It's official: Nintendo Wii is the greatest console of all time! ... I was ready to hand it the crown after the release of Punch-Out!! in May, but its subsequent releases of Wii Sports Resort and New Super Mario Bros. Wii cements its status ... oh, and by the way, I also have a Playstation 3, so I have grounds to make this claim for the Wii ... don't get me wrong, PS3 is nice, but the games I have so far, ie. Fight Night Round 4 and Street Fighter 4 (great games) are not PS3 exclusives ... the only plus, is the Blu-ray player ... Wii is the perfect combination of innovation and nostalgia ... when I picked up my copies of Punch-Out!! in May and New Super Mario Bros. Wii this past weekend, I was offered a "strategy guide" ... pshhhhh ... playing those games for the first time is the same feeling of getting re-acquainted with an old friend, old school gaming instincts take over just like continuing a conversation from 10 years ago ... but it's not as though they're identical games ... there is that level of familiarity but they're definitely more challenging ... I will say this, they're just as addicting ... sure, advanced graphics are nice, but the core of videogames to me is, a simple concept, but challenging and addictive at the same time ... thank you Nintendo! ...
really missing San Diego at this point ... I think I've said it before, but if the Tri-State Area (NYC, NJ) is my number one choice for where I'd like to end up, Southern California (LA, SD) is officially number two, and for those that care The Bay Area (SF and San Jose) is third ... why? ... I need a cosmopolitan city with a significant Pinoy population ... back to SD, what I miss are the channels, especially HBO on Demand ... I got to watch 24/7 and Pacquiao and Cotto fights at my leisure ... but I also got to watch Slumdog Millionaire ... I won't even do a review, because I was just as entertained as House of Flying Daggers ... now I'm sure my critics will chime in and say, "well if that story was about a Pinoy you would've liked it" ... my response: it's already been done ... someone coming from poverty to being on top of the world and having everything ... but I didn't see it on the big screen, I see it every six or so months in the ring ...
finally, if I had my way ... Manny Pacquiao fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May ... then after knocking his @ss out, takes on the winner of the WBA-WBC unification bout between Shane Mosley and Andre Berto ... if Pacman wins that, he'd add those two belts to his WBO crown and can retire undisputed champion ...
~J-Smooth~
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