Super Mario Odyssey Starter Pack

Well, I have to say today was a good day because Nintendo released Super Mario Odyssey with a starter pack.  The starter pack includes the original game and a traveller’s guide book.  The traveller’s guide is what I’m most excited for because (in my opinion) it acts like an “unofficial” manual.  While I love Switch games, one thing that I hate is their lack of physical manuals.  I’ve been a Nintendo fan since the 80’s so having a manual is part of the magic of owning a game.

The traveller’s guide book offers a simple overview of the game and the worlds to explore in beautiful colorful pages.  And just like a traditional manual it gives you a basic illustrated guide on how to use the controls.  I will definitely cherish this guide book and hopefully Nintendo keep’s doing this for their games (at least the popular ones).  Also included with this starter pack release is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Splatoon 2.

Nintendo:

https://www.nintendo.com/games/game-guide?pv=true#filter/switch|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|featured|des|starter%20pack|-|-

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTuLWcaRDBA

Sony PlayStation Classic

I am so excited to hear Sony is making a PlayStation Classic mini.  Obviously they’re copying Nintendo after their successful Classic mini series, but honestly who cares.  The fans are the winners here because we not only get to play classic games we all love, but we also get to discover new games we never played (especially the younger generation).

I was hoping Sony would do this for years, because I feel it necessary that classic games should be persevered.  It’s kind of like old TV shows and movies, where they were only shown once and then never seen again.  Can you imagine a world where Disney movies or Warner Bros. cartoons were only shown once and then disappeared?  But then thanks to the VCR, DVD’s, TV reruns, and the internet we all get to watch classic movies and TV shows.  And so the Classic mini series now allows us to re-play all those games from the past and also praise and study them for what they accomplished.  Fingers crossed that we get a PS2 Classic mini one day.

PlayStation:

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/09/18/introducing-playstation-classic-with-20-pre-loaded-games/

Casio G-Shock GLX5600A-3 G-Lide

When it comes to G Shocks my favorite style are the squares (also known as 5600’s).  I like squares because I grew up using a Timex Expedition Atlantis watch; which is your basic affordable every day digital watch.  That watch was slim and light like a Swatch, but built extraordinarily well (I still own one that is over 20 years old).  After years of wearing them I became used to only using slim watches, which is why I like 5600’s.

This square model is called a GLX5600A-3.  This watch is also a G-Lide, meaning it measures the waves and the lunar calendar.  It’s a particularly rare watch because it comes in a dark green colorway with yellow highlights.  I’m happy I bought this watch when I had the chance because I haven’t seen this color model sold ever again. Unfortunately that’s how it is when it comes to collecting G-Shocks.

Casio G-Shock:

https://www.casio.com/products/archive/watches/g-shock/glx5600a-3

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fzdlbomj9I