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I never got an Atari 2600 as a kid because it was too expensive and my parents probably thought I was too young.  And I was happy just to go to arcades more anyway.  The games were better at least.  Our first gaming system for the house was actually a computer, an Apple ][+.  So I was perfectly happy playing a more arcade perfect Pac-Man than the one on the 2600.

My first gaming console was an Atari 5200.  That system had a lot of problems like the fact it was so huge and the controllers weren't too good.  But man the games were so much better on it than the 2600.  That was a Christmas present and it was a total surprise because I didn't even ask for one!  But I think they got it for cheap because the 7800 and the NES were coming out soon.  But it was OK, I enjoyed playing the 5200 anyway.   In fact, I didn't even get a NES right away because I was perfectly happy playing Pengo on my 5200.

The Giants figures are pretty cool.  I only have the big tree looking one.  There are some others that looked pretty neat, like a bee one and a genie one.

Yeah but don't expect to eat a mushroom and grow really big.  I mean, that's just ridiculous.  Whoever heard of a mushroom being able to do that to anyone?  Now, if you ate a pizza, you'd turn into a ninja.

As long as you have at least one of each of a Skylander elemental representative, you'll be fine with most games.  You'll need at least one Giant with Giants.  In Swap Force, you'll need one of each Swap Force skill, too.  And in Trap Team, you'll need an element traptanium for each of the villians' elementals.  And in Superchargers, you'll need one of each of a land vehicle, sky vehicle, and water vehicle.

The only Skylanders I own are the ones that came with the review copies I got.  I also have a silver Spyro I got at E3 one year, and I ordered a couple of the mini sidekick figures because they were free with food promotionals. 

The only 'toys to life' I go crazy with are Amiibo figures. :)

OK here's how that works.  After taking the vitamin, if you want to be super strong, just lift weights once and you'll be very strong.  If you want to go fast, just drink a sip of espresso and you'll go super fast. For an invincible immune system, just drink a glass of orange juice.  And you get the idea. :)

That's the beauty of pretend presents!

Pac-Man on the wall sounds cool.

My Game of the Year in 2013 was Animal Crossing: New Leaf.  Other 2013 gaming highlights include:

Ni no Kuni

Game & Wario

Attack of the Friday Monsters

Scribblenauts Unmasked

NES Remix

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies

Toki Tori 2

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Super Mario 3-D World

BattleBlock Theater

Dragon's Crown

DuckTales Remastered

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

And I still don't have a Vita.  --Cary

I just got finished reviewing this at the site I write on.  For the life of me, I couldn't get the hang of the controls, so I did not review it very highly.  Since it was orignally supposed to be a Wii game, I think it might play better on the Wii than instead of the Wii U.  But I'll never know because NIS cheaped out and just sent me a Wii U review code.

If I had a pet dog and a pet rabbit, I would consider naming them Sam & Max.

YOUR pretend present is a super vitamin pill that'll give you super powers for life!