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I like Miyamoto and all, but I'm not a fan of everything he does and says.  Like PIkmin, for example.  Never got into that series much.  Although I did like the 2-D 3DS PIkmin game every PIkmin fan hates, and that new Pikmin mobile game sounds interesting.  Also, I think Star Fox Zero is one of Nintendo's worst games ever made.  But yeah, there's nothing wrong with more of the same every now and then.  I wouldn't mind a new F-Zero game with just more tracks, better graphics, and online play and such.  Who are your favorite F-Zero characters?  Mine are the fat Samurai guy with the pink car, and Mrs. Arrow.

Ys 9 is kind of the same game as Ys 8, just with a different setting.  Ys 9 may be a bit shorter, though.  Ys 8 took me about 45 hours to beat.  I'm in the final chapter of Ys 9 and just shy of 30 hours.

When I was a kid, I used to read all the time.  But after college I got burned out on it so I haven't read very many books since then.

Kids put up with a lot of bad games because they are surprisingly patient.  And they don't have as many other life commitments as we do.

You should feed your farmhands SPINACH!  Then they'd be really strong and do more work! :)

The gameplay in the Garden Warfare games isn't my cup of tea, so that's why it's pretty low on my priority list.  But they look so gosh darn colorful and charming.  Maybe if I get it as a present or super cheap somewhere.

Because I write for a site called GamerDad.com, I'm an expert at "baby" kids games, so if you have any questions about them, let me know!

PhantasyStar77 is on my PS4 friend list.  He's actually an old 1up.com alumni, Scott Daylor.

We do some gardening in our backyard.  We use some old bathtubs I got from work as raised beds.  I work in the plumbing section in a major hardware chain, so yeah.  Please don't say, "Oh you're a plumber like Mario!"  I'd actually rather be compared to Luigi, thank you very much.  Ahem.  Anyway, we do really well growing cucumbers, squash, peppers, and tomatoes.  Other things are hard to grow because of the Texas heat.  When I was a kid, I tried to grow strawberries because they're one of my favorite fruits, but they didn't do very well.

It's not very high on my priority list, but I'd like to try that Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare game.  It just looks very colorful and silly.

One of my brothers reviewed the FF7 remake for me a while back.  Right now I'm working on finishing up Ys 9.  I may have it beat by next week or so.

I always felt Super Mario Land was a little off.  Not a bad game, but you could really tell it wasn't made by the original team.  However it was one of the first Mario games I actually beat.  

My favorite part of Super Mario Land is actually the music.  It was done by Hip Tanaka, and you can tell as his bouncy, peppy, stuccato style shows through.  Tanaka also did the music for games like Balloon Fight and Dr. Mario.

One other good thing about Super Mario Land is that the sequels were vastly improved upon, and eventually brought us the Wario Land games!  I think I like the Wario Land games better than most Mario ones!

That's pretty good that your library lets you borrow games.  LEGO Batman is definitely worth borrowing.

I have a lot of respect and interest in educational games and games for kids.  It's one of the reasons why I write for GamerDad.com!  It all started when the first game I ever beat as a kid was Mickey's Space Adventure for the Apple ][+ as a kid.  I've never forgotten that sense of accomplishment I had.  With that said, I never got into Math Blaster.  I know it's very popular, but I just HATE math.  It's my one weakness.  One of the reasons why I majored in Journalism in college is that I only had to take one math class, and I could take an easy one.  So yeah, never got into Math Blaster.  I think my favorite educational kids games are the ones done by Humongous Entertainment.  They did the Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, and Spy Fox point and click adventures, as well as the Backyard Sports series.  I had so much fun meeting with them at E3 shows.