Halo 5 Updated Thoughts

When I did my games of the year, I held Halo 5: Guardians back at second place, but with the DLC plan that 343 has done over the past several months, Halo 5: Guardians stands as the most elite first person shooter on the market. Every month since launch, there has been an update, bringing new maps, weapons, REQ variants, and more, and all for free. This model has been extremely popular and I really believe that more companies should approach downloadable content through this method. Anyway, the point is that the newest update will have probably the most badass thing I've ever seen in a Halo game:

SWORD NEEDLER WARTHOG

LITERALLY A WARTHOG THAT SHOOTS NEEDLES OUT OF ITS TURRET

gg everything else, see ya

Pokemon Sun and Moon Impression

Praise the Lord! A brand new Pokemon Sun and Moon trailer just came out a few days ago and now we have a good look at the region, the legendary Pokemon, and the starter Pokemon. SO how does it all look?

The Region - looks great. Themed after Hawaii and named the Alola region, from what we've seen, the region hosts a volcano, plenty of sandy beaches and ocean, but also at least one large city. This opens the question, vehicles or not? No signs have been shown yet, but we'll just have to wait and see.

The Legendary Pokemon - also look pretty cool. My only qualm is that the Pokemon Sun legendary looks a lot like Pyroar if you swap some colors here and there, but this isn't that big of a deal. He still looks crazy badass. And the Pokemon Moon legendary looks phenomenal, like a big dream-catcher, almost.

The Starters - ah starter Pokemon. They're no Gen 1 starters, but they look pretty good. My favorite BY FAR is Rowlet, the grass and flying starter simply because he looks adorable but can also fuck you up thanks to his dual typing. Litten looks pretty good, and my least favorite is probably Popplio, but this is neither here nor there.

All in all, I am very excited for this next entry in the series, and I can't wait to get more information on it soon.

Three Things

I don't feel like posting separately, so Imma bundle these three thoughts together: COD Infinite Warfare, Overwatch Open Beta, Captain America: Civil War.

For starters, I know that I never talk about movies on this blog and for good reason, because I play way more video games than I do watch movies. But, Captain America: Civil War is easily the most exciting, action-packed Marvel movie I have ever seen. The movie as a whole is very well done, but the fight sequences are masterfully put together and everything looks great. The addition of Spiderman only brings more joy and wit to the battles, which is something that is always welcome. Seriously, go see this movie. You will not be disappointed.

OVERWATCH. I had to hear about Overwatch all week this week from my other friends who have played the game and some have even pre-ordered already, so I finally decided to check it out yesterday, and I have to admit, the game is fun. No, it's not the most original title but I had fun playing it, which is all that video games are about, man.

And, finally, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Infinitely stupid. I hate Call of Duty. The franchise is still in the future, and is now turning to space which is really too bad because there is another prominent first person shooter that already takes place in space. I can't remember the name though... oh yeah, FUCKING HALO jesus. Infinity Ward is a bunch of cheap bastards who can't think on their own and now all Call of Duty fans will have to wade through the slop that is Infinite Warfare if they wish to play Modern Warfare remastered.

Just to sum it all up: see Captain Ameria: Civil War, Overwatch is fun, but probably not buyable, Call of Duty is garbage and Infinite Warfare is basically Halo now.

Breaking the Post Drought

Much like Nintendo with their good games drought, so too I find this blog having yet another post drought. Mostly because I'm wrapping up my senior year of high school, but also because I've been spending every free second I have playing the masterpiece that is Halo 5: Guardians.

The recent news is that Legend of Zelda Wii U has become Legend of Zelda NX/Wii U, and will release in March of 2017... no, wait... now just 2017. This is incredibly disappointing because after the first trailer, the release date was "2015". How incredible it is that Nintendo was so far off in projecting a release date that the game will actually be a whole two years later in its release.

Also what's been bugging me lately is how we have heard absolutely nothing about the next entry in the Pikmin franchise: Pikmin 4. Miyamoto himself said last September that Pikmin 4 was "very close to completion", yet there has not been a single video of it, or even a screenshot.

What Nintendo is doing right now, I have no idea. The Big N seems to be completely out of whack with their Wii U coming to the end of its life and the NX coming just next year. Looking at the rest of 2016, Nintendo has very little planned for its gaming systems, the only big names being Kirby in Kirby: Planet Robobot, and the much-hated Metroid Prime: Federation Force, not to mentio Pokemon Sun and Moon. Although, Nintendo does have both an Animal Crossing and a Fire Emblem app coming out later this year, presumably alongside Pokemon Go. And although Nintendo's Miitomo was a big success, I still worry for the mainstream Nintendo consoles.

I suppose all we can do is wait to hear more from Nintendo, hopefully with a Nintendo Direct between now and E3. But until then, we'll just have to hope for the best from Nintendo and pray every night that maybe one day soon we can get our hands on Legend of Zelda NX.