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With Sega's announcement of Sonic Boom. (Sonic boom...sonic booom....SONIC  BOOOOOOOOOM!!! SAVE THE PLANET FROM DISASTER!) *AHEM* sorry  about that...I actually wanted to talk about how I actually don't mind modern Sonic games. Don't get me wrong. I love, absolutely love the classic Sonic 1-3 for Genesis and Sonic Cd (from which Sonic Boom song comes from) was the example of a great game on a bad add on.

Let me start this by saying this. I love the Tales of series. Namco Bandai's staple rpg series has been relevant for 15 years I believe. That is quite an accomplishment. Now the series is at times hit or miss. Many fans debate which title has the best story or best characters and it seems like that the debate will forever continue as long as Tales stays relevant and has a fanbase.

Having beeen a Nintendo supporter since I was 5 and playing an NES and Gameboy, I've always looked forward to how they would next innovate the video game market. Now fast forward 20 years later and all I want Nintendo to do...is somehow, some way, do something...to get 3rd party support...and I'm not talking lazy ports *Cough* Mass Effect 3 when other systems got the trilogy *cough* or even bad shovelware titles that always seem to plague Nintendo systems.

So today I was looking through my collection of Wii games and I realized something.l Sometimes 3rd party developers are lazy. Yes it's a shock and some may find it hard to believe, but nothing has been truer or more factual than what I'm about to proclaim. The Wi has a ****load of shovelware. If you thought the PS2 or NES were bad...the Wii really managed to bring out the worst in third parties. For every Ubisoft title  like Red Steel 2 which was an enjoyable improvement over the original...there is yet another tired sequel to the Rabbids series. But this isn't about that...maybe another blog. This is about point & click puzzle adventures!

I gotta admit...I didn't see it coming. I mean honestly who did? If I were to tell you how much the super bowl wasn't super you wouldn't believe me.  I mean everyone expected a close game...maybe even a 2 touchdown win...but a blow out? I give props to Seattle. They downright smacked the Broncos from start to finish. Peyton Manning was never comfortable in the pocket, threw interceptions, and on a very bizarre play got a botched snap for a safety. You can't draw up just how badly Denver played. But to put it in perspective the last time a smackdown like this happened the Buccaneers won a super bowl...or even further back The 2000 Ravens over the Giants...or heck the 85 Bears all over New England.

So as such a tradition of mine has always been to watch the movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray. Now you may know of Groundhog Day you may not. Essentially, it's a day in the great state of Pennsylvania (Where I'm from) in which the people of Punxatawney engage in a festive festival. And what exactly do they do? Why they all gather round and watch a groundhog named Phil get pulled out from his home sweet home to tell us whether or not there will be 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring based upon seeing his shadow or not.

Well it's about 6 am right now and I decided why the heck not post in the waking hours of the morning when it's still dark out. Anyways what do I blog about? I guess anything is up in the air. Well lets discuss a little about me. My name is Jon....as if you couldn't guess. I also like Nintendo. (Well duh get on with it you say!) Alright alright...well since the Wii U has been out for a year I figured I'd post my thoughts about it since I managed to buy it and some games. All in all everything cost me $500 plus tax. You might be wondering just what I got well I figured as much so I will tell you.

Alas I have been away from blogging, but never fear I will be doing something I haven't attempted. A Blog a Day!!! I will be doing it at the start of February so if you happen to enjoy my mindless drivel or pay attention to bad attempts at humor than I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man (Darn that song is stuck in my head!)

Well it's that long overdue period where I post a blog about something I was originally going to post. Time is hardly ever on my side these days now that I have bought a Wii U Wind Waker bundle and my job, but I figured I might as well post this blog I promised. So with that being said...here is a top 10 list of Wii games not released stateside!