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I first read about Pokemon about a year before it came out in an issue of Nintendo Power.  They had an article about games that had just came out in Japan, and they mentioned briefly a game where you could trade and battle monsters via a link cable called Pocket Monsters.  I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but a year or so later when I went to E3, they were showing Pokemon at Nintendo's booth (with the temporarly catch phrase "Catch 'em if You Can!").  I saw how they were going to heavily market Pokemon in the US and I knew it was going to be big.  When I got back, I immediately requested to my editor at The Dallas Morning News that I should cover everything Pokemon related.  He said, "Yeah, sure, whatever," not knowing how big it was going to be.  Well, when Pokemon did come out, I was writing Pokemon articles left and right, and got paid a pretty good amount of money for it.  I like to say that Pokemon helped pay my way through college.  I reviewed the blue version, by the way. 

Nowadays I don't play many of the main Pokemon games because they're not much different than the first one, which I OD'ed on.  But while I wish they would be different, a new generation of kids can enjoy each entry and it's new to them, and why fix what isn't broken, so I don't complain about it too much. 

You know what you should review?  Pokemon Channel!  I loved that game for some reason!  --Cary

Even though this was basically Kid Pix, I loved this game back then.  It was really one of Nintendo's first quirky releases in the US.  I even used Mario Paint to do school projects!  Did you know that Super Mario Maker was orignally going to be another Mario Paint program?  Also, Wario Ware: D.i.Y. uses similar Mario Paint tools.

With the popularity of Undertale, it wouldn't surprise me if this happens.  I'll probably get it just to have it and try it, but I'm probably the only person in the world who's not a big fan of Earthbound.  Battles are archaic and the story is so nonsensical that it's hard to know what to do next.  When the game was originally released on the SNES, it came with a strategy guide for a reason.

One of my favorite anime intros from a game is Namco X Capcom.  I won't post a link to it here, but if you're interested, you can look it up.

I've heard of Fighting Vipers, but I don't think I've ever played it.  So you'll have to tell me if there are any characters you think I'd like.  Aside from Soul Calibur, I'm not too big on 3-D fighters anyway.

Here is my review of Pokemon Picross:

http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2016/01/06/pokemon-picross-3ds/

Yup, go read my GOTY blog from last month.  Splatoon made quite a splash.

I think typing is important to learn, too, and it was one of the most beneficial classes I took in high school.  I just wonder if since kids use computers at such a young age now if they just learn on their own without a class anymore?

Did you know that in high school, I took a typing class where we still had to use typewriters?  Granted, they were the fancier electronic typewriters, but I guess I was slightly too old to play this one.  With computers so commonplace now, I wonder if kids still have to learn how to type?

The DLC case for Dual Destinies is very good and worth the extra money.