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CourageHound

Trust & Courage. Nothing More From Florida
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    Oh, and finally, that Crayon Dragon animation is great. :) I need to check that out again on YouTube where it'll probably be less choppy. Looks like a student film (Calarts), which explains why it's almost better looking than everything on TV right now.
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    So the first time we went to the Pokemon Center was probably like, 2001, 2002, something like that. That's why it's going to be a little hazy, but here's what I remember was different. The figurines on the ground floor may have started against the wall in the picture, but I definitely remember it being against the wall to the right of that picture. And it had ALL OF THEM. All 251 at the time Pokemon. I regret not buying more. I remember that's where I got my Parasect, Horsea and Flaaffy at the least, though. The ground floor was also more for trinkets, shirts, stationary, school supplies and odd paraphernalia. I mentioned cookware and china. Yes, you could totally deck out your kitchen with Pokemon towels, mugs, plates, etc. I bought this in that section:

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    Well, let me tell you. It's a magical place with Pokemon goods as far as the eye can... actually I'm just joking with you. :P I can't remember how the Pokemon Center looked very much anymore. The Nintendo Store has the same layout, though, so I'll use that as a template.

    There's two floors, but the store itself is relatively small (about the size of a fast food restaurant, maybe a double decker McDonalds or something). The ground floor of the Nintendo store is still dedicated to Pokemon. As you go upstairs, you'll set cutouts or something of various Nintendo characters, probably all Mario, I can't remember. Then it's got Kirby plushies to the exact right of the stairwell. Normally, this'd be a great thing for me, except they were all based on that terrible anime. Next. Immediately right past the Kirb-dolls is a display case of either game cartridges of all the Nintendo systems, or the systems themselves. In the area in front of that, shirts and bookbags, same junk you can get at Target/Walmart/Hot Topic/Toys R Us. Left of the staircase was some gaming booths, I saw SSBM was one of them, I suppose they may hold tourneys. Straight ahead was a place to buy actual games, nothing special. I think there may still have been a place for Pokemon comics, but mostly the Viz publications.

    The ground floor, Pokemon plushies near the stairs, figurines against the back wall, more plushies surrounding this circle like table in the center where I think you could playtest the newest Pokemon game, whatever that was like two years ago. Also, they play Nintendo game music while you're in the store. I picked up on something from The LoZ. Seeing as this trip took place the summer of 2011, I didn't get a lot out of it aside from a Mew and Lapras plushie because everyone else was unfamiliar Pokemon wise to me (and again, didn't like what the Kirby stuff was based off of). Oh yeah, and somewhere in there was a Nintendopoly board game, which I only recalled because it also used the terrible anime designs for Kirby references.

    My sister warned me that the store was nothing special. She was in NYC for an internship, and had already checked it out. We were both there before when we were younger and it was the Pokemon Center, so I believed her. Still, I wanted to see the changes for myself. I met up with her and my dad later, and she really couldn't wait to get the look of indifference on my face on camera when we walked in. It's so very mediocre it's not even funny. The Toys R Us in Times Square is way better, and has a video game section nearly identical to the Nintendo Store, but better in the sense that it's not just Nintendo.

    Well, here's a picture of the exterior, anyway. Ignore Nidoran. :P
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    I don't mind middle of the road weather either, except that I dislike insects in general. I need to have fall through early spring as a reprive, or else they'll drive me mad (well, not really but still). Is it true about having a lot of gators the further south you go, though?

    One thing my family tries to encourage in us is to do a lot of traveling, even outside the country, to broaden our horizons and our perspectives. And also, it's just sort of fun. I might not recall every state I've ever been to, but I've been to several. I think NYC and Chicago are still my favorite cities overall, though I think London and Paris was an interesting change of pace. I still want to travel to Japan, mostly just to get a cultural perspective. I think dropping by a Pokemon Center wouldn't hurt either if I'm close. Anything's better than the Nintendo Store in NYC, and I've actually been there before when it was still the US Pokemon Center. It was undeniably better that way because of the broader amount of merchandise (cookware! Yay!). Having to cater to a lot of franchises means it's now mostly shirts, some plushies and games you could buy at Target or GameStop or online.
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    Hey Courage,

    I just got here a little more than a month ago, I think I really liked the international airport the most. Aha, that really just means I've haven't seen a whole lot, but I think the palm trees and little lizards are kind of cool. I'm in Orlando near Winter Park, so I dunno if you have the same general type of ecology where you're at (though I doubt it'd differ all that much).

    I used to live near Chicago in IL, so I'm used to cold weather, and have a preference to it. The one thing I miss most of all is winter and all that comes with it. It was my favorite season. I dunno how to feel about a 365 day summer, heheh.
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    I just found out why I prefer the Gamecube controller. It has an octagonal rim around the analogue stick, which seriously helps tremendously imo. Also, C stick and easier taunts.

    Also why do people hate tap jumps? It's my preferred option, but I play 2D fighters where that's the only way to jump so maybe I'm used to it.
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    It's more about the fact the Wii remote limits you so much. With the D-Pad, you have to charge for smashes unless you're quick, and up and down tilts are very hard to preform. Smash bros was made with the analog stick in mind. I guess I could use nunchucks but I really dislike it for 2D games. :/
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    Can't for three reasons
    1. I'm in Saudia Arabia right now, in the middle east. Since you're in America, we'll definitely get some dreadful lag given Brawl's awful netcode.
    2. I don't really know if the Wii U can access online on Wii games, and I only brought the Wii U with me. It probably does, but it's no guarantee, and I don't have any good reason to try to. (Brawl is the only Wii game I brought that has online, and I brought it solely for local multiplayer with my cousins.)
    3. Since I only have the Wii U, I can't use the Gamecube controller. I tried playing with a Wii remote again but it's awful.
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