I hope that everyone is having a great Christmas or any other holiday you celebrate! I just want to let you all know that my christmas wish is that everyone will have a great time with your family and not complain on what gifts you got such as a clean pair of underwear or socks, because in the end it is all about the joy and happiness with your family. Not to mention that it is the thought that counts.

Anyway, I finally got a PSP slim and I am very happy with. Now can't wait to get Crisis Core:FF7, GoW:Chain of the Olympus, and KH: Birth by Sleep! I won't ignore all of my DS because I'll be buying a new DS Lite later on by next so I'll be getting games like Ninja Gaiden:DS, Advance Wars;DoR, and anticipating Fire Emblem DS :D

Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year

-FireEmblem_Man (with love)

It seems like everyone doesn't know the existence of "Rygar: Battle of Argus" coming out for the Wii next year (or this month?). I am now looking at an interview at Gamasutra.com with the lead Rygar producer Keisuke Kikuchi. At the end of the interview he bought up a very good point on other developers trying to force the Wii motion controls to there games and here is the Q & A

How does developing an action-adventure game on the Wii differ from from developing on a traditional console, and are there key things you need to keep in mind?

KK: This doesn't just apply to action-adventure games -- it applies to pretty much any kind of game -- I see a lot of games are being destroyed just because they try to force the Wii controller to the existing game. It's not working together. They think that just because they have to use the Wii controller, they'll force it into the game concept, thus destroying the game concept.

When you see a game using the controller to do something -- shaking it, or whatever -- it becomes just a mechanical routine, and it's not fun. The key is to somehow make the Wii controller more based on instinct, not mechanical procedure. So what I tried to do is start here and build the appropriate game concept around it, instead of going the other way.

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I agree with him. Games like Boogey, Dragon Blade, WWE smackdown vs Raw, and Soul Calibre Legends had good concepts on using the Wiimote. But they were all poorly executed. I wonder how Rygar will turn out to be?

Link to the interview http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16050

Well here it is.....

Drum rolls please

:P You all think I'll show you what I look like without knowing who I am? :lol:

Well it's your lucky day, because I'll tell you who I am

My name is Pablo Martinez

I am a Mexican

I was born in Chicago IL in da hood Y'all

I currently live at Aurora IL

I am currently single (the girl of my dream turn me down :( but I am still moving forward :) )

I am currently a College student

I love sports like Football, Soccer, Baseball, and Basketball

I am a White Sox, Bulls, and Bears fan

I did Cross-Country and Track 4 years in High School and ran 4 years on all 4 seasons whether its the brutal summer or the sub-zero winter chill.

I am into cars (I prefer muscle cars but I am also into some imports like Audi, BMW, and Mercedes)

You all know that I am a Fire Emblem fan, but I also like other games such as Mario, Zelda, Metroid, 2D Sonic, Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Prince of Persia, Half-Life, Call of Duty, and so on

I like anime such as Naruto, Bleach, and Deathnote

That's all I can share for now, but here is the real picture of me, and I mean for REAL

I'm handsome aren't I?

It's my birthday today!!!! I'm finally 21 years old and know I am legal enough to drink!!! Sorry Kiddies I"m going out there and do adult stuff :P

Well not really, I'm going out with the family and then spend father and son time at a local bar since it is also my dads birthday as well.

I'll be moving to Gametrailers.com, but does this mean the end of me in gamespot? No, I will not abandon all my GS friends. Although I will not GS reviews or there previews, I will only support my friends here. I will only post in the Fire Emblem Union and the Avant-Game Union and that's it, maybe system wars if I feel like posting there.

If any of you are joining gametrailers, my name is FireEmblemMan (they won't let me add on the underscore :( ) and I still have my avatar and sig so watch out ;)

So where will you all go :| :(

These events has destroyed the good name of gamespot.

It has been a while since I started running again and it is hard to get back to the routine. So now it is fall and it will soon to be colder to freeze my bones, what am I going to do to keep myself motivated to keep running?

PS it is hard for to run without a buddy. I need a running buddy to help push my limits of speed to be fast again.

Look above my profile! Do you guys like it or what? Okay so my GS name is covered by the menu but who cares, you guys already know its FireEmblem_Man.

Nobody posted in this update?It makes me sad :( Well if anyone missed out, well then here it is.

Here is list of kingdoms of Fire Emblem DS *note* All of these names may be changed if it is released outside of Japan.

Akaneia: Known as the Holy Kingdom, and shares the same name as the continent. It was founded by King Cartas after the first battle with the Earth Dragons. The Fire Emblem is the kingdom's treasure.

Altea: A kingdom of knights, founded by the Hero Anri. It is allied with Gra, who share the same ancestry. Marth hails from this kingdom.

Gra: A kingdom that branched from Altea. After the death of Anri, some members of Altea's royal family left over inheritance issues and founded Gra.

Talis: An island kingdom. Marth escapes here after his homeland of Altea is invaded by Duoluan troops. (First Chapter)

Orleans: A kingdom located in the plains. It was founded by Cartas of Akaneia, and was initially ruled by his younger brother, Marlon.

Grunia: A militant kingdom, famed for its Black Knight squadron. It was founded by General Odin. 'Khadein: Known as the sanctuary of sorcery. It was founded by Archsage Gato.

Macedonia: An island kingdom, home to Pegasus Knights and Dragon Knights. It was founded by Iote.

Doluna: The kingdom of dragons, directly north of Macedonia. It was ruled by the Dark Dragon, Medius. It is inhabited by Mamkutes

I hope everyone is interested as I am!

I will be leaving gamespot for a while but will keep up with the Fire Emblem DS updates here's why, Look at the spoiler

[spoiler] I am going to concentrate on to getting back into shape and will train for the Cross-Country Challenge and maybe next years Chicago Marathon. I weigh over 200lbs passed my prime from high school, and I feel a little insecure of my weight so I want to at least drop 40lbs before Februrary of next year unless if I exceeded my goal. It will be tough because sometimes I go on and off my excercise routine and sometimes I just stop for no reason. The real reason for me to get back into shape is because I have started to get a crush on a girl that I haven't met yet and hangs with my female friend so I really want to start my first impression by getting in shape. She is a beautiful asian girl and I want to look good for her [/spoiler]

If you haven't read my past blog here are some links

http://www.gamespot.com/users/FireEmblem_Man/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25184695

http://www.gamespot.com/users/FireEmblem_Man/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25178426

http://www.gamespot.com/users/FireEmblem_Man/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25176591

Note* I may hang around the other forums and my unions so I won't be gone completely