System Wars means hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy means [Scrooge made it famous] "humbug".

System Wars means humbug, as per the Transitive Property of Mathematics.

Humbug System Wars.

I finally did it!! Actually, it only took a week, 30 hours exactly. All my party was on level 30 and I had Gaia's Blade on Isaac since it does more damage than Ragnarok. Only Djinn of the same element on each character. I got all the Djinn, too! Hooray!!!!!

And with him, video games. I got a surprisingly great game for GCN called Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (get it before they run out and then petition Eurocom for a sequel!) and Golden Suns 1&2 for my GBA. My sister got Scooby Doo and something for GCN and Animal Crossing from me, which she loves. My littlest sister got Frogger's Adventure for GCN. I got Indiana Jones and the Doom Machine (Or something, I haven't installed it yet... slow computer), too.

A good Christmas :D

I can't believe how much hate GCN gets on these forums. I mean, seriously. If it was such a piece of junk, it would certainly not have sold so many units. If it was such a flop, it would not be still actively promoted by Nintendo- they would have let it die. DS would be the main Nintendo player (by player I mean unit, I guess). And why don't the sheep ever do anything but defend themselves? Because they are that much more decent than all the stupid lemmings out there! We don't feel the need to down other systems in order for ours to be top dog! :x

I HATE THOSE LOSERS! THEY RUIN MY WHOLE FORUM EXPERIENCE!

I don't hate other systems; I'm not a fanboy. Nintendo has more to offer for me- I'm just not a MMO kind of person. SO SHUT UP ABOUT THE GAMECUBE! :twisted:

The three you NEED: Link's Awakening DX (not DS, DX), Wind Waker, and Ocarina of Time- probably Master Quest.

The story gets really important, especially in Ocarina. There's a lot of revelation in the end, and mystery. Characters are deep... You'll feel like you really know some of them well. The graphics in OoT are stellar. For its time, that is. But even playing it now (I first purchased it last Christmas for GCN after having not played it for several years) I am still impressed. Ganondorf is frightening, and Link looks like a real hero, and Zelda looks like a real princess... They're just fantastic.

Zelda, especially OoT and WW (Wind Waker, if you didn't know) are quite story intensive, particularly for adventure games. The cinematics, most notably in these two, are great. The movie sequences are fantastic, not too long, captivating, and masterfully painted (pixellated, rather). The gameplay graphics match up to the cinematic graphics.

Ocarina opens up with Link, a Kokiri forest boy who hasn't got his fairy yet, being woken up by a fairy finally. Link is told to go to the Deku Tree, guardian of the Kokiri Forest. Link battles through the dungeons in groups: the first three, the last five, then Ganondorf's Castle. It is perhaps one of the greatest games ever made, if not the greatest. Check the GS review if you don't believe the "hype".

WInd Waker: Don't let the untraditional cel shading put you off. The cel shading is the best of any game so far, and the gameplay remains the same. The graphic style goes well with the world. In the story, Link's sister is kidnapped on his birthday and he tries to go save her. The plot is much, much more complicated than this, but that's all I should say- spoilers.

Both of these games have epic musical scores- and I'm a violinist. I can truly say, the violin synthesizing in WW is QUITE good, and I can always tell if the string instruments are real or not... I could tell in WW, but they were very, very good, and the music was a long enough loop to not sound like a loop most of the time. OoT also has astounding sound. I particularly liked the Gerudo's Fortress theme (I guess my parents listen to too much Govi...), but it was all great.

Link's Awakening is not a typical Zelda game, but it holds up well, nevertheless. You wake up on a mysterious island that has recently been plagued by monsters. You meet a lot of characters as you travel through eight dungeons, trying to wake the Wind Fish by gathering the Instruments of the Sirens so you can go home. The gameplay is simple to master, there's tons of items, as in any Zelda game, and it's easy enough to hit the enemies without going too close (unlike A Link to the Past).

Zelda is an epic franchise. Most of the games are pretty cheap nowadays, and new ones are coming soon (Minish Cap, Zelda 2005...). It's a completely worthwhile investment. At least rent one.

Nan's character synopsis- Faves underlined:

Mushroom Kingdomers:

Mario, Luigi, Dr Mario: Average- not too fast, fair jump, weakish moves. Bowser:Slow, but good recovery, powerful- good overall. Peach: Great recovery moves, tough A moves, OK special. DK: Same as Bowser. Yoshi: Pretty good, not much to say... pretty good.

Hylians:

Link & Young Link: Slow, variety of moves, good jump, only difference is fire arrows as Young Link- good overall. Zelda/Sheik: I'm quite poor w/ them- Zelda is strong but slow, Sheik is weak but fast. Ganondorf: STRONG but VERY SLOW- too molassesey for me.

Fire Emblemers:

Marth & Roy: Both very good- Roy's more flashy, both fast and powerful- great chars.

Pokemon:

Pikachu & Pichu: Identical except Pichu is weaker and hurts himself w/ most powerful move- fast, OK overall. Jigglypuff: Slow, huge jump, weak- Sing= pointless, most moves look identical to others. Mewtwo: Pretty good moves, a little slow.

Lylatians:

Fox: Fast, weak blaster, B down OK, great jump and fast-fairoverall. Falco: Same as Fox w/ stronger blaster

Others:

Capt. Falcon: Better in SSB1, fast, moves take too long to charge but strong, twin to Ganondorf's. Kirby: Also better in SSB1, good B moves, jumps well, slow. Mr G&W: Super cool!! Good moves, cool jump, overall good. Samus Aran: Insane good, as great as in SSB1 at least, overall fantastic- nothing bad to say. Ness: Bad jump, bad B, bad bad. Ice Climbers: OK. Good jump together, good moves, not my fav.

BIG FAVORITES FOR NAN: Samus, Link, G&W, Marth, Roy, Bowser- I'm pretty well rounded.

Well, I made Jr. District! I'm first violin 10b. That means that out of all the first violins, there are "desks" of 2 to a stand. There's ten desks, and in each one there's A (outside) and B (inside). So I'm the last first. But whatever- I made it!!!8)

If you read a sentence with all the words scrambled between the first and last letters, it will make sense- Mostly. Try this:

Mtoher's old parel nceclkae is vrey butaeful.

Mother's old pearl necklace is very beautiful.

See?

At least until it sells its francise games (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc). I think what makes Nintendo more appealing to some people is that Nintendo has, over the years, created a large group of Nintendo- only characters that people will identify the company by. It's something Sony and Microsoft don't really have. I mean, you see Link and you think Nintendo. The same with Mario, Kirby, Samus Aran, Fox, Yoshi, and all the hundreds of characters that Nintendo has created. These franchises bring in loads of $ because you can't find them elsewhere- to play Mario you have to cash Nintendo in someway (GBA, GCN, whatever). So even with Xbox's Halo (a huge seller, duh) they can't compete unless they realize how Nintendo has lasted: by creating memorable, and even silly, faces to identify themselves by.

I write really long journals and posts. Don't I? All my posts are set up like a thesis statement- an arguement and the supporting detail. I guess I just can't help it... I'll abbreviate more if possible... Well this journal was short, at least!