First off, Nintendo is my bitch. Well, maybe I shouldn’t put that so harshly. What I’m saying is, I’m an extreme Nintendo fangirl, and not just because of Legend of Zelda. Since the beginning of my memory, from what I can remember, my 2 brothers and I, one who is 24 now and one who is now 18, were almost always seated in front of the tv playing some sort of game when we weren’t at school, eating dinner, or sleeping. We basically owned every single Nintendo game system. We would battle against each other in games all the time; it was my favorite thing to do. For some reason though, the Nintendo 64 was the system that basically changed my whole life and became my obsession.
I can remember my younger brother and I playing that Rugrats Scavenger Hunt game against each other constantly. My older brother, not so much. He preferred the games like 007 for the N64 in which we could use guns to blast enemies, and each other of course, away. Super Mario Brothers was a huge favorite of ours. I remember Turok, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie (and Banjo Twoie), Duke Nukem, and a bunch of other games I can’t even remember. Oh, but I loved this one game where you had the main character and traveled to different planets and had this teeny little flying robot companion that could also shoot. I wish I could remember its name. We still have a huge box with all our N64 games in it; one of these days I’ll sit down and sort through them and reminisce.
What started my Legend of Zelda obsession, though, was Ocarina of Time. My older brother was the first to play it, and I always sat back and watched. I was fascinated. I loved the story, I loved the characters, I loved the action. Watching it, and playing it, took me to another world.
Yet another series that I’m [almost] as obsessed with as I am with LoZ is Pokemon. Oh, glorious Pokemon. My brothers and I have played every single game made, and have possessed every Gameboy console ever created. We even moved on to the Nintendo DS, however I have yet to get a 3DS. I have to soon, though. The newest Pokemon games, Pokemon X and Y, is coming out this October and it’s for 3DS only. Also, I’ve been dying to play Ocarina of Time again for the 3DS. But, this is getting slightly off topic.
And so with the evolution of Nintendo consoles we too evolved with gaming, and began to acquire more than just Nintendo. We’ve owned all 3 playstations, Xbox, and of course now the Xbox 360. My brothers sort of strayed a little bit from the Nintendo path and moved on to games like Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Halo, Rainbow 6…you get the picture. Now, all those games seem like fun, but I’m not really an FPS kind of girl. You can ask me a question about any Nintendo game, and I’ll probably be able to answer it, but ask me something about Xbox and I’m stumped. However, I’m actually really starting to get into Halo. My boyfriend’s been training me. I’m pretty bad with controls and being able to keep my screen level so I can actually shoot the Elites and not my own team members. Or shoot into the air.
I actually have yet to acquire the Wii U, but it was just released so I’m cutting myself some slack. I also need to buy that soon though, because there’s a LoZ Wind Waker HD remake coming out for it (not sure of the actual date) and I need it.
I could honestly write forever about gaming but then this blog post would never end, and I’m sure that if you’re still reading this by this point you’re probably wondering when I’m going to shut up. I’ll definitely be posting a lot about my Halo journey. I’m also really getting into Assassin’s Creed and Mass Effect so expect posts about those too…I honestly don’t know why I didn’t start getting into these sooner. Nintendo just owns my life.
I guess I’m Nintendo’s bitch, not the other way around 🙂
The Ocarina of Truth 