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Youtube doesn't do this when I use it on mobile but often when I try to use it on a Desktop it will flash that warning of "Ad Blockers violate the Youtube terms of service. Please disable yours or a strike will be issued to your account" or whatever that warning is trying to say. It always goes away like split second later anyway and no penalty has ever been issued to my account over this.

So it's more so just weird then anything, but it is still weird. I mean yeah I do have an ad blocker added to my desktop web browser, but I have had the setting adjusted to have it not block ads on Youtube for months. So it's confusing that its showing this message of "Don't block ads on Youtube" when I'm already not blocking ads on Youtube as is.

“Educational Games Suck”

This is a very common opinion. And for good reason, though I don’t think it’s all that out of the ordinary for people to have 1 or 2 games that they consider to be exceptions to this.

When I was a kid, there was this PC game that was educational that I enjoyed going through. But it can’t for the life of me remember what it was calledThe premise is that the daughter of some scientist, said daughter being in the 5th Grade, was given a test in class that she knew all the answers to, and she was annoyed at being given a test that she thought was too easy (yeah she was one of those “arrogant brainiac” type of characters) so she deliberately said wrong answers in an attempt to be funny.

Only the teacher didn’t laugh. They instead gave her a score of 0. Feeling furious about this, she stole her parents Time Machine and used it to “correct things” and make it so that all of the answers she gave were right, and you have to set thing back on the right path. For example, you know how people used to think that the Sun revolves around the Earth until it was discovered that it’s actually the Earth that revolves around the Sun? Yeah she made it so that the world revolves around her. Literally.

I don’t remember which episode it was, but I know there is one episode of the Hoenn Generation of the Pokemon Anime where at the beginning May is complaining about how her stomach hurts because she overate during lunch just a little bit ago, and then immediately after that the gang finds out that they are near a bakery or something that is selling a really delicious dessert and May is ecstatic to eat some.

Max points out how she was just complaining about an upset tummy to which Brock responds to Max with “Well you know what they say. Humans have a 2nd stomach for desserts.”

Now obviously from a scientific standpoint that statement Brock made isn’t actually true. But speaking from experience, it can certainly feel like it’s true sometimes.

The days of deviantart when the concept of commissions didn’t really exist yet and artists would often accept requests from people of things to draw for free is a weird time to look back on.

Some people believe that Shadow should have stayed dead after Sonic Adventure 2.

And if that was how things actually played out, I wonder how people would have felt about Shadow being playable in Sonic Riders.

Sure that would technically mark a return for him after his established death, but just like how he has no role in the story in actual reality, he would also have no role in the story in this alternate history.

Makes you wonder what people would think in terms of if that would be a big deal.

It’s a good thing I’ve been checking my Nintendo Today app every day. Because I honest to god forgot that the Mario Kart World Direct is in 3 days.

In most cases I'm against pirating, but if you want to watch an anime or cartoon or something that is not available on any official streaming platforms, well at that point you kind of have no choice.

Which is why I don't blame anyone for using pirating sites in those situations, I even do so myself, but the ones that try to get a premium membership out of you, otherwise they will implement ads or even worse, lock certain content on the site, those are just ridiculous.

Like come on, you're a pirating site. This kind of stuff defeats the purpose of that.

I think one of my favorite comments I’ve ever seen online is “If you aren’t eating Ice Cream in negative degree weather to spite God, you just aren’t living life to its fullest.

Competitive tier lists are a thing that most of the time does not apply to Mario Party characters for obvious reasons. But there are two Mario Party games where there are actually differences between each character that could make a tier list possible. Those being Super Mario Party Jamboree (well…..kind of) and Mario Party 7.

In the case of Mario Party 7, every two characters have an exclusive item that only they can use like the Fireball item for Mario and Luigi. And certain items are better than others like how Toad and Toadette have the best one hands down.

Super Mario Party Jamboree doesn’t have any differences like that between the characters themselves but some people like to play it in a more competitive setting and I’ve heard that in such settings it’s common to choose playable characters that have the worse abilities as Jamborre buddies to increase the chances of the Jamboree buddies with the better abilities appearing. So not quite the same thing, but still at least somewhat similar.

You know now that I think about it, the original Super Mario Party might be a 3rd of these because of the character specific dice.

When you hear the phrase “Chocolate with Rice” you probably think “yuck” in response, but Crunch bars are chocolate bars with crisped rice inside them to add a special kind of crunch that makes them really good.

Same thing with Chocolate Easter Bunnies that have crisped rice in them. Which to my dismay have been increasingly rare to find in stores the past few years.

The Metroid series received remakes for both of it's 8-bit titles, and both remakes took the original games, which in a few ways haven't aged the best, and turned them into solid titles that are much less archaic than the originals.

I am of the opinion that seeing this kind of thing happen with Zelda's 8-bit titles would be pretty awesome.

Does an Ice Cream Cone count as a Burrito?

It took me until people discussing Donkey Kong Bananza about a day or two after it was revealed to realize that when a Golden Banana appears in DK64 the narrator says “Oh Banana”. Up until then I thought he said “Gold Banana”

I have a feeling I’m pretty slow in realizing this compared to some other people.

Pokemon doesn’t really NEED a Light Type, and let’s be honest the only real argument people make in favor of there being one nowadays is to change Necrozma to that type, but for as long as Necrozma, or rather Ultra Necrozma specifically, is not a light type then there is a bit of a funny fact about the Psychic/Dragon Pokemon.

I first learned of this fact from a YouTube comment that said “Shoutout to the being of pure light that’s weak to Dazzling Gleam.”

Nathaniel Bandy has a video on his channel where he undergoes a challenge of trying to beat Super Mario 64 DS without ever using Mario.

And I had brought up that video in a Twitch call I was in once, on a Twitch channel linked to a Discord Server I used to be in, and people were surprised to hear that it is indeed possible as Nathaniel completed the challenge.

One of the people in the chat asked what happens with the cutscene of Mario flying out of the arena upon collecting the star dropped by the final boss since Mario never gets used in this play through, and I answered what I believed was the case based on the footage shown in Nathaniel’s video.

My answer was “Let’s say that Luigi is the one to defeat Bowser. Once you go up and collect the star then Luigi just kinda stands there while a model of Mario loads in and flys away.”

That caused a number of people in the call to start laughing because they thought that was a funny troll move by Mario. One of them even asked an artist from the server who was watching the stream to draw a picture of that.

Which they did. It was a drawing of Luigi looking sad on the final battle arena as Mario is flying away and telling Luigi “Thanks for killing Bowser. Buh-bye!”

Thanks to that drawing. I think I should have used Wario as an example to describe that scenario instead of Luigi. It was already a pretty good drawing as is, but I think it would have been funnier if it had to use Wario.

From a certain point of view it's kind of ironic that Pokemon Black and White are held in such high regard with people thinking there's not a lot of issues with those games.

Considering that in the japanese versions that games region is called the Isshu Region.

For April Fools Day this year, blockfort.com did a Top 10 of Mischief Makers in gaming. As in characters that fit the role of a prankster or a rascal.

Professor Theo from the N64 game that’s actually named Mischief Makers did actually make the list though.

……….And his spot was Number 10.

Fighting Gleeok's in Age of Imprisonment is going to be a lot of fun.

Pop Quiz:

How do you trigger a Smash Bros. fan who hates that Wario farts in the game, but also has King Dedede as their main?

FazDude

I was asked to relay a message to you.

Lately the mining business has been seriously tanking, so your ex wanted me to let you know that she’s calling for alimony.

You know what would be a really bad idea?

If the only returning veterans for the next Smash game were the original 8.

I just learned about the delay on the pre-order date for Nintendo Switch 2.

And given that the reason for the delay means it’s possible for the price of the system to go up in the US because of politics instead of Nintendo’s own decision, first of all that being a possibility left me feeling stunned, second of all I cannot say I’m a fan of this possibility. I mean I can think of worse things to happen than a price increase for a video game console, but the fact that it would be something Nintendo would have to do because of politics when it’s very clear that they didn’t want to do that in the first place? That’s just a very irritating situation.

Back in 2009, a smashtuber with the username of pizzadudemanguy was asked about the idea of Rayman as a playable character, to which he answered that Rayman was not one of his top choices (at least at the time).

If memory serves, the wording he used for his reasoning was "In his recent games he's been drastically overshadowed by the Rabbids, who have now become more popular than him."

And it's that part about the Rabbid's becoming more popular than Rayman that I want to focus on here. That statement is not true in the modern day is it? I certainly hope it's not.

In the comment I just left on one of Champion of Hyrule’s posts, I used the term “3D DK Game”.

But since 3D ends with and DK starts with a D, wouldn’t we be able to refer to them as 3DK games?

I have a vague memory of some small studio or something named 3DK that might cause a couple issues with this idea, but that memory could be a Mandela Effect and if it is, then I want this name of 3DK games to become a trend.

I think I’m probably a little slow in realizing this compared to some others, but you know how Yoshi, DK, and Wario technically represent (or at least have their own symbols for) their own game series in Smash even though they’re Mario characters? And how some people believe this same thing should be done for Luigi because of Luigi’s Mansion?

Given the massive roster in Mario Kart World and the number of unique character choices in it that feel more “Mario Kart” than they feel like any other Mario game, then adding one or two of those characters could allow for a Mario Kart series symbol in the same vein.

The cow is a good example of a character they could do this with.

Remember Starlink: Battle for Atlas? And how the Switch version of that game had some neat new Star Fox content?

Well let's say that one of the "Star Fox" stages in the next Smash Bros. is pulled from Starlink instead because of said Switch exclusive content. On a scale of 1 to 5, what would you rate such an idea in terms of iconic status?

The Switch 2 Direct was pretty good!

- June 5th release date. I did not expect it to be that soon.

- A lot of 3rd Party titles shown. Some of which are ports sure, but either way there will be a lot of game available at launch.

- Silksong actually got a release year. Color me surprised.

- Gamecube classics are finally a thing. Sweet.

- I don't take issue with the idea of Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Switch 1 games, but Forgotten Land is the only one I'm thinking I want right now.

- Mario Kart World looks incredible. And thank goodness they dropped the number motif in the titles.

- Looks like Sakurai's next project was a sequel to Kirby Air Ride. I'm sure that made some people happy.

- And new 3d Donkey Game. Now that I didn't expect, but I certainly welcome it.

- Tears of the Kingdom is in fact getting a Hyrule Warriors games. Freaking, YES. I am so happy about that.

If I am correct, Bomberman was the first of those cartoony, kid-friendly video game mascots to be turned into a dark and gritty version. This happened when Bomberman Act Zero came out. And now here we are in the modern day where the only other one of those mascots to have this happen to them is Pac-Man. Since that's what he is in that upcoming Metroidvania titled............you know, I don't actually remember it's name.

In any case, what if Sega uses the concept of crossovers to make this happen to a 3rd mascot? Which one? Billy Hatcher. They'd make a Billy HatcherXBayonetta crossover where the only creatures Billy can hatch are the the demons that Bayonetta can summon.

“Furious Fire is the best music track in Donkey Kong Country Returns. Change my mind.”

This is a challenge that I personally should not try to pose to anyone. As of right now I do believe that Furious Fire is indeed the best music track in Donkey Kong Country Returns, but I also haven’t played returns so the challenge to change my mind on this runs the risk of being too easy for people.

There's a youtuber by the name of The Green Scorpion who's primary channel focus is Video Game Top Tens.

And something kind of unique he tried once (and only once as far as I'm aware) was a face-off countdown. A double top 5 where each entry would face-off in "who would win?" battle setting. Number 5 on one list vs. Number 5 on the other, Number 4 vs. Number 4, you get the idea. And just to point this out, there were no animated fight scenes or anything because he lacked the ability to makes those or the funds and resources to commission someone else to. Also this was a video game countdown. So video game characters only.

The face-off was Top 5 Pirates vs. Top 5 Ninjas and the entries and fight results were as follows:

Number 5 - Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) vs. Ridley (Metroid) - Winner: Ridley

Number 4 - Strider Hiryu (Strider) vs. Vyse (Skies of Arcadia) - Winner: Hiryu

Number 3 - Joe Musashi (Shinobi) vs. Cervantes (Soul Calibur) - Winner: Cervantes

Number 2 - Grey Fox (Metal Gear Solid) vs. Gangplank (League of Legends) - Winner: Grey Fox

Number 1 - Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) vs. Balthier (Final Fantasy 12) - Winner: Ryu Hayabusa

I once saw someone state a case of defense for Ai art by saying that people need to accept that Ai art is here to stay and will not disappear from the face of the earth, and there’s nothing anyone can do about that.

Now being realistic here, that is technically correct. Ai art will not vanish. But the person who made this claim pretty clearly failed to realize that just as no one can do anything to change that, so too can they not do anything to change the fact that there will always be people who have a problem with Ai Art. And for good reason as we all know.

Me - Mario Tornado or FLUDD. A debate that has sprung up many a time in the Smash community. But regardless of where you stand on it they could technically make both sides happy by giving Mario the Mario Tornado back and making a new character of Sunshine Mario where all his specials are the 4 different FLUDD Nozzles. Bing bang boom. Problem solved.

Logical Reasoning - Not quite. If that would work then this argument would have never become so prominent in the first place since Dr. Mario still has the Dr. Tornado even with Mario having FLUDD.

Me - That’s besides the point logical reasoning!

Another part of that weird dream I had that I mentioned in my previous post was that Geno was playable in this new Smash game and one of his abilities was turning into a minecart.

If Geno is announced for the upcoming Mario Kart and turning into a minecart is how he drives around, then I’m starting a business as a psychic.

June 22, 2023

This was the night where I had a dream about a new Smash Bros game that had a lot of weird things about it.

One of them being how the art style looked a lot like Super Mario Bros Wonder. But the models for Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong did NOT look good.

Which makes this a really freaky dream to look back on considering not only the art style for the upcoming Mario Kart, but the fact that some people do not like how Donkey Kong looks in it.

When Death Battle needs to go into things that are spoiler territory for me, I sometimes skip out on that episode for a while because I feel like I don’t want to be spoiled, but there are also times when I feel I don’t care enough and just take the spoilers in order to watch the episode.

Jotaro vs. Kenshiro was an example of the latter. On Kenshiro’s side, there is a spoiler it goes into that happens around the range of the last 30-40 episodes, possibly even less, and I had not yet reached that point when I was going through Fist of the North Star.

A former friend who had already seen Fist of the North Star all the way through was taking me through it on my first time watching it, so we kind of had an agreement that I wouldn’t watch episodes that were new to me on my own. That played a role in my decision here because neither of us wanted to wait to see that Death Battle.

But make no mistake, it is a notable spoiler. So if you’ve never seen the Jotaro vs Kenshiro death battle ninjahmos, you’ll probably want to wait awhile if you ever decide to see it.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t there very few notable vampires aside from Dracula?

I know of Carmilla, Nosferatu, and maybe there’s a case that can be made for Alucard in this regard, but isn’t that it?

To be clear, I’m talking about more in general, public domain if you will, vampires. Like how there are many different pieces of media that have their own depictions of Dracula. So someone like Rachel from Blazblue does not count for what I’m asking about.

In the Dragon Ball Z Abridged video known as Buu Bits, the Supreme was listing a couple minor examples of being evil, and one of the examples he gave was leaving your shopping cart in a parking space.

To which Goku responded with “Oh that’s super evil. The cart return is like….right there.”

And honestly, major props to Goku for saying that. That statement is a huge mood.

I remember a good number of years ago (Smash 3DS and Wii U had not even released yet) where I saw a video someone made of their Top 10 Favorite Fighting Games.

They had what they considered to be the top installments in the big names when it comes to fighting games like Street Fighter, Tekken, I think a Soul Calibur game was on there too, you get the idea.

But the game that took the number 1 spot was Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3. The reason? For as much as this guy enjoys fighting game, he get's pretty annoyed with spamming and button mashing. And according to what he said, the gameplay of Budokai 3 not only makes it impossible to spam or button mash, attempting to do is a bad idea. I forgot what he said in terms of why it's a bad idea, something about it utilizing too little of what each character is capable of I think, but that was his stance.

You know the games out there where it calls full completion a percentage that's higher than 100%? Like what Symphony of the Night and Crash Bash do?

Are those a PS1 era only kind of thing or do other generations have them?