Meteos + Flying Dragon FTW

I've been playing a blend of Meteos and Flying Dragon. I just bought Meteos and Killer 7 at Media Play's "going out of business sale", and I haven't even played Killer 7 yet. Meteos is like Advance Wars in the fact that when I close my eyes, I see the game. It's kind of sad really. It bugs me more than Advance Wars in that respect. It's almost unsettling. No doubt you've already heard about Meteos. It's addicting, very fun, great solo or multiplayer, but it's something that you can be on either side of the fence on. If you don't own it, you won't need it. If you own it, it may become your best friend. It gets a recommendation from me, as it very effectively uses the DS stylus.

Flying Dragon (for N64) is a VERY great fighting game. If you collect older games, DEFINATELY check out Flying Dragon. There is a lot of depth to the game, as well as the fact that it's two fighting games in one. Both of them are very fun. The SD mode was the main attraction I had at first, since it was simple enough not to infuriate me, and it had an RPG-esque system of experiance and earning credits and levelling up and stuff. It's like Mortal Kombat RPG, but much faster and with sidestepping and counter-attacks and grabs/throws, as well as easy to use specials and cool combos.

The Virtual mode is now a more preferred method for me though, as it's harder than the SD mode. The AI is a lot smarter, the button sequences are trickier, and it rates your fighting style and gives you tips on how to improve. Even if you beat it, it ranks you on a scale which you can try to beat.

Multiplayer can be a REAL blast in either mode. Chances are, though, unless you play against a friend who plays as much as you in SD mode, you will whip them pretty easily. The way to balance it is to turn off items and handicap yourself, which levels the playing field a bit more. You can also trade them a few high-level items to give them a bit of an advantage.

I'm good with Ryuhi mainly in SD mode, though I can also kick ass with Shouryu, Wiler, or Yuka. I'm equally good in Virtual mode with Min Min and Ryuhi, and I'm not shabby with Shouryu either. As far as fun goes, Shouryu is the most fun in SD, because he has a bunch of crazy acrobatic moves and he has awesome throws. His lack of a punch-counter attack can get annoying at times, but those sometimes get me into more trouble than they're worth. Min Min is more fun in Virtual mode because of aforementioned acrobatics. I love nearly all of her combos, especiall P-P-down+K-K-K-K-down+K

Another great thing I love about this game is "mind's eye", which can be your savior when you're blocking a barrage. It will show you the place to attack to intterupt their combo and get a Super Technique, which really doesn't mean much besides that you stopped a combo. Of course, if you can predict their attack (another thing Mind's Eye helps with), you can catch their attack and counter with a pretty devistating attack of your own.

If I haven't said so in my last post, Red Vs Blue is hillarious. I have all three seasons now. I think I prefer the earlier episodes. Caboose is my favorite character, but not by far. They're all very funny characters, and each have their own awesome qualities. Caboose just makes me laugh the most.