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Re: Features: Don't Touch my Samus: Metroid's Controversial Turn

Taya

I have never played a Metroid game and I've never been interested in Metroid no matter how many times people recommend Super Metroid or Prime. But for some reason Other M appeals to me. It looks fun. I haven't played it yet because the mixed reviews but I'll certainly pick it up in the future and it will probably be my first Metroid game. At least then I won't have a preconception about what Samus should be like.

Re: Features: Things We Miss About the 8-Bit Era

Taya

Great article! It makes me feel good that I grew up in the NES days. I got a NES in 1988 when I was 5 years old. I fondly recall blowing in the cartridges, never finishing a game, and somehow knowing the secrets of Mario 1 without having the internet or a Nintendo Power subscription.

Re: Review: Ivy the Kiwi? Mini (DSiWare)

Taya

I played the demo and I couldn't get into it. I liked Yoshi Touch and Go and I LOVED Kirby's Canvas Curse but there was something about Ivy that turned me off. I can't put my finger on it.

Re: Review: My Farm (DSiWare)

Taya

Harvest Moon has been the best farming game since 1996. I don't need to waste my time with My Farm and Farmville and We Farm and so on. HM got it right the first time.

Re: Features: Bizarre Emails Sent to Nintendo Life

Taya

Dear Nintendo,
Please make a Pokemon Football game with Pokemon that evolve when you trade between team. When it's done please mail it to my home and write my name in the credits.
Also you should release games on the XBox360 and PS3 too because then you will sell even more games and make more money!!!!!1

Re: myNotebook Carbon, Tan, and Pearl Trailer Released

Taya

I have the blue one and it nicely serves its function as a notebook. I'd never pay 500 points for it though, even with more pages and extra "features" such as... uh... removing the lines on the pages.

You can already change the lines on the blue notebook although I have yet to figure out how to unlock all the extra page styles.

Re: First Impressions: Rune Factory Frontier

Taya

This game is awesome. I'm playing it right now (mid-Fall year 1). Runeys are easily manageable if you put a few game days of effort into controling them. After their populations are stable, it takes hardly any time to keep your whole town prosperous. Every few days I spread around some grass runeys and forget about them for another few days.

The characters are fun and there are lots of little events and conversations and stuff to find. I'm always impressed by how deep the characters are. Cooking/forging etc is pretty much the same as Rune Factory 1 and 2.

I still haven't chosen who I will marry. I've narrowed it down to Cinnamon, Anette, Iris, Eunice, Melody and Mist... that's still a lot to choose from!

Re: Review: Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii)

Taya

I strongly disagree with this review. As someone who has played every Harvest Moon game (except HM DS) I actually choose Tree of Tranquility as my favourite. I really enjoyed the tutorial at the beginning. I wasn't thinking "C'MON GET TO THE ACTION ALREADY", I was enjoying staying at a neighbour's house and working for Craig.

The camera being fixed is only an issue for the first few days when you're learning the town layout. Your character has low stamina, which is true of all recent HM games, but there is a hot spring nearby.

I actually enjoyed the pacing of the main story and the characters are wonderful. I like how they gradually move in. The bachelors and bachelorettes are great. I had a difficult time choosing. Rival couples can get married and the quickly have a child. Their children grow up and have distinct personalities.

Farming gameplay is traditional and I have no complants. You can buy furniture and decorate your house however you like. There are lots of cooking recipes and it will be a challenge to complete them all.

I think any Harvest Moon fan should give this game a try. It's better than HM64, in my opinion, and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Re: Review: Opoona (Wii)

Taya

I only got to the second dome in Opoona. The style and the vastness of the world was awesome but I hated the battle system. I may try to keep playing sometime but I don't know if I can get past the battle system.