Happy Thanksgiving!

Give thanks for the holidays have come! Share this Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Save some money on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

Happy Thanksgiving, nonetheless! Have a safe holiday.

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: First Impressions

On Friday, November 21, a.k.a Nintendo Day, the remakes of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire were released. I was fortunate enough to get a copy of Omega Ruby. I was fairly hyped for this game. It has lived up for the almost 2 hours I've played of it.
Hoenn's never looked better. The environments look great. The models, while reused, add a great amount of charm to the battles.  The music is very faithful to the original soundtrack. I also liked the redone artwork seen before and after a trainer battle.
The game also has a diverse amount of Pokemon to catch similar to Gen. 5. I would also like to give Game Freak a huge pat on the back for not shiny locking legendaries. That was a great re-welcome after X and Y's awful shiny locking on all legendaries.
There are definitely some annoying Gym battles, like Brawly. But, the vast amount of improvements make these games a warm welcome back to Hoenn.

Review coming eventually.

My thoughts on IGN's Pokemon ORAS review.

Yesterday, IGN's Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire review was posted on YouTube. When they review the main series titles, it is in a fairly positive fashion. But, remake scores have been getting lower. Here are some scores for reference:
Red/Blue: 10
Gold/Silver: 10
Ruby/Sapphire: 9.5
Fire Red/Leaf Green: 9.0
Heart Gold/Soul Silver: 8.5
X/Y: 9.0
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: 7.8
What were the cons, you may ask? There's too much water and too many HM's.
Why would you complain there's too much water? It's based off an island in Japan. Why would you complain about that? This has grown to be an overnight meme.
I kind of agree there are a lot of HM's. It isn't an overload. But, there are a lot.
I was excited to see this review after they praised X and Y. But, like Destiny, it was over-hyped and underwhelming. The video review is short, weak, and poorly made. It doesn't go over post-game features, new mega evolutions, and doesn't dig into the remade Hoenn.
There is a good reason why the video has so many dislikes. I don't want IGN burned at the stake. But, I want to see an apology by the reviewer herself. IGN needs to get it together.

Minions Movie Trailer

I found this in my subscription box on YouTube. OMG, this looks so cute.

Huge Nintendo VHS haul!

Today, I went to my local Goodwill. For $3, I got all these VHS tapes. There were originally 20 tapes. But, one was a a double of Fighting Tournament and I gave it to a friend who was looking for the tape. Highlights include the N64 Sports TRU promo tape, the sealed copy of The Great Race, and Pokémon: The First Movie!