As we enter the New Year, my sister and I are still recovering from playing far too many video games during the Christmas break (the best way other than watching the usual drivel on TV).
I am still playing Animal Crossing: Wild World determined to collect all the fishes in Leaftown, so that I can get that elusive golden fishing rod! (Only one fish left now)
Meanwhile my sister was convinced that she can finish two Zelda games before starting work at Nintendo Europe in January. She just completed the epic Twilight Princess after a mammoth 39-hour ‘two-dungeons-a-day’ session and was impressed by how beautiful the game playing experience was in this latest Link adventure.
As for Ocarina of Time, she can play this on the GameCube in another time…
Besides playing these, we also had fantastic fun playing in co-operative mode with Guitar Hero II. I recently brought a limited edition cherry red Gibson SG guitar controller and together we were ‘The Noelling’ (named after the television host of Deal Or No Deal – Noel Edmonds)! The two-player mode worked great as it feels like you were performing as the bass and rhythm guitar leads.
But alas, our rock band will be split up as she begins work in Germany working for Nintendo. I am going through some mixed emotions at the moment… I’m happy for her to get a dream job play testing all DS and Wii games, but at the same time sad as we are very close. Anyway, I wish her the best of luck in the new role.