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My last update didn't have much in the way of gaming, but now I decided to rectify that and update with much of the things i've been playing and adquired lately (read: one day ago). Let's not waste time and start:

Super Mario 3D World:

Those who remember the blog I did on BaD about the predecesor of this game, 3D Land, will remember that although I still really liked it, I wasn't really excited about the game, mostly due to barebones content, over easiness, over linearity and in the end feeling like a proof of concept in doing a 3D Mario on the 3DS and/or perhaps translating the level structure and design of the New Super Mario Bros. games in the third dimension. I could have been worried about that with 3D World, but I instantly got confident with the trailers because it seemed like they were going in the right direction with the now stablished structure.... And I was right!

3D World expands 3D Land like any sequel should, not only by including more content, but also polishing previous aspects. Though still linear, the levels offer many secrets and challenges much better done than the last game and rewards exploration, the controls feel much better (both on the Gamepad and Pro Controller) and offer more tightness and precision than the 3DS (which is quite impressive since the later ones were also solid controls), the characters are all a blast to play and definitely different, it looks gorgeous and runs smoothly, and above all, it's freaking fun, both on single player and even more so on co-op, which i've been doing with a buddy everytime we get together.

Like I said in my last update, after changing the region I lost all the progress I had from the beginning of this year, but fortunately I catched up by playing co-op to the last world I got before deletion. Since I wanted to play that rest alone, I simply copied the file to another one so I could continue from there whenever I reunited with my buddy. After that I advanced two world and got to one I won't say since it doesn't have a number and I don't want to spoil the surprise. And yes, I was already spoiled by certain character revelation.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition:

I don't have that much of a story with the Tekken saga. The only time i've got to experience it was playing once or twice an Arcade cabinet of Tekken 3 (which I loved BTW), so this here is my first ever buy of this franchise and I don't regret it.

This game was also a victim of the file deletion, but I don't mind that much because I didn't have that much progress either way. Overall, i'm really digin this game and this is coming from someone that except for Smash Bros., isn't that good at traditional fighting games, but it helps that this has a tutorial of sorts and doesn't complicate some things when showing how to perform moves and combos (I love you Skullgirls, but you don't help that much with that). Although it can go for buttom smashing prompts, I doesn't always rely on that and the battles still have some bits of strategy needed and taking things a bit slow. Overall it's fun and also a blast to play on multiplayer as I did that with the same 3D World Buddy (both of us being kind of equal in being good/sucking badly as he actually grew up with fighting games).

Oh BTW, my mains so far are Leo, Lili, King, Asuka, Michelle and Raven.

Nintendo Land:

Playing from time to time, mostly on the single player atractions. Oddly enough, the game wasn't a victim from the change of region since I still have the previous Colombian Mii with the previous progress untouched. I still started with the new Mii anew.

Wipeout Pure:

Somehow feeling like playing and returning to this one on the PSP. Another one i've been playing from time to time and alternating between the championship, individual races and time trial since there's medals on everything and each one gives as an extra artwork from the production of this game, although you do have to advance on the championship to unlock the difficulty/speed levels of the game.

I do quite like it just like the first time I played this. I do think there's some stifness to the turning, the AI can be quite the bastard, it can get pretty hard and there's one track which I can't remember its name that I hate so goddamn much. The sountrack is also great and honestly, any game with Aphex Twin on the soundtrack deserves a medal.

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition:

Behind the following one, currently the second 2D Plataformer i'm playing the most. It's a pretty well done combination of Brawler, Plataformer and specialy Metroidvania and controls pretty well besides some slight problems with wall jumping and clinging. The art is excellent and the music is pretty catchy.

Rogue Legacy:

Here's the 2D Plataformer i've been playing the most, now with 20 hours at the time of writing.

I'm starting to really like these games that combine Roguelike mechanics in other genres (called Roguelites by TotalBiscuit which on itself was taken from another Youtuber) and this game gets better everytime you make a significant progress. Basically, I liked it at first, but once I started to upgrade everything the games becomes a blast and much of the things thought to be hard can now be done with ease (though some depend on which type of hero and/or set of Runes you are using). Of course, doesn't mean it gets easier, because the game still hates you and screws with you on many chances, not to the point of unfairness, but still enough that can frustrate you.

Lately i've been trying to go around looting to upgrade and not only get stronger against the third zone (The Maya), but also the third boss. That bastard is painful.

About my PSP

This was something that already happened since June and I mentioned here on a comment, but I don't think many here know this.

Last June of this year I discovered that after about 8 years of using my PSP, it now decided to have a fatal flaw, that flaw being that the D-Pad are not working anymore. To be clear, the system works just fine and the rest of the buttoms and joystick work as intended, but because the D-Pad is needed not only for a lot of games but also the menu of the PSP, this pretty much screwed my console.

So what did I do? Well, I changed for another one. More especifically, a friend was selling his PSP, together with some of this games, so I decided to take out some savings and buy it.

So goodbye to my ol' Black PSP and hello to the new silver one. If I ever do a collection blog of all my consoles, i'll show both handhelds.

Newest Adquisitions

I caved in and decided to get the whole pack minus T-shirt of the NeoGeo Bundle at Humble, mostly for the ones with Steam keys, but there's some I heard and got interested, aside from other classics present. If you're interested in getting the bundle, there's about 3 or 4 days left.

I'm also planning in spending some real money on Smash Bros. 4 (sorry, I call it that) on the Wii U, perhaps this Saturday before going to see The Force Awakens.

So yeah, that's all for gaming updates.