Bio
Name: Daniel Robert Lance Big Plume
Nickname: Saturnyne
Birthday: May 3, 1980
Age: 26
Sun Sign: Taurus
Moon Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey (Born)
Height: 170 cm
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Status: Single
Favorites
Color: Blue
Food: Chicken
Animal: Cat
Anime: Sailormoon
Show: CSI
PJ's: Sweatpants/ T-shirt
Pokemon: Porygon
Website: NHB Radio
My Linux Desktop
Current Moods
Song: Dog's A Best Friend's Dog
Links
Official Sins Of Science Homepage
Space-Kitten.Org
Wing Commander CIC
Tears For Fears
Contact
Email: saturnyne1d@netscape.net
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Thursday, July 31, 2003
5:24 PM Yesterday, I bought a Game Boy Player for my Game Cube. I got WarioWare Inc. Mega Microgame$ for 50% off with the player, so I'll be reviewing both here for ya today. Game Boy Player The Game Boy Player is a rather heavy black box that fits nicely into the high speed port on the bottom of your Game Cube. This means that you can hook up both the player and your network adapter without problems. It also comes with a start-up disc, which helps your Game Cube determine when you are and are not using the player. For instance: Say I want to play myself a game of Metroid Prime. Well, Metroid Prime is a Game Cube game, but I don't want to have to take the Game Boy Player off my Cube. Happily, I don't have to. I can leave the Game Boy Player where it is, simply pop in my Metroid Prime disc and go. However, if I want to play a Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or Game Boy Advance game, all I have to do is pop the game cartridge into the front loading slot of the Game Boy Player, put the start up disc in the Game Cube's disc slot, and it's all done magically. In short: Game Boy Player Startup disc in means you'll be playing a Game Boy game. No disc, or a Game Cube game disc in the drive means you'll be in the Game Cube BIOS or playing your Cube games. Okay, now onto the important bits. Is it worth it? Well, if you want to play your Game Boy games without having to worry about batteries, then this is definitely a must. There are 20 borders to put around your Game Boy games, which is a nice touch. There are also different screen filters (Helps with any problems you might encounter with images moving across the screen), two different controller types, a timer and more. What's more, you don't even have to turn off your system to play another Game Boy game. Just hit the "Change Game Pak" option, switch your games, and go. As for multiplayer games, the Game Boy Player acts like a regular Game Boy Advance. You can't use multiple controllers in the Game Cube as multiple Game Boys. You can, however, hook the player up to another Game Boy Advance, which makes it act a lot like the real thing. Which is good. Overall, this is a piece of machinery that has already given me a lot of hours of great fun. Wario Ware, Inc. Mega Microgame$ Wario Ware isn't so much a game as much as it's a collection of a ton of minigames. Or, as they're called in the apt title, "Microgames". The "story" of the game, as it were, is that Wario has decided to go legit. He's decided to start his own company called Wario Ware Inc., and he plans to gain tons of moolah by selling video games. However, he doesn't want to do a lot of work, so the games are short and use only the control pad and/or the A button. But Wario's laziness doesn't stop there. To do even less work and get even more money, he's recruited his friends Jimmy the disco dancer, Mona the gelatto seller, 9-volt the kindergartner, Dribble and Spitz the cabbies, Kat and Ana the preschool ninjas, and more to make their own microgames and sell them for his gain. This game can be summed up in three words: Fun, Fun FUN. The game starts out fast and furious right from the press of the start button and only gets faster. The games are hilarious at times, and while seemingly pointless, are a great test of reflexes. The better you do for each character's batch of games, the more cool stuff you unlock, like a hidden Dr. Wario game (A take-off on the classic Dr. Mario, obviously) and a lot of others I have yet to unlock. In short, if you want something that'll frustrate, humble, entertain and test you, this game, or rather, game collection will be IT. This is the game of year, right here. Wario Ware, Inc. Pick it up today, especially if you actually own a Game Boy Advance.
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