So this week is bursting to the seam of video games, video games, and more video games! Which yes is most definitely a good thing. E3 is here and isn't leaving out any type of gamer from casual to hard-core. While Nintendo's past presentations haven't been too notable, the one this year makes up for that.
Their presentation left everyone bewildered with a remarkable line-up of innovative games as well as giving a hands-on demo of the new Nintendo3DS. The 3DS looks incredible with the newly announced Kid Icarus game accompanying its release on the 3DS only. The best part about it is that you don't need glasses to see the 3D! Now you don't have to look like a complete idiot while you wear a pair of 'sleek' (haha) 3D glasses in the airport while you wait for your plane and decide to kill some time playing with your 3DS. The 3DS has 3 camera spots included (that's right; 3!). Two of them are on the outside of the system and allow you to take pictures in 3D while the other is on the inside and takes normal pictures. Nintendo also said that the graphics will be improved on the 3DS as well and the 3DS also has a new analog stick above the typical arrow pad.
Nintendo shocked everyone at E3 announcing the return of several classic games on the Wii/DS which for the most part were completely unexpected. Among the new titles announced were Kirby: Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Revisited, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Epic Mickey, and Golden Sun DS. Nintendo announced so many games that it's hard to guess which game will be the most anticipated and which will sell the most copies.
Along with all these games being announced, Nintendo also announced partnerships with several other game companies which now allows for Metal Gear Solid and other games to come to the 3DS, so hard-core gamers don't feel left out.
I can’t wait to see how other companies compare to Nintendo but I can say it’ll be pretty hard to match up to what Nintendo’s shown.
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Mari-Kari
Recently I have been re-watching the tv show Charmed. The show ended with 8 seasons in 2006 and they are now making comic books as a Season 9 (no doubt influenced by Buffy's success in the comic book medium). So anyways I decided to see what the actresses of Charmed (Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, and Rose McGowan) were up to recently and found a "cute" (I use cute for lack of a better word) show called Mari-Kari which features Shannen Doherty. Mari-Kari is an animated series on FEARnet which is supposedly anime and in it, Shannen voices both Mari and Kari.
Here's how FEARnet describes the whole idea of Mari-Kari:
"Mari and Kari are identical twins. They're best friends and never apart. Mari is the liveliest girl you'll ever meet. Kari is too. Her problem: she's dead. From there it just gets weird.
Mari-Kari centers around a grade school girl and her super-spooky, revenge minded wraith-of-a sister. Calamity and hilarity are hard-wired in. Set in the ordinary world of Mari, viewers see how her supernatural sisterly bond affects her life at home, at school, on the bus, at the mall - and how her life and her sister's lack of one makes them a very scary pair. Theirs is a relationship that has dire affects for anyone who tries to get in the middle of it. A cast of unforgettable characters round out the Mari/Kari duel, from Shari - the Perez Hilton of Gilles de Rais Elementary to Larry - a lovable dead kid who lives in the shed behind Mari and Kari's house.
Mari-Kari begins with Mari as she returns to school after the recent and unexplained death of her sister, Kari. The annual Sadie Hawkins dance is quickly approaching, and in a loose nod to Steven King's Carrie, we will see Mari get picked on and ostracized - not because she's a freak - but because she's just too darn sweet. A hilarious mix of karma and carnage ensues as Kari unleashes her wrath on the shallow, narcissistic and unsuspecting students who torment sweet Mari."
It's interesting how Shannen can get such a good range because Mari and Kari are two very different characters. The introduction of Larry (who is also dead) in episode 4 is interesting because it's obvious that Kari has a crush on him. When Kari says "You're a boy right?" Larry answers, "Actually, I'm an unholy demon, banished to this dimension, to gather and devour souls for my master Beelzebub, but I used to be a boy." Humor added to gore (a lot of gore) makes for a pretty entertaining show.
The episodes are short and sweet and are free online. If you want to watch it you can go to the main page for Mari-Kari on FEARnet here. Two new episodes come out every Thursday and there are four episodes so far. Apparently there's only going to be eight episodes in each season, but I definitely hope it will be several seasons long.
Here's how FEARnet describes the whole idea of Mari-Kari:
"Mari and Kari are identical twins. They're best friends and never apart. Mari is the liveliest girl you'll ever meet. Kari is too. Her problem: she's dead. From there it just gets weird.
Mari-Kari centers around a grade school girl and her super-spooky, revenge minded wraith-of-a sister. Calamity and hilarity are hard-wired in. Set in the ordinary world of Mari, viewers see how her supernatural sisterly bond affects her life at home, at school, on the bus, at the mall - and how her life and her sister's lack of one makes them a very scary pair. Theirs is a relationship that has dire affects for anyone who tries to get in the middle of it. A cast of unforgettable characters round out the Mari/Kari duel, from Shari - the Perez Hilton of Gilles de Rais Elementary to Larry - a lovable dead kid who lives in the shed behind Mari and Kari's house.
Mari-Kari begins with Mari as she returns to school after the recent and unexplained death of her sister, Kari. The annual Sadie Hawkins dance is quickly approaching, and in a loose nod to Steven King's Carrie, we will see Mari get picked on and ostracized - not because she's a freak - but because she's just too darn sweet. A hilarious mix of karma and carnage ensues as Kari unleashes her wrath on the shallow, narcissistic and unsuspecting students who torment sweet Mari."
It's interesting how Shannen can get such a good range because Mari and Kari are two very different characters. The introduction of Larry (who is also dead) in episode 4 is interesting because it's obvious that Kari has a crush on him. When Kari says "You're a boy right?" Larry answers, "Actually, I'm an unholy demon, banished to this dimension, to gather and devour souls for my master Beelzebub, but I used to be a boy." Humor added to gore (a lot of gore) makes for a pretty entertaining show.
The episodes are short and sweet and are free online. If you want to watch it you can go to the main page for Mari-Kari on FEARnet here. Two new episodes come out every Thursday and there are four episodes so far. Apparently there's only going to be eight episodes in each season, but I definitely hope it will be several seasons long.
Full Metal Alchemist
So it's finally ended. My favorite manga of all time. It was one of the first ones I got interested in (besides Naruto which I no longer care for) and it's pretty sad that it is over now. I'm glad Hiromu Arakawa (the mangaka) tied up the story well although I do wish there had been some sort of look into the future type thing so we know what happened to the characters. Hopefully there still is a chance for one. I really want to know if Roy and Riza ever get together (Royai ftw!). Now that it's over, I'm gonna need to find a new series to wait for impatiently every month and although I will miss the updates, I know I'll continue to revisit the series as I do with all my favorite shows/manga. At least I can still look forward to the releases of the anime version (FMA: Brotherhood). For anyone who hasn't read FMA I strongly suggest you do. It isn't one of those manga that's only for a certain type of people. It has something for everyone: good battle scenes, humor, romance, and death (XD). Well I don't wanna put out any spoilers but if you read the whole thing through you won't be dissappointed. Arakawa does a good job tying up loose ends and you won't be left with any important questions being unsolved.
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