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In Animal Crossing: NH, Tom Nook comes off as a G-rated mob boss/loan shark. Dude constantly keeps you in debt. They should have kept Resetti in the game as Tom Nook's debt collector.  There's even a dude on the island who fences stolen/counterfeit artwork. 

I have, in the past, referred to Ys 8 as Gilligan's Island: The RPG. The princess is pretty much Ginger, and Sahad is the Skipper. 

I never really saw Tom Nook as being as bad as everyone on the Internet says he is.  I mean, sure he keeps you in debt, but he doesn't bug you about paying him back.  He just lets you take your time and you don't even have to pay him if you don't want to.  You just won't have a big house.

Oh great, now I'm going to have to try and remember which other characters in Ys 8 are like Gilligan's Island characters.  There was a Gilligan's Island game on the NES, never played it, though.

Thanks for listening!

A friend of mine had problems with Redd, the art dealer. He didn't like getting fake stuff sometimes. 

I always used a guide.  So hard to tell the fakes.

Good idea. 

I mean, all Tom needs is a bunch of neck and back tattoos and he's basically Kazuma Kiryu. He even wears a shirt similar to the one that Kaz wears in Yakuza 3 when he's on Okinawa. 

That's the only way you'd get me to play a Yakuza game is to put Tom Nook in it!

Actually I did play a Yakuza game once.  My brother had me play it.  I think it was set in the 80s.  Here's how my session went: Once upon a time, Yakuza Man Cary went to an arcade in the 80s.  He flirted with the cute arcade lady worker and unlocked Fantasy Zone.  Then Yakuza Man Cary and the arcade lady lived happily ever after.  The End.  Gripping story, huh?

I'm curious about all the games you mentioned. I'm keen to hunt down Wii Skiing and Snowboarding since a shop near me has lots of bargain Wii games. Road Trip for PS2 as well. Ys 8 sounds interesting. 

Maybe my favorite vacation game might be Disneyland Adventures. Which reminds me, I want a physical copy even if it does require the Kinect (later digital versions removed the Kinect features). 

All the games I mentioned are very fun and worth playing.  

That Kinect game reminds me of a NES game from Capcom called Adventures in the Magic Kingdom.  You go around Disneyland in an overhead RPG style perspective, answering Disney trivia and playing mini-games based on the rides.

Oh cool! It's on the list. I hope I can find it at my game stores.