Wellllllllllll you probably knew about this already.
The 3DS handheld console is going from its initial price of $250 down to $170. c: It’s a really good time to get one!
To do so, you should use these super convenient links!
And if you’ve already shelled out $250 for the system, don’t worry, you’re being compensated. With 20 free downloadable games, in fact!
I’ve been holding off on buying one due to the lack of games that are really wowing me (yet!), plus I currently just do not have the funds. But news of a price reduction is really reassuring!
I finallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy started played Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.
And there was this Venus Djinni chillin in some flowers, so I was like “I’MA GETCHU” and then he dove under the flowers, so I whirlwinded him out and omg his name was Flower and he had a flower on his tail and it was such an overdose of cute I just
I just couldn’t
take it.
This whole game makes me feel like that. I am being barraged with cute and with nostalgia and all video games should do this.
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Ahhhh I am not updating this blog nearly as much as I’d like too! >A<
SO BASICALLY here are the things I’m working on now:
Reworking the layout of the Table of Contents on the home page. It will have lots of pictures and look pretty instead of just boringly listing all of the categories I post in.
Posting all of my Boutique products, making graphics for them, making sure the shopping cart scripts all work… These are all things that are happening. Right now, behind the scenes. Every day.
Some little art work doodles that I haven’t quite posted on the Portfolio page yet (like I’ve said multiple times before, follow me on DA or Tumblr for real-time updates, ’cause I post stuff there the moment I finish it).
Paid work (!!), providing art work and graphics for an RPG by Legion Games.
So, sorry for not having more regular comics and updates. ‘Tis truly my own fault for putting so many lofty goals on my plate at the same time. XD
Would you like to talk about E3? I’d like to talk about E3. LET’S TALK ABOUT E3.
All kinds of cool stuff. Cool, expensive stuff. Stuff that I’ll be admiring from afar and probably not actually have in my possession until like two years after everyone else. ;-;
I’m just gonna quickly go over a few of the games I’m interested in from this year’s E3 lineup. You won’t find extensive game coverage on this blog. If you want WiiU specs and speculations (heh!), you have a bamillion other blogs to check out. I’m going to talk about the pretty games with the cute main characters that grow flowers and make friends with monsters.
Yeah, games like Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny. I was really, really surprised that Natsume tackled this one, since Rune Factory Frontier was handled by XSeed. Natsume seems especially emboldened lately, what with their amazing localization jobs on Rune Factory 3 and Lufia. I think that Tides of Destiny is gonna be cooool. X3
What made it so surprising that Tides of Destiny was shown off at this year’s E3 was that Natsume had already announced they were going to showcase Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns. HARVEST MOON ADORABLENESS OVERDOSE.
Just look at those cuuuuute animals. <3 The scenery in this game is just spectacular.
Also, Kid Icarus Uprising. I… am a big fan of Pit. That’s all I can say on the matter at this time. I probably won’t get a 3DS any time soon, but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate how cool this game looks.
For some reason, I was really drawn to this guy when the new Pokémon were fully released for Black/White. He’s spooky, but adorable?
He’s also supposed to have little arms but I couldn’t tell that from his little sprite, which was the only reference image available to me at the time. ;_;
As of me posting this I still haven’t played Black/White. ._.;
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Hi there! Welcome to our FIRST EVER INSTALLMENT of This Game I’m Playing.
Since today is Mother’s Day, a day that my mom always says is a great day to safely assume there won’t be any more frosts (hooray, Springtime!) and is therefore the perfect day to go outside and do some gardening… Well, the most obvious game we should review is Gardening Mama! I mean, can you even get any more appropriate than that?
First off, I wanna get us started by saying that this game is freaking adorable.
I’d actually never played any of the Cooking Mama series besides small demos, so this was my first actual purchase of the series.
What made me dive into it? Well, I rather like quirky minigames. I also like flowers/girly things in general, and pixel art, and happy colors. When I saw the box art for this game, my little heart squee’d with joy.
SO MANY BRIGHT COLORS AND THOSE FLOWERS ARE SO CUTE OMG THIS GAME LOOKS SO CUTE AHHH
So anyway.
The general gameplay is the same as any other Cooking Mama installments. The process of growing flowers is handled through touch screen-controlled minigames, which basically follow the same steps you’d take in real life but sometimes Mama’s methods are pretty out there.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE MINIGAMES
I like checking out the other game options before playing the actual game. \( ._.)/
This is the Decorate the Garden mode.
The dotted outlines are places where we can put cute garden decorations and flowers! There are actually a lot of customization options, but right now we just see a lot of “?” icons because they need to be unlocked by playing the actual game. c;
The empty plots (surrounded by pink picket fences) would even showcase the flowers that you’ve grown so far! Cute!!
Yeah, we should probably get on that whole “growing flowers” thing.
Like, that should be the main part of this review.
NOPE. LET’S DRESS UP MAMA FIRST.
The menu option that says “Make it Fancy” leads to this.
More “?” icons. MANNN. I guess we really should actually do some gardening.
Those secret dress-up options aren’t going to unlock themselves.
(Bee-tee-dubs, the colorful flowers that you can drag around to make the floral headpiece are so pretty. ; 3;~)
OKAY COOL. LET’S GET PLANTING.
Oh hey look those decorations we placed actually show up in the garden while we’re working.
And Mama* is actually wearing that spiffy outfit we put together for her. Neat!
*Having never actually played a Cooking Mama game before this, I’m assuming that we refer to this character as “Mama.” o_O
Pansies are my most favoritest flowers, so we’re going to start with those!
Sowing the seeds! That should be easy! Let’s get started!
Some simple games get those seeds in the ground! Your touch screen controls things like directing the shovel, tilting the watering can, and patting down soil. c:
It’s all pretty leisurely, even with a timer counting down the seconds.
I messed up one step, but Mama promised she’d make things right! XD
Yup, everything turned out okay. c:
And now we wait a bit while the flowers are sleeping (I guess?).
I might continue this and show how the flowers turned out when they finished growing, but let’s wrap up this post for now!
Hope you enjoyed my little article! I’ll be covering more cute games in the future! Have a happy Mother’s Day!
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