On the road again!

where I left off

Gimme!

Shiny!

I've caught more shinies in Pokemon Go than any other Pokemon game

dun dun duuuuuuunnnnnn!

I'm sorry, what?

On to Victory Road!

Time to Haunt!

Time for Victory Road!

Nothing like walking past guards as you ride your trusty Haunter, right?

Here's the team I'm going in with, hopefully I can make it through to Indigo Plateau!

Fly, Eevee!

One of the things that's really weird for me (as someone who played the original games back in the 90s) is how easily and quickly you can acquire all former HM moves. You don't even need a specific poke to be your little HM mule anymore, your partner just learns them for you.

I'm not saying it's good or bad, just different is all.

ugh Go Park

Why? Why do I have to catch it again? It's already mine.

so cute

Top of the Tower

I cannot and will not lie.


I cried.

(spoilers under the cut)

Lavender Town

We meet again, Lavender Town.

dude

Because sometimes a fully-grown man needs to battle a child to prove himself? Giovanni, you have issues. Talk to someone.


(also my Eevee will kick your butt)

Let's-a Go!

So I've been playing Let's Go Eevee and I have to say that it's, uh.... it's certainly different than what I was expecting.

I'm not going to sit here and prattle on about, "Back in my day, Pokémon was...." no. Times change, things change, I can accept that.

The name, I think, should have clued me in a little? But I turned on the game, immediately got hit by that first (of many) waves of nostalgia, and then I go through the tutorial on how to catch Pokémon and it's... that's the part that threw me, really. Using your controller to throw PokéBalls? Great, yes.

But not battling it first?

In some ways I appreciate it, because there's no longer that extra time spent whittling it down to low health, accidentally fainting it, having to run around and find another one... I know it got boring, but that in itself was fun for me, somehow. At least the catching of the Pokémon grants experience, and I love that I can just look in the grass to see what's available. I don't even mind that the wild Pokémon come up on the road sometimes, I think it's great.

I've written several reasons why I don't like Pokémon Go, but I still play it, because it's fun and it's silly. I'm just not sure that a fusion between Pokémon Go and a console Pokémon game was the way to go?

Speaking of which, the Go Park. Listen here Nintendo, I worked hard to catch all those Pokémon out in the wilds of real life; why do I have to catch them again in the Go Park? Do you know how many PokéBalls I've gone through to catch Pokémon that are already mine? Please fix that. Please.

Boy did Mount Moon bring back some memories though. . . :)

Master Sword

Just finished the Trial of the Sword on Master Mode after 10 hours of trying!

in case you need help!

In case anyone else is stuck on the Trial of the Sword in Master Mode, here’s a great video on how to get past level 10 on the beginner set.

Breath of the Wild

Hey guys!

Started playing Breath of the Wild again just a few days ago and I have to say, this time I'm being a little smarter about it. I've decided to make my way towards Hebra for snowling (to make some money) but also to fight every talus/lynel/hinox on the way BUT! More importantly, I'm going to find every korok (memories and shrines, too) between there and where I am. This way I can just just a swath through Hyrule and get a good chunk of them as I go.

Here's my progress so far!

350+ koroks found so far

Not bad, right?

I have a finished game file already, but I'd forgotten a lot of things between then and now, so I decided to start over with a fresh everything so that I could do the DLC right after I kick Ganon's butt.

332 koroks found!

Cleared out a large chunk of Korok Seeds, Shrines, & Towers! How are you guys doing on your maps? Thoughts on Breath of the Wild?

Switch it up!

I am absolutely in love with this office, oh my goodness. <3 I'd take a picture of mine, but... it's drab by comparison so I'll take pictures & things once I get it up to my preferences. ^^

I've wanted a Nintendo Switch ever since I heard about it, so my hands are itching to get one just as soon as I can. (It would certainly be handy on my upcoming car trip, more on that later).

What are your thoughts on the Switch? Want one? Don't want one? Why?

After seeing just how easy it is to set up, I've already put it on my Amazon Wishlist, as well as Zelda: Breath of the Wild & the Skyrim remaster that will be coming out for the Switch some time in December 2017 (if the page I found is correct).