Mario Kart Wii - Aug 5 09 A

Three different rooms, three different races. People tell me that the popularity of the Wii Wheel has gone down considerably, but you'd never think it's happening looking at these races. In all three competitons, at least 70% of the racers used the Wii Wheel.

Race #1
SNES Mario Circuit 3
The people here sure play pretty aggressively. I got flattened going offroad trying to get a Mega Mushroomed player behind me to not go after me, and they did anyway. Not to mention that, before and after that, some people slowed down just to make me slip on the Bananas trailing behind them. I don't understand the benefit to something like this, particularly if you aren't in the lead. You might as well drop the Banana on the field; that way, at least you don't lose any speed trying to slow one other person down. In both cases, it's that Roadkill guy going after me (and did the Banana thing again in SNES Ghost Valley 2). He must have some sort of grudge against me.

Race #2
DS Desert Hills
This race was frantic. There were constant warnings that some powered up player was behind me, whether it be Mega Mushroom, Star, or Lightning Clouds. I was able to stay at the front half of the pack, though, and was fortunate to get a Super Mushroom at the perfect time with no Thunder interrupting the process.

Battle #1
Balloon Battle
DS Twilight House
Oh dear...that poor word has been ruined. Instead of the period between sunset and night, the word "twilight" is now related to sparkly teenage-looking vampires and teenage-actual girls falling head over heels for them. It's almost as bad as the word "epic," which is nowadays almost never used to refer to an adventure story told in poetic form. (Not even considering that this book has completely messed up what a vampire is.)
But for the battle! In the battles that I was in, the Red Team got pushed around by the Blue Team. Two members in particular play very strong (one of which, I hope, made a Mii as a tribute to the late Michael) and are such crack-shots at items that the Red Team is pretty much cornered from front to back. In I come, the servers desire, to restore the balance. Apparently, that's exactly what I did in this one. (I couldn't do it in all of them though.)

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• nintendo
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• snes
• circuit
• three
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• desert
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• twilight
• house

[espeonofgrace]

i demand the word ""twilight" (shudders*)

to be taken out the english dictionary this instant!

[Overhazard]

But then what about the word as used traditionally?

[marinaneon2]

It simply ceases to amaze me how a simple romance novel became such a craze for all these young girls. What does the name "twilight" even have to do with the story? I could not figure that out when I read the book.

If the word twilight was taken out of the dictionary, that wouldn't bother me at all. We still have the words "dusk" and "dawn."

[Overhazard]

@marinaneon2 The name of the book refers to the events of the story being a transitional time for Bella. She goes from being an ordinary girl to...bring an ordinary girl with a crush on Eddie.

If you look at a lot of shoujo manga, you'll find that the story structure is very much like Twilight's. Whatever makes shoujo so appealing is what makes Twilight so appealing. It's just that as a novel, Americans are more likely to try it than as a manga.

[deathboy126]

@Overhazard How can you add Japanese letters to your name?

[DCshirley]

@Zadius895 Lmfao!

[Zadius895]

Twilight is sooo dumb. My friend gave me a copy and I threw it in the trash...

[themostoriginalbob]

I never can seem to win many battles on MK: Wii nowadays. Races, though, I'm usually in at least the top half of the pack. :)

As for Twilight... GAH! All the teenage girls at my school talked about it day in and day out (still do!)! Weren't Vampires and Werewolves both terrifying myths at some time? Y'know, not something you should loathe over? Ah well.

[Overhazard]

Yeah, gone are the days of vampires being feared people who made anemics out of otherwise healthy young girls. Now, vampires are shiny people with superpowers who stay youthful forever.

[Overhazard]

The reasons I do so is to more effectively dodge items and obstacles, such as Bananas. It also means I can make last-minute decisions like picking another Item Box or changing paths.