WHY SOCIETY, WHYYYY?!

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, it’s President’s Day (Week for me) and you know what that means?
Children: NO SCHOOL! 8D
Adults: NO WORK! 8D
Pikes: Exactly! So, how do we celebrate this?
Lucario: Let’s party until we’re purple!
Pikes: I LOVE BEING PURPLE! 8D But no, according to television, we celebrate it with crappy marathons & meaningless store sales!
Meta Knight: …You serious?
Pikes: Oh, it doesn’t end there, unfortunately… Apparently, they’re also airing an award show about real-life sports on Cartoon Network, a marathon over a pointless star on Disney, AND they’re making a television show about the Internet sensation, Fred! …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F1Gv0VE5q0&feature=related

Okay, I used to like Fred when I was 10 years old (which was 5 years ago) because back then, he actually had SOME humor in him, but after knowing we could actually SEE what the other characters looked like & the show/movie being irrelevant to his old humor, I guarantee that the show will suck horribly. -_- As for regards in the Cartoon Network situation, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SHOWING REALITY SHOWS ON THERE WHEN THE CHANNEL IS SPECIFICALLY CALLED CARTOON NETWORK?! (True, there are some exceptions, but that’s because the reality soon turns into a cartoon world.) And we got rid of anime for that?! WHY?! Finally, Disney; Y U KEEP MAKING SHOWS ABOUT SINGING/DANCING?! I mean, it’s not bad when you have actual comedies & cartoons to parallel things, but EVERYTHING is about “finding your talent” when it’s literally just inconfident teenage girls singing & dancing to show that they’re “different”. ._. It gets so repetitive it’s not even funny…

But with that out of the way, I am continuing my Pokemon Platinum walkthrough swimmingly. -w- TEAM SO FAR:

-Goku (Monferno) Level 18
-Nova (Luxio) Level 18
-Admiral (Buizel) Level 16

Currently trying to get into the Valley Windworks so I can save the scientist in there & continue onto the Eterna Forest. Not bad, not bad… But one day, a random thought popped into my mind; I’m going to raise a Togepi that I’ll get soon, so I’ve decided to name it Bacon. o_o Dun ask why cuz I dunno either

P.S. And I might be going over to DJ’s house this Friday along with Mizore so that we can see “Secret World of Arrietty” together, but that vaguely depends if Fandango actually tries to be helpful or not. -3-;

P.S.S. So, I apparently got all A’s so far & my folks are rewarding me with a Zoroark & Hammer Bros. plushie + a Zanpakutou keychain. o_o’ IF ONLY I COULD BE GENEROUS & HELP MY FRIENDS WHO NEED THE REWARDS MORE!!! DX

Metal Gear Predicts the Future!

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, as all of you nerds should know, there was a whole comotion over 3 bills that were going to censor the Internet & kill small businesses called SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. Luckily, the first 2 weren’t approved, but we still have ACTA to worry about… (Come on, Europe; don’t let us down!) So, I was randomlly going through Youtube (as I usually do) when I noticed somebody posted a video about said evil bills with a dialogue that came from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. At first, I thought it was just going to be a hilarious video with bad voices & stuff, but it actually turned out the video was talking about why certain people were censoring the Internet. o_o I then looked on the MGS Wiki to see when the actual dialogue came out & it came out in 2002; 9-10 years BEFORE the bills came to become reality! O_O OH MY CHEEZITS! (Maybe they had Psycho Mantis write that part of the game’s script…) Anywho, just in case you don’t believe me, here be-eth the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGtdNmtfKXk&feature=related

Creepy, ain’t it? And here’s another video of another dialogue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4jThrPWJoU&feature=related

All That Glitters…is Shininess

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, after not recording Platinum for a while due to my camera needing a new memory card & getting a 3 Star rank in Mario Kart 7, I’ve decided to pay attention to my SoulSilver game where I realized I had all 5 of the random shiny Pokemon I had still there & yet still not evolved or trained to be better, so I decided to make somewhat of a decent team out of what they were. HOWEVER, since I only had 5, I decided to use a Beldum to fill in the gap. (It may not be shiny, but I’ve wanted to raise one for a while now, so why not?) Anywho, you’re probably thinking, “OMG, there’s no freaking way Pikes found 5 shiny Pokemon at random in ONE game!” You’re right; they come from seperate games. And in case you’re too lazy to search through all my crappy weaboo posts just to see when I got them & such, here they are with the games they came from & their backstories. (And if you want to, you can muster up a good movepool for said Pokemon.) :

-Graveler (evolved from Geodude)
From: Pokemon Diamond
Story: One day, I wanted to prove that randomlly running into wild shiny Pokemon was a myth & that you had to have the…uhh, what’s it called… Poke Transmitter or something? Bah, nevermind that; so, I continued searching & I kept running into Geodudes without using that thing where the odd thing was that they kept getting somewhat brighter everytime a new one was encountered. o_o’ Might’ve been something with my eyes, but you may never know. FINALLY, I got to the point where I actually met a shiny Geodude wihthout that device!

-Crobat (evolved from Golbat)
From: Pokemon Pearl
Story: In my weird daily routines of Pokemon, I usually go to the Mt. Coronet summit to listen to the pretty music. (I had yet to realize the powers of Youtube, mind you) One day, as I was surfing in the normal part of Mt. Coronet (before you use Rock Climb to even get near the summit), I forgot to use a repel & a Golbat came at me, so I thought I could kill it easily with my bro’s Palkia. BUT THEN, I realized it was shiny & caught it before Palkia could murder it. (And it was a literal bitch to evolve. >_<)

Solrock
From: Pokemon Emerald
Story: I just got back from fighting Steven in Meteor Falls & healed up my Pokemon when I realized that I had to have a rematch in said Meteor Falls. (True, I could’ve ignored it, but I usually don’t want battles to pile up like crazy, so yeah) As I was getting to the NPC I was supposed to fight, I once again forgot to use Repel & encountered a Solrock. At first, I couldn’t really tell that it was shiny, but then I saw the sparkle around it & knew I had to catch it. But dear god, it would not be caught at ALL. @_@ Everything I tried usually failed until my Irish luck gave me a blessing & let me catch it

Spearow
From: Pokemon FireRed
Story: I was about to take on the Elite Four when I ran into a shiny Fearow on Victory Road & managed to catch it. HOWEVER, I forgot to save, so it disappeared. ;^; But back to Spearow’s story, a little while after that, I went to Route 3 (I believe) for memory’s sake & actually ran into a shiny Spearow. o.o Maybe it’s the Fearow reborn… But yeah, I caught it & I’m still training it; I mean, it’s only level 9 for crying out loud…

Beedrill (evolved from Weedle)
From: Pokemon SoulSilver
Story: I wanted to try the Bug Competition that usually goes on in National Park, so I started searching for a usually rare Pokemon like Scyther or Pinsir. But instead, I managed to find a shiny Weedle. So, I caught it, won, kept it, leveled it up, yadda yadda. (It’s only level 12, but I haven’t played SS for a while now…)

AND THAT IS ALL OF THEM~ I know, probably not the best Pokemon out there, but hey, they’re shiny. owo

Pikes vs. Modern Technology

UPDATE: So, it turns out that my camera wasn’t acting screwy, but my memory card IN the camera was. o_o’ Apparently, I only have 4 minutes left before I run out of room, so yeah… TIME TO GET A NEW ONE/START UPLOADING THEM ON MY COMPUTER SO THAT THEY WON’T BE LOST~! (Also, my phone isn’t doing what a phone should do; talk to people, so that’s why I need to replace it)

Hello, future friends and enemies. As you might recall, I’m actually in the progress of making my very first videos for Youtube; which is a Pokemon Platinum walkthrough. Well, as I was recording, my camera said it only had 5 minutes until the battery died out; which I thought was weird since I charged it fully last night (being aware not to overflow it). SO, I tried charging it again to see if this was a flaw or not, but when I tried to, the little light that shows when it’s done charging went off (when it was only on for a minute) AND BARELY CHANGED; IT STILL HAD 5 MINUTES TO LIVE. WHAT…THE…HECK?! D8< I even tried a different outlet & turning off all technology in my room; nothing. ._. *sigh* Now you can see why I didn’t start recording videos a few years ago; TECHNOLOGY HATES ME, WHETHER IT BE TOASTERS OR VIDEO CAMERAS

Oh yes, on the topic of evil technology, my phone’s also going to have to get replaced soon. My phone’s about 5 years old, so when I tried to get the same model at the local phone store, they said it was “outdated” & didn’t have any of my kind left. And when I tried to find something a bit more modern, it was…meh. Now, I’m one of those simplistic people who likes simplistic technology & the more modern phone I got a while ago was CONFUSING AS HELL. >_< And I also have a smidge of OCD when it comes to touch-screens, so that won’t do. (I also pretty much hate using apps since they’re mostly useless. Some aren’t, I admit, but there are just some that I can’t bare.) WHY, TECHNOLOGY?! WHY?! D,8

P.S. Oh yes, my team on Platinum so far:

-Goku (Chimchar) Level 11
-Nova (Shinx) Level 10

Currently in Jublife & going to train Nova some more so that she (Yes, it’s a girl) can learn another physical attack before I take on my rival, Barret. (Got the Poketch, by the way)

IT HAS BEGUN!!!

Hello, future friends and enemies. The suspense was killing me, so I re-started & am now playing through Pokemon Platinum. HOWEVER, THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A CAMERA TO FILM MY EXPERIENCE! And you know what that means? That’s right! As soon as I get good editing technology, I’ll upload it to Youtube, which will be my first crappy video that might get removed due to evil SOPA/PIPA/ACTA! WOO~ 8D Team so far:

-Chimchar (nicknamed Goku) level 7

…That’s it. o_o; What, I just started. D: But now, the time is serious to think about Pokemon to have on my team! I’ve gotten this idea so far, which is basically the same as the post below, but yeah

-Infernape
-Absol
-Alakazam
-Froslass
-Magnezone
-Togekiss

Not really that bad, but yeah, I might need some more suggestions here. >_< And hopefully, I’ll be able to edit my videos at DJ’s house since her bro, SpectreSabre, has killer editing software! LOOK OUT, YOUTUBE! PIKES SHALL SOON MAKE VIDEO HISTORY!!!

Peril in…Platinum

Hello, future friends and enemies. WELL, on Youtube, Chuggaconroy has started playing through Pokemon Emerald & I’ve also been listening to some good remixes of themes from said Emerald. This got me into the motivation of loving Pokemon even more than I originally do now…again & wished that the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald remake would appear someday soon and I WOULD’VE replayed my Emerald/Ruby/Sapphire version…if I actually had it. D: Sure, it got repititive after playing it a few times, but hey, it was still pretty fun… So, I guess my only other option is to re-start my Platinum, one of my most favorite video games. :3 Now, here’s the problem I have with that:

I DUNNO WHAT SHOULD BE ON MY POKEMON TEAM!! DX

I’ve gotten somewhat of an idea, but if I went with the team I have so far, I’d have mostly Attackers rather than a variety:

-Infernape
-Absol
-Gyrados
-Vespiquen

…That’s it. >_< Yeah, I know, but I just started thinking about this & I even asked some of my friends what they would reccomend, but they either ignored me or said “I dunno.” *sigh* What to do, what to do… Oh, I can always ask you kind nerds for help! (Nerds as in a good way) However, when suggesting a Pokemon, please keep these ideas in mind:

1. No legendaries- I don’t want my team to suddenly be ignored by an uber, difficult-to-level Pokemon, so yeah
2. No transfer needed Pokemon- I want this team to be completely based on the Pokemon that can actually be found in Platinum. (Unless it’s a Pokemon that requires trading like say Gengar or Alakazam)
3. No HM slaves- I’m trying to make sure that each Pokemon gets a fair share of Exp. Points (However, I can use one for emergencies)
4. No Pokemon I overuse most of the time- These Pokemon are the following: Charizard, Sceptile, Gardevoir, Lucario (ESPECIALLY this one) , Luxray (but I love this guy… 3: ), Vaporeon/Espeon, Torterra, etc. o_o; Ehehehe… But yeah, I want to have experience with raising other types of Pokemon
5. Have a variety of stat/type advantages- ^ Read above, please.

Hopefully, I won’t bring too much stress to this & I’m not acting too desperate; I just can’t think of a new team with school. -A-

Blogging? o.o

Hello, future friends and enemies. Y’all should know the reason why I haven’t been posting nor why the others are: HIGH SCHOOL. There are some points where it’s difficult, but otherwise, I just find the homework time-consuming. -.- But luckily, I barely have any homework this weekend. :3 You’re probably wondering, “HWUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT?! How can you barely have any homework in high school?!” Well, first off, it’s high school freshman work, not college work. o-o And second, half of my classes were just watching awesome videos while one was just taking a quiz. LET ME EXPLAIN MORE THOROUGHLY:

• In Engrish, we have to read a shortened version of “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. (My friends say the beginning is the only good part & then gets really bad later on…) So, our Engrish teacher actually let us watch half of the “South Park” version of it. (It apparently got really bad at the end, so that’s why we didn’t finish it) God, it was hilarious. “Don’t mind me; I’m just blacksmithing. Look, I made a metal newspaper!” X,D
• Biology, we discussed the very confusing topic that is evolution. (And yes, there was a brief discussion of Pokemon in there.) How is it confusing? Well, there’s barely evidence of it, so people keep arguing between evolution & religious beliefs. (They burnt down a kid’s picture of evolution for crying out loud!) And after that serious discussion, our Biology teacher let us watch a “Simpsons” opening that showed the evolutionary process through Homer. It was very lulz-tastic
• GEOGRAPHY, MY-MUCH-BETTER-THAN-POLITICAL-SCIENCE-CLASS, we took a quiz on the world map after we got to draw our own versions & label zem. (I colored mine with flag colors of countries. c: But GOD, why must so many flags have red?! My red colored pencil nearly died after I drew most of the flags! D: ) After the very easy quiz we took, we got to watch the Caves section of “Planet Earth”. It was magnificently creepy; what with the glow worms fishing for food (with transparent bodies, might I add… @_@ ) & the snakes sensing the heat of bats for food capture. oAo I sense stuff that shall be in my stories soon~

And then we took a quiz (SUPER-DUPER EASY) in Algebra. Pretty much it… o_o’ But yeah, it was still cool to watch that kind of stuff in class. -w- ALSO, Tobuscus is hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdRmIALzfdg&feature=related

commissions anyone?

heh sorry i haven’t been on but just putting this out there but I’m gonna be doing commissions so if anyone wants some then just email me at bakurasass@yahoo.com

those are the prices

but right now im doing $5 per picture and $0.01 for icons till maybe the end of February  so jump on it if you want it bleh

HALLELUJIAH!

UPDATE: If you want to go to Wikipedia anytime soon, make sure you do it today since that site & some others will be “blacking out” against SOPA & such. Here’s more info:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/popular-websites-dark-over-sopa-controversy-174211626.html

And whatever you do, don’t forget to keep fighting! Remember, this is only dead for now, so it CAN come back to life at any given moment. @_@

Hello, future friends and enemies. Well, you know about SOPA, right? You know, the bill that would be your ticket to jail just by not crediting original creators of Youtube & other sites? NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW! WHY?

SOPA IS DEAD!!!

You heard me right! (Unfortunately, it’s only in hiding, but still!) THIS IS A MIRACLE! 8,D

A Great Way to Start a 4-Day Weekend

Hello, future friends and enemies. SO, the difficult testing known as Finals are over where I believe the only one I failed is the EVIL Political Science one. (Rawr, the website barely gave us any of the words we had to study for vocab…) And with hard work comes awesome relaxation time by having none other than a 4 day weekend! WOO~~ 8D (The normal weekend + MKJ holiday + teacher work-day) The best part about this being a 4 day weekend is that an anime convention was in town where I actually got to hang out with DJ & Mizore after us barely talking to each other due to different classes AND meeting Senpai ever since we went to high school! Luckily, I got our magical experience on camera, so as soon as I know which editing software to buy & maybe drawing-on-the-computer-thingymajigger, I shall upload it on the evil Youtube for everyone to see! (Hopefully, SOPA won’t become too strict on us by showing people dressing up as their favorite “copyrighted” characters. ._. ) Oh yes, for those wondering, I cosplayed as a hipster. X3

HOWEVER, there were some downsides; aka the security. I mean, they were complete jerks to us. D: Always telling us to move when we were waiting for Senpai in the hallways & the lines for voice actors being EXTREMELY long. (You’d have to get in line the second the convention even opened!) Sheesh, maybe this is a sign of fans & such when becoming a voice actor/Internet sensation. o_o’ Oh well, as long as I got some memorobilia from my first ever convention… And we would’ve gone today, but DJ got an urge to go to a movie theater arcade so she could play DDR & then hang out at her house for a while with Mizore & I. We all thought that was good since our only other option would be waiting in a line for 2 to 3 hours… BUT YEAH, we went to the arcade where DJ practically dominated DDR (got that on film as well) while Mizore & I played pinball and air hockey, then we went to DJ’s house where we got to play a bit of Fallout 3 (love the game; I just hate doing evil deeds is all… T^T), eat yummy food, and also play with DJ’s ADORABLE puppies. 8D After a while, Mizore & I went back to my house to play a bit of Okami. It was a good start to a 2 day weekend, AND NOW, I shall spend the rest of my days sleeping in & doing nothing. d(owo)b

IMPORTANT NEWS! For those in Alabama & going to Kami-con, Crispin Freeman will be there, so please be a doll & ask him if he can say “Hi” or something. PLEASE? He’s my favorite voice actor. D: Oh yes, Kami-con will be in February, which is also the month that “The Secret World of Arrierty” will be playing in theaters, so don’t miss that as well! AND FINALLY, the amazing “Magic Treehouse” series is actually turning into an anime movie! GOD, I LOVED READING THOSE AS A KID. 8,D Don’t believe me? See for yourself(ves):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPkeRCK17g

It’s legit, trust me

Pikes’ Rather Suckish Beginning to 2012

Hello, future friends and enemies. *looks at calendar* OH GEEZ, IT’S ALREADY THE 3RD DAY OF 2012?! D8 Why must time go by so fast for me… Hmm, maybe I could use the Inverted Song of Time… ANYWHO, so far, my year has been rather suckish. ._. Mostly because of how my laziness killed me when a big project for a subject I hate (aka my political science class) along with a subject I like (aka Algebra) were due even though I slacked off the entire break when I could’ve done them then. D8< CURSE MY LAZY NATURE!!! I also barely got any sleep because of the extra day we had. @_@ So that might explain why I’m a little cranky… o3o

OTHER THAN THAT, life’s been okay. I mean, I got to see my friends once more; so that’s a bonus. (Plus, I got to give them socks/drawings as their late Christmas presents) And just… GAH, I can’t think anymore. >_<

OH GOSH, THIS IS LATE

Hello, future friends and enemies. … *looks at calendar* O_O OH BISKITS, I FORGOT TO WISH YOU GUYS HAPPY HOLIDAYS! D,X (Unless you’re celebrating Boxing Day and/or Kwanzaa right now) I also forgot to post those video-game related Christmas songs… CURSES! Now I’ll have to wait ’til New Year’s and actually FIND songs that are related to New Year’s in the first place… OH WELL, WHY AM I RAMBLING? Hopefully, your holidays weren’t suckish. Mine weren’t until I learned about SOPA. What’s SOPA, you ask? Well, you know how piracy’s such a big deal these days, right? (If not, please just… I dunno) The government thought it was getting so bad that they’re actually passing a bill that gets rid of piracy AND all copyright infringement; that’s right, even if you credit the original creators of the song, you’ll still be in trouble and not only will you be banned from Youtube, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO JAIL FOR IT. So yeah, the Internet along with America’s acting like over-protective parents once more. ._. *sigh* Whatcha gonna do… ANYWHO, HERE’S A GUY WHO’S A TRUE HERO & WISHES TO KILL SOPA BEFORE IT PASSES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc

Well, when I learned about this, that made me a little sad; but luckily, it became awesome once I realized what I got this year. A 3DS, GAMES FOR IT (Including OoT 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, Sonic Generations for 3DS, and Mario Kart 7), AND SOME HILARIOUS MOVIES LIKE “VAMPIRES SUCK”. 8D (The only thing I really hoped to get that I didn’t was the “Fairy Tail” DVD I asked along with Spirit Tracks, but hey, I can’t complain) Currently abusing the 3DS so I can unlock everything in Mario Kart 7, but yeah, it can be scary if you’re not used to the controls. @_@ (Same with the others, to be honest) Oh yeah, our yearly tradition of RC cars was brought out, but mine sucks; it only charges for a few seconds & then loses its batteries in said few seconds. -_- *sigh* Guess that’s what ya get for getting such a small car

P.S. Here’s a hilarious comic about evil ice levels in video games:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/12/24/2863/

Trust me, I had to suffer through White Wafers in Return to Dreamland and it’s just getting worst. @_@

I Love These Guys. X,D

Hello, future friends and enemies. I only have 2 hours or so until I gotta go to my orthodontist apointment where once again, I am told I won’t get my braces off really soon, so before I go there, I have an important message to tell you people.
Meta Knight: IS IT TO DRINK BEER?!
Pikes: …No… It’s that I found a video with all of the hilarious Rayman Rabbids very useful scientific facts! Haha, I loved watching these a few years back. X,D SO, instead of being a Scrooge & hogging it to myself, I shall give the link to you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-wW_ETHHAY

I don’t really have a favorite one here, but if I had to choose, it’d be the “Tour de France” one. X) Oh yeah, this skit also got inspired by this game–
Meta Knight: ALONG WITH BEER!
Pikes: ._. Yes, they were drunk when they made it, but not by beer…
Meta Knight: OF COURSE IT WAS BY BEER! EVERYTHING IS BY BEER!!!
Pikes: …What’s with him?
Lucario: He’s been watching the Autarach of Flame’s videos on Youtube…
Pikes: Ahh, I see. WELL, LET’S FORGET ALL OF THAT AND SHOW YOU THE SKIT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUJXtGfmKpQ

The Magical Time of Holidays

Hello, future friends and enemies. Even though it is Saturday, it is now officially Winter Break! 8D WOO-HOO! 2 whole weeks of sleeping in & staying up late; catching up on some anime, manga, and games… It’ll be excellent. -w- Well, except that I have Finals the 2nd week we get back. >_> OH WELL, at least it’ll mostly be memorization & vocab. Anywho, the last day of school before break (AKA Friday) wasn’t as fun as expected, but it was still good; I mean, I got to watch an old kid’s show in my Political Science class (which I will be leaving due to it being bullpuddy) AND learned how Christmas was celebrated in France (GOD, I WANT A YULE LOG CAKE SO BADLY…), so that’s pretty good, yes?

SO, how are you guys going to spend your vacations? Be with the family? Do exactly as I do? OR will you tell me about the holidays you celebrate if’n you don’t celebrate Christmas?! 8D (Sorry, curious to know…) So far, my vacation has been going to a basketball game with DJ that was our school against my brudder’s (where we unfortunately lost all 3 games… T^T) & playing non-stop Kirby with said friend DJ. (God, the ice levels in “Return to Dreamland” are HORRIBLE! D8< And it’s only about to get worst…) OH YES, I’ve also been watching trailers of new games that are bound to come out sometime IN THE FUTURE.
Lucario: I CAN SEE THE FUTURE!
Pikes: -_- You just had to do that, didn’t you?
Lucario: Well, the new episode came out, so yes; I had to. (Talkin’ bout TFS’ DBZ abridged)
Pikes: *sigh* Whatever… SO, it turns out that there’s 2 new games I’m obsessing over lately and here are the magical trailers for said games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u34bzH5Eo04&feature=player_embedded

^ This is a trailer for a new Pokemon game where it crosses with the series of “Nobunaga’s Ambition”, which is apparently a popular RPG/skill series in good ol’ Japan. When I saw this trailer, my eyes nearly exploded from the awesomeness that was seen; I MEAN, FINALLY! Pokemon’s starting to get even more creative by teaming up with other games that aren’t Nintendo! 8D Not to mention the people in this game look pretty awesome… owo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtj_XzQfcXE&list=PLFDEC8B061EDE0F28&index=10&feature=plpp_video

^ Here’s a trailer for SEGA’s “Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure”. You’re probably thinking from seeing this title & trailer that this is a Professor Layton rip-off. WRONG, GOOD SIRS; PROFESSOR LAYTON CAN’T DANCE. (But if that were the case, would it be an Elite Beat Agents rip-off? o3o AHH, I DUNNO; THE GAME LOOKS AWESOME, ESPECIALLY THE MAIN THEME OF SAID GAME!)

Well, speaking of games, my mumzies is asking for what else I wish to have for Christmas this year since I already asked for a 3DS, T-shirts, AND VIP passes to the anime convention in January. …Wow, they just love to spoil me and not the world around me… o_o Umm, that was a little deep there; all I know is that I’m asking for a bunch of 3DS games. 8D

Dark Souls Area List Part 1

So Lemme get my thoughts down on the areas present in Dark Souls, the location itself, how to get there, the presentation and the feel

• Northern Undead Asylum: The very first area you are in. The entire asylum itself has no guards and it is literally run by the inmates and apparently they let you keep your equipment. The background itself on this area is that the Primeval Lord Gwyn, who feared the coming of man, told his servants to shepard the humans to great asylums like these. So they literally put you in here because you are human and no guards because theres no need for worried breakouts because a giant demon guards the door and besides, every other human went insane here. You start out here in the game and it’s the tutorial level. You are imprisoned, but Oscar, Knight of Astora saves you, but subsequently gets injured himself. He gives you a key and the game’s healing item, the Estus Flask and dies. First you run away from the demon that guards the gate, but you find yourself on the ledge above it and you slay the demon and earn your freedom. As you approach an icy cliff, a giant crow appears and takes you away. You can return here after you ring the “Bell of Awakening” and letting the great crow transport you back here. The differences  is that  tougher enemies are here and that you will face a boss if you are not careful. Oscar goes hollow and he will fight you here. It was a nice level for a beginner, not that many comments. Sad that the first human you see will try to kill you when you return.
• Firelink Shrine: The gigantic crow will transport you here, the hub world of Dark Souls, you’re largest sanctuary you will have. I have already discussed the people you meet here, consult that post if you wish to know. This area is connected to New Londo Ruins, Undead Burg, Undead Parish, and the Catacombs. Once you ring the two bells of awakening you meet Kingseeker Frampt, a primordial serpent who tells you that you are the successor to Gwyn (mythos will be talked about later) and tells you to seek another location we will talk about. But don’t heed Frampt’s words just yet. The entire atmosphere is kind of…depressing, the music is pretty sad. Firelink Shrine is a pretty spoilerish name.
• Undead Burg: I forget if this was the Kingdom of Balder or just a human city gone mad. Probably the latter but then again lot of things are left for interpretation. This location is probably the easiest to get to as the Catacombs require a holy weapon, New Londo a cursed weapon and Undead Parish needs to have a shortcut unlock. This area is accessed through an aquaduct and you emerge in Undead Burg’s upper area. Undead Burg is the town full of undead hollows who mindlessly kill anything in site minus eachother. By descending one of the towers, you gain access to Darkroot Basin. Going up the tower will lead you to a boss fight with the Taurus Demon (maybe originated from another location). This area can either be explored or you can continue to Undead Parish after cross a bridge guarded by a dragon. You can either run through or go below and climb a tower. By further exploring this area, you gain access to the Depths and Blighttown by going down to the ruined village itself. You must fight the Capra Demon if you wish to continue to the two mentioned locations.
• Undead Parish: After beating the Taurus Demon and finding a way past the dragon you arrive in Undead Parish. It’s just a large area of navigating through the outside of a church. Once inside the church you can either use the elevator to Firelink Shrine, go to the tower next to the church to unlock further areas or climb the church to face the Belfry Gargoyles, the twin monsters that guard the first bell of awakening. Not much to say about this place.
• Darkroot Garden: Forest area that is connected to Undead Parish. The forest is full of demonic ents that try to vine whip and chew on your skull a bit. The entire area itself is full of cliffs and is one of the most gorgeous looking place in Dark Souls. The area is in perpetual night and the area is filled with large trees and bioluminescant plants. The area is also filled with strange frogs and large stone soldiers. Area connects to Darkroot Basin by going down the cliffs. By going down the cliffs even further you gain access to the Valley of Drakes. If you have enough souls to buy a key you gain access to another area (I personally like to call it Darkroot Forest) but if you don’t have the key, you must navigate through the basin. By going pass the Stone Knights you arrive in a small tower and you face a Moonlight Butterfly in a very pretty battleground.
• Darkroot Basin: By heading below the cliffs you enter darkroot basin. By fighting a few crystal golems you arrive at a gorgeous looking lake. But the problem is, a 6 headed hydra is in that lake spitting water at you. Once you kill the beast, you can safely climb a ladder leading to the sub area of Darkroot Garden and deeper into the forest. In the forest you can either go about two ways. The first path is to the path of the Forest Covenant, filled with forest hunters that try to kill you. The 2nd path leads to a pretty dangerous path as well. You will pitted against these humongous cat monsters. After you get past them, you run into a small family of walking mushroom people. They will not harm you if you don’t get close so I normally don’t try to kill them. By going past the cats and the mushrooms you will find a small bridge leading to a door, and through that door lies a huge tombstone in an open field with numerous weapons surrounding it. If you approach the grave, you will face, Great Grey Wolf Sif, protector of the greatsword and grave of Artorias the Abysswalker, one of the 4 knights of Gwyn. Area is full of cliffs and is freaking amazing.
• The Depths: By slaying the Capra Demon in the lower part of Undead Burg you gain access to the Depths or simply put, the sewers of the city. A strange assortment of enemies ranging from large rats and slime inhabit the sewers, the most fear inducing being the Basilisks, strange frog like creatues who can curse(petrify you) with a noxious gas they breath. At the very bottom of the Depths lies the Gaping Dragon, a dragon that has literally been either going through inbred families or just been exposed to the sewage for too long. Pics in another post. The Gaping Dragon then leaves a key to Blighttown, one of the more disgusting places of the game. It’s pretty disgusting
• Blighttown: Bligghtown can be accessed in the long way or the short way. The short way is directly through the Depths. Just when you think the couldn’t go deeper, you can. Descend to the sewers even further and behold the world beneath Lordran (basically the land you are in). Before you can behold it though. You must navigate the makeshift shanty town of bugs and these poisonous trolls. As you go further in, you find the world above you and you see great trees. You descend Blighttown and arrive in the swamps. The short way is through Darkroot Garden and directly into the Valley of Drakes. Either way you will enter Quelaag’s Domain. Blighttown itself is just ugly to look at.
• Quelaag’s Domain: Quelaag is a Chaos Witch that was a daughter of Chaos of the Witch of Izalith, one of the Primeval Lords. Quelaag’s body below her waist is a huge demonic spider that spits out lava while her top half is a pretty but pale woman. The lair itself is covered with webs and eggs. Somehow, the second bell of awakening is located here. You can also meet Quelaag’s nicer younger sister who is very sick.
• The Great Hollow: On the opposite side of the swamp, there lies a great tree. You can climb up its roots and enter into the tree itself. This area is pretty secretive and really is the “secret” zone of the entire game as who would want to backtrack the swamp to get here? Plus this place has really no value as there isn’t a boss at the end of the level nor is it story related. The Great Hollow itself takes place inside a humongous tree, with smaller branches INSIDE the damn thing. Falling off will result in death as well, to make it worse, there are basilisks in here.
• Ash Lake: At the very bottom of the Great Hollow, you arrive in Ash Lake. What seems to be the very bottom of the world. You are in a the sandy(or is it ash?) beaches of the world. You can see enormous tress and water as far as the eye can see. But you can concentrate on the scenary right after you kill that damn hydra spitting water at you. Ash Lake is one of my favorite locations in this game. The music that acompanies it makes you feel really small. By going further into the beach, you find a grouping of trees, and inside that tree, lies an Everlasting Dragon, the ex-ruler of the world (or atleast its species were)
• Valley of Drakes: Can be accessed from New Londo Ruins or Darkroot Basin. The valley itself is literally just a huge valley going either upwards or downwards depending on how you came. The area is filled with drakes (lesser cousins of the dragons) that spit lightning. This area doesn’t have a boss but it dose have a huge zombie dragon near the New Londo passage. It isn’t too pretty to look at as it is pretty dark.
• Sen’s Fortress: After ringing the two bells of awakening in Undead Parish and Quelaag’s Domain, a giant is shown pulling the chains that control the fortress gates. A blacksmith tells us that this fortress was an proving guards created by the ancient gods. The fortress itself (No idea who Sen is actually”) is a booby trapped wonderland. Filled with boulders, guillotine axes, freaking maneater treasure chests, arrow traps, and even the elevators are booby trapped in case anyone didn’t get out on the right floor. Not only traps, but it is infested with Serpent men, either sword wielding or lightning casting. As you ascend the huge building you will reach the top, only to have a giant throw gigantic firebombs toward you. You can deal with that after you climb a little more. Then you will arrive at your destination, a small area where you will face the Iron Golem, the guardian to Anor Londo. As you slay the monster, you approach a glowing area. Bat demons then descend on you and carry you to the sun-bathed capital, of Anor Londo. The entire area is unnerving, at least the first time, traps are freakin everywheeeeere.
• Anor Londo: Anor Londo is the capital of the gods and rightfully so. The entire area is baked by the twilight sun and giant sentinels guard the buildings. You are dropped off by the bat demons far off from the central cathredal you must get to. You must battle against sentries guarding the outside of the buildings. You enter this one huge building through its catwalk near the ceiling. As you get down, you are attacked by white robed swordsmen who guard this gigantic painting, more on that later. Now you must scale another building in order to get to the main cathredral, which doors are locked from the inside. Now in the main building you must face the Silver Knights, the loyal knights of Gwyn who remain in their posts even after death. Inside the main halls you will face Dragonslayer Ornstein and Executionor Smough, two faithful knights of Gwyn. Ornstein being the leader of Gwyn’s Four Knights (Artorias, Ornstein, Gough, and Ciaran) while Smough is the royal executionor. Once the duo is dealth with you can visit Gwynevere, Gwyn’s daughter who rewards you with the Lordvessel, the object required to access the final area of the game. I love the castle theme, I wish there were more levels like this.
• The Painted World of Ariamis: In Anor Londo, there is a single building that houses a gigantic painting. If you are in possession of a peculiar doll, you can enter the Painted World. The Painted World itself is a world perpetual night and in perpetual winter. The snowy landsacpe is a wonder to look at and you start off on a bridge which makes it even more beautiful. The area is filled with zombies and frightning crow monsters that peck your head out. At the end of the painted world you find Priscilla, a experiment gone wrong that involves human and dragon crossbreeding. However by experiment gone wrong, I mean, sorta gone right. For a crossbreed, she looks like a white haired girl with a fuzzy coat. Anyways, you can either fight her or ignore her and exit the painted world by leaping off an edge of the building you were in. Loved the stage, but kinda confusing to go through.
• New Londo Ruins: From the Dark Souls lore, New Londo was a prospering kingdom and the 4 Kings of New Londo were given a fragment of Lord Gwyn’s Soul. However, the kingdom had a strange encounter with a mysterious “entity” within an even more ambiguous “area” known as the Abyss, a place of eternal, everending darkness. The Kings heeded the words of a “creature of the Abyss” that promised them the power of Darkness. The Kings and the knights of New Londo agreed and they are known as the Darkwraiths. The city was sealed by the 3 sealers and now the city remains flooded, with the ghosts of the dead littering the streets they once roamed. The city is pretty much deep below ground and a single crack in the area, provides light. Once the water is removed (through a huge gate leading to the Valley of Drakes) you can now enter the building that leads to the boss fight arena. But to get there you must rely on your cliff jumping or face the Darkwraiths.
• The Abyss: As mentioned above, the Abyss is an endless expanse of darkness and without the proper skills, one will immediately die in the darkness. To access the abyss, you must have slain Sif in Darkroot Garden. Sif guarded the grave of Artorias, otherwise known as the Abysswalker. He hunted the darkwraiths but formed a covenant with the creature of the abyss to slay the Four Kings of New Londo but no avail. Anyways, by slaying Sif, you inherit the “Art of Abysswalking”. As you jump down toward the darkness, you iniate the fight with the Four Kings of New Londo. Horribley disfigured monsters that once were man. Their swords, look like dismembered fins of fish and their left arm is practically non-existant, a huge…network of arms that create a small capturing technique. The Kings approach one by one, but if you are not quick enough, all four kings shall arrive from the darkness and you will be forced to face all of them. If you kill them and have not helped Frampt, another primordial serpent will appear and reveal to you your true fate.