@Jaysonguy: Maybe Trump loses his toupee and then Ted and Co go on an adventure to find the thief before the election swings into gear.

The best moments in Fire Emblem Fates so far have been when I wasn't sure if my next move would work out how I planned it too, but it plays out perfectly.

So much satisfaction lol.

@roboccs: I watched it, I'm definitely most excited about a certain Wii U game that's colourful :). I hope it's not like the last 3DS one and more like the GameCube one.

Also, SNES games on n3DS is nice but I really wish Nintendo had cross-buy or something. I love Super Mario World but I'd love it more if I paid for it once and was able to play it on Wii U or 3DS :)

It's has it's good moments, but permadeath is also so very frustrating. I tried to finish this chapter today but ultimately lost because of those stupid reinforcement enemies that show up, seemingly endlessly lol.

If you liked Fire Emblem Awakening then you'll feel at home with Fire Emblem Fates.

I started with Fire Emblem: Birthright because it's supposedly easier than Conquest. I'm playing with peramdeaths on and Normal difficulty, at Chapter 11 right now. I've died a number of times already due to my own miscalculated moves, so it doesn't feel unfair so far. Also, I remember having to grind in Awakening a lot (i.e. do those side missions and I even bought the EXP gaining map). I haven't had to do any of that so far in Birthright and the game gives you some side missions to play to help you level up your guys.

Plus, in this one you get your own castle where you can build different buildings and what not as your 'hub' -- I don't think there was that in Awakening? It's been a while lol. I think this castle thing is mainly for StreetPass though. The story is intriguing and I like that there's a conflict between two different regions, it's a pretty engaging story centred around your avatar itself (more so than Awakening).

The only annoying this is the variety in mission types is lacking. Almost all of them have been either rout the enemy (kill all enemies) or defeat the boss. Conquest is apparently harder, doesn't have additional challenges to gain EXP, and has various stipulations per mission (i.e. defeat all enemies in 10 moves) - so it's why I went with Birthright first.

If you do end up getting them I'd recommend buying one copy in a physical version and the other digital. You get 50% off (I think this is still the deal right now) a digital copy of the other version. I did this when I went to pick it up at EBGames but I think Nintendo does this themselves too. Fire Emblem: Revelations (the DLC) is a separate paid download. The map pack is also available now too with about 11 maps I think for $19.99 (including that EXP one I mentioned earlier).

Playing this on my n3DS Pokemon 20th Anniversary bundle too, visually it looks really nice :)

Yeah that's me, I lost my account and GameSpot Customer Service hasn't got back to me, ever. lol.

Aliens are from space.

I've never understood identifying illegal immigrants as 'aliens'. It's pretty horrid.

@Jaysonguy: ?????

I learned all I could about gardening from Animal Crossing.

Seems easy.

@roboccs: That's what I thought as well, Gordon had the best dunks, especially that last one.

I'm so happy that Toronto had a great All-Star weekend, I was expecting it to be lackluster in all honesty.

How was Valentine's Day for everyone? I went out for dinner and my girlfriend surprised me with tickets to the Raptors game on Sunday against the Grizzles. It's crazy because the Raptors are playing so well right now, and Vince Carter will be there. So excited.

@GameboyTroy: He should have won the contest, but LaVine doing a through the legs from basically the free throw line was insane in it's own right.