Since no one guessed Olimar, I left everyone's votes as is.

So that means that the winner is meinink2y for guessing Shiek.

Here are your five coins.

Errr... congratulations.

This all started with me betting five imaginary dollars in the forums that Captain Falcon would be the next character announced for Brawl. Well, I decided to move it here because I didn't want to get modded for games in the forums. There are several people already involved. Here are the current standings: 15 participants

Captain Falcon - twosaxy4myshirt, CcJj09

Daisy - daisyfan

Ganondorf - link-a-link, Pierst179

THE JIGGS - bobbymcbobob

Krystal - alexh_99

Lucario - Silveroon009

Luigi - Jayesler12

Mewtwo - Jehovanny

Ness - the_monkey_god

Shiek - meinink2y

Squall - jaydough

Waluigi - Sants412

No one will be announced before release date. - Rockhopper_45

Go ahead and post your bet. Don't worry if someone has the same intuition that you do. You may bet on the same character as someone else, but once you place your bet, it is final. You're also not limited to the characters above. Place your bets!

So this semester is winding down. In fact, two weeks from today I'll be taking my last final and then packing for Colorado. I go skiing with my family almost every Christmas. We always have a good time. And I should have my Xbox 360 by then, too. So that's what I'll be doing in the car.

I've got to really focus on my grades over the next little while. That's not a goodbye at all because it's not that I don't have enough time, but that sometimes I don't use it wisely. So I left my Wii, Wii games, and GameCube games back at home after visiting my parents this past weekend. I think that will remove some of the temptation to not study.

The reason it matters so much this time around is because I plan on graduating in May, which means that I'll finally be done with college (for now). If I don't pass these classes, then I'll have to retake them (duh), but they're only offered once a year meaning I would have to wait until next fall. Not to mention I wouldn't be able to take any spring courses because the courses I am taking now are all prerequisites. That means that the next two weeks determine whether or not I will graduate May 08 or May 09. No pressure, though.

But I've been doing better. I made some changes in my study habits and it seems to be working out for the best. I'm going to take a nap before my concert tonight at 7:30.

They are separated into characters that would share the same icons. It's 47 characters strong.

Mario
Mario
Luigi
Peach
Bowser
Daisy
Geno

Wario
Wario
Ashley
Waluigi

Yoshi
Yoshi
Birdo

Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Dixie Kong
King K. Rool

Pokemon
Pikachu
Jigglypuff
Mewtwo
Pokemon Trainer

F-Zero
Captain Falcon
Black Shadow

Zelda
Link
Zelda/Shiek
Ganondorf
MM Link

Kirby
Kirby
Meta Knight
King Dedede

Earthbound
Ness
Lucas

Metroid
Samus
Sylux
Weaval

StarFox
Fox
Falco
Krystal

Pikmin
Captain Olimar

Kid Icarus
Pit

Game and Watch
Mr. Game and Watch

Ice Climbers
Ice Climbers

Fire Emblem
Marth
Roy
Ike
Soren

Sonic
Sonic

Metal Gear
Snake

Resident Evil
Leon Kennedy

I was perusing the release dates of my most anticipated games this year:

Zack and Wiki - Oct 23
Batallion Wars II - Oct 29
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - Nov 5
Super Mario Galaxy - Nov 12
Geometry Wars Galaxies - Nov 13

And all five game are released over a span of three weeks.  On one hand that's awesome because there's finally a list of games worth playing on the shelves, but on the other hand that sucks because I really don't want to spend $250 over the next month, especially since I'm planning on buying a 360 elite by the end of November......