Review

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories is a Game Boy Advance game that serves as Kingdom Hearts's direct sequel. Beginning where the original left off, something that hasn't been seen in recent entries of the series, Sora, Donald, and Goofy try to get the letter Pluto has from the King, Mickey Mouse. However, their search soon brings them to Castle Oblivion, a castle run by an enigmatic Organization. The castle has some secrets, though- As you traverse through the many floors, your memory soon wastes away, and their only way to defend themselves are cards filled with the memories of their abilities. Sora goes through the castle to gain what is dear to him as the man in black put it.

Chain of Memories wasn't meant to exist. The director wanted Kingdom Hearts II to be released and have these events a secret until he heard that younger fans wanted the game on the GBA. The gameplay has been criticized for being too different and difficult. The gameplay uses cards as the main set-up and you move around using the D-Pad. Cards unlock doors and decide what type of room you enter and also how powerful your attack is. However, the cards are numbered 0-9 and you play in a way like War except with real time action as well. The card battle system requires heavy strategy to have a useful deck against difficult bosses you will encounter.

The graphics are quite nice. You get to see your favorite characters as cute little sprites... well, except for big ones like the Beast and big bosses. There are also Full Motion Videos that signify important parts such as the beginning and end, but even though there is dialogue between characters in these scenes, no voice acting is used due to limitations of the console.(?) In fact, the only voice acting in this game is recycled sounds that are used in battle scenes.

Sadly, for this game, the replay value is relatively low. There are no optional bosses, but there are rewards after beating Sora's story- you get to play as his friend, Riku, who is trying to get out of Castle Oblivion after he was mysteriously transported there from Kingdom Hearts with King Mickey Mouse while battling his darkness. The gameplay in Riku's story is less complicated since you don't have to customize your card decks as the cards are preselected. Riku's story is also less time-consuming; you can beat it in less than a day because Riku's mode mostly consists of boss battles with the villains he had cooperated with in the prior game. There is also a link mode where you can challenge other players to see who is better with mastering cards with the GBA connector cord.

The game's music is mostly recycled from the original, but there are some new pieces. Because of the transition, the music sounds mildly 8-bit, but Final Fantasy 1 would be disappointed with the Castle Oblivion world field theme.

This video game has a spectacular final boss for Sora's story; it is one of the best I've seen in a Game Boy Advance game. This game gets a pretty high score around 8 or 9 because of some difficulties, but superb quality. This game is rated E for Everyone for Fantasy Violence and Mild Language. This is the only Kingdom Hearts game to ever include profanity. The only instance I read was towards the end, where a (literally) hot-headed Organization member says "Give me one **** of a show!" The game doesn't go any farther. (The remake for the PS2 censored that line if that's what system you use.) So that has been my review for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

Review

After all the times I've mentioned it, I figured I might as well review it!

Kingdom Hearts took a big step in many things. It could have been an epic fail or it could have been awesome. Consumers decided towards the latter.

The video game Kingdom Hearts is a Playstation 2 exclusive that combines Final Fantasy and classic Disney characters and adds a flourish of original characters and a multi-verse of Disney worlds and originals to create an amazing, complex yet understandable for the most part, story. The game chronicles the journey of Sora, a fourteen-year old boy who is mysteriously swept away from his home at the islands by antagonists donned Heartless, as he goes on a search for his friends while fulfilling his new duties as Wielder of the Keyblade with the help of Donald Duck, Goofy, and other friendly Disney characters.

Story aside, Kingdom Hearts's gameplay is a force to be reckoned with. Combining RPG elements (such as a command board that displays options the player can use such as Attack, Magic, Items, and miscellaneous, leveling up, and character customization) that mirror Final Fantasy, and combining it with real-time action to meet with modern gameplay creates a complex yet easy to use battle system. The camera is controlled using the L2/R2 shoulder buttons which has faced some criticism for some reason. I enjoyed it.

The graphics are quite superb during cutscenes. The only time the characters are blank-faced with only lips moving in CG cutscenes was only in the minor, less important ones. However, not everything triggers the well-planned CG cutscenes. You can interact with familiar characters from Final Fantasies and Disney flicks, where the speech is shown in a talk bubble like in comic books (this game was also aimed at kids). The voice acting hardly fails to disappoint. With an all-star cast with Haley Joel Osment and Billy Zane and Disney voices from old times past, it was hard to fail though.

The replay value in this game is moderate. There are treasure chests to open and items to customize to be the strongest you can be, along with mini-games and challenging optional bosses, including the notorious Final Fantasy VII villain, Sephiroth, the "One-Winged Angel." However, while the difficult Sephiroth is a reward to defeat, there is no big reason to re-challenge him, and the other bosses are inaccessible unless you choose a save file where you did not complete the other boss fights. There is also a secret ending that is easily unlockable. Other than that, once you beat everything, the game is practically done and you move onto something else unless you get nostalgic.

So I give this game a 9.4/10. It's not perfect, but it was one good experience! This game was rated E for Everyone for Violence. Keep in mind that in the Little Mermaid world that Sora is a merman. If you have seen the movie, you will notice that merman are bare chested. Also the final boss is bare chested. This game is worth a gander if you are a fan of the 2 properties used in this game.

This game was first seen in 2002.

Citation Bizarre pour Aujourd'hui (Funny Quote for Today)

"She lingers my desires, Like to a stepdame or a dowger Long withering out a young man's revenue." - Theseus, A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare.

Translation: She [the moon (in this case)] delays my desires, like to a stepmother or a widow with inherited property long shriveling a young man's income.

Har har har! That has been today's funny quote! Merry (After) Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Wise Phrase of the Day

Improv. Short for improvisation. However, improv is probably true writing. No time to think and edit; you just make a story or music from the top of your head. Improv comes naturally and produces original ideas that can be a standing ovation. So spark your originality and randomness- improvise every now and then; you'll sure be a hit. At least at a party anyway.

That has been a word from my wise part of my brain. Merry Christmas everyone!

The PRIME Paragraphs: Behind the Scenes

I've received word that the preceding post has confused many. Allow me to explain myself:

The PRIME paragraphs were paragraphs I invented on SpellingCity.com. They happened to relate (okay, I made them relate), and I made a loose trilogy. The trilogy has NO depth. I posted it on here because I had no time to write a novel. Hahaha. The PRIME paragraphs are about a society set for world peace. The paragraphs are just events related to the group rather than a straight story as of now. The plot in the trilogy is this: Guy gathers CIA members to start world peace, takes a poll, gets confused about an idea, an unrecorded idea is executed and fails, thus leading the Prime Leader to shut down the society. The premise and the final say are just fictional made by yours truly. I hope that cleared things up. Happy Reading!

The PRIME Paragraphs

The following paragraphs follow events that are loosely strung together. The other documents were lost in the Closing, but these were recovered. The following paragraphs follow a Prime Leader and his hope for a perfect world. His story is only kept together by these paragraphs. Historians and novelists alike have put these paragraphs in a way that seems more chronological. This is his story:

"Stop!" he interjected. He needed to conjoin the groups to make world peace. "Now stop being an impediment, Mr. Smith. You can continue the conversation of the CIA later. I am young, and I use many a malapropism, so correct me with an interjection such as, 'No!' Alright? Let's begin.

"Now we are here to devise a plan for world peace, correct?" They all nodded in agreement. "The world is an unmitigated disaster. If we don't stop it now, we'll be hanging an epitaph on the population's gravestone. So let's be frugal and come up with a master plan! Who has one?" Madame Lorange raised her hand. "Yes?" he said. "Vell," she said with an accent. "I believe all of us here should get up and perform a nuptial! If ve find ze right spouse, surely there will be peace here, leading to peace everywhere! Monsiuer Smith, I have loved you since the day I met you. That is all." The prime leader, whom has been asking the questions exclaimed, "We'll continue this another day. Farewell."

The prime leader stood adjacent to this barren wasteland that was originally the way to recompense a dynasty with a truce, that he thought would have been humdrum. He never had a foretaste that it would germinate an interminable hatred towards [the dynasty members]. He could not pretend that this was trivial; the fate of the rest of the world laid on the shoulders of him and the League. World peace may never be accomplished now. He decided to tell the League his discoveries.

The now peevish prime master began to brood; his peace society was about to culminate. He was about to present his oration to the society:

"Friends of the World Peace Society:

"Due to miscellaneous activities, our society must end. We wanted to see the world seethe with peace-loving people, but now that dream has lost its luster which we saw before; what we anticipated to shine, must now end and become dull. But even though we are gone, we must still yearn for a new possibility! Indulge yourself in faith; make yourself sick of it! For if you do, our loom of dreams shall regain to yarn of possibility. So with that, I say farewell. May peace among you forever blossom."

And with that, the society began to brood over the now lost dream from the past for the future. In despair, Miss Tupper dropped her loom and the yarn was gone.

What happened before the Closing or the whereabouts of the enigmatic World Peace Society. More documents are being searched for to understand the full story.

Review

Tangled may be a first in a lot of things, but it also brings back old elements of Disney classics, etc.

Tangled is a Disney twist on Rapunzel. It is probably the first CGI musical I've ever seen, so it was interesting and quite fun.

Highlights:

• Is that Zachary Levi singing romantically?
• Great voice-overs.
• Great twist on Rapunzel.
• Instead of using magical, unexplained things (i.e. Snow White) to bring a happy ending, Disney uses logical reasoning with their mythology to make a rather satisfying ending.
• Donna Murphy does a superb job of being evil, and belts out her musical numbers to add a sensation in my heart for climatic songs. In a word: Awesome.
• Fun for all ages.
  

Cons:

• One musical number I thought could be rearranged, in my personal opinion. However, Disney makes a great comeback with "Mother Knows Best" and "I've Got a Dream."
• Yeah, that's about it.

Wait, Haven't I Seen This Before?:

• A girl wanting see a world she longs for. (This was used in The Little Mermaid)

So I give this movie a rightful A+! I believe it is still being shown at theaters, so if you get a chance and you like Disney movies, music, etc., then come see the CGI musical movie Disney's Tangled!

What Else Could Go Wrong????

(While I've been wanting a subject for a post, this is isn't exactly what I was hoping for, but I'll go with it!)

Let's see what happened today:

• Friend persists that I reveal whether I like her (in that way), which was quite humorous to see how badly people want to know something. However, I feel my deadline for the answer is coming soon! (worry face)
• Normal day at school- I aced a quiz and got stuff done and learned, etc....
• It was cold.
• Finished homework.
• I ate dinner (Lean Cuisine Margherita Pizza) and my palate expander/herptz (or however you spell it) appliance breaks and had to eat soup (which, hate to tell you soup lovers, I am not a huge fan of [I need to find my fav soup still.....]) and survived with applesauce, etc....

I honestly don't know what could be worse. Hopefully I get that think fixed. :( We'll see.

iCarly iStart a Fanwar

This was my favorite part of the iCarly special movie iStart a Fanwar.



EDIT 12\1: I should probably explain the premise of this video: Jerry Trainor as Spencer (from iCarly) enters a 'stume contest at a Webicon convention in the World of Warlords booth. He dresses up as Aruthor, a main villain in a dimension in the universe of WoW. He expects to win because his costume was self-made, but when he sees a fanatic in an Aspartamay (another main villain in the WoW universe in another dimension than Aruthor), which is played by the eccentric Jack Black, they enter a full-fledged battle.

They begin by announcing the faults of each costume, in which no one wins. Then they enter a verbal war, and when Spencer insults Aspartamay's mother, he crosses the line. Aspartamay begins a battle cry. Spencer is encouraged to back down, but stays deeply in character and begins his chant, leading into the song above. After that, Jack attempts to get Spencer to admit that Spencer's costume is lame, but Spencer does not back down. Jack and Jerry enter a fan-made weapon battle with "wristballs (balloons coming out of a compartment from his wrists) and a "longstaff," respectively. No one wins this battle either, even though Spencer gets flogged with balloons. Jack seemingly backs down, but throws "The Nugget of Confusion" (a gravel piece painted bronze), and Spencer retaliates with gases (fog?) from his belt. The battle reaches a big climax when they are given "tenacious floggers" which are merely sticks with ribbons. They hit each other for a time, and when the iCarly gang comes and Carly reveals that she is Spencer's sister, Aspartamay takes Carly hostage. Will Aspartamay reign victorious? Will Spencer save Carly? Will Carly bite Aspartamy's thumb and rip off his necklace, which is his "life force" and go home? Find out in the ****** out of 10 star special movie "iStart a Fanwar!"

Rules of Commenting

I am usually very informal, carefree, and laid back about what I say, post, etc. on this blog, but due to some events, I need to lay down some ground rules.

When I received my first commercial comments on this blog, I thought it was funny and I still have them up. However, with the foreign companies beginning to advertise on my blog and it is not getting through the spam filter, I must ask that no product be advertised by commenters on this blog. My blog is only about my experiences and activities and imagination, and no commercial advertisement that I have received thus far pertains to me at all. The line was crossed when a medicine ad appeared on here and also contained untranslatable gibberish. Thank you for your cooperation.

Second order of business: If you comment, I ask that you please keep your comment pertaining to the post or my blog, please. I know a lot of you who read this, but please try to keep external affairs out of this blog. Thanks a lot.

However, since rules can be broken, I've taken an extra step to insure that commercial ads in particular can not comment. I am sorry that I must penalize all of you, but I fell urged to self make these laws.

Thank you for cooperating, and hopefully this blog can be less serious. :)

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros.Ep.9: Farewell

This is the final chapter of the crossover of KH & SSB. Not much happens, but it's needed. Enjoy!

“So this is it?” Zelda asked. “You’re heading back to finish your mission?”

“Yeah,” Sora replied. “We have worlds to save and a universe to put back into order.”

“Come back anytime,” said Lucas. “We’ve got a fighting coliseum if you’re interested. We’ll be willing to defeat you. There’s more fighters that reside here; friendly and villainous.”

“We’ll be back,” said Donald. “At least we’ll try.”

“See you then,” said Link. “I guess I owe you all a thank you. Thanks for saving me back there. Ganondorf’s power was so strong that I couldn’t fight it. But I think we’ve got him under control now. So long.”

“Bye,” the Key Defenders said. And then they were off.

“Well, at least we can just worry about less powerful evils until now,” said Link. “No Heartless or anything. C’mon, let’s head back to the coliseum.”

Joyful, Joyful from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Roxas

Early in my blogging history, you readers were not familiar with Kingdom Hearts. So I'm going to tell you about a tragic character from the series.

Roxas is the "Nobody" of the protagonist, Sora. A Nobody in the KH-verse is the form of a person after they lose their heart. A Nobody consists of false emotions... for the most part.

Roxas made his first cameo appearance in the handheld video game Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Speculation rose about who this character was. Was he Tidus from Final Fantasy X? Was he just there?

He made his first public appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, but I'll explain his story there in a bit.

The video game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days told the story of Roxas prior to his KHII appearance. Roxas was a member of the antagonistic Organization XIII, a group consisting of the 13 most powerful Nobodies. Soon after Roxas joins, a new member is enlisted: No. XIV: Xion. Roxas is soon sent on missions to defeat Heartless to gather hearts so the giant world Kingdom Hearts will be able to give Nobodies hearts. Throughout Roxas' 357 days in the Organization, he bonds with Xion and Axel, another Nobody. Their friendship seems inseparable. However, Axel's shady work at Castle Oblivion, another Organization headquarters, and secret knowledge of Xion makes his friendship with Roxas one where he can't share everything. And Xion starts changing because of her empty past. Soon Roxas finds himself in a whirlwind of confusion as a mysterious impostor starts rising suspicion, and to make it worse, Axel and Xion start fighting for some strange reason. Roxas learns that Xion has been visiting with the impostor, but dares not tell the strict dispatcher, Saix, about it.

The superior Organization members come to a consensus that they can have only one Keyblade in the Organization and pit Xion and Roxas against each other. Axel can't bear that to happen and stops them from killing each other. However, while on a three-way mission with Axel and Xion and another member, Xion escapes, but Axel finds her and brings her back to the Organization to bring her back to what she was purposed to do.

Roxas runs away to find out who he is and why he was having dreams of Sora. Roxas comes upon his favorite world and starts thinking that it was futile to leave. Xion comes and visits with Roxas, but soon attacks him, because her purpose was to destroy Roxas and make sure that Sora never wakes up while he is regaining his memories. Roxas fights a long hard battle with his old friend and she slowly starts to fade away. Roxas goes back to the Organization to fulfill Xion's final wish: Free Kingdom Hearts. Roxas goes and earns Xion's final remnant: Her Keyblade. He comes upon the impostor who turns out to be Sora's old friend, Riku, who is on a mission to rejoin Roxas and Sora and will do whatever it takes to wake up his friend, and having Roxas potentially destroyed by the Organization won't help. Roxas battles Riku and defeats him, but Riku uses his trump card to make Roxas unconscious. Riku gives Roxas to DiZ, his employer, but DiZ sends Roxas to a virtual world and replaces his memories while Sora is still sleeping and regaining his memories leading into Kingdom Hearts II, however Xion is completely forgotten.

Roxas' summer vacation is ending, and his friends Hayner, Pence, and Olette want to make the most of it... while finishing their vacation project! They do just that, but things start getting strange as DiZ's virtual world begins to corrupt due to interference by Axel and minor Nobodies. Namine, Sora's memory restorer also begins to bring Roxas to Sora. However, all the many people (DiZ, Namine, Axel and co., and Riku the pickpocket) changing his world, Roxas runs to Namine to try to find out what is going on. However, he soon comes across Axel and defeats him in a fierce battle and Roxas soon comes across DiZ. DiZ persuades Roxas to become part of Sora again to awaken him and Roxas nostalgically agrees with his last words saying, "Well, Sora. Looks like my summer vacation... is over."

Sora goes on a new adventure and comes across many Organization members who all call him Sora. Sora recognizes Roxas in a picture given to him secretly by Riku. And when Sora and co. come across Organization HQ, Sora and Roxas battle in which Sora is the victor, and Roxas fades away. Sora defeats the Organization and Roxas and Namine reunite as Roxas is Sora's Nobody (which Sora finds out), and Namine is Kairi's Nobody. While what happens to Roxas and Namine together has not been revealed, Namine and Roxas confirmed that they will be together forever as long as Kairi and Sora are together.

Roxas is a sad character, but has an entire saga in a span of just two games! Roxas and Namine are special Nobodies that did not fade away, because their former selves are still around.

Roxas is also an anagram of Sora plus an X. All Org. XIII members' names are acronyms of their former selves plus an X (however No.1 Xemnas is an acronym of his former self's teacher, Ansem the Wise, and Xion is an acronym for No.1 because she was #1 in the Replica Program and an Organization member). Roxas is voiced by Jesse McCartney in English speaking countries.

I hope I have taught you all well. Goodbye.

AND STAY TUNED TOMORROW FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUPER SMASH BROS. AND KINGDOM HEARTS CROSSOVER. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros.Ep. 8: The Final Battle

The Source was known to Zelda and Link. It was Ganondorf with his dark plated armor and his red beard and hair and green skin. “The game is nearly over. How about a twist ending?” He motioned with his hand and Heartless appeared. “Let’s see who gets the final spin.”

He punched at Riku who grabbed Ganondorf’s arm and twisted it, making the dark power fall. Samus shot Ganondorf with her arm gun and Lucas kept shocking Ganondorf.

“Kairi! Kairi, wake up!” Sora pleaded.

“We need to protect her, Sora,” said Zelda.

“I know,” Sora said. “C’mon Kairi. You got to help us out here by waking up. Don’t be a Rip Van Winkle here. Don’t go out on me again.”

It was hopeless. She might be out for another few hours. Sora would have to take matters in his own hands. He took out two Keyblades and his clothing turned white. He telepathically threw his Keyblades vanquishing Heartless. He ran towards Ganondorf, or the Source, and continued the same pattern until he connected his attacks with Ganondorf. Ganondorf moved back a little, but Sora did an uppercut, launching Ganon upwards. Sora jumped up and multiply hit him. Ganon fell with a thud. Sora reverted back to his normal form.

Ganondorf began laughing hysterically. “You think that I have been defeated. No; I will destroy you with my hidden Smash Ball.” Ganon unveiled a Smash Ball and stole its power. He soon morphed into a hideous beast. “Try to defeat me now!!!” he roared.



Beast Ganon swiped at them and hit them. They flew back. Sora climbed on Ganon’s hand and attacked his face. Riku threw his Keyblade at Ganon’s scar. Ganon screeched in pain and threw them down.

“It’s hopeless. I don’t know how to defeat him,” said Sora in disappointment.

“Sora, just find the Keyhole,” said Kairi. “I’ll help you.”

“Kairi?” Sora turned around and saw her. “Don’t do that again!”

“Let’s find the Keyhole,” said Kairi.

They tried to leave Hyrule, but the way out was blocked. “No,” said Sora.

“Sora, I’m sorry, but I have to do this,” Kairi apologized. She turned towards Ganon and said, “Ganon, you have to stop. I may look weak, but I can stop you. I will too.”

She threw her hand out and shot light into Ganon’s scar. He shrieked in extreme pain and reverted back to his original human(-ish) form and fell down. The Keyhole appeared behind where Ganon had fought. Sora lifted his Keyblade and sealed the Keyhole.

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy that turkey; bloat yourself; eat the pie; stuff yourself to your digestive system's content! Happy Thanksgiving ya'll!

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.7: The Showdown with Darkness

Riku stepped forward. “I’ve faced this sort of thing before. I can take care of this myself.”

“No,” said Kairi. “We’ll do it together.”

“All for one and one for all, remember?” said Goofy.

“Yep,” said Sora.

“Don’t hurt him!” Zelda said. “Just fight his darkness.”

They all got in battle positions. Link began a flurry of attacks which Goofy blocked with his trademark shield. Zelda shot a fireball at her former friend hoping to attack the darkness. Donald shot light magic at the darkened hero, and Goofy blocked the attacks fired at them. Sora and Riku attacked with their Keyblades. Samus looked around for the Source. Lucas looked around in feat and confusion as they attacked his old teammate. He ran towards Samus and helped her.

Link weakened after a tough battle, but he was not defeated. “Haha. What makes you think you can defeat us? Prepare for the final blow.” He began to charge up a very powerful attack. Zelda looked around for a possible Smash Ball. If she found one, Link could be saved. The others tried to hold Link down, except for Kairi.

Kairi was starting to emit a bright glow. Light surrounded around her. Zelda looked over. “Kairi!” she yelled. Kairi was covered with light. She was completely bright. Light surrounded her. The Source walked behind Kairi and was about to stop her from interfering with his plans, but it was too late. Kairi shone and knocked the Source back, flipping its hood off. Kairi ran towards Link and let her light shine brighter. Through the light, Zelda saw a Smash Ball appear. She ran under it and used her mystic powers to gain control over it. Her full power surged in her. A Light Arrow appeared in her hands. She aimed towards Link and shot him. So much light consumed the Temple it began to crumble. Kairi brought her power back in and fainted from so much power. Sora grabbed Kairi before she hit the ground. Link put his hand to his head and said, “What happened?” He was back to normal.

Someone applauded behind them. They turned around. “Bravo! Bravo!” he said. The Source was unmasked.

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.6: Finding Link

“Oh, no,” said Zelda. “Perhaps we can check Hyrule? It’s where we come from. Ganondorf, too. Oh, I can’t believe he’s gone!”

“Zelda!” Kairi said. “If Sora, Donald, and Goofy could find me-”

“Me, too,” Riku coughed.

“Then we can find Link,” assured Kairi.

“Okay,” said Zelda as she breathed in and out to calm down.

“We’ll try Hyrule,” Sora said. “I don’t know where else to check.”

They traveled to the Temple of Hyrule while fighting considerably small Heartless. They soon reached Hyrule Temple. The temple had stained glass displaying a mystical legend and a beautiful exterior.

“Well hello!” a voice said from the top of a steeple. The Key Defenders and co. looked up. “I’m afraid I’m not ready for you yet. However, I may not need to face you after all.” With that, the shrouded Source snapped his fingers and disappeared. Samus tried to hit the Source with a charged shot from her hand cannon, but the source disappeared too soon for her. The steeple crumbled a little, and part of it fell to the ground. In front of them, a giant beast began to configure. It had a hard looking armor plated on its frame, but it didn’t prove much of a threat.

“Xehanort should have been more creative and thorough with his Heartless development,” Sora said.

The eight walked into the remains of the Temple (the battle got a little dirty). The interior must have been beautiful before, but now the stained glass was shattered and the lamps were broken and lying on the ground. They searched for Link and came across a room that was not destroyed in any way.

“Good day, Key Defenders and the Protectors of the Smash World. What a wonderful job you have done protecting this world from me! After all, you let me corrupt your friend, Link!” As soon as the Source said that in pitch black darkness, a spotlight came on a dark Link.

“No!” Zelda breathed.

“The Smash World shall never be the same. We will unleash a power the Subspace Emissary never knew of! It’s over, Zelda. It’s over,” Link said.

A Design

You know I briefly mentioned The Deception of Oncirea a few days ago? Well, I made a teaser poster for it:


However, until I learn a professional method to write the aforementioned, I cannot continue the script.

I enjoy getting the little details (i.e. design) done before the actual project. The one thing that really bugs me, though, is getting the title exact before I proofread. That's just the way I am. Then again, I've never met an agent.... [tongue-in-cheek joke]

(This was made through Microsoft Paint with no supplementary pad, pens, etc...)

Review

Despite the controversy around this motion picture, it is a very good documentary that makes a shocking comparison with Darwinism (evolution by nat. selection) and Nazism/Socialism! It is essentially a compare-contrast essay with snippets from black/white movies with interviews and voice-overs with Ben Stein. I love the ending of the film; it is my favorite part of the film. I don't want to spoil it, though.

You could also visualize this film as a normal movie that you would see that is not a doc. If I had to cast one of the evolutionary biologists as the villain of the film, it would be Professor Dawkins. Nothing against him at all, though. It's just the way the movie works.

The subtitle "No Intelligence Allowed" refers to the ID movement (Intelligent Design). However, while Stein is objective through most of the film, he attacks Dawkins at the end in a way that will make Creationists/ID/believers, etc,... smile.

(This film is available on Netflix for an instant view.)

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.5: The Castle Siege

Here's a foretaste of this episode: PLOT TWIST!!!

The nine approached the castle and saw a multitude of Heartless attempting to break in. “Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Zelda, keep the attack from reaching the castle,” Link ordered. “Donald, Goofy, Lucas, and Samus, come with me and protect Ike, Marth, and Roy. Let’s go.”

“Yes, sir!” they said in unison. And they broke off. Sora and Riku slashed through the various Heartless, while Zelda and Kairi used their power of light to blow off scores of the Heartless. They soon lowered the number of the Heartless so that they could just use basic weapons to slice through the remaining enemies. “Let’s go help Link!” Kairi exclaimed.

Link slashed away some of the Heartless that were in his way. In the corner of his eye, he saw Goofy knock some away with his shield, Donald shock the Heartless with thunder, Samus shooting with charged shots, and Lucas raining comets on the darkness. Link rushed in, knocking down a small door to get in. He rushed up to the highest point of the tower. He saw the three swordsmen defending themselves from small Heartless. Link used his boomerang to vanquish the enemies. They met together and thought the battle inside the castle was over until a shrouded figure appeared behind them.

Lucas jumped and asked it, “Who are you?”

The figure merely laughed. “My name is of no importance. You just need to know that this world will be taken over very soon by the Heartless. So if you’ll excuse me.” The man kicked the Master Sword out of Link’s hands and brought Link into the dark portal with him in a blink of an eye. “Link!” yelled Donald as he shot fire at the portal. But it was too late.

The four ground fighters appeared right then. “Where’s Link?” asked Zelda.

Lucas answered, “He was taken by the Source.”

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.4: The Search for the Proposed Enemy

Before I get into legal issues, I probably should state that I do not own any of these franchises! Okay, time for episode 4 (ya never thought I'd get this far, did ya?):

“I think I saw it, too,” said Zelda. “I couldn’t tell what, or who, it was.”

Link groaned. Goofy walked over and asked Link, “What’s wrong?”

“I dunno,” Link groaned. “I feel like this world rests on my shoulders. That I need to save them. Those two over there formed an alliance with me that made sure nothing horrible would happen.” He stood up. “I guess I’m realizing now that I can’t do all alone. I guess the only way to truly save this world is with help from you five.”

Sora walked over. “You know, I was in a situation once where I had no physical weapon and my ally was drawn away. Donald and Goofy were with the Keyblade which fell in to Riku’s hands when he was being troubled with his darkness. But what got me through it was my heart, Link. My heart and my friends is what saved me. And through that same weapon- my heart- Riku came to his senses.”

“I see,” Link said. “Well, if we’re going to get out of the darkness, we need to search throughout this world for the Source.”

“Let’s go,” said Riku. “All eight of us.”

“Actually,” Zelda said. “I think we can enlist the help of a bounty hunter. She may be able to help.”

“Zelda, you think we should bring Samus?” Link asked.

“Well, we could always use a more projectile-based ally in case we need far-range attacks. Sorry, Lucas, but you’re still trying to master your psychic powers.”

“Yeah, I know,” Lucas answered to Zelda. “C’mon, let’s go get her and find the bad guy!”

The eight found Samus behind the wall and looked throughout the Smash World. They looked through the Halberd and encountered Meta Knight. Riku fought the anti-Kirby alone. His fast reflexes enabled him to block Meta Knight’s quick and sharp attacks, leaving Meta Knight defenseless as Riku kicked back the dark knight’s jagged sword. Riku held his Keyblade at Meta Knight’s eye level, and Meta Knight denied being the Source. Sora deduced that it made sense considering that no Heartless appeared. They left to explore the Lylat Cruise.

They learned that there was nothing evil and there was no Heartless in the Cruise, but the antagonistic Wolf would not let them leave easily. Donald and Goofy decided that they would fight the leader of Star Wolf together. Donald summoned various magics at the anthropoid canine, while Goofy reflected the various laser shots by the wolf. The quick wolf almost knocked Donald into the never ending space until Kairi decided to intervene and knocked Wolf out with her Keyblade and helped Donald up from the ledge he was clinging onto. Wolf also denied being the Source.

When they were about to investigate further, they received a call that Heartless were invading a castle nearby. “Perhaps the Source is attacking there,” Link suggested.

“We can’t lose this chance,” Zelda agreed. They headed off towards the attempted Castle Siege.

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.3: The Source

The Source looked at the screen that showed the status of the Smash World. The Darkside had fallen. The Source walked out of the Frigate Orpheon and entered the portal to the Final Destination where he had first entered this blasted place. The Heartless swarmed towards him, but the Source had no need for them yet. He needed to frame another Mystery Smasher like It was. The Key Defenders would fall short to realize the fraud. “Go know,” said the Source. He would follow and see the show up close and personal.

“So there’s a life force who is leading the Darkness here and we need to fight it,” Link tried to figure out.

“That’s right,” said Sora. Suddenly, a black portal appeared. A spiked figure almost like a turtle exited from there. “A Corridor of Darkness,” Sora breathed.

“Bowser,” Link growled. “What do you want?”

Without an answer, Heartless seeped from the Corridor. “The Source,” breathed Zelda. Without warning, Lucas’ eyes became red and comets began raining down on the antagonists. All of a sudden, the red-hatted man sprang on Bowser, who in turn pummeled the red-hatted man into the wall. Sora summoned his Keyblade and said, “Leave them alone you horned toad!”

“Actually,” Link started. “He’s more like a tur-”

“I know what I said!”

Bowser roared. Sora got into a battle stance. Something’s not right here, he thought. Usually there’s more enemies to be fought and it takes hours. Shield rays appeared on the sides of them, enclosing the boundaries with only Bowser and Sora inside. Bowser charged forward and Sora swung, knocking Bowser back. Bowser sprayed fire at Sora. It burned Sora. Bowser swung his arm, but Sora counterattacked. Bowser leaped in the air, dropping like a rock on Sora, who flew back. Sora was heavily weakened. Suddenly, a sphere appeared and fell from the sky in front of Sora. Sora touched it and felt power rush within him. His Keyblade pointed forward and powerful jets of light emitted from the Keyblade. Sora screamed, “Ragnarok!” The jets pushed on Bowser and he flew backwards. He was out of stamina.

“Grrrrrrrrrrrr…” Bowser said. Bowser uttered growls and roars and groans. A green-hatted man taller the one in red translated came and translated, “What do you want?”

Sora replied, “Aren’t you the one who’s bringing darkness to this world?”

“No,” the green-hatted man translated.

“Then who did?!” Sora looked around. On a balcony, a figure in dark armor looked down upon them. And behind him, a portal of darkness.

“HIM!” yelled Sora. He pointed towards the ominous being. Before anyone got a clearer picture of him, he vanished.

“What was it?” Sora asked himself.

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.2: Standing Guard

Okay, some the vocab isn't as colorful I would like, but oh well. And without further ado...

Sora stood lazily in the opening. “I think we destroyed every Heartless here. We should try to find the Keyhole soon.” As if the words jinxed it, a giant creature darkened the sky. Its projectiles illuminated the horizon. It also shone on three figures running their way, away from the beast.

Sora’s eyes opened wide. “Abandon post! All men run forward!” yelled Sora. As they inched closer and closer, fear bubbled up to a new boiling point quickly.

Suddenly, the creature’s foot came slowly down towards the fleers. Sora burst light from his Keyblade to hurt the creature, and the others followed, except for Donald and Goofy. Donald shot various types of magic at the creature, and Goofy threw his shield powerfully. The monster staggered back, revealing the sign of the Heartless.

It roared (although it was more like a screech), making the fighters cringe. Sora jumped on the beast’s hand as it lowered to clobber them, then Sora walked onto its shoulder making heavy blows to the head. The beast stared at Sora. The memories came to him; he fought this one before. It was an artificial Darkside. Sora felt the tentacles from its face surround him, enclosing him in darkness. He heard Riku and Kairi scream his name in fear of losing him. Suddenly a burst of fire came through the openings, and then an arrow in the yellow eye of the Heartless. The Darkside fell in pain. Shadows began seeping from it to defend it. A young man clothed in green slashed his sword, throwing the Shadows away. In the distance, a burst of ultraviolet light came from where the shadows hit.

“My name is Link,” said the young man. “Keep fighting, will you?” Soon after, a weakened artificial Darkside stood up. The woman who was one of the three running shot a magic ball of fire at the Heartless, making it fly back a little. It didn’t explode. The three Keyblade wielders brought their Keyblades together and ran toward the creature and hit it in its chest (it had become smaller when the Shadows seeped from it). The artificial Darkside stood motionless and a little surprised, then flew back at hundreds of miles an hour, then blowing up in a huge UV explosion.

“I think I got Heartless blood on my Keyblade,” Kairi joked. Her flowery Keyblade didn’t bear a scratch and was still crystal clear.

“Thanks for helping us,” the woman said walking towards the Key Defenders. “My name is Zelda and the little blond boy is Lucas. Link introduced himself already to you in battle. And who are you?”

“Name’s Sora,” said Sora.

“Kairi,” said Kairi cheerfully.

“Donald Duck at your service,” Donald bowed.

“Name’s Goofy,” said Goofy.

“My name is Riku,” said Riku.

“We like to call ourselves the Key Defenders,” said Sora. “Really, we’re trying to free Kingdom Hearts, but Key Defenders has a better ring to it than, like, the Rescuers of Kingdom Hearts or something.”

“Kingdom Hearts?” asked Lucas. “Is it that strange moon in the sky that light goes to? I mean it’s as big as a kingdom and shaped like a heart. It’s a rumor in the Smash World. Is it true?”

Riku looked up. He’d been at the World That Never Was too many times to forget that heart-shaped moon called Kingdom Hearts. “It is,” he said. “That’s what we’re trying to free. But first, we need to unlock every world’s Keyhole. Once that happens, the Heartless can’t feed off people’s hearts in worlds like yours and they are forced to go to Kingdom Hearts. Then we go and destroy them, freeing Kingdom Hearts. Those who had lost their hearts before regain them, and Darkness no longer exists. The way it was before. The Heartless are coming from a source with a heart who longs for Darkness. We need to defeat that source and lock the Keyhole. Then the Heartless will abandon the world.

“But when we seal the Keyhole, the ways back to the worlds are impossible to trace back to. So friends we meet on the way can only exist in hearts and memories.”

Lucas, Link, and Zelda led them back to the place the Key Defenders had reached when they first came. It was peaceful until-

“WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO THE WALL!?” Link asked.

“WHERE ON EARTH WERE YOU DEFEATERS-OF-THE-STRANGE-ENEMIES?!” asked the boy in the red cap.

“Who wants to explain?” Sora asked to his team.

Goofy stepped forward and said, “Gawrsh, no need to yell. You see, the Heartless came and blew down the wall, Link. We defeated them, see, and protected the wall until we saved you from the monster Heartless. See, no harm done, folks.”

Everyone seemed relieved- the Key Defenders were relieved because the Smash World wasn’t going to beat the snot out of them, and the Smash World was relieved the Key Defenders saved the snot out of them.

Kingdom Hearts Meets Super Smash Bros. Ep.1: Conflicting Arrivals

Well, after the lack of plot and depth of KH: The Post, I decided to restart my KH imagination. The posts related to this one are ALL pre-written (by moi) and I think it is easily understandable for most audiences as it involves classic Nintendo characters plus the characters above. So here goes nothing. Episode One: Conflicting Arrivals:

“This quest never seems to end, does it guys?” said Sora. He, Donald and Goofy, and Riku and Kairi were on the Bridge of the Worlds on a journey to free Kingdom Hearts. If Kingdom Hearts was free, all darkness would be destroyed if they decide to fight it. Blue seemed to swirl around them continually. They saw different worlds they’d been to before such as Beast’s Castle and Radiant Garden. Suddenly, a ball- shaped entity appeared in front of them. It opened up as if to welcome them in. They entered.

“What are these freaky things!?” shouted Lucas. He shot PK Lightning at the endless row of black, monstrous creatures. They poofed into black smoke but more returned.

“I haven’t the slightest idea!” Link said, slashing the strange beings.

They both knew what would happen if these creatures reached the rest of the Smash Warriors- certain doom. They’d already seen a Fighting Polygon get attacked by one; pixel by pixel, the former foe vanished, a ball of light of what it was touch a mysterious heart moon in the sky.

An arrow of light shot past them, wiping out a horde of the creatures. “If only the Smash Ball would appear more often. The Mario brothers can only do so much to protect the Warriors,” said Zelda, more calmly than she should be at a time like this.

Only one question remained: What were these things?

The first thing the Key Defenders saw was a tall wooden door bulging forward and finally bursting, with a swarm of Heartless coming through the debris.

“Hey! A welcome party!” smirked Riku. The team summoned their weapons, the three humans using their keyblades. They slashed through them faster than the Battle of 1000 Heartless.

A man in a red hat and blue overalls came towards them, obviously worn out. “How?” asked the man before fainting from exhaust.

“It seems the Heartless have been invading this world for a long time,” observed Donald. It seemed that way; every fighter was breathing deeply as if they fought a tough battle. It didn’t look like, though, that any of them had lost their hearts.

A boy with a cap came towards them. “If you could destroy those enemies so fast, would you mind guarding the entrance while we repair it?” The group thought about this heavily before saying yes.

Link decapitated one of the enemies. They were becoming more various. The one Link had destroyed was purple and had a strange symbol printed on its chest; it was also metallic. It disappeared like the Fighting Polygon- pixel by pixel- but no light emerged from it.

Link looked back at his allies. Lucas could probably hold up a little more if he stayed far-range. Zelda was now Shiek, slicing through enemies with needles. Link looked forward again and saw a bigger foe come forward, also bearing the symbol. It was dark and standing tall; lasers shot from it burning everything it touched; its colosol hands allowed some melee attacks, but its feet could easily stomp the living life out of someone. There was no way they could destroy it.

“FALL BACK!” screamed Link, grabbing Lucas so he didn’t trip. Zelda reluctantly obeyed until seeing the beast. The enemy was gaining speed. It wouldn’t be long before……..

Who Reads My Blog?

Well, I don't know if all of you care about this, but I've been looking at my "page views" today. And it turns out there are some people I wasn't even aware ever heard this blog. It turns out that most people who read my blog use Firefox, while some use Internet Explorer (very predictable, not surprising). But then I kept looking and some viewer(s) use Safari (not that surprised), but then one person uses the Opera browser! Who knew? However, Windows is the most viewed operating system for this blog.

But the thing that ueber surprised me was where people read my little blog: ranging from the US mostly, but some people like to read my blog in China, Germany (hopefully they liked my word usage; if not, the spelling at least), Denmark, Russia, and, my favorite (because it's the most surprising), Latvia!!! Perhaps that's where those commercial advertisers came from. Hmmm........



(If I offended you in some way or fashion by insulting your country, I am sorry and it was all unintentional.)

100th BLOG POST

If you haven't put the clues together yet (looking on the sidebar, the announcement of a special), this is my 100th BLOG POST! And to commemorate it, I have decided to write a history of the first 99 posts.

The reason I wrote this blog is because I liked reading my cousin's and my uncle's (David's is defunct, basically, and Uncle Scott's is a website now), so Uncle Scott introduced me to Blogger. To say the least, making this blog has been a blast.

2007

Now when I created this blog in 2007, I was young and wasn't the best at writing and executing ideas. However, I manged to dedicate this blog to my inspirations. Then I published my first announcements page after the dedication. Of course, I wasn't internet savvy at the time and I published a few no-nos (such as where [it] was happening, when it was, etc...) that I later corrected. Then I decided to keep you all caught up with my theater life with the Secret Garden arc that lasted for three posts. I also caught you up with the latest news and my less privacy invasion-able personal life. I caught you up with the Summer Explosion of the year in a two-post arc, and I revealed to you randomness with Friend Day. I also revealed my vacation of the year in a five-post arc. I also gave you announcements and let you help me decide on a movie viewing (I don't know what's up with you all and not voting; it's not deciding anything political!). I made a worthless shout-out and let you know about my roller coaster attraction. I also put some random posts and celebrated the holidays. I let loose my imagination, and made a more formal shout-out with "Eragon." I talked about ice cream and I advertised my family's blogs. And right after that, the infamous Kingdom Hearts: The Post series was released. (Due to unfamiliarity among my readers the Kingdom Hearts: The Post series has been canceled, btw). I revealed to you a flash game from another website and I released my first quiz (which should have been deleted). I continued the defunct KH:Post series, and broadened my horizons of the w.w.w. by embedding a song on this blog (which is no longer working). In August, I let you know more of my time on the w.w.w. and my personal life, while educating you on this blog, and informally completing the KH: Post series/ trilogy. I told you about my first baseball game and I hit my first hiatus. It wasn't too long and I came back to celebrate Thanksgiving. And then in that same month, I hit a 6-post-in-one-day record (which nobody commented on.....). To end the year, I gave you a history on the "BLOG Report," gave some movie tips, and discussed the Christmas holiday.

Total Posts: 48

2008

I celebrated New Year's and I shared my meeting with Mitt Romney. In March, I started the infamous READER'S CHOICE AWARDS! . Now I personally thought that I clearly stated how to put in a comment! Must I add a picture? X( . I showed the winner and the winner's prize, and I showed you my imagination in "My Turn' which did NOT go as planned. I added some delayed news, talked about pets, and showed my favorite feature of this blog: The Blog Theater, which began with the Phantom of the Keys. I gave you some insight on the Phantom origins and discussed my confusion over the Super Smash Bros. ratings. I celebrated July 4th once again. I talked about my first burger and told you about a miracle... well sort of; you need to read it and find out. I talked about the impeding hurricane with a twist, and about my ride on the Incredible Hulk Coaster and my financial advice (:( ?). I competed '08 with a tale about my cat and another cat. Also during 2008, I recieved strange comments by some commmercial companies, including "runescape power levelling", "runescape money,"jordan shoes," and others. You can look at their superficial comments on your on time.

Total Posts: 19

2009

I celebrated New Year's to open up the year and revealed the unrelated Phantom sequel Christmas or Xmas? I discussed my excitement over the new KH game of the year, advertised el inglesio Espanol en mi escuela, told you about Summer Explosion 2008, and gave you a link to an awesome video. I gave you more KH news and talked about my dad's shaving. In the next three months I talked about UrineTown and senorwooly.com. I published my first videos and talked about Busch Gardens. To close '09, I showed you Tim Hawkins.

Total Posts: 16

2010

I began blogging (after a long hiatus) in March with "My First Sermon." I threw out an April Fool's Joke and a tale of spam(?). I talked about my fad about Phantom of the Opera and told gave you a link to my friend's mission trip video. I talked about Pirates of the Caribbean 4, gave you a link to a news article, showed you an awesome video, and announced Recollection: A Series That Recalls Summer 2010 with a Sappy Name. I stalled a little and did "Teamwork," "Election Day," and "You Decide" (on which most of you did not comment on!!!). Then finally, I published the Recollection series.

Total Posts: 16

And now you can celebrate this post with everyone else. You can celebrate by commenting and giving me your feedback on this post or the blog in general.

This has been an amazing time as long as I have had this blog, and this is the end of the first part of the blog you could say; a milestone. So tell your friends about this blog and get ready for more posts. In fact, I've got something special planned that's going to replace another post.... So get ready, and adieu!

~Adam J

P.S. I'll try to fix these italics soon. This posting system is very glitchy sometimes, and the italics are being that way. So I'll get on it ASAP!!!