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May. 25th, 2016 06:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmxratedFinally beat Zelda II: The Adventure of Link yesterday. Had to incur a total of 13 game overs (not counting some that I didn't save); one after each of the lesser palaces, one before saving inside the Great Palace (turns out you can only restart at its entry point by selecting Continue), and the remaining six just yesterday.
That player's guide I bought, even Japanese aside, wasn't as reliable as I expected it would be. Since there apparently weren't any that were published here, Jake and I can only assume that original players could only find everything by word of mouth, trial and error, and whatever extent was covered by Nintendo Power.
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Already contacted Blood regarding Bonds the other day, and I'm still waiting to hear back from him or even see when he'll do something on Fanfiction.net. That story, while originally planned as my break before Link's Awakening, is gonna have to wait until then, but then again, I could say that I've had enough of a break by focusing on everything involved around the yard and not playing Zelda II as much, so I might play LA soon as Mom's week-long vacation from work ends and I can finally settle down.
(Speaking of Blood, Mom did advise me before not to bring up what I had brought up two years ago with him. While she did have some good tips in general when I restarted with him (such as keeping things short and sweet to start with and trying not to seem "ready to pounce"), she seemed to take what I had told her before at face value, as if the questions I had raised with him were problematic for him in and of themselves. The whole point of starting over with him was to see how things could have unfolded if I was somewhat more reasonable about certain things, and I've had plenty of reason each step of the way to assume that things would go a lot smoother. Could analyze the exchange so far, but Chelle has called me out before for detailing my personal interactions with others so publicly as on this mostly open blog, so I'll probably do so privately if at all. Right now, though, it's possible that he's only read my second-to-last PM to him so far and decided whether or not to read certain things I linked him to upon uploading chapter 35 (second of part II) of I Was Kagami Hiiragi, and will get back to me whenever he comes back to check his inbox.)
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Spoke to Brian last night after overhearing Mom on the phone with him, and brought up our planned Father's Day trip among other things. He told me that he and Marie could at least consider whether to visit us all in Pennsylvania.
Regarding stuff to go over, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to print up a past email exchange I had with Chelle regarding Magicant, since that's the second half of what the next chapter is due to cover. The overall outline should probably wait until Chelle's ready to critique that, before I can make any possible changes to it before printing that whole thing up. Not sure how much longer that will be, but if Brian and I can go over that email exchange in Pennsylvania, that would negate any need for the time being to go visit him at his place.
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Right now, I am pretty much set on buying a copy of Pokemon Black and a new player's guide and Pokedex for after I finish Link's Awakening. Nothing like following a Game Boy game up with a DS game (the latter system being Nintendo's first handheld to drop the former's moniker), something I also did four years ago by finishing off Pokemon Diamond shortly after playing Super Mario Land 2.
After that, though, I will probably make a point of getting a 3DS for Christmas in half a year before playing the rest of the series to date. Me having mentioned that in a comment yesterday under my previous entry, Jake recommended on AIM that I also check out Stella Glow and Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven once I have that. (Before the convo gets buried, I should also make a note to register accounts for My Nintendo and Miitomo before playing or buying anything, in order to get points for each purchase I make.)
That player's guide I bought, even Japanese aside, wasn't as reliable as I expected it would be. Since there apparently weren't any that were published here, Jake and I can only assume that original players could only find everything by word of mouth, trial and error, and whatever extent was covered by Nintendo Power.
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Already contacted Blood regarding Bonds the other day, and I'm still waiting to hear back from him or even see when he'll do something on Fanfiction.net. That story, while originally planned as my break before Link's Awakening, is gonna have to wait until then, but then again, I could say that I've had enough of a break by focusing on everything involved around the yard and not playing Zelda II as much, so I might play LA soon as Mom's week-long vacation from work ends and I can finally settle down.
(Speaking of Blood, Mom did advise me before not to bring up what I had brought up two years ago with him. While she did have some good tips in general when I restarted with him (such as keeping things short and sweet to start with and trying not to seem "ready to pounce"), she seemed to take what I had told her before at face value, as if the questions I had raised with him were problematic for him in and of themselves. The whole point of starting over with him was to see how things could have unfolded if I was somewhat more reasonable about certain things, and I've had plenty of reason each step of the way to assume that things would go a lot smoother. Could analyze the exchange so far, but Chelle has called me out before for detailing my personal interactions with others so publicly as on this mostly open blog, so I'll probably do so privately if at all. Right now, though, it's possible that he's only read my second-to-last PM to him so far and decided whether or not to read certain things I linked him to upon uploading chapter 35 (second of part II) of I Was Kagami Hiiragi, and will get back to me whenever he comes back to check his inbox.)
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Spoke to Brian last night after overhearing Mom on the phone with him, and brought up our planned Father's Day trip among other things. He told me that he and Marie could at least consider whether to visit us all in Pennsylvania.
Regarding stuff to go over, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to print up a past email exchange I had with Chelle regarding Magicant, since that's the second half of what the next chapter is due to cover. The overall outline should probably wait until Chelle's ready to critique that, before I can make any possible changes to it before printing that whole thing up. Not sure how much longer that will be, but if Brian and I can go over that email exchange in Pennsylvania, that would negate any need for the time being to go visit him at his place.
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Right now, I am pretty much set on buying a copy of Pokemon Black and a new player's guide and Pokedex for after I finish Link's Awakening. Nothing like following a Game Boy game up with a DS game (the latter system being Nintendo's first handheld to drop the former's moniker), something I also did four years ago by finishing off Pokemon Diamond shortly after playing Super Mario Land 2.
After that, though, I will probably make a point of getting a 3DS for Christmas in half a year before playing the rest of the series to date. Me having mentioned that in a comment yesterday under my previous entry, Jake recommended on AIM that I also check out Stella Glow and Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven once I have that. (Before the convo gets buried, I should also make a note to register accounts for My Nintendo and Miitomo before playing or buying anything, in order to get points for each purchase I make.)