A good old fashioned platformer with a legendary reputation on the NES. Based on the exploits of Scrooge McDuck, he travels all over the place stealing treasure, killing natives and selling the land he conquered. A bit dark in retrospect, but it's lots of fun.
Once again, Capcom gives you a stage select screen.
It controlled oh so smooth. You can walk around, use your cane as a pogo-stick, jump, and use your cane as a golf club. The pogo bounce is the best move in the whole game; it kills most enemies and will bounce you over most obstacles. I often bounced non-stop for parts of the levels. And the developers were aware of the pogo's awesomeness; certain obstacles will only hit you if you are dumb enough to bounce into them. It worked sooo well.
except in the snow.
But you really have to play it to see the greatness that is duck tales. So here.
That was the moon level. If you liked the music, you aren't alone. That tune was on ScrewAttacks top 10 video game music themes. Also, brentallfloss did a "What if _____ had lyrics?" for this song. Its quite hilarious.
Really, how could games ever set atmosphere without the music. Yeah Silent Hill is creepy, but it wouldn't be nearly as creepy without the bone grating music at every corner. The best games use music to set the tone like a Hollywood block buster. Square Enix is pretty famous for this, in and out of Final Fantasy. Some of the more recent Final Fantasy games included some J-pop, which really doesn't sync with the FF setting. I wonder if any readers know the game "The World Ends With You" Square made for the DS? That was an RPG set in the fashion district of downtown Tokyo. That whole games sound track was J-pop, pop, and Rap. I'm not really a fan of any of those genres, but man did it ever fit the setting.
Then you have the game music that transcends atmosphere and becomes an icon in of itself. Green Hill Zone, Mario theme, Legend of Zelda, Tetris (my favorite was theme C, but no one remembers that one). Still Alive from Portal almost topped them all to become a pop culture phenomenon.
So the point of that whole lead up is that the Turret Opera at the end of Portal 2 is the most amazing piece of gaming music. Ellen McClain, the voice actress for Glados and the turrets, is a professionally trained opera singer and really got to show her stuff for this piece. The following video doesn't contain any major spoilers, but it does come at the end of the game so watching it may sully some of the impact of a first play through. All I can say is it almost made me cry.
COG: Animal Crossing: Wild World
Well, I got the next house upgrade and now have three floors. My next mortgage costs 598,000 Bells (!!!!). My palm trees are growing (phew) so I should start catching some rarer bugs soon. Still working on getting the golden watering can. Redd visited town today and sold me a counterfeit painting. I have insurance, but thats also a scam. Oh well.
