I grew up on the old Nintendo. The original one with the gray gun–not the orange one. My brother and I got it when I was in kindergarten and he was in fourth grade for getting good grades. We’d sit in chairs, his in front of mine, and play Top Gun and fall out of the chairs when we were hit. I got blisters on my thumb from pushing the A button so much. I loved the original Super Mario Brothers. I was able to beat the entire game, after warping in Level 1.2 to Level 4 and then to Level 8.
Ask my BFF. I’d end up at her house playing Ninja Turtles on the Nintendo with her little brother. I liked playing with him because I was older–and a little better at the game. Whatever works, right?
Well, my husband and I now have a Wii. I highly recommend a Wii to anyone. It is a GREAT party pleaser. We recently acquired the game–Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I love that it goes very retro with the characters and sounds all the way back to the original Nintendo days. There are Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Yoshi and more of the original characters.
Last night we were on the level with Link and Yoshi–being a lady, I let him be Link. I was getting annoyed with Yoshi’s hoppiness. Then towards the end of the level, we think, there were several disappearing platforms you had to jump up and then catch onto a ladder. He couldn’t get Link to jump consistently high enough. So I took his controls and fiddled and out popped Link’s grappeling hook. I suggested he use that. He said it didn’t work. So we tried a bit more and only got more frustrated and turned the game off for the night. Today he tells me he’s looked up how to get past that point. Seems the grappeling hook was the answer.
So, now I’m gloating that I figured out the video game before him. He said it wasn’t a big deal and he didn’t care. But it is a big deal. I was always the less-experienced player that would die first. This is a huge deal.
Enjoying my little victory.
Peace,
^_^