Blog A Day- Day 1...The Insanity Begins

On 02/01/2014 at 06:43 AM by NintendoFanJon

Linked to Article Series: Blog a Day (BaD) 2014

Well it's about 6 am right now and I decided why the heck not post in the waking hours of the morning when it's still dark out. Anyways what do I blog about? I guess anything is up in the air. Well lets discuss a little about me. My name is Jon....as if you couldn't guess. I also like Nintendo. (Well duh get on with it you say!) Alright alright...well since the Wii U has been out for a year I figured I'd post my thoughts about it since I managed to buy it and some games. All in all everything cost me $500 plus tax. You might be wondering just what I got well I figured as much so I will tell you.

My Wii U 32GB deluxe bundle with New Super Mario Bros. U & Luigi U- $300 (New)

Wii U pro controller- $50 (New)

ZombiU-$15 (New)

Nintendo Land-$25 (New)

Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed Bonus Edition- $20 (New)

Scribblenauts Unlimited -$20 (New)

The Wonderful 101 -$25 (New)

Duck Tales Remastered- $20) New

Okay so obviously thats a lot. Now I managed to take into consideration the fact that I am glad I waited a year. Sure I'll get games like, Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD, etc. down the road. It's not an issue of money. It's an issue of having time to play them. You see having to work 48-60 hour weeks does that to you. And days I have off all I want to do is sleep, but my perserverance will pay off I assure you. Because who knows I might just spend another $125 on another 6 games. I'm torn though cuz I'm very cheap...so the games I am eyeing on are as follows:

Game & Wario ($25) I hear it was pretty mediocre, but I'm not sure...Honestly I'm on the fence with this one...I might wait until it drops below 20. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate ($30) Since Monster Hunter Tri for Wii has been rendered completely useless after getting it's servers pulled way back I've been itching to get back into monster hunting action, but whereas I used to have a 100+ hours to sink online I don't now. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge (Between $15-25 depending) I've heard mixed things, but with all that extra character dlc and what not honestly I'll take a difficult game. I need something to frustrate me besides The Wonderful 101 platinum achievements and Luigi U challenge levels.Resident Evil Revelations ($25-35 depending) I heard is the last good RE game that has come out in a while. I have RE 0, 1, 4, Umbrella/Darkside Chronicles for Wii and was wondering if it's worth picking up this one.

These are just some that I'm looking at. I know I've left out games like Assassin's Creed 3/4 or other sequels to games I haven't played the original/ prequels to. I was wondering if that mattered? I hear it does and doesn't so I don't want to just jump in. It's like Bayonetta 2 for me. I never played Bayonetta so I might not purchase it because I didn't get to play the first. That's a problem the Wii U has is getting or not getting games. Anyways that's just my musings Perhaps you can help me out! One thing I know for sure is that I want Super Mario 3D World...because I read it's not only the cat's pajamas...it's got cat's pajamas! And that's just awesome.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/01/2014 at 09:36 AM

Super Mario 3D is definitely amazing!

NintendoFanJon

02/02/2014 at 06:20 AM

Yes I've heard as much. I'll be getting it next week after payday. So excited!!!

Alex-C25

02/01/2014 at 01:33 PM

Well, BaD excludes weekends, but who am I to gudge people's decision on making them on weekends.

Anyway, Wii U, much want the console. I think the first games I want for it are Super Mario 3D World, Sonic Lost World, Rayman Legends and Wind Waker HD.

02/02/2014 at 06:22 AM

Ah well I just figured that you start the first day of the month no matter what, but I'm not sure of the rules anyways lol. I would recommend getting a Wii U Especially since there are plenty of fun games now.

mothman

02/01/2014 at 04:21 PM

I don't have one and that makes me a sad panda.

Perhaps you should get one and become a happy panda lol

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/01/2014 at 04:37 PM

I want cat's pajamas.

I hear you on wanting to sleep on weekends, though I've got far less on my plate with only two Masters courses and a part-time Graduate assistantship. I could use another part-time to fill in some gaps.

02/02/2014 at 06:24 AM

Yeah in no way am I doing graduate stuff. I got my bachelor's in Business and I'm fine with that. Congrats to you on that though. I envy your free time good sir.

02/02/2014 at 01:26 PM

Less and less with station issues (I'm typing this from my office, already worked 30 hours by Friday, but to be fair will only come in 10 hours next week to compensate) and classes racking up, but yeah, it's not 60 hours a week.

It might be if they're able to add more classes in upcoming semesters, but not now. Didn't keep me from mentally breaking down come term paper season last semester, but ya know.

02/02/2014 at 02:19 PM

Yeah I've replied to many while on break at work too lol. I think at one point I had 3 term papers due all at the same time and it took all I could between my fulltime job (back when I only used to work 40 hours a week lol) to finish it one semester. That was brutal. I feel your struggle.

02/02/2014 at 02:35 PM

Yeah, I was a radio/tv undergrad with only a part time (though if I actually logged hours for Residence Life, I bet it would be closer to full, but I can't prove that, so maybe that was just mental exhaustion) job, but having to get several projects edited and in on time was brutal. Don't know why my mental breakdown didn't happen then, or maybe one did and I repressed it. lol

Travis Hawks Senior Editor

02/01/2014 at 05:10 PM

Just stopping in to ask you to pick the "Blog a Day (BaD) 2014" series on this blog so it makes it in the full listing, accesible from the headline ticker.

This exact message will be pasted into several blogs. I love each of you as an individual, but also love efficiency.

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