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Friday, April 27, 2007

Kirby of the Stars... Shadow Shutdown

It was a dark night, and Kirby had just gone to bed. Dark matter was roaming in the skies, yet none could tell due to the fact that... it's dark matter. Suddenly, a man formed in Kirby's backyard. This man looked peculiar, he had black hair and one eye partially hidden behind a scarf. He stepped up to Kirby's house, and silently merged through the window into the back-room. Without a sound, this man walked up to Kirby, asleep, and raised his just-formed sword; and with one foul swipe...

H O S H I - N O - K A A B I I... Shadow Shutdown. (Reference to Kirby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_%28Nintendo%29 , and to Waddle Dee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddle_Dee)

The man was shocked at the sight in front of him: Kirby was wearing a green cap, carrying a sword, and had jumped out of bed at the very last minute! The man just grunted, and took a look at his hand-- of which there was none anymore; Kirby had used the sword to cut it off. The man raised his sword (in the other hand, unfortunately) and simply dropped it. He slowly, and silently, turned around, walked out of the house, and-- as quickly as he appeared, disappeared into thin air. Kirby watched, and gasped. But, he went back to bed; he'll worry about it in the morning.

Kirby had other things to worry about in the morning, though, as he picked up the box of cereal. Contrary to what he thought the other day, he was out of cereal. Quickly, he ran out of the house, no idea where he was going. At all. Occasionally, he'd squeal, or babble, for although he had the magnificent ability of copying his foe's abilities, he had not... the ability to talk.

Nearby, a peaceful Waddle Dee was walking, joyful, care-free. Meanwhile, Kirby was dashing, worried, care-full. Waddle Dee spotted something in the distance, as did Kirby. What was it? Was it a bee? Was it a person? No, it was a jar of honey! Kirby felt so hungry, he didn't notice Waddle Dee in the middle of his path. The next thing you know, both Kirby and the Waddle Dee were covered in honey... and bruises. Kirby childishly licked himself, having not eaten breakfast.

After a humble babble, somewhat like "imma sorru", Waddle Dee forgave him. For you see, the Waddle Dee (that's plural) all know how Kirby's hunger gets, and Kirby's babbled that line at certain times, so I suppose they understand what it means.

So, the random antics of Kirby ended as soon as the kind Waddle Dee gave him a piece of bread. ...And a chocolate cake. ...And a big carton of milk. ...Finally, a box of cereal. The Waddle Dee don't ever mind, becuase, without mouths, what's the point of eating? However, the antics continue elsewhere...

The place is somewhere atop a mountain, in a diabolical castle. The evil King Dedede is getting ready for his big scheme! The big, duck-like creature calls for his communication-thing with no name. (Not a phone, it's got a screen) "Hello? Yes... Operation: Foodstuff is now commencing. ...Yes, the one with the swords. Oh? You will? Excellent..." Dedede slyly spoke.

To be continued

Sunday, April 22, 2007

CURSES! Gah, Why Me!?

You know, I'm not much of an unlucky guy, but... wow. Here's the scoop:

The Tails Doll. Heard of him? Unlockable character on Sonic R. Want more info? Said to be a cursed creature that, when unlocked, comes to life and kills you/friends/family/all of the above without much warning. There have been... a couple of reports like that. Lie, actually, there have been THOUSANDS of reports like that! Want a... few (hundred)? Here: http://quackerandbowen.com/sonicr.htm (contains a few swear words, and will scare you at some points). See what I mean? I know some or most of those stories aren't true, because kids these days come up with the DARNDEST stuff! ...Sorry. (The link at the very bottom of the page leads to an... adult-sort of website, I mean not ACTUAL adult stuff, but humor and swearing and... mentioning of stuff, so beware) Now, I don't actually believe in the curse myself, some of the stories I think are highly likely, but you never know.

Y'see... Sonic R isn't the thing to worry about... Super Paper Mario is. ...and slightly Paper Mario 2. Why? Here's what happened:



Last night, after finally getting off the PC, I decide to play some of my favorite game (SPM). I went back on my file (named 'Star', what I call ALL my Mario files, Mario Party and otherwise), but... Oh... em... gee. I had saved as Bowser, in Flipside 2nd Floor, but I was LUIGI, in Flipside Tower! ...Where you CAN'T save. I picked up the Wiimote, and pressed 'Left', but Luigi went right. I desperately tried to stop him, until he suddenly stopped-- in front of the dark blue door. Chapter 6, I thought to myself, The Duel of 100. So, I decided to enter it. Normally, it'd say, "This door leads to Chapter 6, Sammer's Kingdom. Would you like to visit the only section?" But, instead it glitched up and I heard a loud buzz. Man, my Wii is messed up... great. That's what I thought. The disc shot straight out and hit me in the face. Then, it said, "The disc could not be read." ...Figures. So, I gave it a long wash and inserted it in the disc-place. Guess what happened? Glitch City. Colors flashed on-screen, and the words "I AM ERROR" appeared on-screen. ...Figures. It thinks it's at Chapter 1-4, the Fracktail battle. Suddenly, the colors flashed again, and I appeared where it was at first-- Luigi in front of the Dark Blue door. I pressed up, and it said, " " Nothing at all. A box appeared with two choices: "You said it, not me" and "Nah." I chose Nah. A box appeared, with the word "soap" on screen, and I realized what was going on. However, I didn't get a choice, and I got a GAME OVER. So, I got back on the file, and everything was normal again. I was Bowser at the 2nd Floor. So, I wanted to go to Sammer's Kingdom and just check to see if everything's good again. At the door, no choice, Bowser entered it. Then, I appeared on a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG black line with a white background. "W...T...F?" I thought to myself, moving to the right. 5 minutes later, Mr. L appeared and we dueled. When I won, it was weird again-- "BUZZZZZZZZ" went the Wii, and wammo-- there I was... at the File Select screen. Back to my file, something weird happened: "CHAPTER 8-4" appeared on the screen, and I was suddenly Mario in the Inner Sanctum. But, I realized it WASN'T 8-4, because at the end was Mimi! It thought it was 8-4, but I was in 8-2. She said her regular stuff, then BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ a long buzz by the Wii. It kept going until I pressed "2" on the Wiimote. Then, the game's text got messed up, and it appeared as if Mimi was saying, "YoU hAvE bEeN cYdes! CUrsEd!" ...OF COURSE it was a coincidence! Curses aren't real! An info box appeared on-screen, with jumbled up text rushing across the screen. I thought I read "2 days" in there somewhere, but then again...? So, the game got messed up and I got a GAME OVER somehow. So, I tried to reluctantly delete my file, but instead, as I selected DELETE, it read "Start this file?" I chose YES, and the game started. It started, and suddenly Merlon called, "MARIO!" and I went in his house's text got very messed up, X's and O's everywhere, and some binary, too. Occasionally, I saw some words, namely "Every" and "day" and "you" and "will" and "get" and even "more stressed"! Eventually, I pressed the power button. But... what? It didn't turn off! I tried everything, and I just pulled the plug when I saw on-screen, "Doopliss" for some reason. So, curious, I decided to play Paper Mario 2. I went to the Creepy Steeple, of course, and into Doopliss' chamber. What was inside? More glitches. Just messed up colors. So, I turned it off.

So many messed up colors... my mind couldn't get the picture out. Then, I realized-- one of the pictures was of Mimi!



My theory of that was the Wii got messed up and got Mimi's image memorized, sorta, so it was kept internally. But... what was with the "curse"? Coincidence, probably.

That's it. Well, see ya!

Friday, April 20, 2007

Invading Castle Bleck (SPOILERS INCLUDED ALL THE WAY) (Recent Embark Part 4)

So, you're all here? Good. Let's go. (CHAPTER 8 OF SUPER PAPER MARIO SPOILERS)

Okay, so there I was, entering the evil Count Bleck's fortress. Chapter 8-1 had begun, and I was rushing through-- speed of sound. Suddenly, and unexpectedly, O'Chunks was waiting for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8usPYiV9hI And there's your video... of ShadowKirby. Yeah, I know... we'll all miss Bowser... a whole lot. He was classic. Anyway, the adventure continued, and in 8-2... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VggWlhZjSE&mode=user&search= (sob) I'm gonna miss Peach... and slightly Mimi. They were both well-developed characters, and were both too young to die! ...Okay, not sure about Peach, but I know Mimi was. 8-3... this one gave me the most trouble. I started off with 3 HP here, and the first room is an incredibly long one filled with beasts of all sizes. Following the character-death pattern, you can probably guess Luigi and Dimentio die here, right? Yep. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxOgGsa8YM&mode=user&search= (sniff)... the way they die is so sad. Okay, the final battle of 8-4 is here! It's gonna be epic, I swear! Are you ready for the ultimate of all battles? This battle gave me little trouble, and I managed to beat him pretty quick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNWn-MskwYk&mode=user&search= See that? love what Bowser and Luigi say, "I fell through the floor" and "I don't even know what happened, bro!" Heh. ...Just so you know, something vital to the story happened while Luigi was... gone. You just don't see it. Wanna learn what it was? Watch this video and take a guess. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWbtv4N3ZjM&mode=user&search= Did you read the part about the seed? Good. And... yeah, you saw the final boss. I really love that boss design, and the music. THAT'S SO CATCHY! Let's keep on going: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEUtmVZKVPE&mode=user&search= and finally, the final boss arrives. 200 HP, not that much. This was actually easier than the Bleck Battle, surprisingly. Seriously, it was easy! Not too easy, but easy enough to make it an awesome battle. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etAgUQc1A0I&mode=user&search= See that? When I fought it, it wasn't as frantic as that! Maybe I got lucky... sure, the eerie platforms shot me a lot, but not that much! Then again, that's Paper Mario for ya... always doing WAY better than they were trying to. Yet, they're so modest... wow. But, I guess I'm speaking from a biased opinion here, and I'm rambling on. ONTO THE ENDING! You don't have to watch it if you don't want to, it's a link. There's no magic force that's forcing you to click it. Wait a minute... (can you say "temptation"?) Anyway, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4m6eBfmgY&mode=user&search= There it is. (sniff) My, my... that's such a... happy ending. Am I crazy to think I've found the one game slightly better than Paper Mario 2? And to think... it's its sequel/spin-off-sequel. Most of the time, you'd think nothing beats the original, right? Well, with the Paper Mario series, every new story gets better than the last! ...And that's an extremely hard thing to beat. Okay, just for the sake of it, here are the credits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDvsqSlF30&mode=user&search= Sure, the credits are shorter than the others', but that's an awesome song! Plus, with the screenshots, and-- oh.... man, it's awesome as it is. Sure, it doesn't have a march/parade, but it has the only known screenshot of Timpani and Blumiere at the end! Sure, you can't actually see them, but you can make out the shapes, right? You might think, "We've see them before! Timpani's a butterfly, and Blumiere's that... thing!" but, these are not those forms. Timpani's a human, while Blumiere's... it never says. It just says "monster". Still, this is the most emotional story/credits I've ever seen... it takes a place in my heart. Man, I'm almost at tears. (sniff) ... It's so...... it's so... so... I don't know how to describe it. Just so you know, if you were to get it and beat it, you can keep the THE END picture up as long as you want (the Timpani/Blumiere one), because ShadowKirby just pressed '2'. That's all, no time limit.

Okay, miscellanious stuff-- I've never shown Paper Mario 1's parade credits before, so-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0-93hhx7IE&mode=related&search= There! Yeah.

Another new thing-- I got Sonic and the Secret Rings today, and I'm a little far. So, I wanna get further, thus... see ya!

Thursday, April 19, 2007

General Paper Versus the Recent Embark (contains more SPOILERS than you can poke a stick at) (part 3)

Hey there, how are you today? If you haven't already, I'd recommend reading the first two/three entries of this huge thing. Anyway, today, I will blog about the greatest thing that's ever happened to me-- and it only happened last week! Note: Most of the videos I show here are played by the unbelievable Shadowkirby2007, the person who can beat all Paper Mario games instantly! Just telling you it's not me.

April 12, 2007... the place? Georgia. ...the state, not the country. I set 0ff on my Trideparting Voyage to the Paper Dimension! Uh... well, Super Paper Mario for the Wii arrived in the mail on that awesome Thursday. Booting up my Wii, I started on my most recent embark to the Paper Dimension. Here's how it went: I watched the intro-- shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg_pGWw1n1Y with a huge excitement rushing through me. Reaching the title screen, I listened to the File Select music all the way through. It's very catchy. Anyway, I started it up and played it for a while, and then-- the gameplay started. It wasn't at all hard to get used to the controls. Rummaging through Chapter 1-1, I obtained the ability to turn 3-D. Uh... I'll skim ahead. The first mini-boss was in Chapter 1-3, the Scottish O'Chunks. This was a pretty cool battle, and was very easy. I beat him a little too fast, I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMUf_5Gub4 Then, I also skimmed through Chapter 1-4 pretty fast, as well. Then, suddenly- the expectable happened. I appeared on-screen as almost a dot! Suddenly, well... I beat the boss quickly, let's leave it at that. You can watch the video to see what the boss is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8tuUaUPmkk&mode=related&search= Yeah, that's a cool battle. Next, Chapter 2, I got Peach, rummaged through and then... Chapter 2-3. I met a little handmaid in a mansion who said her name was "Mimi". I broke a precious vase, and she yelled, "UNTIL YOU PAY OFF THE ONE-MILLION RUBEE DEBT, I OWN YOU! ENJOY LABOR!" I was now a slave. I had to pay off 1,000,000 rubees! In order to do that, I had to jump on this thing 1 million times, or run on this treadmill tons of times. But... there was another way out. All these secrets, there was a vault that contained a million rubees. I payed off the debt and Mimi exploded. ...Or did she? Chapter 2-4 came, I had to run through Merlee's Mansion and find Merlee. Things happened, and I found Mimi in a Merlee disguise. After ratting her out, she called for her true form to appear, and this part gave me nightmares. Picture this: A sweet little girl's neck cracking as her head twists around, and spins round and round and round and round, then suddenly, her head mutates into a moldy piece of paper and she sprouts six spider-like legs, and her head flips upside-down while her body dangles from high up. It seems like it came straight from a horror movie, doesn't it? She was invincible, and her usual words were "Mimimimimimimimimimimiiiiii" ... that's freaky. She even chased me throughout the mansion! I ran into a Men's Restroom, and I thought, That thing's a 'she'... it won't come in here. Boy was I wrong. I was scared outta my wit when the freaky thing formed inside the bathroom! The only thing left to do would be to... gulp... go into the... women's room... (as Mario, don't forget. I... forgot about Peach) it wasn't that bad, except I opened a random stall, when suddenly Merlee emerged from it! Mimi ran in and transformed into a Merlee duplicate. Things happened, (cat-fight) the boss came, and I won. On my first try. It was scary, yeah, but at least I beat it. Here's the video (from entering the girl's room up, includes horror-movie transformation): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCDJbI9yYA&mode=user&search= Okay, Chapter 3 was one of the best! Chapter 3-1, towards the end, I entered Bowser's new castle, and destroyed it from the ground up! Bowser came out, we dueled, I won (obviously), and he joined my team! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNLSB5k9tuQ&mode=user&search= Yeah, "No, I don't wanna..." that's my favorite part. Chapter 3-2 came, and suddenly... (I beat this quickly, it was easy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BRNMW9Z2TE&mode=user&search= I like the sound of when a tentacle rises. It sounds scary. Now, Chapter 3-3 came, and Dimentio returns! This time, it's his jester costume versus my fire breath, and we all know what beats what. My first try, too. Here's Shadowkirby fighting Dimentio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxbCltU325Y&mode=user&search= ...Yeah, I don't know why that beam of energy stays there. Probably a one-time glitch. Now, the showdown-- Chapter 3-4... the nerd/geek Francis stole Tippi, and I need to get her back! (This is one of my favorites) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3ImH6SGjc&mode=user&search= (just so you know, you can only pick Peach's responses, unfortunately), now the actual boss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEbKpH8_f4s&mode=user&search= Heh... "Francine"... that's hilarious! Chapter 4... this had one epic boss! This Chapter takes place in the farthest reaches of outer space. Check out this boss, and let's see if you recognize who the boss is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQbBAO2cujo&mode=user&search= Do you recognize him? Yeah, didn't you hear? He's a bad guy now. That boss has 250 HP, by the way. That's the second-most HP a boss can have, the highest being 400. Okay, Chapter 5 was extremely... mixed. For me, anyway. The first half (5-1 and 5-2) I hated, but the second half (5-3 and 5-4) had the most trance-y music, plus it had a puzzle that had me stumped for around 3 hours. It turns out all I needed was common sense, though... that sucked. In the end, you fight the boss because of an enviromental problem... wow. Here's 5-2's mini-boss, O'Chunks! (Almost all bosses I beat on my first try) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMb8D4a_QN4&mode=user&search= Yeah, there's something odd about Dimentio, isn't there? Okay, here's a crazy thing-- Chapter 3-4, the mini-boss is... O'Chunks. Well, O'Cabbage, anyway. Check it out! (This boss gave me tons of trouble, it was fast and everything, but I still beat it first) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZfqmdQmzM&mode=user&search= And now, finally... King Croacus. (still Chapter 3-4) This guy gave me trouble, as well. Okay, the moving root-things did. Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwqOh_5GX1E&mode=user&search= Now, Chapter 6. This one stood out in my head, because it's the shortest one. ...Sorta. The goal is to beat 100 duels, all tougher than the last. However, as soon as you finish the 20th, Count Bleck appears. He talks a bit, and disappears. The Void (black hole eating worlds) starts engulfing the world really fast, and then... in Chapter 6-2... I'll let you see for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPNmEGTTPKg&mode=user&search= That's the boss I died once on. The only one. I swear. The only other time (or 7 times) I died was in 8-3! Cursed Mimi. Anyway, I ran for my life, but the Void had already won. I somehow teleported back to Flipside, and when I went back into the Chapter... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53PdKwBOCzI&mode=user&search= But first, I had to walk forward for 5 minutes. Literally. It was one loooooooooooong wasteland, with a few broken pieces of stuff here and there. Then, back in Flipside, Dimentio appeared and (literally) killed me! ...I was supposed to die. Stuff happened, and then I found Luigi in the Underwhere (y'know... the Aftergame, where Mario characters go when they die). But, Peach and Bowser were still missing! I got a Continue, and went on through the chapter, until... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3FdHnZc7XU&mode=user&search= Hehe... easy fight. Later, the boss of Chapter 7 came in the Overthere (Gaming Heaven)... (extremely easy fight, Luigi was a big help) (movie by razorruss) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_HzmcuLBc. Chapter 8 finally came, and the huge battle begun.

I'm stopping here. I tried to do the whole thing, but Internet Explorer crashed, and I lost all data past there... and I had a video of the Final Boss, too. Well, I'll make another entry that has the most spoilers ever! ...Aside from that Filler entry. Believe me, Chapter 8 is so epic! Expect the final part of the Recent Embark to be... tomorrow, I believe! See ya!

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

An Unbelievable Feat (Filler Entry Concerning Another Recent Paper Embark) (Oh, and... contains SPOILERS)

Yeah, so as you can read from my little DJ Cafe, it'll be a few days before I tell you of my most recent trip to the dangerous Paper Dimension. But, in the meantime, enjoy these tales of horror!

So, the day was... uh... April sometime around 5-10th, 2007, I'm in Georgia. I decided that I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into Super Paper Mario, so I settled on Paper Mario 2 (Thousand-Year Door) for now. After fooling around a little, I finally decided-- I wanted to prove my strength. ...And foolishness. There was a rumor floating around Rogueport that somewhere below was a palace. I'd already been there, beaten the Final Boss, and all that, but there was another rumor concerning where the bad people went 1,000 years ago. It was referred to as... The Pit Of 100 Trials. This place was 100 floors of new, never-before seen to the surface-dwellers enemies! Enemies like Gloombas, Dark Koopas, and even Dark Lakitus. After a bit of searching, I found it and entered it. No turning back now, I thought as I skimmed through the first 30 Floors. Suddenly, after reaching Floor 50, everything changed. The rooms got darker, the enemies grew stronger, and my partners were constantly dying! I just remembered another rumor concerning this dastardly pit: "There were to be a dragon stronger than the queen... a little too stronger. Sent to bottom of yonder pit, for fools strong enough to beat the 99 floors previous, but only to fall victim to said beast. 'Twas thousand years before now, so said beast... 'tis probably none yet bones now." After recalling that, (...and deciphering it) I started to shiver. I was growing weaker by the minute, was this enough to make it through? Wait a moment... he said it's probably nothing but bones by now! Yeah, no beast can live that long! I thought, anyway. I was right... to an extent. Yeah, Floor 100 was actually much, MUCH, MUCH easier than I'd thought. However, it still provided a challenge... one that I'd never expect. Take a look at Best101 play the last floor in the following clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReS1mUg8db8 Sure, not the best clip in the world, but it's the best I could find when I searched for it.

I also have another tale to tell! This is of... pretty much every other Paper Mario 2 boss. It won't take long.

The day was May something 2006, in Florida. I had just found the evil Lord Crump setting off a 3 minute bomb in a large tree! I only had 3 minutes to run away. It took much longer than I'd expected. However, when I made it (almost) out, a funny cut-scene was waiting for me. In the end, Crump decided to turn off the bomb, and instead decided to pummel me with metal fists! Magnus Von Grapple (Version 1) was quite an easy battle... but it took me a ton of tries. If you want to see this battle in action, follow following link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSueWDXaNPg I just love that boss song! Okay, now for a tale of revenge, and the opposite of sibling rivalry! The place I had to go to next was a fighting arena, where fighters fought for the role of champion! I joined and fought all the way up until finally, that fateful moment... Okay, that was one long Chapter... now to fight the boss: Rawk Hawk! Or so I thought. The battle began, with very intense music playing and the crowd roaring for some butt-whooping! I fought and I fought to the very end until I beat him. This was it, the end of the-- what? Apparently, the Crystal Star (what I came here for) is fake! If you want to see the Rawk battle, check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYM5sZWDkwY&mode=related&search= Yeah, I forgot to mention I was forced to be called "The Great Gonzales". Forced. Seriously. Anyway, the chapter continued as I worked my way to the promoter's room and saw Mr. Grubba see me and run off. I chased him into the ring, and every mystery of this chapter (that's a LOT of mysteries) were all explained. Then, the boss began. Not much happened, nothing special, and I beat him. On my first try. If one wishes to see this battle, (and the ending, which I recommend you don't see... play the chapter yourself) then check this link out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoL0VmnaMgM&mode=related&search= It's quite a creepy song, actually. Now, Chapter 4! Um... a ton of Spoiler-ific things happened here, so I'll skip right to the boss. Here I was, about to face the evil monster who cursed the village and turned the villagers... into pigs. Then, I thought to myself, Wait a minute... I'm already at the 4th boss? This was a short chapter! Maybe I skipped something? Oh, you'll see what's going on. I saw the monster, and, uh... Wow. The windows looked scarier than that thing. Uh, there were these 3 windows in the monster's caslte, and one of them had his face on it. That wasn't the scary part, though... the eerie part was the reflections: 5 reflections, each with his face on it. 3 windows, 1 had hia face, 5 reflections, each with his face. It may not sound that scary, but when you see it... and his clowny face on them... you'll have nightmares. Then again, Super Paper Mario Chapter 2's boss is way scarier than this. ANYWAY, I was face-to-face with the monster whose name I did not yet know. He was apparently a trickster who was fed up with the villagers, and apparently had the ability to transform other people. The battle began with the extremely catchy song, and it whizzed by fast. Halfway, he showed me that he was a doppleganger, because he was able to transform into me! Anyway, I beat him fast and got the Crystal Star! But, I thought of it as odd that I didn't get a new power, and the ending message was a tad odd. The freaky part was, when I pressed 'A', the doppleganger jumped up! I had already left, and now I was controlling the doppleganger! If you want the battle, (and I highly recommend you... don't look at the name of the video, nothing bad, just the name of the monster) then watch the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtWjyK1h_HQ&mode=related&search= Then, the strangest thing happened-- I ran into myself. B-but, myself could talk! What the? I-I mean, the doppleganger couldn't talk, and now I could! This is weird! Then, he explained it all to me. He had stolen my body and my name! Everybody is congratulating him, and he's getting all the credit! The worst part was-- he has my partners. ...Drat. It was rumplestiltskin here, he told me to guess his name! I thought, Well, he says "Slick" alot, so maybe it's Slick? I tried it-- nope. More stuff happened, finally, I learned his name (through a little too much backtracking OVER AND OVER again)... which was (HUUUGE SPOILERS)Doopliss(END OF SPOILERS), got that? Yeah, you can't actually guess it the first time because he had somehow stolen the letter "p". He ran off to his castle, and I chased him. Then, the battle begun. There was a catch, however... which you'll find out when you watch the video. I fought for a while, and eventually, I won. On my first try. I got the Crystal Star AND my body back, and the Chapter really ended. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3G3E_dJC8&mode=related&search= Interesting battle. Okay, I really don't like Chapter 5, so I don't want to talk about it. Okay? Okay. Now, Chapter 6, on the other hand... I loved that one. Here's the scoop: I worked my cap off on 6 Chapters (there's a prologue) now, so I deserve some rest, right? Yep. Guess what I got? A 3-Day ride on the richest, best train ever-- the Excess Express! 3 whole (in-game, not real) days! This was an awesome chapter, the only problem was the stop at Riverside Station, but that was minor and showed that you need to be strong to pass this chapter! Really, the 3 days were spent solving mysteries, because tons of stuff happened. During Night 1, I had to solve an interesting mystery-- the Train Staff guy had passed out one blanket for every passenger, and keeps one for himself. Tonight, he passed them all out, all right, but... he had none left over. He had counted them all up, and got a specific number! But... none left over? This was important because if I didn't, the Staff guy would pretty much freeze. It gets VERY cold at night on a train, you know. After research, I found one passenger who said stuff about hearing noises coming from the room next to him, but... nobody's in that room. It was weird. After a bit of investigation, it turns out there was a ghost in there. This was one great chapter! Then, Day 2 came and it looks like a guy's briefcase was STOLEN! It had the formula for this solution that, if used in the wrong hands, could produce a NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. I searched far and wide, and it turns out that one of the famous movie stars on the train... well, he wan't him. You obviously recall reading earlier about that doppleganger, don't you? Yeah, it's him. Then, on Day 3, nobody was in the rooms. ...Except me, of course. Everything was deserted! I went to the driver, he was there, and suddenly-- something appeared on the windshield. It was strange-- it had eyes. Suddenly, the whole windshield was covered in them! After looking around, the whole train was covered in them! I rushed to the baggage car, and two staff members were being attacked by them. I saved them, and they said that the other passengers were taken to the roof of the train. Rushing out, I ran across the top of the train. Suddenly, the "smorg" (they're called that) merged together to form a giant monster! I realized that the other passengers were caught in the creature, so I had to fight them out of it. The dramatic, action-packed, movie-style boss music filled the room instantly as the fight began. The fight actually skimmed by quite quickly, really, and the people were saved. Hooray! Want the video? Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsT_RDOzmbY I love that song. The battle may seem easy, but it is actually hard... to an extent. The snake-form shown in the video is the toughest part. Okay, I told you about Mangus 2, Chapter 7's boss, now for Chapter 8-- the final one. You can stop reading here, although I'm not at the big part yet.

Instead of continuing like that, I'll say Chapter 8 in a seperate paragraph so you don't have to read it. And also for convienience. Hope you'll understand.

Okay, behind the Thousand-Year Door is a large palace! After hours of puzzles, VERY HARD PUZZLES, I reached this big room. Deja vu, I thought to myself when I heard the little ditty, and say the style of writing on the screen. BIG deja vu! Um... uh-oh. The camera panned to reveal a giant dragon, who roared. It turns out Hooktail was a girl. Gloomtail's younger sister. And, I killed her. Uh... whoops. Awkward. Hehe... uh... sorry for killing your innocent little sister... big, almighty dragon... I thought, shyly. The battle begun. I was thinking, Of course! It all makes sense now! They said that there was a demon's soul behind the door, and this must be that soul! It only took me two tries to beat it. My thoughts instantly changed when I got a simple key for beating this boss, no ending or anything. Want the battle? Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrQW_wyguZs&mode=related&search= Using the key, a large rumble went on. Outside this large tower, I met the three Shadow Sirens (long story, play the game)-- except that Vivian wasn't with them. (She's my partner now) Instead, the monster from Chapter 4 was there! Wow. Chapter 4 is nothing compared to this! I was right when I thought that. The battle was long, and took me many tries to beat. The battle is right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW5oM1DxTkk&mode=related&search= After finally defeating them, I continued to find stairs going down. Below the arena I fought Gloomtail, I found a large room with a Save Block. Ohhhhh, so THIS is the Final Battle... I thought. In the next room, the evil mastermind behind Princess Peach's kidnapping was waiting-- Grodus. He was waiting with a shocking 50 HP. HA! 50! It took me two tries to best him, but the next part took me SIX WEEKS. Yeah. Could've been six days, but it was that hard. Anyway, here's the Grodus battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiEdyp_Vv2M&mode=related&search= And now, the really cool, with the really cool song, but really, REALLY HARD part! There's not much to say but I beat it after practicing a lot. So, I'll let you see what this part is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EM_y5sitU&mode=related&search= Yeah. Now, the climax of our little game-- the Final Boss! I'm not saying who it is, except that I beat her in one try. Yeah, her. Want the video? It's pretty long, trust me. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtrdrUn32CI Part 1. Now, part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTB6n8HBz9M, and Finale (with the best song in the entire game, trust me) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B_6vR2DdjY&mode=related&search= And now, THE ENDING! Only for those who want to see it. It's a cool ending. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjFVkck9B0 And, part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaQGu2WxbQA&mode=related&search= And , uh... the credits. These are good credits, with all the characters marching forward and the great song, plus screenshots. Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POe1OQ-PGNI. Keep in mind that all those bosses were ALL in Chapter 8.

Well, that ends my long entry. Hope this keeps you occupied until... tomorrow! See ya!




Man, it's midnight already... I've been typing this a while.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

General Paper Versus My Recent Embark (With MANY Spoilers) (part 2)

Hey, how are you? Last time I spoke of some key events during my Maiden Voyage to the Paper Dimension, and this time I'll do the same with my Returning Voyage to the Paper Dimension. Yeah, I came up with those names. So what? Anyway, here goes!

August... something, 2006. I loved Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door so much that I decided to order the prequel, Paper Mario off Amazon dot com. When it finally arrived, I played and played and played all day long until I reached Chapter 2... I think. It might've been number 3, I can't remember. Anyway, everything went fine. That is... until I reached Chapter 4. I had just recently saved hundreds of Boos from the "invincible" monster Tubba Blubba. However, when I returned to Toad Town, Shy Guys were causing mischief all over town! I went around until I found a toy box, which apparently, Shy Guys entered. How do they fit in that tiny thing? I thought as I stepped up to it. Opening the box, I fell in and discovered that this box was 30, no, 50 times bigger inside than out! So big, there was a train that ran through four stations, and the rides took a while. Plus, each station had lots of rooms by them! It took me a very long time to get through this place, constantly returning to the surface to undo the deeds of evil Shy Guys had caused. Finally, I reached a very dark room. I heard screaming. Remembering I just got a new partner that can light up dark rooms, I used the young Watt. Shy Guys were surrounded by me, and they destroyed a wall, running straight in. Behind the wall was a small fort made entirely of toys! In the front of the fort was a Shy Guy wearing grey and a militairy hat, called "General Guy". After a little talk, he sent 15 Shy Guys after me. This will be very easy, I thought to myself as I heard the extremely catchy music playing in the background. Obviously, this was a boss battle. The 15 Shy Guys drifted away like dust, mere play toys compared to the power of my hammer. (Wow, that last sentence came out a little too wrong) Suddenly, General Guy stepped up in his giant tank. He called for two Shy Guys on stilts, and they prepared to attack. However, I was more than ready for two Shy Guys. Next up was 8 Shy Guys in two stacks of four. I died here. On my next try, I just managed to beat them. Finally, General Guy drove up and prepared to fight me. I died so many times at this part, it made Paper Mario 2 seem like a walk in the park! After literally countless attempts, I tried out my newest partner Watt. Guess what? It actually worked! If you wish to see a video of this boss battle, perfect quality, please follow the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtMVWlAOabo I'd tell you of the time I fought Huff N' Puff, but that's a story for another day. However, I will tell you of the time I fought the Crystal King! It was cold, I had just solved a palace of puzzles, and I was ready for whatever they could throw at me. Guess what? A King appeared! As soon as the battle began, I could tell from the song that this would be a tough one. I gave it my all, but that wasn't enough. Instantly, he had recovered 20 HP and killed me. He did this again and again and again until I finally planned a tactic and K.O'ed him into oblivion! The moral of this story, kids, is Always have a plan ready. ...Especially for boss battles. Want a video, perfect quality, not played by me? (None of these videos are played by me, I swear! I'm not that good!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzf83AOfaps&mode=related&search= There's your video. Now, finally, I'll tell you of the time I fought Bowser! The Chapter was Eight, the sky was dark, the castle was filled with fear. Walking up the spiral steps, I was shocked to see Bowser and Kammy Koopa, waiting for me! Kammy used her magic on Bowser, turning him 10 feet taller, and MUCH stronger! We fought awhile until he became invincible. I used my newest ability: Star Beam, to stop him, but it... it didn't work. He laughed as meanwhile, Princess Peach and her friend Twink fought Kammy. Twink got stronger and defeated Kammy, and Peach did some of her magic to make me stronger! It recovered me completely and transformed my Star Beam into the Peach Beam, with enough power to stop Bowser... once and for all. The showdown of a lifetime begun. With the simply amazing music in the background, we clashed for hours and hours (the only reason for that is because I died more than I did with General Guy) until the next day... "RAAWWWR!" I had finally stopped the dreaded Koopa King. Want the awesome video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTBa1UYd0nE&mode=related&search= And that video doesn't even show you all of Bowser's moves! Plus, it doesn't show Goombario finding out Bowser's HP: 99, the most a boss can get in this game. Compared to other RPGs, it may not seem like alot, but if you were to convert it to something like... Final Fantasy HP, it'd be 9,000, or 99,000 or some really huge number.

Well, next time I'll speak of my newest trip to the Paper Dimension, but for now, SEE YA!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

General Paper Versus the Recent Embarkment (Containing SPOILERS for stuff) (Part 1)

Good day. If you know me from Blog City, you know that I have travelled to the Paper Dimension twice so far, correct? Both those times, I travelled far and wide, meeting some hilarious and serious villains; collecting powerful, comic-relieving badges; battling some of the toughest monsters there has ever been... well, now I will say a summary of that, and speak of my most recent journey to the Paper Dimension! Here's the summary: (including some links to YouTube videos)

May... something, 2006. In Florida, I happened to come across Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the Nintendo Gamecube. I thought, "Eh, why not?" and bought it. Oh, what a twisted turn of events that led to! Booting it up, and trying it out, I reminisced over the time I rented this same game one week a few years ago, and how I could never find the evil dragon Hooktail. I knew for sure that this time that would change. It certainly did! As soon as I got to the climax of Chapter 1 and found the dreaded Hooktail, the curtain rose for this wild stage fight... literally. The crowd was cheering (in-game, of course), fans threw coins and mushrooms while critics prepared to toss bones and rocks... I "took care" of them. Pulling off some excellent action commands, the crowd goes wild! I feel dazzled by all the audience cheering on, jumping up and down, twiddling around in their seats, eager for me to deliver the finishing blow to the large dragon. That it did, readers... that it did. After blowing that last of 20 from Hooktail's... rather low HP, the evil dragon asked me if I wanted 1,000 coins! Remembering what countless others in villages and towns said about tricks, I refused the offer. "No? Well... how about this super-rare badge I have?" Ver-y tempting, Hooktail, but NO! "Uh... okay, then. Um... how about I let you take a whiff of my feet? People pay big bucks to do this, I swear!" I simply said, "That's disgusting!" and refused. Making a remark about my trusting skills, Hooktail walked off the stage. No, there's more... I thought as I heard running stomps and suddenly-- "AAAAAHHHHH! AAH! AAAAAAHHH!!!" The crowd screamed in agony and anguish as the dragon swallowed almost half the audience. I jumped down to the crowd seating area, now empty, as me (plus my partner) and Hooktail stared in a face-off. Hooktail healed half its HP by simply eating innocent bystanders, and I was determined to defeat it now. A few whacks later, I won. That was the moment I'd remember for a loooooooooooooooooooooooooong time. If you'd like to see this boss in action, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW3Br0vHKtc Rampaging through the game's Prologue and 8 Chapters, I was shocked to find out how fast I had reached the boss of Chapter 7! This was ALSO a boss I'd remember for a very long time. My little "rival", the strange Lord Crump, stood next to a machine, stating how long he had been waiting for me. He told me to say hello to the new and improved Magnus Von Grapple V2.0, an improvement over the boss of Chapter 2. I thought to myself Okay then, all the other bosses were simple, this one won't be any different. Just remember: Watch out for the arms. Boy was I wrong... about that first bit. The tip about the arms was correct, though. As the battle started with the oddly catchy song, I took a look at my bigger audience, all cheering. The battle began. Magnus 2 had around 80 HP, 60 more than its version 1 counterpart. A few turns passed, and suddenly, Magnus flew to the croud and sucked up a quarter of the audience! What the? I thought, and then... KA-BOOM BAM BOOM BAM BOOOOOOOOOOOM! He just shot members of the crowd at me! By now, I had died. I tried again-- dead. Again-- nope. Again-- once again. Eventually, around my 20th try, I beat him, just barely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKCPOrfXdec There's a video of the battle. The rest of it, well, there were no notable things. Aside from the last Bowser battle, but that's a story for another day.

There's part one of General Paper and whatever! Join me next time as I speak of my trials of the toy box and Paper Mario (1) for the Nintendo 64! See ya!

Monday, April 2, 2007

Hello, and Welcome! These Rules Are VITAL!

Those of you who know me know just how crazy I am. Yeah, I'm sorry my other blog had nothing on it, I couldn't get back on! I was stuck. So, I'm just gonna forget about that one, and work on this one. Yeah, awesome, my new blog. My very own Paper Dimension. You who don't know me probably don't know what the Paper Dimension is, well... here's a brief, three-word description:

Play Paper Mario.

Sure, Paper Mario doesn't feature anything like 'Paper Dimension', but it's just a name I came up with which means the place that the PM games take place in! Let's put it this way: Intelligent Systems made a papery dimension, and I labelled it. Y'see, I'm not doing copyright infringement since I came up with the name, and it's a different Paper Dimension here; the game Paper Dimension is the one IS came up with, and my version is... mine. The one you are seeing right now. Got it? I hope so, 'cause I hate explaining things twice.

Next topic: in my Paper Dimension, we have a coupl'a rules:

1. I love feedback. Absolutely love it. So, don't be shy, if you hate/love something that I said, comment! I am open-minded, I hate George Bush, I say nuclear, I think I can take any anger.

2. Every once in a while, I may go into a ramble. Whaddya expect from a chatterbox? Whenever I ramble, usually I'm not rambling, but I'm ranting. Or explaining. Either one's fine. If you don't know what ranting means, it means "going on about something wrong/I hate", get it?

3. Every once in a while, I'll tell a story. Usually it's a short one, but nonetheless, try to bear with me! I have been raised being told I was the best writer of my kind. Then again, George Bush is president, so I guess some people don't know what they mean. If you know what I mean.

4. Right there; see it? A pun. I make tons of these again and again, so try and bear with me and... while commenting, it's best to tell me that it sucks. Yeah, I always know my puns are terrible.

5. If I ever give a survey to you, please take the survey. I'll tell you later about my stories as a Blog City refugee, and I tell ya, nobody took the surveys. Yet, over 117 people somehow visited them, nobody took them.

6. If I give you a link, which god help ya, I'm gonna give you links, I recommend BEFORE CLICKING THE LINK, reading ahead to see what the link is first. Y'know, 'cause if I ever go crazy (again) and give you an April Fools joke a little late/early, the description may give you a warning.

7. Finally, there are three words I want you to look up, Wikipedia, Sonic, Chao. It's advised you look Sonic and Chao up in Wikipedia, but you can do whatever. (A little adviser: by Sonic, I mean that little blue overgrown hedgehog who can run) And, uh, whenever I say Dark Chao, Hero Chao, Neutral Chao, or Omochao, that's something you should look up, too. One last thing: Wiki means Wikipedia, okay? So when I say Wiki something, I mean go to Wikipedia and look it up! It's like "Google it", which means "go to Google and look it up"! The same with "Yahoo it".

Okay, did you read those rules? If you didn't, then god help you I will make sure I eat chocolate ice cream as you watch something bad on television! Toldja I'm crazy. Trust me, you'd better think hard about these two phrases: "DCA and Dark Chao Adventures", okay? They're related, and you'll hear the former a BUNCH more than the latter.

Well, that pretty much ends my... interesting introduction. See ya around!