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December - Winter and the ho ho ^^
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How's it going, guys? Back again with another journal entry for all of you guys. Been a little while since I've done something new for my entries to let you guys know what has been going on in my life. I'm doing fine as always and intend to keep it that way. For me and my girl Shayna, everything is going fine from the both of us.
Anyway, some interesting stuff has been going on from Nintendo over these last couple of weeks. We got word from Nintendo that of their partnership with Universal Studios of setting their plans of doing a theme park/attractions into motion and they have given the official name of the park which will be known as Super Nintendo World and here is a pic posted by Nintendo of America of what the concept art is how is going to look like.
As we all know, they have said that it is going to open in all 3 Universal Studios areas(Osaka, Japan; Orlando, Florida; Hollywood, California). But it won't be ready until 2020(same time as for the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games). The article is located here www.ign.com/articles/2016/12/1… . It will bring every known franchise from Nintendo into this park to give people exposure on some of these IPs that have been going for a long time from Mario, Zelda, Starfox, Metroid, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, etc. Can't wait for this to happen and another reason for me to go to Universal Studios in Orlando(since I'm a Florida resident). Speaking of that, here's the video for what's in store for the parks:
As for other stuff going on with Nintendo, Miyamoto recently had an interview in New Jersey at the Apple event to promote Super Mario Run, this person named Katie Linendoll asked him about what other Nintendo characters he would have wished to be more popular like Mario. Interestingly, he said Fox McCloud was one of them with his series to be more popular along with the Pikmin series. He even said that he will put more effort and the energy he needs to make sure that happens. This is most likely after what happened to the reception of Starfox Zero which came out this year and obviously one of the problems that some people had with the game was the forced motion controls he put into the game which I'm going to have to agree on. Now don't get me wrong. I really enjoyed Starfox Zero and it was a fun experience and will go back into it. But as you guys already know, like any other Nintendo game, it's not meant for everyone. Another problem with the game was that it came out in the last year for the Wii U. If it would have came out in the first or second year after its release, it may have done better since that was the time when the Wii U was trying to bring out some of the good titles out even though the system kind of suffered a drought. Not to mention that the install base for the Wii U was pretty low and now the production for the Wii U has been discontinued since they are focusing their efforts on the Switch.
Anyway, I'm glad that Miyamoto is not giving up on both the Starfox and Pikmin series after the comment he did. It goes to show that he does care about his creations and not throw them by the wayside. But yes I do agree that he needs to put more effort into it and take it a lot more seriously in order for the series to gain more popularity than it needs from what he said and I would love that. Yes Starfox and Pikmin are popular and they have their own fanbase like any other Nintendo franchise like Mario, Zelda, etc. Anyway, I don't want to wait another 10 years for another entry in the SF series after Zero. And based from that statement he brought up there, he in a way indirectly hinted/implied of new entries for both Starfox and Pikmin to come out on the Switch in the future down the road. Obviously we're not going to get a new SF game next year since we just recently got Zero this year. I would say at least 2 to 3 years after the Switch's release when we'll get a new entry in the series. As of now, Zero has sold right about 400k units or a bit more than that after its release. But yeah Miyamoto is aware of the situation with Zero and hopefully he learned his lesson on this. With the Switch going back to the basics and that the team who are developing it is a young team(which is good and have some fresh blood to make the Switch a success). Also, it goes to show that after that comment he did, most likely he'll be focusing on what to make a SF game really good again(like playing the game with traditional control scheme everyone loves from the series, expand upon the series becoming more than just a rail shooter game and more importantly have online multiplayer since online gaming is the norm these days and becoming a big deal which is something that Miyamoto is going to need to embrace). He does all that and I promise you it would be a hit and Nintendo could pull off a Fire Emblem Awakening(which became a hit after its release) on us with it. Adventures and Assault(also my favorite games in the series along with SF64) served as a good evolution to the series and they need to do that. If they can combine elements with other games like Starhawk(PS3 game), Ratchet and Clank(for its ground based elements) with elements like from Rogue Squadron with a dash of multiplayer(both local and online), I promise you that will be a hit which Miyamoto will be looking for based on that comment. If it weren't for Miyamoto, we would have never gotten any of his IPs like Mario, Zelda, Starfox, etc.
Also, even after Zero's release, the people from Platinum Games who worked on Zero including Yusuke Hashimoto(director of Zero and Bayonetta 2) are still interested in and if I were Miyamoto on this, he should approach them again and let them take a shot with doing a sequel to Zero as they would love to only this time that they take a good amount of control for the next game kind of like what Kojima did in giving Platinum Games the control they need to make Metal Gear Rising Revengeance and Miyamoto can serve more as the advisor for it on Zero's sequel. If that happens, I would love to see Platinum Games really work their magic there and they can make Zero's sequel be a spectacle and one that even the SF fans would love to see and be the true sequel we have all been waiting for. After all, Nintendo are really good friends with Platinum Games and they are on board with the Switch and this should be an opportunity that Miyamoto should not waste if he wants this to happen, From the looks of it, he is going to focus on making a new SF entry down the road(likely on the Switch) after they get the big things out of the way(like the release of the new Zelda game coming up, the release of the Switch console along with some big first-party IPs first to get it out of the way.
Here are some links to prove my point here on that comment Miyamoto did:
krystalarchive.com/2016/12/miy…
gamersplash.com/2016/12/11/miy…
gonintendo.com/stories/270137-…
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
-Panther Caroso
-Andross
Sly Cooper Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
-Carmeilta Fox
Clubs I'm in
Anyway, some interesting stuff has been going on from Nintendo over these last couple of weeks. We got word from Nintendo that of their partnership with Universal Studios of setting their plans of doing a theme park/attractions into motion and they have given the official name of the park which will be known as Super Nintendo World and here is a pic posted by Nintendo of America of what the concept art is how is going to look like.
As we all know, they have said that it is going to open in all 3 Universal Studios areas(Osaka, Japan; Orlando, Florida; Hollywood, California). But it won't be ready until 2020(same time as for the Tokyo Olympic Summer Games). The article is located here www.ign.com/articles/2016/12/1… . It will bring every known franchise from Nintendo into this park to give people exposure on some of these IPs that have been going for a long time from Mario, Zelda, Starfox, Metroid, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, etc. Can't wait for this to happen and another reason for me to go to Universal Studios in Orlando(since I'm a Florida resident). Speaking of that, here's the video for what's in store for the parks:
As for other stuff going on with Nintendo, Miyamoto recently had an interview in New Jersey at the Apple event to promote Super Mario Run, this person named Katie Linendoll asked him about what other Nintendo characters he would have wished to be more popular like Mario. Interestingly, he said Fox McCloud was one of them with his series to be more popular along with the Pikmin series. He even said that he will put more effort and the energy he needs to make sure that happens. This is most likely after what happened to the reception of Starfox Zero which came out this year and obviously one of the problems that some people had with the game was the forced motion controls he put into the game which I'm going to have to agree on. Now don't get me wrong. I really enjoyed Starfox Zero and it was a fun experience and will go back into it. But as you guys already know, like any other Nintendo game, it's not meant for everyone. Another problem with the game was that it came out in the last year for the Wii U. If it would have came out in the first or second year after its release, it may have done better since that was the time when the Wii U was trying to bring out some of the good titles out even though the system kind of suffered a drought. Not to mention that the install base for the Wii U was pretty low and now the production for the Wii U has been discontinued since they are focusing their efforts on the Switch.
Anyway, I'm glad that Miyamoto is not giving up on both the Starfox and Pikmin series after the comment he did. It goes to show that he does care about his creations and not throw them by the wayside. But yes I do agree that he needs to put more effort into it and take it a lot more seriously in order for the series to gain more popularity than it needs from what he said and I would love that. Yes Starfox and Pikmin are popular and they have their own fanbase like any other Nintendo franchise like Mario, Zelda, etc. Anyway, I don't want to wait another 10 years for another entry in the SF series after Zero. And based from that statement he brought up there, he in a way indirectly hinted/implied of new entries for both Starfox and Pikmin to come out on the Switch in the future down the road. Obviously we're not going to get a new SF game next year since we just recently got Zero this year. I would say at least 2 to 3 years after the Switch's release when we'll get a new entry in the series. As of now, Zero has sold right about 400k units or a bit more than that after its release. But yeah Miyamoto is aware of the situation with Zero and hopefully he learned his lesson on this. With the Switch going back to the basics and that the team who are developing it is a young team(which is good and have some fresh blood to make the Switch a success). Also, it goes to show that after that comment he did, most likely he'll be focusing on what to make a SF game really good again(like playing the game with traditional control scheme everyone loves from the series, expand upon the series becoming more than just a rail shooter game and more importantly have online multiplayer since online gaming is the norm these days and becoming a big deal which is something that Miyamoto is going to need to embrace). He does all that and I promise you it would be a hit and Nintendo could pull off a Fire Emblem Awakening(which became a hit after its release) on us with it. Adventures and Assault(also my favorite games in the series along with SF64) served as a good evolution to the series and they need to do that. If they can combine elements with other games like Starhawk(PS3 game), Ratchet and Clank(for its ground based elements) with elements like from Rogue Squadron with a dash of multiplayer(both local and online), I promise you that will be a hit which Miyamoto will be looking for based on that comment. If it weren't for Miyamoto, we would have never gotten any of his IPs like Mario, Zelda, Starfox, etc.
Also, even after Zero's release, the people from Platinum Games who worked on Zero including Yusuke Hashimoto(director of Zero and Bayonetta 2) are still interested in and if I were Miyamoto on this, he should approach them again and let them take a shot with doing a sequel to Zero as they would love to only this time that they take a good amount of control for the next game kind of like what Kojima did in giving Platinum Games the control they need to make Metal Gear Rising Revengeance and Miyamoto can serve more as the advisor for it on Zero's sequel. If that happens, I would love to see Platinum Games really work their magic there and they can make Zero's sequel be a spectacle and one that even the SF fans would love to see and be the true sequel we have all been waiting for. After all, Nintendo are really good friends with Platinum Games and they are on board with the Switch and this should be an opportunity that Miyamoto should not waste if he wants this to happen, From the looks of it, he is going to focus on making a new SF entry down the road(likely on the Switch) after they get the big things out of the way(like the release of the new Zelda game coming up, the release of the Switch console along with some big first-party IPs first to get it out of the way.
Here are some links to prove my point here on that comment Miyamoto did:
krystalarchive.com/2016/12/miy…
gamersplash.com/2016/12/11/miy…
gonintendo.com/stories/270137-…
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
-Panther Caroso
-Andross
Sly Cooper Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
-Carmeilta Fox
Clubs I'm in
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August - End of the Summer Inferno
18 min read
How's it going, guys? I'm back once again with another journal entry for you guys on what is going on in my end. As always, been busy from my work. But at the same time I'm doing fine and the same goes with my girl Shayna. ^^ I was going to write last month on what happened during July since I went to this convention in my area called Florida Supercon with Shayna. Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to write it out as you already know. But anyway, let's get to the bottom on the guests I ended up meeting over there.
Nancy Cartwright
This year's Supercon brought a really good number of celebrities from actors and voice actors whom I really wanted to meet in person. Nancy Cartwright is the first that I'll talk about. For any of you who knows who she is best known for, we know her as the voice behind the mischievious boy who we all love as Bart Simpson from the ever popular Simpsons animated series that has been making its run on TV since it first premiered in American airwaves in 1989. Besides Bart, she has done a number of other characters from the series such as Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz and Todd Flanders. But other than that, she has done other characters from other shows that I grew up with when they aired on TV back in the 90s such as Chuckie Finster from the Rugrats series and Mindy from Animaniacs. Also, she is best known for Rufus from the series Kim Possible. So yeah it is not just the Simpsons series after all. She was a really nice person to talk to and enjoys listening to her fans. I'm glad that me and Shayna were able to meet her in person.
Kel Mitchell
Yep. The guy himself who we all know from the show All That that came out back in the 90s on Nickeledeon and my girl's favorite shows, it was no one wonder why we would have loved to meet him in person. From his roles in the show like Coach Kreetin or Ed which he plays the character again in the movie Good Burger with his friend Kenan Thompson(also from the show All That). This guy knows how to put the funny in his skits and we had a blast talking to him which I did for my girl have an autograph signed by him so that she can have it. ^^
Steven Blum
What can I say? The moment I heard that this guy was going to be at Supercon, I said to myself that I needed to be there to see this guy in person. He is one of my favorite voice actors of all time alongside with the ranks of others such as Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Tara Strong(which I'll explain later here) . He has such an impressive resume of the characters he has done from video games, movies and animation(both American and Japanese animation). I have been following this guy's works ever since he first started on the anime series Guyver the Bioboosted Armor(80s OVA series). But obviously it was the show Cowboy Bebop(probably one of the best animes of all time and one of my faves) was that he got the recognition he needed when he played the character Spike Spiegel. But of course there have been other roles he has done from other shows which I love such as Guilmon and Black Wargreymon(Digimon anime series), Amon(Legend of Korra), Beta Ray Bill and Red Skull(Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes), Wolverine(Wolverine and the X-Men and the Marvel animated universe), Starscream(Transformers Prime), Swindle and Shockwave(Transformers Fall of Cybertron), Barricade and Narrator(Transformers War for Cybertron), Roger Smith(Big O), Zadornov(Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker), Jack(Madworld and Anarchy Reigns) and Jergingha(Wonderful 101) and Rioichi Cooper(Sly Cooper Thieves in Time). I even went out of my way to talk to him that if one day Nintendo hires him to do any voice work in any game to Nintendo, he would be the perfect choice to play Wolf O'Donnell(Fox's rival/villain from the Starfox series) and he agreed with me on it given the fact that the majority of characters he has played throughout the years in games and animated shows are at times villains to anti-heroes and at times playing the good guy himself at times. Other than that, he is such a great guy to talk to and loves his fans like Scott McNeil. I hope that they get Steven Blum to come back here to Miami to a future convention.
Tara Strong
Like Steven Blum, she is another person I wanted to meet in person and she has done a really good number of shows and games that I loved since I was a kid. Some of her works include Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl(Batman The Animated Series), Ben Tennyson(Original Ben 10 series), Raven(Teen Titans), Sari Sumdac(Transformers Animated), Paz Ortega Andrade(Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, MGSV Ground Zeroes and MGSV Phantom Pain), X-23(Marvel animated universe and Marvel vs Capcom 3), Melody(Little Mermaid II), Twilight Sparkle(MLP Friendship is Magic), Lemmy Koopa and Iggy Koopa(Super Mario Bros. 3 animated show and Super Mario World animated show), Dil Pickles(Rugrats), Omi(Xiaolin Showdown), and Talwyn(Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction, Ratchet and Clank Quest for Booty).
Devon Murray
Best known for his role as Seamus Finnegan(Harry Potter film series) of the Gryffindor who worked alongisde with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Me and Shayna talked to him of what was it like to work in the HP series since the first film and working throughout the 10 years in the series all the up to the final film. Hopefully we can get some more Harry Potter actors to be invited to Supercon with whom to meet.
Henry Winkler
Me and Shayna also got to meet the star of Happy Days and other works such as Waterboy(which starred Adam Sandler) and who is also the godfather of actress Bryce Dallas Howard(Ron Howard's daughter). Really nice guy to talk to. Boy my dad got jealous of me when I told him that we met him in person since he loves the Happy Days show.
Anyway, that's pretty much the people we met at the convention and it was by far the best I have been to so far. Hope that they can keep it up like this for future conventions.
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
-Panther Caroso
-Andross
Sly Cooper Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
-Carmeilta Fox
Clubs I'm in
Nancy Cartwright
This year's Supercon brought a really good number of celebrities from actors and voice actors whom I really wanted to meet in person. Nancy Cartwright is the first that I'll talk about. For any of you who knows who she is best known for, we know her as the voice behind the mischievious boy who we all love as Bart Simpson from the ever popular Simpsons animated series that has been making its run on TV since it first premiered in American airwaves in 1989. Besides Bart, she has done a number of other characters from the series such as Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz and Todd Flanders. But other than that, she has done other characters from other shows that I grew up with when they aired on TV back in the 90s such as Chuckie Finster from the Rugrats series and Mindy from Animaniacs. Also, she is best known for Rufus from the series Kim Possible. So yeah it is not just the Simpsons series after all. She was a really nice person to talk to and enjoys listening to her fans. I'm glad that me and Shayna were able to meet her in person.
Kel Mitchell
Yep. The guy himself who we all know from the show All That that came out back in the 90s on Nickeledeon and my girl's favorite shows, it was no one wonder why we would have loved to meet him in person. From his roles in the show like Coach Kreetin or Ed which he plays the character again in the movie Good Burger with his friend Kenan Thompson(also from the show All That). This guy knows how to put the funny in his skits and we had a blast talking to him which I did for my girl have an autograph signed by him so that she can have it. ^^
Steven Blum
What can I say? The moment I heard that this guy was going to be at Supercon, I said to myself that I needed to be there to see this guy in person. He is one of my favorite voice actors of all time alongside with the ranks of others such as Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Tara Strong(which I'll explain later here) . He has such an impressive resume of the characters he has done from video games, movies and animation(both American and Japanese animation). I have been following this guy's works ever since he first started on the anime series Guyver the Bioboosted Armor(80s OVA series). But obviously it was the show Cowboy Bebop(probably one of the best animes of all time and one of my faves) was that he got the recognition he needed when he played the character Spike Spiegel. But of course there have been other roles he has done from other shows which I love such as Guilmon and Black Wargreymon(Digimon anime series), Amon(Legend of Korra), Beta Ray Bill and Red Skull(Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes), Wolverine(Wolverine and the X-Men and the Marvel animated universe), Starscream(Transformers Prime), Swindle and Shockwave(Transformers Fall of Cybertron), Barricade and Narrator(Transformers War for Cybertron), Roger Smith(Big O), Zadornov(Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker), Jack(Madworld and Anarchy Reigns) and Jergingha(Wonderful 101) and Rioichi Cooper(Sly Cooper Thieves in Time). I even went out of my way to talk to him that if one day Nintendo hires him to do any voice work in any game to Nintendo, he would be the perfect choice to play Wolf O'Donnell(Fox's rival/villain from the Starfox series) and he agreed with me on it given the fact that the majority of characters he has played throughout the years in games and animated shows are at times villains to anti-heroes and at times playing the good guy himself at times. Other than that, he is such a great guy to talk to and loves his fans like Scott McNeil. I hope that they get Steven Blum to come back here to Miami to a future convention.
Tara Strong
Like Steven Blum, she is another person I wanted to meet in person and she has done a really good number of shows and games that I loved since I was a kid. Some of her works include Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl(Batman The Animated Series), Ben Tennyson(Original Ben 10 series), Raven(Teen Titans), Sari Sumdac(Transformers Animated), Paz Ortega Andrade(Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, MGSV Ground Zeroes and MGSV Phantom Pain), X-23(Marvel animated universe and Marvel vs Capcom 3), Melody(Little Mermaid II), Twilight Sparkle(MLP Friendship is Magic), Lemmy Koopa and Iggy Koopa(Super Mario Bros. 3 animated show and Super Mario World animated show), Dil Pickles(Rugrats), Omi(Xiaolin Showdown), and Talwyn(Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction, Ratchet and Clank Quest for Booty).
Devon Murray
Best known for his role as Seamus Finnegan(Harry Potter film series) of the Gryffindor who worked alongisde with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Me and Shayna talked to him of what was it like to work in the HP series since the first film and working throughout the 10 years in the series all the up to the final film. Hopefully we can get some more Harry Potter actors to be invited to Supercon with whom to meet.
Henry Winkler
Me and Shayna also got to meet the star of Happy Days and other works such as Waterboy(which starred Adam Sandler) and who is also the godfather of actress Bryce Dallas Howard(Ron Howard's daughter). Really nice guy to talk to. Boy my dad got jealous of me when I told him that we met him in person since he loves the Happy Days show.
Anyway, that's pretty much the people we met at the convention and it was by far the best I have been to so far. Hope that they can keep it up like this for future conventions.
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
-Panther Caroso
-Andross
Sly Cooper Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
-Carmeilta Fox
Clubs I'm in
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April - Back with a vengeance ^^
20 min read
Hello there, my friends. It's been a while after a long hiatus from doing a new journal entry and I'm back once again. I want to apologize to all of you on it. But now that I'm back, have I got stuff to talk about especially for our favorite space fox himself who just landed in our planet with a new entry in the Starfox series since 2006 with Command. Before I delve into it, I want to say that for me and my girlfriend Shayna(my white wolf), everything is going fine. ^^ Just want to say hi and kiss you. ^^ Onto my thoughts of Starfox Zero.
To get things started, since one of my DA friends DestinyDecade did his review on the game, I'll review mines and make it short.
The series first started on the SNES back in 1993 using the power of the Super FX chip which revolutionized 3D graphics and this was running on a 16 bit console like the SNES. Even as of today, as old as the game is, it is considered to be one of the most challenging space shooters I have ever played but really enjoyed every moment from its gameplay and the 3 linear routes you can choose to get to Venom. Fast forward 1995 in which we were this close to get the sequel to this stellar game with Starfox 2. If it would have been released for real, we could have gotten Fay and Miyu to be part of the official story. Who knows? We may still get in the forseeable future. Fortunately, I have the game on my Wii for my SNES emulator along with the original Starfox. In 1997, we saw the release of SF 64 in which will become a classic among the fans including myself. Even as of today, it is one of my favorite games in the series and second will go for Starfox Adventures, third for Starfox Assault and fourth will be Starfox Zero which I'm about to talk now.
I picked up this game on Friday when it was released. The plot for the game is basically a reimagining of the 64 title but in a much grander scale with several differences. So for those who never played a Starfox game and they play this one, they are not missing anything out. The gameplay harkens back to the classic days of the 64 title along with elements from the SNES and a few from other SF games from the past. Now the one thing I will have to say is that of several people online from journalists who reviewed this game with mixed reviews. However there are several of those who have given it scores of between 7s and 8s which is good because at least they understood the concept of how the gameplay works with the Gamepad controller. As for most of those who bought who are fans of the series, they were able to get it off quickly and enjoy it. Anyway, when I played it, it is obviously not something that you will learn immediately and does take time to learn in such a short time thanks to the training modes in the game which really helps out a lot. It took me about half an hour to learn the controls and I've actually gotten better in the game. It immerses you in what it feels like to be a pilot. The controls are not broken as some people think. It feels precise and on the spot and if your reticle is off, a simple press of the Y button can recalibrate it. So please, guys if you see a review from someone who says that the controls are broken or horrible, ignore to what they say. Don't let those kinds of reviews discourage you from playing it. Once you get used to the controls like I did, you'll find it is a really fun experience and trust me, it'll be worth the buy. Even the new players who are new to the series will enjoy it especially the kids. This is coming from someone like me who has been playing the Starfox series ever since its first inception on the SNES back in '93(I was 9 when it first came out). As long as you enjoy the game, that's all that matters despite what people have to say about it.
Like Starfox 64, this game has multiple routes you can pick from depending on what you accomplish there and thanks to the help of Platinum Games(Bayonetta series, Metal Gear Rising, Wonderful 101, Transformers Devastation, Vanquish and Madworld), they gave their feel in its true arcade style gameplay into Zero which challenges your skills to the test especially aiming for a high score. ^^ Plus it has medals like the previous games in the series to challenge yourself to earn them all which I plan to do since I'm going to jump back in the game to do multiple playthroughs. Another interesting mechanic is the co-op gameplay in which one uses the Pro controller to pilot the Arwing while the other rides shotgun and uses the Gamepad to target and fire shots and charged shots if you're looking for a high score to have your friend help you out on.
Finally the presentation of the game is really good from the music(which I really enjoy), the cutscenes and the gameplay runs at a solid 60 frames per second in which there are some points in the game where it dips down a bit. But that doesn't detract the gameplay at all. Despite the challenges this game awaits, do I let it hinder my experience on the game? Absolutely not. It takes the time and patience to play through and learn how to use the controls because once that happens , the payoff is very rewarding. So please guys, anyone who is a fan of the series and those who really enjoyed Splatoon, you will enjoy this game for sure and it will be worth the buy since the game also comes bundled to compensate for the $60 which is the tower defense game(which I will play as well) Starfox Guard. Zero recaptures the gameplay of 64 to what made the game so good and from other games in the franchise to a certain extent. So for my score here, I will give this game a 8.5/10 . It's worth the buy.
Anyway, from what I have been seeing, the game has become the best highest selling game on the Amazon site. This is a major retail site we're dealing with here and this is really good news. In the UK, in the first week of its release, it has got up to #6 which is a good start. Hopefully it can keep it up. Nintendo really went all out with this game from its marketing, the Fox and Falco Amiibos, the stone resin statue to what I have that is in my gallery, and even an animated short that it had a few days, yeah it goes to show that Nintendo really does care about the series after all. This is the kind of exposure it really needs and after watching the short, it has garnered a lot of positive reception for Nintendo from both the Americans and Japanese who saw it. After watching it, this series really deserves to have its own actual animated series. Kimishima(new president of Nintendo) wasn't kidding around when he said that they are going to be licensing their first-party IPs to be made into animes and this was a good start. Here's the video for the short.
Starfox Zero - The Battle Begins
There has been a lot of support for this game as of lately not just from the Starfox fans, but from those who love Platinum Games(who worked on this game), and those who love rail shooters. So with all of this that has been going on, this series came back with a vengeance. If you even go in the Miiverse in the Starfox Zero community and also in the site for instance which is Pixiv, you'll see for yourself why which even the fans from Japan are showing their support. Heck, even the Japanese magazine Famitsu gave a score of 35/40. That is good news there. ^^ So to all of you Starfox fans, let us continue to show our support for this game so that way Nintendo can make another entry for the future especially on the NX which I see it likely to happen and I would love for it to happen. Do I believe it will work? I do, after all, I'm an optimist on it. When you guys pick up the game, I hope you take the time to learn it and enjoy the game at its fullest. I have a feeling that Zero will do fine in sales so we may not have to worry despite what other people have to say about this game as mentioned earlier in this entry. Also from the animated short, Slippy mentions about Sauria which means there is a good chance that in the next entry after Zero, we'll be able to see Krystal come back after all. Besides, it also shows that Nintendo still has interest in her especially since she has a fanbase of those who like her. Even the director of Bayonetta 2 and Zero(Yusuke Hashimoto) has said that he would love to bring her in the next game after Zero. In fact, check out this latest pic I found for our favorite blue vixen coming from the Pixiv site.
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
-Panther Caroso
-Andross
Sly Cooper Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
-Carmeilta Fox
Clubs I'm in
To get things started, since one of my DA friends DestinyDecade did his review on the game, I'll review mines and make it short.
The series first started on the SNES back in 1993 using the power of the Super FX chip which revolutionized 3D graphics and this was running on a 16 bit console like the SNES. Even as of today, as old as the game is, it is considered to be one of the most challenging space shooters I have ever played but really enjoyed every moment from its gameplay and the 3 linear routes you can choose to get to Venom. Fast forward 1995 in which we were this close to get the sequel to this stellar game with Starfox 2. If it would have been released for real, we could have gotten Fay and Miyu to be part of the official story. Who knows? We may still get in the forseeable future. Fortunately, I have the game on my Wii for my SNES emulator along with the original Starfox. In 1997, we saw the release of SF 64 in which will become a classic among the fans including myself. Even as of today, it is one of my favorite games in the series and second will go for Starfox Adventures, third for Starfox Assault and fourth will be Starfox Zero which I'm about to talk now.
I picked up this game on Friday when it was released. The plot for the game is basically a reimagining of the 64 title but in a much grander scale with several differences. So for those who never played a Starfox game and they play this one, they are not missing anything out. The gameplay harkens back to the classic days of the 64 title along with elements from the SNES and a few from other SF games from the past. Now the one thing I will have to say is that of several people online from journalists who reviewed this game with mixed reviews. However there are several of those who have given it scores of between 7s and 8s which is good because at least they understood the concept of how the gameplay works with the Gamepad controller. As for most of those who bought who are fans of the series, they were able to get it off quickly and enjoy it. Anyway, when I played it, it is obviously not something that you will learn immediately and does take time to learn in such a short time thanks to the training modes in the game which really helps out a lot. It took me about half an hour to learn the controls and I've actually gotten better in the game. It immerses you in what it feels like to be a pilot. The controls are not broken as some people think. It feels precise and on the spot and if your reticle is off, a simple press of the Y button can recalibrate it. So please, guys if you see a review from someone who says that the controls are broken or horrible, ignore to what they say. Don't let those kinds of reviews discourage you from playing it. Once you get used to the controls like I did, you'll find it is a really fun experience and trust me, it'll be worth the buy. Even the new players who are new to the series will enjoy it especially the kids. This is coming from someone like me who has been playing the Starfox series ever since its first inception on the SNES back in '93(I was 9 when it first came out). As long as you enjoy the game, that's all that matters despite what people have to say about it.
Like Starfox 64, this game has multiple routes you can pick from depending on what you accomplish there and thanks to the help of Platinum Games(Bayonetta series, Metal Gear Rising, Wonderful 101, Transformers Devastation, Vanquish and Madworld), they gave their feel in its true arcade style gameplay into Zero which challenges your skills to the test especially aiming for a high score. ^^ Plus it has medals like the previous games in the series to challenge yourself to earn them all which I plan to do since I'm going to jump back in the game to do multiple playthroughs. Another interesting mechanic is the co-op gameplay in which one uses the Pro controller to pilot the Arwing while the other rides shotgun and uses the Gamepad to target and fire shots and charged shots if you're looking for a high score to have your friend help you out on.
Finally the presentation of the game is really good from the music(which I really enjoy), the cutscenes and the gameplay runs at a solid 60 frames per second in which there are some points in the game where it dips down a bit. But that doesn't detract the gameplay at all. Despite the challenges this game awaits, do I let it hinder my experience on the game? Absolutely not. It takes the time and patience to play through and learn how to use the controls because once that happens , the payoff is very rewarding. So please guys, anyone who is a fan of the series and those who really enjoyed Splatoon, you will enjoy this game for sure and it will be worth the buy since the game also comes bundled to compensate for the $60 which is the tower defense game(which I will play as well) Starfox Guard. Zero recaptures the gameplay of 64 to what made the game so good and from other games in the franchise to a certain extent. So for my score here, I will give this game a 8.5/10 . It's worth the buy.
Anyway, from what I have been seeing, the game has become the best highest selling game on the Amazon site. This is a major retail site we're dealing with here and this is really good news. In the UK, in the first week of its release, it has got up to #6 which is a good start. Hopefully it can keep it up. Nintendo really went all out with this game from its marketing, the Fox and Falco Amiibos, the stone resin statue to what I have that is in my gallery, and even an animated short that it had a few days, yeah it goes to show that Nintendo really does care about the series after all. This is the kind of exposure it really needs and after watching the short, it has garnered a lot of positive reception for Nintendo from both the Americans and Japanese who saw it. After watching it, this series really deserves to have its own actual animated series. Kimishima(new president of Nintendo) wasn't kidding around when he said that they are going to be licensing their first-party IPs to be made into animes and this was a good start. Here's the video for the short.
Starfox Zero - The Battle Begins
There has been a lot of support for this game as of lately not just from the Starfox fans, but from those who love Platinum Games(who worked on this game), and those who love rail shooters. So with all of this that has been going on, this series came back with a vengeance. If you even go in the Miiverse in the Starfox Zero community and also in the site for instance which is Pixiv, you'll see for yourself why which even the fans from Japan are showing their support. Heck, even the Japanese magazine Famitsu gave a score of 35/40. That is good news there. ^^ So to all of you Starfox fans, let us continue to show our support for this game so that way Nintendo can make another entry for the future especially on the NX which I see it likely to happen and I would love for it to happen. Do I believe it will work? I do, after all, I'm an optimist on it. When you guys pick up the game, I hope you take the time to learn it and enjoy the game at its fullest. I have a feeling that Zero will do fine in sales so we may not have to worry despite what other people have to say about this game as mentioned earlier in this entry. Also from the animated short, Slippy mentions about Sauria which means there is a good chance that in the next entry after Zero, we'll be able to see Krystal come back after all. Besides, it also shows that Nintendo still has interest in her especially since she has a fanbase of those who like her. Even the director of Bayonetta 2 and Zero(Yusuke Hashimoto) has said that he would love to bring her in the next game after Zero. In fact, check out this latest pic I found for our favorite blue vixen coming from the Pixiv site.
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
-Panther Caroso
-Andross
Sly Cooper Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
-Carmeilta Fox
Clubs I'm in
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November - Near the end of the year ^^
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Hey there, guys. I'm back once again after such a long hiatus after not putting a new entry for you guys since July. Been really busy in work and in my spare time playing through Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain and boy is it a massive game which is bigger than Peace Walker. Also, everything has been going well with my girlfriend Shayna and me.
Also this last Thursday was a new Nintendo Direct that we have not had since E3(about time that we finally got a new one after such a long time). Anyway they started it off with the trailer for the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD remake(one of my favorite Zelda games of all time). Here's the trailer and a video clip from the American Direct.
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD - March 4, 2016
Next up is the upcoming Pokken Tournament which even though I'm not a Pokemon fan of the newer generation(since I prefer the first and second generation Pokemon), I am excited for this game and Mewtwo(my favorite Pokemon of all time and love using him in Melee and Smash 4 along with my other mains Fox and Luigi) is going to be playable in the game after all and the game will come with a Shadow Mewtwo Amiibo card to unlock him immediately instead of fulfilling requirements to do it. It's made by the same studio who worked on Tekken and Soul Calibur. Pokken Tournament is what it practically is which is a Tekken game using Pokemon characters and that's awesome. Here's the trailer from the American Direct to prove it.
Pokken Tournament - Spring 2016
Next up is my upcoming favorite game from my favorite Nintendo franchise of all time and you guessed it, it is Starfox Zero. We got some new footage from the game itself and from what I have seen so far, it has received a graphical improvement from the build that was last shown at E3. What people need to understand is that games that are shown during E3 most of the time are games that are not only in development, but it won't at times get some polish at it when it is in development and with the delay happening, it is really paying off. More importantly is the gameplay for the game itself that matters the most. I was expecting to hear some new info on Amiibo compatibility, but still nothing on it yet even though the game is going to be able to use it and I'm hoping that we get a Starfox Amiibo lineup of some sort. Hopefully they'll explain more on that early next year in their upcoming Directs. When it came to Miyamoto saying of polishing the game, he wasn't kidding around and I'm glad that he delayed it. Because if he released this month on the 20th, it probably wouldn't have done very well and would have been overshadowed by other games out there such as Fallout 4 for instance. I rather play a game that does not have its bugs and glitches up the yin yang rather to play one that has it. Good thing that Miyamoto is taking his time on the game. Because it shows that he, his crew and those at Platinum Games who are helping Nintendo out on it really do care about the game. Here is the footage shown from both the Japanese and American Direct.
Starfox Zero - April 22, 2016
American Trailer from Direct
Japanese Trailer
Finally as for Smash related, the only thing we got from the Direct was the reveal of Cloud(Final Fantasy 7). Obviously not only did the character came out of nowhere, but I'm betting that like Ryu, he was a character that was planned before the ballot. Normally, I'm not thrilled with Cloud's inclusion and got me upset on it because one I'm not a Square Enix fan and don't like any of their works including Final Fantasy. Second reason is that we don't need another sword based character in the game. I think to what we have is more than enough. But I'm not going to rant on it and I'll have to get used to it regardless the situation and I'm certain that there are other people like me who don't like his inclusion into Smash and for those who do, good for them. I rather would have Wolf, Krystal, Snake and even the Inklings over him. I wouldn't mind Snake coming back for Smash 4. The only problem now is that with Konami and Kojima(creator of the Metal Gear series) will allow it or not. So his chances may not be that good and I actually enjoyed using him. As for Wolf and Krystal, with the Starfox series becoming relevant once again because of Starfox Zero coming out in April 22, 2016, I'm kind of baffled that Sakurai has not revealed at least 1 Starfox character for DLC. What better way to promote Zero than to reveal either Wolf(a veteran that fans do care about to see him come back from Brawl like Lucas and one who doesn't have technical or legal issues that would prevent him from making it in which really increases his chances. Even Sakurai acknowledges him.) or Krystal(another Starfox character to which Sakurai did consider her for Brawl. The only problem there was that she didn't make it in because of time constraints. Also she is a popular character in the series where she is from like Wolf and has quite a fanbase which Sakurai seems to be aware of from both the Japanese and American audience which I voted for her in the Smash 4 Ballot from Nintendo.) I swear, if by this moment Sakurai still doesn't consider either Wolf or Krystal for instance for DLC, I will be shocked and appalled by his decision. After the Cloud trailer, they explained that there is going to be a mini Smash Direct like they did during E3 earlier this year which they'll be able to reveal more DLC characters(hoping that either Wolf or Krystal is one of them). I hope that whatever they reveal in that Direct for other characters, that it better be worth it. Anyway here is the video for the Cloud trailer.
As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
Cooper Family Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
Clubs I'm in
Also this last Thursday was a new Nintendo Direct that we have not had since E3(about time that we finally got a new one after such a long time). Anyway they started it off with the trailer for the Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD remake(one of my favorite Zelda games of all time). Here's the trailer and a video clip from the American Direct.
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD - March 4, 2016
Next up is the upcoming Pokken Tournament which even though I'm not a Pokemon fan of the newer generation(since I prefer the first and second generation Pokemon), I am excited for this game and Mewtwo(my favorite Pokemon of all time and love using him in Melee and Smash 4 along with my other mains Fox and Luigi) is going to be playable in the game after all and the game will come with a Shadow Mewtwo Amiibo card to unlock him immediately instead of fulfilling requirements to do it. It's made by the same studio who worked on Tekken and Soul Calibur. Pokken Tournament is what it practically is which is a Tekken game using Pokemon characters and that's awesome. Here's the trailer from the American Direct to prove it.
Pokken Tournament - Spring 2016
Next up is my upcoming favorite game from my favorite Nintendo franchise of all time and you guessed it, it is Starfox Zero. We got some new footage from the game itself and from what I have seen so far, it has received a graphical improvement from the build that was last shown at E3. What people need to understand is that games that are shown during E3 most of the time are games that are not only in development, but it won't at times get some polish at it when it is in development and with the delay happening, it is really paying off. More importantly is the gameplay for the game itself that matters the most. I was expecting to hear some new info on Amiibo compatibility, but still nothing on it yet even though the game is going to be able to use it and I'm hoping that we get a Starfox Amiibo lineup of some sort. Hopefully they'll explain more on that early next year in their upcoming Directs. When it came to Miyamoto saying of polishing the game, he wasn't kidding around and I'm glad that he delayed it. Because if he released this month on the 20th, it probably wouldn't have done very well and would have been overshadowed by other games out there such as Fallout 4 for instance. I rather play a game that does not have its bugs and glitches up the yin yang rather to play one that has it. Good thing that Miyamoto is taking his time on the game. Because it shows that he, his crew and those at Platinum Games who are helping Nintendo out on it really do care about the game. Here is the footage shown from both the Japanese and American Direct.
Starfox Zero - April 22, 2016
American Trailer from Direct
Japanese Trailer
Finally as for Smash related, the only thing we got from the Direct was the reveal of Cloud(Final Fantasy 7). Obviously not only did the character came out of nowhere, but I'm betting that like Ryu, he was a character that was planned before the ballot. Normally, I'm not thrilled with Cloud's inclusion and got me upset on it because one I'm not a Square Enix fan and don't like any of their works including Final Fantasy. Second reason is that we don't need another sword based character in the game. I think to what we have is more than enough. But I'm not going to rant on it and I'll have to get used to it regardless the situation and I'm certain that there are other people like me who don't like his inclusion into Smash and for those who do, good for them.
I rather would have Wolf, Krystal, Snake and even the Inklings over him. I wouldn't mind Snake coming back for Smash 4. The only problem now is that with Konami and Kojima(creator of the Metal Gear series) will allow it or not. So his chances may not be that good and I actually enjoyed using him. As for Wolf and Krystal, with the Starfox series becoming relevant once again because of Starfox Zero coming out in April 22, 2016, I'm kind of baffled that Sakurai has not revealed at least 1 Starfox character for DLC. What better way to promote Zero than to reveal either Wolf(a veteran that fans do care about to see him come back from Brawl like Lucas and one who doesn't have technical or legal issues that would prevent him from making it in which really increases his chances. Even Sakurai acknowledges him.) or Krystal(another Starfox character to which Sakurai did consider her for Brawl. The only problem there was that she didn't make it in because of time constraints. Also she is a popular character in the series where she is from like Wolf and has quite a fanbase which Sakurai seems to be aware of from both the Japanese and American audience which I voted for her in the Smash 4 Ballot from Nintendo.) I swear, if by this moment Sakurai still doesn't consider either Wolf or Krystal for instance for DLC, I will be shocked and appalled by his decision. After the Cloud trailer, they explained that there is going to be a mini Smash Direct like they did during E3 earlier this year which they'll be able to reveal more DLC characters(hoping that either Wolf or Krystal is one of them). I hope that whatever they reveal in that Direct for other characters, that it better be worth it. Anyway here is the video for the Cloud trailer.As for my pics, more of them will be on the way.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
Cooper Family Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
Clubs I'm in
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July - Midst of Summer ^^
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Hey there guys. Back again with another entry for you guys. This time it'll be a bit short unlike some of my other ones. But here's what has been going on for me on my end. Same old same old and everything with me and my girlfriend Shayna has been going well. Also, this past June, I went with her to Florida Supercon and we enjoyed it. Got to meet some of the celebrities from what I wanted to go see and the same for her. Here were some of the people we got to see over there:
-Roger Craig Smith
The man behind the voices of some of my favorite characters in both animation and video games. Those characters are Sonic the Hedgehog(Sonic series), Wonder-Blue(Wonderful 101), Chris Redfield(Resident Evil series), Captain America(Avengers Assemble), Forge(Wolverine and the X-Men), Captain Marvel(Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes), Batman(Batman Arkham Origins). He was a blast to meet and I'm glad that me and my girlfriend got to do just that and he signed some of my stuff that he worked which were my copy of Resident Evil 5(PS3), Sonic Generations(PS3), Sonic Amiibo(Smash 4), and one of his own sheets that had the characters he played as. I even asked him that if he would ever play the voice of a Nintendo character in a video game, he said that he would Yoshi. Really interesting choice and I could also picture him playing Fox McCloud in any future SF games. Wouldn't you all agree? ^^ Anyway, really loved talking to him and hope that he comes back in future conventions here to Miami.
-Charles Martinet
What can I say? This guy is the man behind the voice of the most iconic Nintendo character of all time and none other than Mario himself. Being the Mario fan I am and that we, including myself grew up with the Mario series which I'm still a big fan of(number 2 for me in my favorite franchises with Starfox at number 1). Alongside Mario, he has done other characters in the series such as my boy Luigi, others like Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. But other than that, he has played other characters that some of you guys out there may not have even heard of like for me, I have a PS3 game Ratchet and Clank Future: Crack in Time whom he played Clank's father Orvus and as my friend pointed out, he was also this character Lagerfield from Reasonance of Fate. Anyway, I got an autograph of one of his character sheets that shows Mario and Luigi in it and was worth it. Hope he comes back to Miami to future conventions.
-Charlie Adler
Another actor we went to go see and he was such a funny and awesome guy to talk to. He has done characters from most animated shows from the 80s and 90s that were my favorites and they were Snively and Reynard Wolf(Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM), T-Bone/Chance Furlong(Swat Kats), Cobra Commander(GI Joe Resolute and GI Joe Renegades), Buster Bunny(Tiny Toon Adventures), Cow and Chicken(Cow and Chicken TV Series), MODOK(Avengers Assemble), Mojo(Wolverine and the X-Men), Lowlight(GI Joe Real American Hero), Silverbolt(Transformers Generation 1), Jude the Dude(Madworld) and Starscream(Transformers live-action movies). Anyway, had a blast talking to him and would like to meet him again in the future.
-Joey Lauren Adams
My girlfriend wanted to see her since she's one of her favorite actresses and I heard a lot about her. She has worked with Adam Sandler in Big Daddy(my girlfriend loves the Adam Sandler movies). She was also in the movies Bio-Dome, Coneheads, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Dr. Doolittle 2. She was great to talk to and I'm glad that my girlfriend got to meet her.
Also in news wise, this past Saturday, the CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata(1959-2015) passed away at the age of 55. He had a bile duct growth tumor which caused his death. He had this problem for about a year or two and one of the reasons why he couldn't attend E3 2014 because of it. But yeah, this was a shocker to all of the gamers out there. Because he not only left a mark at Nintendo to what he wanted for the fans everywhere, but left a lasting impact to the entire gaming industry. Even some of the big names in the gaming industry like Hideki Kamiya(from Platinum Games who developed games like Bayonetta and Wonderful 101) tweeted out and gave his condolences to Iwata's family. Even Miyamoto expressed his sorrow to his friend which is also why he's for now the Representative Director for Nintendo along with Genyo Takeda(creator of Punch-Out and Star Tropics) until they find the next CEO for Nintendo which I hope that they do it soon. Also, Iwata was the man behind the reason for the DS and 3DS's success for instance and has been around with the releases of the Wii and Wii U. I hope that whoever they get for CEO is not only a good one who will continue in Iwata's footsteps and continue his work, but also who would listen to the fans everywhere including the American and Japanese fans themselves to what they want. He will sorely be missed, but not forgotten and I really had a deep respect for this guy. Also, if it hadn't been for him, we wouldn't have gotten the official Smash Ballot that is in the Smash website and I'm glad that he and Sakurai made an agreement on it and I hope that Sakurai fulfills to what Iwata want of the ballot. Because this ballot finally gives the fans who they want to see to be playable in Smash 4 as DLC and that is the reason for me why I would like to see Krystal to be playable for Smash 4. She deserves it after all this time especially with the Starfox series becoming relevant again this year. Besides, it's time that the Starfox roster in Smash 4 should start getting more reps that just Fox and Falco and Krystal and Wolf are the choices for it. I also wish the rest of the other fans the best of luck who want to see some of their favorites to be playable like King K. Rool or Isaac(Golden Sun). As for any new info on Starfox Zero, I don't expect anything new info from it this month. But maybe in August, we might since I have a feeling that we may get another Direct around that time. But we'll have to wait and see what happens. But at least we're guaranteed that we'll hear more info on SF Zero between now and by the end of this year since it's going to be coming out in the Holiday 2015 season.
More pics will be on the way. So stay tuned.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
Cooper Family Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
Clubs I'm in
IQ Test
-Roger Craig Smith
The man behind the voices of some of my favorite characters in both animation and video games. Those characters are Sonic the Hedgehog(Sonic series), Wonder-Blue(Wonderful 101), Chris Redfield(Resident Evil series), Captain America(Avengers Assemble), Forge(Wolverine and the X-Men), Captain Marvel(Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes), Batman(Batman Arkham Origins). He was a blast to meet and I'm glad that me and my girlfriend got to do just that and he signed some of my stuff that he worked which were my copy of Resident Evil 5(PS3), Sonic Generations(PS3), Sonic Amiibo(Smash 4), and one of his own sheets that had the characters he played as. I even asked him that if he would ever play the voice of a Nintendo character in a video game, he said that he would Yoshi. Really interesting choice and I could also picture him playing Fox McCloud in any future SF games. Wouldn't you all agree? ^^ Anyway, really loved talking to him and hope that he comes back in future conventions here to Miami.
-Charles Martinet
What can I say? This guy is the man behind the voice of the most iconic Nintendo character of all time and none other than Mario himself. Being the Mario fan I am and that we, including myself grew up with the Mario series which I'm still a big fan of(number 2 for me in my favorite franchises with Starfox at number 1). Alongside Mario, he has done other characters in the series such as my boy Luigi, others like Baby Mario and Baby Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. But other than that, he has played other characters that some of you guys out there may not have even heard of like for me, I have a PS3 game Ratchet and Clank Future: Crack in Time whom he played Clank's father Orvus and as my friend
pointed out, he was also this character Lagerfield from Reasonance of Fate. Anyway, I got an autograph of one of his character sheets that shows Mario and Luigi in it and was worth it. Hope he comes back to Miami to future conventions.-Charlie Adler
Another actor we went to go see and he was such a funny and awesome guy to talk to. He has done characters from most animated shows from the 80s and 90s that were my favorites and they were Snively and Reynard Wolf(Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM), T-Bone/Chance Furlong(Swat Kats), Cobra Commander(GI Joe Resolute and GI Joe Renegades), Buster Bunny(Tiny Toon Adventures), Cow and Chicken(Cow and Chicken TV Series), MODOK(Avengers Assemble), Mojo(Wolverine and the X-Men), Lowlight(GI Joe Real American Hero), Silverbolt(Transformers Generation 1), Jude the Dude(Madworld) and Starscream(Transformers live-action movies). Anyway, had a blast talking to him and would like to meet him again in the future.
-Joey Lauren Adams
My girlfriend wanted to see her since she's one of her favorite actresses and I heard a lot about her. She has worked with Adam Sandler in Big Daddy(my girlfriend loves the Adam Sandler movies). She was also in the movies Bio-Dome, Coneheads, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Dr. Doolittle 2. She was great to talk to and I'm glad that my girlfriend got to meet her.
Also in news wise, this past Saturday, the CEO of Nintendo Satoru Iwata(1959-2015) passed away at the age of 55. He had a bile duct growth tumor which caused his death. He had this problem for about a year or two and one of the reasons why he couldn't attend E3 2014 because of it. But yeah, this was a shocker to all of the gamers out there. Because he not only left a mark at Nintendo to what he wanted for the fans everywhere, but left a lasting impact to the entire gaming industry. Even some of the big names in the gaming industry like Hideki Kamiya(from Platinum Games who developed games like Bayonetta and Wonderful 101) tweeted out and gave his condolences to Iwata's family. Even Miyamoto expressed his sorrow to his friend which is also why he's for now the Representative Director for Nintendo along with Genyo Takeda(creator of Punch-Out and Star Tropics) until they find the next CEO for Nintendo which I hope that they do it soon. Also, Iwata was the man behind the reason for the DS and 3DS's success for instance and has been around with the releases of the Wii and Wii U. I hope that whoever they get for CEO is not only a good one who will continue in Iwata's footsteps and continue his work, but also who would listen to the fans everywhere including the American and Japanese fans themselves to what they want. He will sorely be missed, but not forgotten and I really had a deep respect for this guy. Also, if it hadn't been for him, we wouldn't have gotten the official Smash Ballot that is in the Smash website and I'm glad that he and Sakurai made an agreement on it and I hope that Sakurai fulfills to what Iwata want of the ballot. Because this ballot finally gives the fans who they want to see to be playable in Smash 4 as DLC and that is the reason for me why I would like to see Krystal to be playable for Smash 4. She deserves it after all this time especially with the Starfox series becoming relevant again this year. Besides, it's time that the Starfox roster in Smash 4 should start getting more reps that just Fox and Falco and Krystal and Wolf are the choices for it. I also wish the rest of the other fans the best of luck who want to see some of their favorites to be playable like King K. Rool or Isaac(Golden Sun). As for any new info on Starfox Zero, I don't expect anything new info from it this month. But maybe in August, we might since I have a feeling that we may get another Direct around that time. But we'll have to wait and see what happens. But at least we're guaranteed that we'll hear more info on SF Zero between now and by the end of this year since it's going to be coming out in the Holiday 2015 season.
More pics will be on the way. So stay tuned.
Starfox Taurs series:
-Krystal McCloud
-Fox Mccloud
-Wolf O'Donnell
-Miyu Lynx
-Fay Spaniel
-Falco Lombardi
-Peppy Hare
-Slippy Toad
-James McCloud
-Katt Monroe
-Bill Grey
-Fara Phoenix
-Pigma Dengar
-Andrew Oikonny
-General Pepper
-Leon Powalski
Cooper Family Taurs series:
-Rioichi Cooper
-Tennessee Kid Cooper
-Sly Cooper
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