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I have a lot more respect for Donkey Kong now, but as a kid, I didn't like it as much.  It was just too hard for my little kid head to wrap around.  Games like Pac-Man just were more appealing to me.  I guess when the Famicom version of Donkey Kong came out, it must've been pretty impressive, especially since that system was originally designed to play a near perfect version of Donkey Kong.  But by the time it came to the US, it wasn't so impressive especially since it was missing a level.  Did you know that 'Donkey Kong' was one of my little brother Jeff's very first words?  Although that has more to do with Donkey Kong Country.

One thing I liked about the 360 is the variety of games it had.  Even RPGs.  I have Blue Dragon, but never beat it.  Today's RPGs are just too long and meandering.

I imported the PSP Salamander collection, so that's how I played it.

There are some Salamander callbacks in other games, too.  Have you played Gradius V?  The first level is filled with Zelos hearts of varying sizes!  And there's a Konami arcade fighting game where you play as a bunch of Power Ranger-like super heroes.  I think it was called Monster Maulers.  Never played it myself, I just saw YouTube videos of it.  Anyway, one of the things you fight is an Easter Island head from Gradius, and another is the brain with one eye and arms from Salamander!  They even play the same song as you fight it!

Injustice is the fighting game with DC Comic characters, right?  Yeah I don't know anyone in that game I would pick either.  Unless they had Power Girl, and the only reason why I like her is that her name is easy to remember and she looks strong.

I reveiwed a Sakura Wars game back on the Wii.  I couldn't get into it, but that doesn't mean it was a bad game.  Very high production values anyway.  I just don't like tactical RPGs and I got tired of having to talk to everyone all the time in between battles.  There was one character I thought was kind of neat, though.  She was a cowgirl from Texas and in the game she tries to move her horse into her apartment.  I thought that was funny.  I think her name was Gemini Sunrise or something like that, if you care.  Are there any neat characters in the new Sakura Wars game you think I'd like?

I've always been curious about the Master Blaster Zero games, but since I never got into the one on the NES, I haven't tried the new ones yet.

Make sure to read my new blog on my best games of 2021 so far!

Game Freak also made a cool downloadable game on the 3DS called Pocket Card Jockey that combined horse racing with solitaire!  It was a lot of fun and addictive.  Some of the horses' names made reference to Pokemon, like "Volt Tackle" and "Bulba Soarer."

I rented this a couple of times and played it with my friend and really enjoyed it.

Later we saw the arcade version at Six Flags and were excited to play it.

Have you ever played Salamander 2?  You chase the brain boss in the first level and when you think you're going to fight it again, a giant mouth comes and eats it and you must fight that instead!

That's pretty expensive for a NGPC. I don't even know if they cost that much when they first came out!  I like SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash more than Pokemon!

MODOG and Dr. StrangeGamer?  Are we all comic book characters now?  Who am I? :)

Yeah I heard about that Bug Fables being like Paper Mario.  I'd give it a try if I had time.

I remember that NEO GEO Battle Coliseum game.  I thought it was neat they brought back old school Athena.  My next two blogs are going to be SNK related. :)

That elephant game sounds wild.  Game Freak?  You mean, the Pokemon makers?

Yeah if the NEO GEO Pocket Color was cheap enough, I would've said "get it!" That was one of my favorite handhelds.  You might be reading about SNK a bit more in an upcoming blog...