Skyward sword... ZELDA... 18 days... the wait is killing me!

Ghirahim... the new vilain? I don't think so... When you find the Triforce, the Godess and Zelda in a zelda game, the is always Ganon to be found somewhere. You remember Twilight princess?

And if you agree with me, you will think that Ghirahim looks like Agahnim... You remember "A link to the past"? For the first part of the game, Agahnim was the vilain abducting the girls of the wise men to be able to create the path beween the light and the dark world.. That way Ganon could cross over and take on the other world.

What do we know from now? Ghirahim kidnaped Zelda who is the daughter of Gebora... Does that sound familiar? I'm just speculating right now, but I found some similarities between the 2 titles. I'm sure Skyward Sword will be awesome... And I hope to find something like that in the upcoming game.

As an ambassador, I downloaded 10 free games yesterday. I then played each of them then put most of them away as fast as possible...

- Super Mario Bros: I now understand why it was so hard to play this game when I was young... The controls are terrible...

- Mario Golf: There is so many good golf games today.. don't waste your time with this thing.

- Donkey Kong JR: You beat the game, and beat it again and again and again... way too repetitive and not so funny.

- Yoshi: A puzzler... an old one.... where is the challenge? Once you get it, it's to easy... and it's not that fun.. you play it then put it away.

- Wreking Crew: The game is still a fun game. But it's dated. You can play this one for some time but don't rush the game or you'll get bored.

- Ice Climber: Some challenge awaits you on that mountain. It's still intersting, but I did not play it for more than 30 minutes

- Baloon fight: Still funny but it gets repetitive way too fast. Would be funnier playing against a friend.

- Metroid: I will play that game asap. Even if I know that game, it is still a good game to explore.

- Zelda: Currently playing it... even though I finished this game a lot of time... It is still a great game.

- Zelda II: I'm waiting to finish Zelda to play this one. It was one of the first Action-RPG we played when we where young and it is still a great game... and a HARD one.

Where is Kid Icarus? On the WII? They should have give it instead of some bad games...

The game remains a mystery... until  now.

We have a logo, we have a vilain but what about the story.. the main plot of this upcoming game? Well, I have an answer for that one. And even though it's my personal guess, there are some things telling me that it's not a crazy one.

First: The title of the game. It's no surprise that game is going to explain the origins of the Master Sword. That powerful blade capable of banishing evil. If I remember right, that sword only appears in games directly related to Zelda, Ganon and the Triforce...

Second: The bad guy: He is strange, almost IMO looking... not exactly what we look for in a vilain... No Ganon here.... (well, continue the reading)...

Third: The game's logo: Here it is: An "old" look at the bird's shield and the most important part of the logo: The Triforce. It's there.

The wild guess: The games speaks about the origins... of what exactly? Everything. I think that game will teach us how it all started. How Zelda will become the princess of Hyrule (even though it seems she's not from that world). Link will take refuge there, hiding himself from evil to protect it's future. The Triforce will be discovered and hidden away from evil minds for some reason... and... Ganon will rise, being attracted by power. Somebody will give him that will.

Ok I heard Ganon won't be the main focus in the game but nobody said he won't be a part of it (In twilight princess, we heard of him later in the game).

This is only a guess... a dream I had about the game. But if you want to tell a tale about how it all started, maybe, just maybe, it will tell us how Ganon was raised in a desert, far away from the Triforce and the princess, and conducted to become what he is...

Your ideas are as good as mine. We will find out soon enough. But meanwhile, let's have wild guess... Maybe one of us will hit the target.

What I often hear or read about hardcore gamers is that they consider themselves "hardcore gamers" because they like FPS games where you can kill everybody endlessly. But is this the right definition?

I consider myself a hardcore gamer: When my two kids are sleeping, when my girlfriend is sleeping, I often find myself playing video games. I like RPGs (JRPGS are my fav...), some plateformers... I can spend hours and hours playing the same game, just to find everything. But I don't like "shooter" games. When I was a kid (13-15 years old) I played "DOOM" and "DOOM 2" and I really liked them but after that, I had enough of that kind of games. They are just not my type anymore. So am I a hardcore player? YES.

I admit it, I play pokemon games and enjoy them. Spending so many hours trying to catch some stupid monsters and evolving them. I just can't stop playing. When I play (and replay) a Zelda Game, I still want to get every item hidden in that world. When I play an old Final Fantasy game, I want every chest opened even though I know some are just not worth it... When playing Mario RPG game, it's the same.. when I play MArio Galaxy, I want all the stars... When I play Torchlight, I want the best possible weapons and gears for my character...  Don't tell me it does not fit the "hardcore" definition...

Now, tell me I am wrong, but I consider myself a hardcore gamer who love time consuming games, but no FPS anymore.

I own almost every video game consoles since the nintendo 8-bits. But I do not own a PS3... Why did I not buy this particulary performant gadget? Because it has no personnality.. And by this, I speak about the games we can play with it.

After all, a console is nothing more than a disk-drive used to discover universes created to be used in the specific format of the device... Then this mean, at least for me, that the games made specificaly for the PS3 have nothing particular.. nothing worth buying that thing.

I recently saw an article speaking about franchises PS3 is "proud of" having for itself... Well, there is nothing of interest for me.

XBox was the first device I used to play with my friends from a distance, being able to compare my average stats against others. PS3 has it too... but nothing new here so I passed.

Nintendo has a lot of "child" games... Mario, Zelda/Link, Samus... great caracters great games. It was worth it from the begining and still doing it... even though the company is in deep trouble at this point...

PS2 had the FF series (literally stealed it from Nintendo) for itself until recently... XBox got its hand on it too...

You know where i'm going... I did not found something for me in the PS3 and I would be very surprised if it ever happens. This is why, for me, the PS3 has nothing to offer more than others... the lack of personnality keeps me far from it.

UPDATE: Wow.. I never tought this little post would attract so many PS3 lovers. It's good to see some people love that console. But what surprise me the most is the lack of vision they seem to have . Because I found nothing great with the PS3 does not mean this thing is bad for everybody... Think about it No offense to PS3 users, but this thing give's me nothing but "meh" feelings when I use it.