Guys and gals, I’d like to announce the newest addition to our gaming family!
It’s gonna be awhile before I can game on my PS4 again. I know, I know what you’re thinking…how will you ever decide if you want a game that’s already been out for a year or two without my input? I am deeply sorry for this, but my wife and I are moving across the country. Believe in your gamer’s intuition for the coming months!
To cope with this drought, my wife is finally getting a new Nintendo system. I acquired one of the Fire Emblem Fates to play along the road trip as well. Why did I chose Conquest, you ask? Let me answer that by asking you this…would you rather be a Lannister or a Stark?
We would have gotten Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, however, they were sold out in this remote section of Alaska. We will most likely pick it up on a stop along the way.
Everyone, my PS4 is packed. Our honeymoon stage is over. We have to get through some dark times now. I ask you to be patient with me. We can face this obstacle as a unit, and I believe we will be stronger for it.
In the meantime, I have a favor to ask. If any of you stream on Twitch, share your accounts with me in the comments so I can live vicariously through you! Also, if anyone has any good 3DS recommendations, that would be appreciated.
Happy and safe travels my friend!
I rarely stream, but for when i do, here’s my channel! https://www.twitch.tv/n3r0theh3r0
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Thanks! And of course I’ll be checking your YouTube channel.
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You’re traveling across Alaska?
Didn’t you like how winter is leaving? What game are you playing here? 😉
I have a Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dowlphin and if I do stream some day, it will have to be limited to 2D stuff or such, since I don’t have good upload bandwidth. But knowing that if I do, someone might actually be notified and watch, that just might make a crucial difference.
P.S.: BTW forget my Star Citizen referral code. I don’t want people to use it anymore, since it would give me stuff I actually don’t want to see in my hangar. … Yeah, that’s how I am. Not just about accumulation. 🙂
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Not just across Alaska, but from Alaska to the East coast! Road trip! Hence why it is going to be a long time before I play on PS4 again. I am subscribing to your twitch!
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Hey man! Safe travels and enjoy the ROAD TRIP!!
Final Fantasy Explorers is wonderful for 3DS if you enjoy the Final Fantasy universe.
I stream on Twitch and YouTube as well from time to time! Feel free to stop in anytime! Twitch.tv/derekpadakowski or YouTube if you search Derekpadakowski.
I hope you enjoy your time road tripping and Fire Embleming! Can’t wait to see future posts. 🙂
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I have never played a Final Fantasy. Would I be able to get into that series with the 3DS? Thanks for the links!
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Yeah. I mean Final Fantasy Explorers is definitely a fan service game to long time fans while kind of using monster hunter like controls to create a one of a kind new experience for the series. However, it has enough general knowledge to get you kind of caught up in some of the lore from the previous games universes. It might be a little rough at first, for the first 5-10 hours, just for fair warning though.
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Are there any final Fantasy 3DS games that would be better as an introduction? Also, I’m curious how you set up streaming for a charity? That’s pretty cool. Represent for gamers!
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Unfortunately on the 3DS there aren’t really any other Final Fantasy games except for the Theatrythmn, but those are music rythmn games using the music to go on quests and level characters. Wonderful game, but idk how they would be for newer players of the series. I know you can get the older games on apple and Android devices though. Final Fantasy IV would be perfect for either of those devices. Lol.
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Okay cool. I may try explorers then because I enjoy the purity of playing on a dedicated system.
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As far as the streaming for charity you can sign up during St. Jude’s annual Play Live event. Which you can sign up for now, but I think the actual contest/event is in October this year. Extra Life is another wonderful site where you actually pick local hospitals to do gaming fundraisers for.
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That’s really cool. I’m clueless with streaming.
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Haha. I can understand that, I’m still relatively new to all this streaming business myself.
If all else fails and you decide against explorers Kirby Triple Deluxe is always a wonderful choice for a newer 3DS owner. 🙂
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Awesome. We may get Kirby. On a side note I have a Vita as well that can play most of the old final Fantasy games. Any ideas?
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My personal favorite Final Fantasy X got a HD remaster for Vita and that’s probably as good a place as any to start.
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Nice. If fire emblem fates let’s me down that will probably be next. Although everyone I know says play final Fantasy VII.
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I mean VII is a classic, but it missed me by a couple of years. So I grew up with X and enjoyed it way more. Fire Emblem Fates won’t let you down though. Both versions of that game are awesome, well what I’ve played of them was anyway. Lol.
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Hey, congratulations, bro! So lucky…
Been wanting a New 3DS and Wii U for a while now. 😦
As for recommendations:
*Hyrule Warriors Legends
*Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS
*Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition
*Ocarina Of Time 3D
*Majora’s Mask 3D
Also, because you have a New 3DS, you have access to loads of SNES games. Have fun!
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What SNES games would you suggest? I’m such a Nintendo baby I am clueless on this front. My wife already has planned out what order we will get the Zelda games cause she’s been in Nintendo her whole life.
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Super Metroid definitely if it is available…
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I will check it out. Not the biggest platformer fan though.
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Since you’ve gotten a New 3DS, I can pretty much recommend, if you like the game style, Hyrule Warriors Legends, ONLY if you haven’t already gotten the Wii U version though. For $40, it has an insane amount of content, and (if you enjoy it) you’ll most likely be hooked.
If that game doesn’t suit your fancy, I can easily suggest Kid Icarus Uprising (if the controls don’t steer you away) and also Kirby Triple Deluxe.
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My God, Nintendo is like another language. I read this comment out loud and my wife was like…”yep…sounds right…Kirby!!” Google here I come!
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I feel obliged to recommend Smash Bro’s! Good luck on your travels and see you on the other side.
I’m currently awaiting the arrival of an Elgato HD60 Pro so streaming may just be on the horizon for me. Stay tuned…
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Sweet! Let me know about the streaming!
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Safe travels! I hope you and your wife have a good time. If you haven’t played Persona 4 Golden yet I highly recommend that for the Vita. Even if you played the original on PS2. Or Hohokum for the Vita. I dunno if it’s the music but whenever I play that while I’m traveling (I often have to go to overseas to Japan) I get super amped. I apologize if you’ve already reviewed these titles. I’m new. 😉
PS Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster is my vote for the Final Fantasies.
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Also (double posting already, sorry!) For the 3DS… Pokemon. Any of them really and Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy. I had a lot of fun with those. Maybe your wife will too.
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Nice. Professor Layton is on my radar for my wife if she gets tired of animal crossing and fire emblem in the next ten years…;) hahah.
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I loved persona 4 golden! It won me over for jrpgs. I haven’t tried final Fantasy X though so I may pick up the HD remasters. A lot of people have recommended that game.
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Good luck and Happy Trails for the trip (And wherever your new port of gamerdom brings you, of course)!
Alas – you got New Leaf! I spent a period of time so lengthy and immobile playing that game that I’m almost apologetic. Almost. Definitely recommend Link Between Worlds – it was one of my least expected titles to get me hooked. I’d also recommend sifting through the eShop , as Nintendo have recently added a load of SNES games for your New 3DS pleasure. Earthbound and Super Metroid are two of my favourites.
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I didn’t even know about the SNES ability before I got it, so I can’t wait. A link between worlds will be the first Zelda game we get when we find it in stock somewhere. Alaska has pretty crappy supplies.
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Good luck, and safe travels. May you find the East Coast and hospitable and warmer place.
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Let’s hope I we find the East coast to begin with. Hahaha.
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Safe travels Florin!
My YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4giuMpaYj_Mg97k2QkmEA
Sorry, I don’t have a short link, but I stream most weekends and previous streams can be watched too.
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Awesome, I will head there and follow. Does YouTube gaming notify you when a streamer goes live like twitch?
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You know what, I don’t know if it does. I think it does. Something to think about. If it doesn’t then no matter, just check back regularly. I suck most of the time but it’s fun to watch me die lol
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I’ve found the best streams are ones with a few viewers and a streamer that interacts with the comments. I don’t worry about the quality of play as much.
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If i ever get viewers I’m right there reading the comments and nattering away… unless it’s a horror game
.. then i usually can be found turning my trousers brown and crying
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Hahaha oh man I bet you playing the PT demo would have been great.
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It was. But unfortunately that was before i was streaming. I’m part way through playing soma in a series though. And Alien Isolation. I love horror games. But there are so many bad ones.
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Awesome! Hahaha. I’m interested in isolation.
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Gah… dude… I’ve played it a couple of times… that alien is smart
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Now you can play Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask
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And so begins my slow recovery of my gaming childhood. Haha
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“how will you ever decide if you want a game that’s already been out for a year or two without my input?” Haha great line 😂
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Hahaha it’s too easy to poke fun at my own blog sometimes.
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If you find yourself on I-40 in Oklahoma, just wave as you pass by. Good luck on your move!
My Twitch account that I never use: https://www.twitch.tv/falcon509
My Xbox Gamertag: Falcon509
PSID: OneBoxFalcon
Steam: Falcon575
Notice a pattern here?
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Hahaha I will wave! Except we might be going through Arizona.
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Then you definitely need to stop at a place called In-N-Out if you get a chance. They’re only in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas. They’re burgers are sublime.
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I have heard of them!
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Worth the stop. At least once.
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I hate the summer months because they’re so dry and it’s basically a badlands, a wasteland but now I feel like that’s opening up because I feel like more games are coming out in the summer, like Mirror’s Edge, DOOM, etc. But I always look at the drought like this: Going through my backlog and beating games that I never really played or started and never finished.
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That’s a good plan for summer cause they do tend to be really dry.
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Indeed, yeah. I always find the time to go back to the older games during the summer because Summer isn’t really interesting outside of the chaos and excitement of E3. So, it’s a perfect time to return and also I do a top 10 games to return to that I often play during the summer. I might return to Call of Duty 1 this summer or return to Half-Life 2 once again this summer.
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I’ll be playing games I’ve missed on the 3DS since I haven’t had one till now.
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I never owned a Nintendo console or game.
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Safe travels, friend!
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Have fun with the traveling 🙂
For good 3ds games i would suggest the following :
Pokemon X/Y (Not ORAS)
Legend of Zelda: link between worlds
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Bravely Default
Fire Emblem Awakening
Fantasy Life
SHOVEL KNIGHT
hope it helps 🙂
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Bravely default. I’ve heard of it. May check that one out.
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Best of luck with the move! If you’re into puzzles at all, I highly recommend the Professor Layton series. They’re pretty plot heavy too, which help keep the games moving forward. Also, Rhythm Heaven is an awesomely addictive and quirky game. I can’t even begin to describe it in words, so a YouTube search might be necessary before purchasing. It may prevent you from doing anything productive for a while, though lol
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Professor Layton is something my wife is planning on getting soon. Good to know it’s a good choice!
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I’m not exactly sure what your tastes are since I only recently started following, but I’d say… Get Fire Emblem Awakening as well (but maybe after you finish all 3 parts of Fates. They’re rather consuming games.)
I really liked the 3ds port of Devil Survivor 2. Since you got a new 3ds, you can also get Xenoblade Chronicles. I don’t know what the 3ds port is like, but the original Wii game was fantastic.
Other suggestions: Bravely Default, Rune Factory 4, the Phoenix Wright Trilogy (i’d skip Dual Destinies), Etrian Odyssey IV.
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Phoenix write is one on my list for sure! I am really excited to get into the fire emblem games too. Maybe should have started with awakening.
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I’ve never played Animal Crossing, but the soundtrack is fantastic background music for my toddler during the day. It seems so happy. That had nothing to do with your post but I had to throw that out there. Safe travels!
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My wife named her town the USSR and made the opening to the Russian national anthem a part of the theme that plays.
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Is she Russian or does she just like the music? That’s awesome you can do that. I need to know more about this game!
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Her family is from that area but she’s like…second generation American. Makes it entertaining though reading the character dialogue in fake, exaggerated Russian accents. I think you would really love the game. Animal Crossing: A New Leaf. Check it out! You decorate your home too.
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I’m first generation to Lithuanian parents and Russian was my first language. You decorate your home!?!? Stop it. I should have gotten that game before I exchanged my 3DS for a PSVita. Exaggerated Russian accents are hilarious! I do a pretty decent job at them myself.
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Wow, she definitely does not know Russian. Hahaha. I’m jealous of any bilingual people. Hahaha.
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Safe travels! Let us know how gaming on the road goes. I’d think it be an interesting topic for you to write about.
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I hadn’t thought of that actually. Good idea.
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This might end up eating up time that could be going into playing games for review, but Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is one of my favourite games for the 3DS. A new entry to the series is coming soon, but 4 is just so fun if you can get into it.
Also definitely check out Ace Attorney Trilogy on the eShop I you haven’t played the series before, really fun stories and something a little different from regular handheld fare.
Also get on the SNES game section of the store and get Donkey Kong Country. That series is still fantastic year’s after release.
Safe journey and happy portable gaming!
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Man I just looked, and monster hunter does look like a black hole I could easily get sucked into haha.
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I’m really trying to keep all my posts reviews about games and keeping it simple. Haha. I’ll check out your site some more and if the opportunity arises I’ll give you a shout out though.
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Enjoy your trip!
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I’ve always been a “Sony Fanboy” but I’ve heard the DS has some fantastic games to play. Enjoy!
(P.S. – I hope your PS4 is okay)
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I hope so too. It’s in the back hahaha.
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Best of luck with the moving process! I do some streaming, but it’s mostly in the form of Let’s Plays of games. Recent ones are Until Dawn, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, and Rocket League. I’m found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEcLaAxJzIKjvtZ9p8VLH0A and usually do one thing a week, but classes and work interfere.
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Good luck with the move, SF! Here’s my YouTube…
http://www.youtube.com/standarddamage
Or you can keep following the videos on my blog. 🙂
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https://nerdthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/liebster-award-nomination/ I nominated you for the Liebster award!
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Thank you!
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Depending on your tastes I would recommend either Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for the silliness, or Xenoblade Chronicles 3D if you’re in the mood for a really awesome JRPG.
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JRPG sounds really good to me actually. Tide me over till Persona 5.
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I sank about 90 hours into the Wii version of the game, so it should keep you going for while 🙂
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Oh man. Hahaha that sounds awesome. A lot like my persona 4 experience.
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Hope you have a great trip SF! I definitely need to get myself a 3DS at some point, starting to get into Pokémon again after how awesome Pokémon Go turned out to be 😀 I’m not a streamer unfortunately, but I am a fellow blogger, maybe check out my page if you get a chance 🙂 Anyway, have a great trip, I’m definitely following this blog 😀
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Awesome! Thanks for the love. My wife seems to love the 3ds!
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It is a very amazing handheld! Plus, who doesn’t love Pokemon? 😀 haha
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I actually have never seen or played Pokémon. Until Pokémon go of course. Hahaha
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Hopefully Pokemon Sun and Moon will be better than Pokemon X or Y. X in particular was too easy, and the mega-evolutions tended to hint that they were running out of creative ideas.
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How are you getting on with the 3DS? Any Mario game would be my recommendation! Or Final Fantasty!
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I’m enjoying it so far. I’m close to writing a review but it will be for another ps4 game.
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Looking forward to it. Keep up to good work 🙂
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Glad to hear, looking forward to it 🙂
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I thought Bravely Default sounded interesting. The new fire emblems though were seriously gutted I hear. Nintendo America had a problem with a little PC polly who cared more about social politcs than staying true to the art of the game when localizing. The funny thing is they didn’t fire her for ridiculing their customers on twitter by calling them big man-children, they fired her for stripping as a side job. Kinda a odd priority there, abusing Nintendo’s customers is fine and tampering with a game cause it offends your social belifes is fine but stripping is out. I blame it on the management of the US branch, the home office in Japan needs to jump on their asses.
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I had no idea about any of that with Nintendo.
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Heh, its okay. My work requires i keep up with what the SJWs are doing. 😉
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Oh cool.
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Kinda. XD
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I’m not sure I can commit to anything. As you can see, I post when I can and it can be sporadic.
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Which Is why im here to help since I also major in that type. I can also be author and designer of this site.
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Hey, goodluck and safe travels. I’m new to this whole blogging thing, but I’ve read a your posts, and they’re really good. Sorry you won’t be on the PS4 for a while, but Fire Emblem Fates is a great game. I’m actually starting a gaming blog of my own, talking about upcoming gaming conventions, and conventions that just passed. It would be great if maybe you could give me a tip on blogging.
PS: I live on the east coast!
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Probably the best advice I can give is be consistent which I haven’t lately. Then just have fun and write what you want. That way it’s not work to you and you attract the people who you want to write for.
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Thanks man, I’ll take that to heart.
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Anything from The Legend of Zelda series. They’re too fun! Currently, I’m playing with Majora’s Mask. The 3ds is a wonderful gem! Congratulations!
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I’m actually on Ocarina of Time!
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Cool! One of the best games I’ve ever played! Hope you’re having a blast
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I just bought almost exactly the same about a month ago after giving away my old 3ds a couple of years back – happy gaming!😀
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