Wii Storage Solution: Deleting Stuff.....

I finally decided to get Tetris party (which is the greatest version of Tetris BTW) and to do so I had to make room on my Wii. As most people know the Wii only has 512 MB of Internal flash memory which is alright if your only downloading relatively small NES games. Since Wii Ware has launched the Storage has been a HUGE issue.

I have been forced to move SNES Donkey Kong Country games, Kirby 64, Wave Race, Mario 64 and even Sin and Punishment :( Lately though I have gotten tired of moving stuff back and fourth and have begun to delete some of the fun things.



I deleted the "Metroid Channel" and the not really that useful "Mario Kart Channel" as the were pretty much pointless already. Most recently I decided to say goodbye to the "Everybody Votes Channel". That will give me enough space for now. Next up for consideration for deletion is the "Check Mii Out" channel.

I liked being able to vote on arbitrary things in the "Everybody Votes Channel" and find out what the rest of the world thinks but I much rather be blowing stuff up in Bomberman, making towers in Word of Goo or clearing out towers in Tetris. The "Check Mii Out" out channel is a lot of fun too but since I am a hardcore gamer I will have to say goodbye to that channel soon too.

By not offering a real storage solution Nintendo is only hurting it's most loyal fan base. I know there new core demographic probably won't fill up the channels or memory but their hardcore fan base (the ones that download the most stuff) has a long time ago or will fill it up soon. For being a loyal fan I am being prevented from enjoying some of the things that make the Wii so great. I feel like I'm being punished for spending money on Nintendo games.

Before I bought the Wii; I knew the storage was going to be a problem. I fully expected that Nintendo would offer some sort of storage solution within the first year. When That didn't happen I figured they would put it off until bigger games started to become available for download. When the first Neo Geo game came out I was very surprised there was no solution. When Wii Ware Launched without a storage solution I was mortified.

I could easily download the "Homebrew Channel" and play thousands of games off an SD card but as a dedicated Nintendo fan I choose not to. I want accurate emulation and play the games like they were meant to be played and Nintendo virtual console games rarely disappoint but there lack of storage and inattentiveness to the problem sucks.

What this means to me is this; I will no longer be downloading anything I can find in used video game stores and for the next Nintendo system flaws (such as storage space) will greatly impact my decision to buy at launch.

The Bird Is The Word Family Guy 8 Bit Style Gif

Have you heard about the bird? Everybody knows that the bird is the word!

CelebsandGirls.com

Recently a new celebrity picture forum popped up on the internets. Why exactly is this important? It's important because it was made by the original creator of celebswap and newsgab.com The main focus of the new celebsandgirls forum as well as newsgab seems to be it's community.

celebsandgirls features mainly on celebrity pictures and real life girls and has both safe for work (SFW) and not safe for work (NSFW) pictures. The new forum features well organized sections as well as tags for easy searches.

After only a week it is apparent that this site will grow even bigger and better than the original celebswap. It's a great place to stop by to post or find pictures.

Follow this link to hop over to the boards:
http://celebsandgirls.com/forum/index.php

Hope to meet you there soon!

Here are a few of the types of sweet pictures you'll see on the boards:

Lindsay Lohan Nude Finally ....Anyone Else Disappointed?

Unless you have been living in a cave over the last couple weeks you have probably seen or at least heard about Lindsay Lohan's topless pics in the February edition of New York magazine. That's gotta be something to get excited about right?

To be perfectly honest I don't find her attractive in this layout at all. I know it's suppose to pay tribute to the older Marilyn Monroe classic PlayBoy photo layout but do the age group this is aimed at even care who Marilyn Monroe is anymore?

Perhaps this is meant to appeal to an older generation in there mid thirties that found there dads vintage PlayBoys? Maybe they are well aware of Lohan's quickly aging looks.

I find the washed out colors in the layout to be off putting and while I do understand they are going for a retro look I'm just not digging the style.

I say everyone should buy this and slip it in to your dads magazine collection to replace the Marilyn Monroe PlayBoy you stole from him. Maybe when I'm older I'll appreciate this more?

Who's More Popular Jessicas or Jennifers?

Who is more popular Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel & Jessica Simpson or Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Lopez & Jennifer Love Hewitt?

Sexy pieces: Jessica Rabbit

She's not bad. She's just drawn that way. She seems to be drawn like that alot. More often than most cartoons. Perhaps it's because despite her unrealistic propotions she's alot more real to most than a cartoon mouse. Her popularity could be because she seems more obtainable as she is able to interact with the real world. There is also a chance deep down inside all any guy really wants to see is giant bOObs fake,real or toon.

Nintendo Virtual Console Games Updates North America

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Legend / ★= Recomended Must Buy / ✔= Good / ●= Average / ✘= Bad
■= Also Available as GameCube Disk (playable on Wii)
[★] =Click On For Full Review / [S] = Screen Shots
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Nintendo Entertainment System (500 points)
Nov 19, 2006
✘ Donkey Kong *missing 1 arcade level
★ Legend Of Zelda ■"The Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition" Bonus Disk
✘ Mario Bros
● PinBall
✘ Soccer
✔ Solomons Key
✔ Wario's Woods
Dec 4, 2006
● Donkey Kong Jr.
Dec 11, 2006
✘ Ice Hockey
Dec 18, 2006
✘ Tennis
Dec 25, 2006
★ Super Mario Bros
Jan 1, 2007
✘ Baseball
✘ Urban Champion
Jan 8, 2007
✔ Gradius
Jan 15, 2007
● Xevious
February 12, 2007
● Ice Climber
✔Kid Icarus [S] [★] * special secret passwords don't work (progress passwords still do though)
★ Kirby's Adventure
February 19, 2007
✘ The Legend of Kage
March 5, 2007
● Elevator Action
March 12, 2007
✔ Tecmo Bowl
March 19, 2007
● Excitebike
April 2, 2007
● Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *(600 points) licencing issue
April 9, 2007
● Galaga
April 16, 2007
★ Punch-Out!!
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Super Nintendo (800 points)
Nov 19, 2006
✔ F-Zero
✔ Sim City
Dec 25, 2006
✔ Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
✔ Super Castlevania IV
Jan 15, 07
✔ R-Type III: The Third Lightning
Jan 22, 07
★ The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Jan 29, 2007
✔ Contra III: The Alien Wars
Feb 5, 2007
★ Super Mario World
Feb 19, 2007
✔Donkey Kong Country
March 5, 2007
✔ Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
March 26, 2007
● Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire

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Nintendo 64 (1000 points)
Nov 19, 2006
★ Super Mario 64
Jan 29, 2007
✔ Mario Kart 64 *can't save ghost
Feb 26, 2007
★ The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ■ "The Legend of Zelda OOT/ MQ" Bonus Disc
April 2, 2007
★ Starfox 64
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Sega Genisis (800 points)
Nov 19, 2006
✘ Altered Beast
✔ Sonic The Hedgehog ■ "Sonic Mega Collection"
Nov 28, 2006
● Ecco the Dolphin
✔ Golden Axe
Dec 4, 2006
● Columns
✔ Ristar ■ "Sonic Mega Collection"
Dec 11, 2006
★ Gunstar Heroes
✘ Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine ■ "Sonic Mega Collection"
Dec 18, 2006
● Space Harrier II
Dec 25, 2006
● Toe Jam & Earl
Jan 29, 2007
✔ Bonanza Bros.
✔ Comix Zone
Feb 5, 2007
✘ Gain Ground
Feb 19, 2007
● Streets of Rage
Feb 26, 2007
● Bio-Hazard Battle
March 5, 2007
● Sword of Vermilion
March 12, 2007
✘ Sonic Spinball ■ "Sonic Mega Collection"
March 19, 2007
✔ Beyond Oasis
April 9, 2007
● Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
April 16, 2007
✘ Virtua Fighter 2
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Turbo Grafx 16 (600 points)
Nov 21, 2006
✔ Bomberman '93
✔ Bonk's Adventure
Nov 27, 2006
✔ Super Star Soldier
Dec 4, 2006
✘ Victory Run
Dec 11, 2006
✔ Alien Crush Pinball
Dec 18, 2006
✔ Military Madness
Dec 25, 2006
✔ R-Type *(800 points) released in Japan as two separate games
Jan 8, 2007
✔ Soldier Blade
✔ Dungeon Explorer
Jan 15, 2007
● Moto RoaderDragon's Curse
Feb 5, 2007
✔ Vigilante
Feb 19, 2007
✔ New Adventure Island
Feb 26, 2007
✔ Chew Man Fu
March 12, 2007
✘ Double Dungeons
March 19, 2007
● Splatterhouse
April 2, 2007
✔ Dragons Curse
April 9, 2007
✘ Bravoman
April 16, 2007
★ Bonk's Revenge
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Kid Icarus Wii Virtual Console Review

System: Nintendo Entertainment System
Developed: Nintendo R&Di (Intellegent Sytems) and TOSE.
Publisher: Nintendo
Year Released: 1987
VC Release: February 12 2007
Genre: Platform Action
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (for everyone)
Difficulty: Impossible

✔ Good
Gameplay ★★★
Graphics ★★★
Music/ Sound ★★★★
Replay Value ★★★★★
Age Value ★★★
Overall Rating ★★★★
*out of five stars
-gameplay graphics music/sound replay value are rated for its time
-age value is how the game stands up today
-Overall rating is based on the game as a whole

★= Recomended Must Buy / ✔= Good / ●= Average / ✘= Bad
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If Metroid, The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros had to join together to fight an oversized Japanese style monster the outcome would be Kid Icarus. Having said that it's not quite as good as the aformetioned games but then again those game set the bar pretty high.

This game was actually built with the same engine as Mertroid and uses a password system to save progress much the same. On the virtual console this is almost completely unnessesary because the Wii will save your current progress unless you restart, reset or turn the power off. Also the Virtual Console game does not support the special passwords such as ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS for unlimited life or DANGER !!!!!! TERROR HORROR for invicibility on the last level. Nintendo does tell you before you by the game however and only cheater will really care.

The graphics are comparable with Metroid or Super Mario Bros and pretty standard for the time it was release.

The music and sound is brilliant for it's time. The music was composed by Hirokazu Tanaka who also composed the music for Metriod, Balloon Fight, Mother Series (Earthbound) and many other big projects for Nintendo.

The gameplay is a cross between Super Mario Bros combined with Metroid. There is alot of platforming but the control and responsiveness is like Metroid. Which worked great fo metriod but not as well in this type of game.

The difficulty for this game is impossible there is no way your going to beat this game on your first try. I have never beat this game! I have sworn at this game, threatened the game and shook the controller violently vowing to destroy it's creators . When you finally do pass a level you get a feeling that it was all worth it and forget all about the vows of death and instead hold a deep admiration for all that is Nintendo until you start the next level....