I'm now a fan of Pokemon!

WARNING: ULTRA GAMING STUFF. IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF, THAT'S FINE

E3 came last month, and they released a video about a new Pokemon game and it got me interested in that series! Now, I've heard about it my whole life, but I never actually got to play the main series games. Less than a month ago, I decided to play a game that was included with my GBA emulator, Pokemon Emerald. When I played it, I was like "Where's Pikachu??" until I found out that the electric mouse's mascotness started on the TV show. It was fun, but since it was on an emulator and not a real GBA, the music sounded like a radio station that was too far away, and if you walk into certain doors it would crash, so I didn't get very far. I gave up and downloaded another game for the emulator, Pokemon FireRed. But that game had the same problems. So, I decided to get an old version of that game, Pokemon Red, on a Game Boy Color emulator. It had no big problems! It was addicting, very fun, and I downloaded a couple other of those games for the emulator. I got bored of those, so I decided to get a real cartridge from the library! It was the newest one out, Pokemon X. That was so addicting. I didn't want to bring it back! So I put more games on hold, White and SoulSilver, (I'm getting tired of saying Pokemon in the title) and during the time they were on hold, I heard the TV show was on Netflix... and now I'm watching about 5 episodes of it every day. :P I asked my Mom to help me cut back on it, and she is. The new game that was announced at E3 is on my Christmas wish list, and I can't wait 'till it comes out! Here is a picture of the games I have right now at the library.

I'm subscribed to a Youtube channel called TheJWittz, which talks about a lot of Pokemon stuff, I'm considering buying an old Pokemon cartridge on eBay, and I'm even working on a chapter book about the series! For now, it's private, but it might be posted online somewhere. Maybe on its own blog! I hope you enjoyed this post!

Christmas Gifts!!

Guess what? I was blessed with a lot of Christmas gifts!

 

 Every Christmas Eve we go downstairs to a party with my grandparents and they give us gifts. I got some winter crocs (I can wear crocs all year long!!!!) and the boots were on Christmas day.

 Lately these years we've been going to our cousins' house (This year my other grandparents' house) on the 29th of December. There we have a Yankee Swap and another gift opening! I got the T-shirt from there, while the sweater was on Christmas Eve.

 You couldn't see what the T-shirt says so here it is. Funny, huh?

 I got some thinking putty from an early gift opening. It changes color depending to the heat.

 Sophie gave me this wallet early, while my grandparents gave the glasses fixing kit a couple days after Christmas.

 I got some Adventures in Odyssey albums. The first two (The Lost Episodes and Daring Deeds, Sinister Schemes) were on Christmas Eve, while I got the third one (Darkness Before Dawn) with a gift card for Morning Star I got on Christmas day.

 And I got this cool Sonic the Hedgehog Roller Racer in my stocking on Christmas day.

 I got an Angry Birds toy (game which includes cards) on the early gift opening, and at my grandparents' house, I got a Star Wars ReColoritz coloring book. (I really hate to say this, but I gave it to my sister, Sophie because I had no interest in it. :P) And on Christmas day, Sophie gave me a Mad Libs book she made.

 At my grandparents' house, I got a random LEGO minifigure. Although I don't know what it is, it's cool.

 On Christmas Eve, I got a $25 ITunes gift card, and at the Yankee Swap, I traded for another gift card that was $15!!! With both gift cards combined, that's a lot of money to buy songs!!!

 And best of all these gifts... A NINTENDO 3DS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had wanted this for years and I even started a savings account (which ended up as a game for the 3DS) to save up for it because I thought my parents couldn't afford it! This is an awesome machine! It is backwards compatible with regular DS games and it even has a camera!!! (which is the camera I have been using for this post!)

 The front (in a mirror)

 And the back (in... you know)

 A couple of days after Christmas, my Grammie gave me this case to go with it

 ...which is where I keep all my DS games! (From left: Mario Kart DS, Sonic Classics Collection, and...)

New Super Mario Bros.! This I got on Christmas day along with the 3DS! 

 

 

 

The things you don't see here are lots of candy (Mom had to put it away sometimes) gum, a Slim Jim, and beef jerky. It is no doubt that God has blessed me with tons of gifts! But we shouldn't forget what Christmas is all about. The greatest Christmas Gift of all is Jesus (the Son of God) who was born in a manger. John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." Amen! I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!



Our Dreamcast!

Check this dinosaur out! We had one a long time ago, but it broke. This is our "new" one that my brother Charles gave us. Someone gave it to him with a random game, but he didn't give him the controllers or cords. Luckily we had those, and we found them and plugged the Dreamcast in, but all we needed was our controllers! We couldn't find them for months! But just yesterday, Mom renovated the downstairs room and moved the shelf. There was a cabinet behind it with old junky computers and joysticks, and I FOUND THE CONTROLLERS!!!!!! I plugged them in and tested all the games we had, but they were all junk. The only game that works is Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, the game that came with this Dreamcast. Luckily, we can download some games and burn them on a disc, so I don't have to buy any games. I was thinking maybe Sonic Shuffle. We have a memory card that was Charles', and some weird thingy (I don't know what it is. A Rumble Pak, maybe?)

 

If you don't know what this dinosaur is, I will tell you about it. In 1998, Sega made this video game consle as the first of the era of the Gamecube, Xbox, and PS2. (128-Bit) It was a new breakthrough, rebuilding the reputation of Sega, which was damaged by the Sega Saturn, the dumb 32X and the CD. It is the platform of awesome games, like Sonic Adventure, and Chu-Chu Rocket. It has memory cards that go in the controller (which HAS IT'S OWN SCREEN!!) and a bunch of other things. Unfortunately, it was dumb compared to the Gamecube, Xbox, and PS2, so it didn't sell much after a while. They discontinued the Dreamcast in America in 2003, while they had it in Japan until 2006. This was the last consle by Sega.

 



The whole thing

The Dreamcast

Controller 1 (official)

 Controller 2 (Performance (that's a company))

 Our Memory Card

Our... Whatever this is (Rumble Pak?)

 Our only game that works

Post 200

TAH DA!!!!!! The blog A Great Kid has now been changed to Star Wars Teen----WOW! October 2007---June 2013, I have been posting! I wanna thank everyone for thier great comments! Now I am on Youtube, Facebook, and Lego Star Wars Creations, and it all started with Blogger, back when I was 7 years old. Thanks, everyone! I am now posting my 13th birthday on this post, and this is possibly the biggest post I have ever written. First, I am posting my blog picture from 2008.

Here is my 13th birthday pics

What do you think? Cool? Guess what? I am on Youtube now! StarWarsNerdyGuy

You won't believe this-----THE NEW SEQUEL FOR SUPER SMASH BROS IS IN PRODUCTION!!!!!!!!!!!! Check out the site!



The Retro Champions: A Gaming Story

 

 

This is a book I'm writing for school. I was inspired by Andrew's book that he wrote when he was my age. I haven't worked on it for a long time, but just yesterday, we went to a field trip, and I met author/illistrator Lisa Greenleaf, (who adapted The Barefoot Boy) so I might work on it today! To publish it worldwide, I will make a blog that will be entireley dedicated to this book. But to publish it around my neighborhood, I will print out copies.

A Sneak Peek at my Youtube account

When I turn 13, I will post Youtube videos on the Internet. Here's a couple of videos that I already made.

NOTE: I do not have any relationship with Machinima, DYKGaming, or Jeff Ryan. I'm just giving them credit because they gave me the information in their videos.

What do you think? Like 'em? You will see them on Youtube when I am 13!

Cool Things You Can Buy Online!

PART 1

Have you ever heard of eBay? It's this cool site where you can buy (and sell) old stuff, whether it's used or new. You can buy all sorts of cool stuff, like LEGO sets, old gaming consoles like Nintendo 64, funiture, toys, movies on DVD, VHS, Lasedisc, or even 35 millimeter theatrical films! Isn't that cool? Weird Al Yankovic even made a song about it!

               Personally I like to wish I had some of those stuff. I like to put Bookmarks of these stuff on our computer. Today I just looked at these:

 

 

 

Cool, huh? those are old Sega Genesis games and a Genesis console.

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

Have you ever heard of ThinkGeek? It's this cool website where you can buy nerdy/geeky stuff that they made. You can buy funny stuff like a tauntaun sleeping bag

 

 

 

or a Perplexus Maze for dogs

 

 

 

 

And you can buy cool stuff like a handheld SNES/NES

 

 

 

 

 



 





Or classic gaming system controllers with USB ports

 

 



 

PART 3

Have you ever heard of Amazon? It's like eBay kind of, except different. There are more mint stuff. (I don't know much stuff about Amazon, so I guessed that there are more mint stuff.) What do you think of  these sites?

 

 

 



 

Journal Entry 12/12/12: Wii Wednesday and AWANA

Today marks an important day. It's the last day of the centry where there are 3 digits of the same number in a row. Oh! Where was I? Oh yes! The post! Enjoy!

             I woke up at 6:00 by the alarm. Dad was watching a british car show called Top Gear on Netflix on Wii. When Dad left the room and left it on, I turned off Top Gear and looked for something else. Dad came out and we decided to watch America's Funniest Home Videos. (AFV) after it finished, we decided to watch Mythbusters. When Dad left the room after a while, I turned on The AristoCats. The Wii's internet stopped working, so I switched consles to the old Xbox 360. Mom woke up, and she asked me what I was watching. She was basically asking if I was watching AFV. I said yes, and Mom explained to me that when I watch it, I LTL, (Laugh Too Loud) which wakes her up. I told her that Dad didn't think of that. I asked her if I could journal, and she said yes, and I wrote up to Here. {}

Anyway, I was watching something silly that my brother (as Tuesday) did in A Year of Questions (see video below)

 My grandmother (we call her Grammy) came up from her side of the duplex, and she talked to Mom.

Sophie, my younger sister went on the computer. She looked on my blog, then she went to Nyan Cat. What stopped her was that Mom told her to get ready for zumba class. She told me to get dressed, make my bed, and read, so I did. I did some work when Mom got home. I cleaned the closet and put away clothes. After that, I went to Wii Wednesday at the library (see pictures below)

       Turns out the library was celebrating 12/12/12 too!. They gave away candies. When we got home, I ate dinner, which was pasta. After that we went to AWANA. (see pictures below)

When we got home, Andrew got a cool speaker set. We played them with music from Dad's Macbook. It was Autotune-y music at first, and then it went to regular music. I was looking on the computer, and also looking at old stuff, such as this (see video below)

 

After that, the computer bluescreened and Mom let me use her computer to finish this post. After that I took a shower, set my alarm, and went to sleep.

Double Post 2: 01 I'm Saving Up Again! 02 Storybook Weaver

Post 01

Have you ever heard of Super Smash Bros Melee? It's a fighting/platformer all-star game that serves as a bridge from Super Smash Bros to Super Smash Bros Brawl. Here's the cover. (Don't mind the T rating, because it doesn't need that rating.)

Cool, huh? Here's the intro. (You might recognize some of these Nintendo characters in it)

Wasn;t that the grandest game intro ever? Well guess what? I'm saving up for this game, I've got 20 bucks saved up, and I'm almost done! 



Post 02

Have you ever heard of Storybook Weaver? It's this AWESOME program that lets you write stories on the computer. It has this sticker thingy that lets you put objects on your page. It also has a background selector that lets you mix and match backgrounds. For example, a Frosty Field.

Cool, huh, Well, you can get into a crazy mess with Storybook Weaver. (which is the fun part about it.) Here's some of our crazyness...

What do you think? Wasn't that funny? Storybook Weaver is fun!