So not taking the medicine anymore last weekend was a bad idea. In 2 days, I had a really bad reaction and I continued to feel sick the following week. I'm still taking it right now since I'm still having burning sensations and generating air in my stomach. I went to the gym yesterday and ran 4 miles in hopes that heavy exercise will help me (because it has the past few years every time I had stomach problems). So this makes it week 8 of feeling ill. I'm tired and feel small pains all around my body. Taking medicine for so long can't be good for my body. Hopefully this week's worth of exercise will bring me back to my normal self by next week.
It's been a crazy week. My sister and her boyfriend were back so I got to spend time with them. We spent a lot of time playing Wii U. Throughout last week, my great aunt and her boyfriend came back to visit, there was dinner for my aunt's anniversary, then dinner for my parent's anniversary, a Christmas Eve party, a Christmas dinner, having lunch with friends, dinner with seeing relatives, and then one last dinner before my sister and her boyfriend has to go back home. Now that all the events are all over, I'm focusing on recuperating, recovering from this 8-week long ailment, and trying to finish a certain amount of games. I've been keeping track of how many games I've completed every year so I can get through more of my backlog of games. Last year, I reached 132 and I'm only at 123 at the moment. So I'm hoping I can finish enough short games the next few days before New Year's and beat last year's record. Afterwards, I'm going to focus on finishing The Guardian Legend Remix Album, work on some new remixes, and finishing some games throughout January. I didn't really feel like I relaxed in December, so I want to do so in January.
Now to share some Bayonetta in Smash Bros. Reaction videos:
This has been an interesting, awful, and exciting year. It was great that we got Camera Obscura finally launched, but it was met with disappointment. I was hoping to lead a healthier year, but fell ill multiple times. We lost great individuals like Monty Oum and Satoru Iwata. Final Fantasy VII Remake was finally announced. Shenmue 3 was announced. Koji Igarashi kickstarted Bloodstained. Mighty No. 9 was delayed. There's just so much to talk about 2015, but I'll leave it for another time. I just wish to be healthy again for 2016.
First and foremost, I want to say that I'm almost back to full health. I'm going to stop taking the Chinese medicine tomorrow and see if I have any stomach reactions. I feel my heart flutter just a tiny bit once or twice throughout the day, but otherwise I don't experience it nearly as much as I did before. Hopefully I'm finally back to normal. I'm closing in on 7 weeks of being ill...
ANYWAYS, Nintendo did what I said they couldn't do and that was to surprise me with a character that I'd be happy with on their last broadcast. "Who can they possibly announce that could top Cloud?!" I had a lot of ideas of who would make me happy like Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden since the original Trilogy was on NES and the newest Ninja Gaiden 3 was on Wii U, Simon Belmont from Castlevania 1 & 2 on NES, Sir Arthur from Ghosts 'n Goblins on NES, Strider on the NES, or Nathan Spencer from Bionic Commando on NES. Other than Ryu Hayabusa, I feel the other characters wouldn't have much of an impact on the rest of the community because of how irrelevant they are now with no new games for them. From the rest of the community, I heard these names a lot: Shantae - The Half-Genie Hero, Shovel Knight, Star Wolf from Star Fox (was in Brawl), Snake from Metal Gear Solid (was in Brawl), Isaac from Golden Sun, Sora from Kingdom Hearts, Phoenix Wright, Banjo-Kazooie, Rayman, Inklings from Splatoon, King K. Rool, Geno from Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars, and Tails and Knuckles from Sonic the Hedgehog. So I thought "if they were to top the announcement of Cloud, they'd have to do something really crazy!" I joked with my friends and said they would have to announce someone like Dante from Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Master Chief from Halo, or Hatsune Miku the Virtual Diva! And then *BAM*, it happened:
Let's actually bring this back to the beginning. They started the broadcast with introducing Corrin:
Right when the broadcast started, I saw the characters and was thinking "are they going to talk about Fire Emblem Fates first?" Then I realized that they were introducing the main character as a DLC character. It was a way to introduce the game to the smash fans. I honestly couldn't get excited because I had no idea who this character was. But I was happy for his/her inclusion because it's not a clone character and it's not a returning character we've already seen. It's a new character with new moves and skill sets, so I was happy for Corrin's inclusion but not particularly hyped.
The broadcast continued on and showed what Cloud was capable of and then announced that he was available to buy and download after the broadcast. Corrin won't be available until February. They then showed some costumes that I unfortunately want. I say unfortunately because I've already spent $48 on DLCs and it looks like I'm going to be spending a bit more. The costumes had Geno, Bionic Armor, Takamaru, Ashley, Gil, Tails, and Knuckles (so a lot of the characters fans want added).
Finally, it said that it reached its "climax" (I SHOULD'VE KNOWN IT WAS BAYONETTA RIGHT THERE!) and that they were going to reveal the final character. I was extremely scared going into watching the trailer because I felt like I was going to see a character I was going to be disappointed with like King K. Rool. The trailer started off with Pit punching Bowser and Samus and I immediately got thrown off for a loop thinking it was a Kid Icarus character. My heart sank and I felt a little sad if it really was a Kid Icarus character (even though I would've been happy with Viridi, she's so cute!). Then it zoomed up to the moon and hear the voice "Oh, another Angel. Must have missed one." I recognized the voice, but was extremely skeptical. Then I saw the shoes and flipped out! I lunged out of my chair and screamed on the top of my lungs "OMG, I CAN'T BELEIVE IT!" I don't remember what else I yelled out, but I remember yelling for a good half minute before I just watched with my mouth gaped. I think I yelled out "I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW" and "OMG, SHE'S SO COOL!" I really cannot put into words how shocked, elated, and uplifted I was when I saw those shoes and realized that they brought in Bayonetta. I felt that Bayonetta had a small chance of being added and I had hoped that she was already a character from the beginning since Bayonetta 2 launched on Wii U around the same time as Smash Bros. 3DS released. But there were so many factors that deemed it seemingly impossible. When Snake was being developed on Brawl, they said that he was "barred from using guns" because it's too realistic and violent (compared to the laser and energy shots from other characters). Bayonetta's game was a mature game with violence, sexual content, and suggestive themes that would otherwise contradict the family friendly environment that the franchise wants to keep in Smash Bros. But NOPE, Bayonetta will stay true to her character and have her suggestive poses, saucy banter, her guns, her disappearing clothes when she attacks, and her infernal climax which has a giant demon chew the opponents up. I'm extremely happy with the ballot choice being Bayonetta. I'm only sad that I have to wait until February to play her.
