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Games I Think Should Be Put on the Wii and/or DS

There have been some games that I've been thinking would be good games for the Wii and DS so I decided to make this guide. Anyway, here's what games I think would be good on the Wii and DS.

Chu Chu Rocket!

In this game, you guide some mice threw puzzle stages to get to their rockets and you need to be careful not to run into any of the cats in the puzzle. There is a feature where can make your own puzzles for your friends to play. When this game was released on the Dreamcast, there was a feature where you could hook your Dreamcast to your home phone allowing you to go to a site online that the game featured then you could share the puzzles you made with people online however, since people stick to cellphones generally these days and/or have a different kind of home phone, barely anyone can do that anymore so I'm hoping that Sega will release 'Chu Chu Rocket!' on the Wii and/or the DS and have the Chu Chu website feature available on the Wi Fi. I think they might do that eventually since they did make new games on the Wii for Nights and Samba De Amigo.

Orly's Draw a Story

This was a PC game made by Broderbund that I had when I was little and used a Windows 95 and I loved it. It was one of my favorite PC games but then when my Windows 95 got old and was replaced with a Windows XP, that was one of the games that I came to a dissapointment when it turned out to not work on the newer computer. This game is kind of simular to 'Drawn to Life' only instead of drawing props and charactors for a video game, you draw them for an animated story narrated by the main charactor, Orly. This game was cute and it had humor in almost every part of the game like when you draw a charactor, it has eyes and a mouth so it talks to you some as you are drawing it then if you touch it's mouth or poke it in the eyes with whatever tool you are using, it will have a funny comment on it. The game only had 4 different stories so it did get kind of boring after a while but that's pretty understandable since it was made before computers and video started having more memory. I think this game would defenitly be a good one to re-release on the Wii and/or DS.

Chao Garden

The Chao Garden was a virtual pet feature in the Sonic Adventure games. In it, you raised Chao and kept giving it animals, chaos drives and fruit to build up powers such as flying, running, swimming, fighting and stamina. With the abilities, you could enter them in Chao Races or Chao Karate. You Chao would eventually grow up to be a neutrial Chao but if you gave it a hero fruit or a dark fruit then it would become a Hero Chao or a Dark Chao. Some GBA Sonic games had mini Chao Gardens called Tiny Chao Gardens which featured it's own fruit and Chao then if you hooked your GBA up to the Game Cube then you could put the GBA Chao in 'Sonic Adventure 2 Battle' or 'Sonic Adventure DX' and it would turn out to be a shiny colored Chao. You could transport fruit into the GC Chao Gardens too and they would be special for your Chao. You could also get special kinds of Chao by the what you did with them like a Sonic Chao, a Nights Chao, etc. This feature became a popular part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series but ever since 'Sonic Heroes', it stopped being in the 3D Sonic games then the Tiny Chao Gardens stopped being a feature of the handheld Sonic games since 'Sonic Battle'. This is understandable since it was getting old with the same things but since of there being a new generation of game consols now, I think Sega should have the Chao Garden feature return in one of their Wii Sonic games and/or GBA games then add some special features that the consols have to offer like challenging your Chao in races with other Chao online, having different weather in your Chao Gardens (like in the Nightopian feature in 'Nights Journey into Dreams'), etc.

Virtual Cartoon Maker

In the 2D game era, there where some games where you could make your own cartoon of the series it was themed. Marvel released 'The Spider-Man Cartoon Maker' and 'The X-Men Cartoon Maker' both for PC and they where fun to play. I never got to play the Spider-Man one much since I think you could only have one of those cartoon makers downloaded at a time and so I don't remember it much but I did spend hours playing that X-Men one since I loved X-Men at the time. You put in one of the backgrounds available then you could place in some still pictures and/or drag some animated X-Men sprites around creating a movie. If you had a mic then you could record your voice for the cartoon. The game featured some examples of movies so that you could get an idea of how you wanted it. There was a 'Tiny Toon Adventures' game that was simular and it was called 'Tiny Toon Adventures: Cartoon Workshop'. You couldn't really do as much stuff in your cartoons on it as you could in 'X-Men Cartoon Maker' but it was still pretty good. I never saw any cartoon making games since then until I saw a Nickelodeon game for the PC where you could make different crossover cartoons with various popular Nickelodeon charactors. Unlike the previos cartoon making games I mentioned, it had voice clips of each charactor that you could use for your movie or like the X-Men one, you could record your voice and do the charactors' voices yourself. Something that the game also featured that the other ones didn't was that you could send your work to friends online who have the same game. I think these are good games since they kind of teach kids what it's like to make cartoons and such. I think it would be good if eventually, the Wii and/or DS had their/it's own cartoon making game that you could post online with Wi Fi or send to your friends online.

Sonic Robo Blast 2

This is actually a Sonic fan game that was made for the PC but it's a very good fan game and it's defenitly the best Sonic fan game I've seen online yet. In it, you played as Sonic and co. in their classic versions and went through classic Sonic style stages. Unlike all other 3D Sonic games, you actually go threw stages and get to the marker with Sonic's (or whoever your playing as) face on it like in most of the 2D Genesis Sonic games. I was really impressed with how it was made. Unlike all other Sonic fan games I've seen, it actually has very well made original graphics and music. A feature I find real cool about it is that you can play games with it online with friends and if you have the engine program then you can make your own playable charactors. I feel sorry for those Sonic fans who are Mac users since this game only works for PC. I doubt this will ever happen but I think it would be cool if Sega bought the rights to this game from the owner, SSNTails and released this game on the Wii then had the playing online with friends feature on Wi Fi.

Posted by PPG-Katelyn, 09/17/2008 12:56am
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Rant: A Cool Bank From Japan That Will Hopefully Hit the US Someday

In the September 2008 issue of the magazine 'Anime Insider', I read that over in Japan, there's a special kind of bank called a BankQuest RPG Bank and with it, you collect money like any other bank only this time, it gets put in there for more then just having a place to put your money in, there's an RPG charactor on a game screen on the bank and as you collect more money in the bank, the charactor earns more gold to earn better weapons in. When I read about this, I was amazed so I looked it up online and found out that the company that makes it is TOMY. I think this is a good idea for a future product in the US since it would teach kids to save up their money and it would also help teens who have fun with it save their money too. I'm hoping that eventually, TOMY will make a version of it that works for US money then release it in the US. If it does get released in the US then I have a feeling that it will be released in alternate versions with today's popular kids' franchise like Spongebob, Hanna Montana and such. I'm hoping that if it has alternate versions for the US then they'll have a variety of versions where in some, you get weapons, in some, you get cloths, etc. Here are what alternate versions I can see being made.

Spongebob Squarepants: You save up money and Spongebob gets more money to buy better spatulars to make krabby patties with.

Jimmy Neutron: You save up money and Jimmy gets more money to buy parts to make inventions with.

Barbie and/or Hanna Montana: You save up more money and Barbie/Hanna gets more money to buy cloths.

Pokemon, Neo Pets, Petz and/or Tamagotchi: You take care of a virtual pet like in any Pokemon, Neo Pets, Petz or Tamagotchi games and you put money in the bank to save money to buy things for your virtual pet.

Yugioh: You put money in the bank and you get more points in the Yugioh game to buy better cards with.

Posted by PPG-Katelyn, 09/08/2008 6:00pm
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My Favorite Sonic Cartoons in Order

I felt like listing what my favorite Sonic cartoon series are in order and giving them a description why since I've been a Sonic fan for a long time so here's what I think of them.

The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

This is my favorite Sonic cartoon because it's hilarious and it can be pretty cute at times. I grew up with AoStH and I used to watch it every night on Toon Disney until the time changed. Even though it doesn't have any rings, it's still more like the games then any of the other DIC Sonic shows since it's actually featured stages and badniks from the games and has Sonic and Tails together like in the games.

Sonic the Hedgehog (AKA SatAM)

This is my second favorite because it's got an interesting plotline and it can also be cute at times. The charactors are very enjoyable in this one and it's got alot of fun adventures. It references the games some since the charactors besides Sonic, Tails and Robotnik are based off of the little animals that Sonic frees and how it features power rings sometimes.

Sonic Underground

This one is has an interesting plotline just like SatAM does and the charactors are still enjoyable but it's still not better then SatAM. Unfortunentally, unlike the other ones, it's barely like the games and Tails isn't even in it but it's still a good series and I love that they featured Knuckles in it.

Sonic X

This is my least favorite since it's not really as enjoyable as the other ones and the featured human charactor, Chris has most of the screen time in the first season plus 4Kids gave it alot of bad edits and voices making the english version terrible. The Japanese version is still good but still not as good as the other Sonic cartoons. The best part of it is how it adapts the games sometimes and it's got songs playing in the background at special times like in other anime series.

Posted by PPG-Katelyn, 08/13/2008 11:46am
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Games Altered for the US

Recently, I've been finding out about Japanese games that's theme was completly altered for the US and/or other countries and I've been trying to find out how many there are. Here are the ones I've found out about so far.

'Puyo Puyo' - 'Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine' and 'Kirby Avalanch'

'Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru' - 'Yo! Noid'

'Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic' - 'Super Mario Bros. 2'

'Ranma 1/2' - 'Street Combat'

'Bubble Bath Babes' - 'Mermaids of Atlantis'

Posted by PPG-Katelyn, 08/07/2008 3:58am
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Circle Time/Mini Movies shorts

I remember on Disney, there used to be some 5 minute shorts that aired between kids' shows and I decided to make this topic to see who here remembers them. First before I list them, I'm going to remind you that the time where they aired was called 'Circle Time' for a while but then for some reason, Disney decided to change the name to 'Mini Movies' and used the name 'Circle Time' for a short segment they had on there where a guy tells a story to some little kids. Anyway, here's the list.

Pattington Bear

This one was barely ever airing when I watched Disney in the morning so I barely saw any episodes. All I can remember is that it was a series about Pattington Bear that's animation was just cut out paper pictures of the charactors being used like puppets.

Curious George

This was not the new Curious George series that's on these days, it was a Curious George series that's episodes based directly off of the books. This one is probably the most known of the Mini Movies since Curious George has been popular for a long time. Some of it has been released on DVD but unfortunentally, the only DVD(s) that it's on is just 1 episode of it then one episode of 2 different other shorts.

Spot

This one and 'Curious George' are the most recognised ones since they have both been popular for kids. It was a cute series based off of a book series about a yellow puppy named Spot who loved to play games, hang out with friends and such. Something weird was that on VHS, the episodes used voices for the charactors while most of the time on Disney, it was just a narrator doing all the voices.

Will Quack Quack

It was also based off of a book series. It was about a duck named Will who always said "Quack" at the end of each sentence. It had some good running gags like how Will would always slam the door behind him not thinking and it would cause something to fall on his Dad's head.

Microscopic Milton

This is probably one of the least remembered ones (although someone posted some episodes of it on YouTube recently.) Un-like most other Mini Movies, it's not based off of a book. It was about a microscopic guy named Milton who lived in an old clock that belonged to a woman named Mrs. Witherspoon. No human could see him but animals could and he was buddies with Mrs. Witherspoon's Dog, Dougles. I think this was probably the funniest of all the Mini Movies in my opinion. It's funny seeing how Milton see's stuff since of how tiny he is and sometimes he causes human charactors to see things that are bizzare to them since they can't see him so they don't know what happened/what's going on.

Pablo the Little Red Fox

It was a cute series about a fox named Pablo and he friend and they always went on fun adventures and such. This series didn't start airing on Disney until later.

Pokey and Friends

It was a series based off of books of the animal charactors that the Golden Books company made. There where several main charactors and none of the charactors from any of their stories ever met each other (I guess it would have done better as one of those tv block shows despite those not being made anymore.) This one has been released on some VHSs and I own 2 of them.

Animal Stories

This is the only one I haven't seen anything of nor heard from since it was on Disney so it's probably the least known one. Each episode focused on one animal going threw a situation and learning stuff and it was pretty funny. I especially enjoyed the one where the Gerbal steals things and hides them in his cheeks then learns that stealing is wrong.

Posted by PPG-Katelyn, 07/30/2008 11:26am
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So far, this is one of my favorite albums that Weird Al has done. Even though I never listen to Eminem, I still really like 'Couch Patato' and it's funny how he mentions different kinds of tv shows including Spongebob, 'Gilligan's Island', 'The Flintstones' and such. 'The Hardware Store' is pretty funny since of how it pokes fun of people are absessed with tools and such. 'Trash Day' is hilarious even though I haven't heard the original version before but I love how Weird Al sings about how gross trash is since it's true. 'Party at Leper Colony' is okay but it isn't one of his best. 'Angry White Boy Polka' is a good polka medly although 'Polkarama' is still my favorite of Weird Al's polka medlies so far. 'Wanna B Ur Lovr' is hilarious. I love how he sings poetry type stuff to a woman in the most inapropiat ways like how her eyes are as blue as the water in his toilet. 'A Complicated Song' is a funny parody of 'Complicated' and it cracks me up how he sings about these bizzare things that happened to him (in fictional anyway). 'Why Does This Always Happen to Me' is a good song that pokes good fun at how selfish some people can be sometimes. 'Ode to be a Superhero' is a hilarious parody of 'Piano Man' and I love how Weird Al has it about the major things that happened in the first 'Spider-Man' movie. He did a good job making every part of the song hilarious and it's kind of like how he altered 'American Pie' into a song that tells about everything that happened in 'Star Wars' episode 1. I think that is one of his funniest songs yet. 'Bob', I didn't really care for as much as many of his other songs. 'Ebay' is a funny song he did that jokes about how much stuff you find on Ebay and it's a good parody of 'I Want it That Way'. That one is also another of my favorite of his songs. Last but not least is 'Genius in France'. I thought that one was kind of funny but I feel like that one was way too long.
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posted June 8, 2007 at 11:04:39 AM

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