Pokemon red: welcome!

I finally got pokemon red version. O.k To begin with, my name is Doctor Nick(obviously) and my rival is called 4ever(because my rival in pokemon platinum is named terfle). anyways, I started with a charmander, named it Fenrir, and now we have gone off to see the world of 1st gen kanto region. I have just gone into viridian forest. you8 may be asking me, doctor, why did you choose charmander, it is usless against the first and second gyms. while this is true, charizard pwns all the other gyms, plus i will have other pokemon to back me up. like a pikachu, or a jolteon or vaporeon or scyther, or haunter, or golbat, maybe vileplume, definately growlithe, and certainly a drogonite.
The dream team: Charizard, dragonite, arcanine, snorlax/vileplume/scyther, gengar/marowak, jolteon.

Announcements!

Lately threr have been a lot of announcements about new games and what they will be, but there were some things that weren't talked about in e3 there have been a lot of rumors about a 3ds smash bros, but i haven't seen any concrete evidence yet. A game that has got concrete evidence is the new game pokemon scramble (cover art shown above). You can see lots of pictures here, while you can't tell all that much about the game, it does look like it is going to be real time, and lets you control an army of small even more cartooney than usual pokemon. As the doctor said the release date for ocarina of time has been announced and it can already be bought in some places. Sadly i haven't heard any news of professor layton and the demons flute/specters flute (or one of the many other names for it).

Terfle

Pokemon Fire Red/Emerald Comparison

Recently, I replayed Pokemon Fire Red for the GBA on my DS. It had been years since I last played it and it felt so good to do it all over again. Of course, it was not without a feeling of awkwardness. Black and White have been out for a while now and stepping back six years in both Pokemon and technology is indeed interesting. But once I finished it (I was so lucky to get past the league. God, I did not see that coming. I forgot what level they were at and ended up going up against a level 63 Venasaur with a level 53 Blastoise. Whoops) I felt satisfied with completing it again. So, I went to Pokemon Emerald straight away. Immediately, I noticed something was different. The graphics. I know emerald was made one year after Fire Red, but I saw noticeable dips in quality. In battle, the Pokemon look rough around the edges, literally. The look of the Pokemon in Fire Red was much more natural, almost cartoon like. A somewhat reasonable comparison would be to have a look at Twilight Princess to Skyward Sword. 

Emerald                                                                                              Fire Red




But as the game progresses, I did notice some other things. I liked the music much more than the music in Fire Red, which I hope everyone agrees with me on that. Emerald is more linear and structured and gives you better clues about where to go rather than giving you the general direction and a nudge. Some may not like this because they feel it may be too easy, I didn't mind too much. Emerald was also the first Pokemon game to have the Pokemon move. When they entered the battle, they would move around for a moment, saying: Look! We're moving! We are more than just pixels. Speaking of battles, I noticed that in Fire Red, opponents were more prone to have lots of weak Pokemon, where as in Emerald, they mostly have one or two Pokemon that are reasonably strong. This is liable to change however, since I only just beat the second gym. So far the only other thing I really have to say is that they got rid of the compulsory Pokemon catch. In Fire Red, there would be some items like the Exp Share which Professor Oak's aides would give to you, but only if you had caught a certain amount of Pokemon. I honestly hated this. I know that one of the goals is to "catch 'em all" but I don't like being goaded into doing unnecessary stuff. 
But, like most Pokemon games, they are not to different from each other. So I ask, which is better?

Watch this video.

I rofled so hard... watch it: but it is not what the title says it is.

Ocarina of time OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IN AUSTRALIA

June 30th
thats right people. only 14 days to go. prepare youselves.....

Super Smash Brother Brawl Character Dissection: Fox, Falco and Wolf

Without a doubt, these trio from the Lylat Wars are regarded with much controversy. Many just say that they are all clones of each other while others say that they are radically different. But, let's get this straight, I believe that while they are indeed similar, they do possess differences which make them unique enough to be their own characters. 


Fox is the fastest of them all. He moves with speed that, while not Sonic the Hedgehog, is still quite commendable. He jumps quite well too, but falls extremely quickly. Falco isn't quite as speedy, but jumps much higher, even though he falls at the same speed. Wolf on the other hand doesn't possess anywhere near the amount of speed that the other two do. He trades quickness, for power. On the other hand, he doesn't fall as quickly as Fox and Falco. Attack wise, Fox and Falco can both do never ending attacks (you know where you hold down the button and he can remain stationary while repeating the same melee attack) and both hit fast. Wolf only has a three hit combo, but it sure is powerful. All of their smash attacks have a fair bit of range, even though Wolf's have the most. 

Fox, Falco and Wolf all share variations of the same special moves. The "B" attack is the blaster. Fox's one fires very quickly, but does little damage and doesn't cause them to flinch, meaning they can still attack you as you are firing. Falco's is slower, does more damage and does in fact make them flinch, but the downside to this is that it makes his shots very easy to avoid. Wolf's blaster has very little range and the beam gets weaker as it goes. It is also the slowest blaster. The flipside is that it does much, much more damage than either of Fox or Falco's blaster and it can be used as a melee attack thanks to a nasty spike on the end of it. Side "B" sends Fox and Falco shooting to the other side of the stage in the blink of an eye, dealing damage to all in their path. Wolf shoots diagonally, making the move more risky (due to the higher chance of falling off the freaking stage) but if it connects on the diagonal, it can do major damage. Up "B" is the same for all. Fox and Falco charge themselves up in fire while Wolf readies a kick and they can send themselves shooting and any direction making this a pretty cool recovery move. While Fox and Falco's move may look different to their rival's, it is only dissimilar in appearance. 
The down "B" is the reflector, a move which deflects projectiles and does damage if the reflector has contact. Fox and Wolf keep it on their bodies, but Falco will kick it in the direction he is facing. 

They all have the same final smash. The almighty LANDMASTER. They jump in their all terrain vehicles and fire at will. You can fire lasers, fly about and try to carry other players off the stage or do a barrel roll. There are only slight differences between them. Fox's landmaster is standard, while Falco's flies longer and Wolf's (despite having the shortest time on stage) is the most powerful. So there you have it. Now who is best? 

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