buck, like what some people are doing for the hats that were given out in Japan’s Club Nintendo program. The game while someone could sell the code, there is more of a chance that could be fake than anything else, that and I can imagine the price for that game being high despite the fact that DLPO, is basically going to be a short game, it’s just going to Punch-Out! on the Wii with just one fighter to fight. A recent auction I saw for the hat that was given out in Japan had the hat going for $40 starting price, to me that is a reasonable price for an exclusive item like that, so I might end up getting the hat when I finally get a job. So I guess I solved my problem.

My thoughts on CN Real.

I might be in the minority, but I actually liked some of the shows that aired on CN Real, except for The Othersiders, Survive This is pretty good, It's Survivorman with kids, hell, it has Survivorman Les Stroud giving these kids advice on how to survive in the wild. BrainRush, I like the concept of people answering questions on a roller coaster especially in Episode 2, where one guy didn't even answer like 2 question and shouting "Oh My God!" throughout his questioning process, that and I am somewhat of a roller coaster junkie. As for Destroy Build Destroy, you basically have kids in two teams trying to destroy parts of a vehicle for their opponent to use or not use, build a machine out of it, see if you can sabotage it when you win a challenge, and then build it before the challenge, do the challenge and winner destroys loser machine, and it's hosted by Andrew WK, AWESOME!. Othersiders, PASS!

Sure, I agree with the notion that shows like this don't belong on Cartoon Network to begin with, but I do like these shows. Though I am glad that CN isn't shoving them down your throat as much as they did when it first premiered. I think it might have to do with the fact that the shows didn't do so well in the ratings. After all, CN didn't release any info on how well the Wednesday shows, aka Othersiders and Survive This, did in the ratings. However, they did give out some info on their Saturday Night Line-up, which consists of BrainRush and Destroy Build Destroy, saying that the ratings were up compared to what was on TV last year for CN, better than nothing really, they could have just kept it quiet and make more people suspicious about how well this is doing.

But then again why should they care what I think. I'm way out of their target demographic by 6 years since this aims to the 9-14 crowd and I am a 20 year old. Oh wait, they made a video on YouTube about it.


Notice how it was publish it on their YouTube Channel over their video service known as CN Video. Methinks it has to do with all the complaining from the older crowd, but why would they care? I know there is a big backlash at Toon Zone, Cartoon Brew, and possibly some other sites I don't go to that is heavy on animation.

Is there anything you can do to fight this? Well there is, you can support one of my friends effort called, "Stop The Madness"

Basically I find this to be the most level headed campaign against the network since it does tell you to support the network, but not the Live Action. Like buy the merchandise of any of the animated shows, since it does make a statement that, "HEY! We love cartoons and we're able to show you by buying your merch." After all as far a TV station goes, I know they care about 2 things “ratings” and “money”. However, since my view doesn’t count for crap for two reasons, reason one is that I am not a Nielsen Family, reason two is the fact that I am out of their age range as previously stated in this post. My only way of supporting CN now is to buy their merchandise, since they don’t care where the money comes from, money is money to them. So next time you see a shirt at Hot-Topic or a DVD with the CN logo on it, and you have the extra cash...BUY IT!!! But if you don't plan to buy it because of the way the network is let me just say this... RETHINK THAT IDEA!!! Just because you disagree with the network right now because of this, that doesn't means you should give up on the network, especially if you care for it. Do you want CN to succeed and further support the Live Action movement? I say no. Buying merch like that can help. I plan to buy the Chowder DVD at my local Toys R Us later this Month, along with the Flapjack, Total Drama Island, and some of Secret Saturday merch when they come out to show my support of animation on Cartoon Network. That's the only thing I can do and hope that you can do it as well. Peace!

Pokedex Completed....sort of!

Well as of July 3rd, 2009, I have completed the Pokedex in My Diamond copy thanks to one of my friends giving me a Celebi. What did I trade for that Celebi? A Deoxys, that one that GameStop gave away sometime after Toys R Us did the Darkrai event for Movie 10. Now to wait for the Arceus to come out, well that and Heart Gold and Soul Silver, and Pokemon Scramble game that was released recently in Japan for WiiWare.

Not sure about Mystery Dungeon, they've been hit or miss for me. I might get the new one for the DS when I get a job.