Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS (Game Review)

Hey everyone, 99th post!!!!! I feel like I should be doing a special post for my 100th but there's not much to do anything special. Today I got Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS in the mail today, so I decided to play for a couple of minutes. Because I only played for a little while, I haven't really seen too much of the game yet, but I tried a mission(event?) mode, sorry I can't remember the name, but I tried that first and seriously I have no idea what is going on! It's like the adventure mode from the Wii, but it includes a face off with some CPU characters at the end, and at one point I had to destroy some crystals. I had no idea what was happening.

At this very moment, I like the character roster, but I'm very unused(right spelling??) to the controls, I kept pressing the wrong buttons to jump and attack. I think because I'm so used to the Wii. The characters/ graphics remind me of a DS or Advanced game for some reason. At this very moment, I'm not a big fan of the 3DS version of the game yet, and I won't place a rating quite yet. I shall do a more in depth review at a later point.

DVD Conversions

Hey everyone, quick post, but I would like to say good things about a company called DVD conversions who have successfully spliced and converted my VHS which I have left untouched after almost 10 years. I didn't expect any less of them actually, but they brought more than I expected. I'm not quite sure what they did but from what I remember when I was around 8, the tape was in pretty bad condition as the images kept scrolling round and round on the VHS player, so I wasn't able to make anything clear out, and from some parts of the VHS I remember there were some heavy snow noise which showed up on the tape, but can't be seen on the VHS convert so I am very happy!! Now you may be living in New Zealand and want a tape converted and or spliced or even cleaned. I believe they do a lot of things, and not just VHS tapes. I myself had been looking for someone who could splice the tape for me but wasn't able to find a company for 2-3 years because I was too scared to convert the tape myself, though I have tried it once, and it failed. Overall they have done a fantastic job, go check them out!

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Spice Up Your Water (Filler Posts)

Hey everyone, another random post today. These couple of days I decided to spice up my water by adding frozen berries in because I usually don't like drinking water otherwise, and I can say for myself that it makes it taste great! It's like a watered down Ribena drink (colour turned that colour too). I really recommend trying it, especially if you don't like drinking water, or drink it rarely and need your H20. It also helps your 5+ a day. I eat the fruit after I finish the drink so it's pretty good, just don't leave it in the water for too long, I usually change the fruit every 1-2 days. Ever since I started, I've been drinking more water, and going to the toilet a bit too often due to the amount of liquid I've been taking, so just make sure you stop a few hours before bed otherwise you'll be awake all night >< Well that was a quick post, talk to you all next time, bye!

Lotte Double Dip Chocolate Stick (FIller Posts)

Hey everyone, quick filler post review because of you know what. But I decided to try out this brand of Lotte Double Dip chocolate stick snack things. If you saw one of my previous videos, you'd know that I like my Asian snacks, especially Korean ones! I tried the Strawberry one today, but not the chocolate one so I'll review that one when I've tried it. But anyway, there's actually two coatings, strawberry and white chocolate, making a more thicker chocolate layer. Overall, the taste is a bit funny actually, mostly because of the double layer of chocolate, I think if there wasn't a double layer, it would taste a bit better. Also the stick seemed a bit off, I don't know why, but it expires next year so I'm not quite sure why, maybe because the stick is thicker than your usual ones?? But not quite sure, though I probably won't try this version again, but I'd recommend people trying it first themselves before they judge themselves. Picture below is the packaging for the Chocolate and Strawberry, and the photo was taken by me and can be seen on my Instagram @masterbrendan. Well until next time, bye!

The Legend Of Korra Season 4 Episode 4 The Calling (TV Show Review)

Hey everyone, so I watched episode 4 of Legend of Korra so let's recap on what happened without giving too much away. So Jinora, Ikki and Meelo are on a quest to find the Avatar after she's been missing for quite some time. If you've been watching throughout the season, then you'd know that she's been at the swamp. I myself can't really say what happens without giving too much away, because so little actually happens in this episode that there's not that much I can say without giving too much away anyway so that's all I can giveaway.

There's not really any action in this episode, I feel like it was more of a filler episode to try and fill in the story gap. Of course the creators could have extended the whole event to fit in a whole season to carry onto another season/ series but obviously they did not want to do that and confined everything to one episode. So anyway, there's not much I can say sorry, but it's all worth it in the end I guess. No idea what can really happen next at the moment, but I hope Toph comes back at the end for some finale!

Yea sorry this wasn't a very interesting review, but that's only because there's not much to review on. Meelo does meet a girl though, and for some reason, I didn't think that Jinora, Ikki and Meelo were vegetarians until this episode, even though when I think about it, they must be.

Yea anyway, can't wait to see the finale. Until next time I'll talk to everyone later, bye!

Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (Movie Review)

Hey everyone, so the title says movie review, but you should all know by now that reviews at the moment will be kept to the minimum as I'm focusing most of  my time studying these days, but let's get onto a quick review on another Scooby-Doo movie.

Unlike the previous film I watched, I actually watched this one from start to end, and even still at this moment there are some blanks which I cannot fill in, and I don't know if my brain is exhausted after a long day, or that I'm just not cut out to watch children targeted movies anymore. But anyway, this film features Blue Falcon and Dynomutt who are characters created by Hanna-Barbera Productions from a 70's show I believe, though I was born in the late 90's so until today I had no idea about these characters (sorry about that folks!) . So anyway, I guess this marks a sort of guest appearance/ collab with the Scooby-Doo franchise.

The film revolves around a comic-book convention in which as you guessed it, there's a monster wrecking havoc, and the Mayor is only interested in investment from the convention, so the event continues. The original  Blue Falcon actor was replaced by a younger actor and stars in a new film about the Blue Falcon, with everyone oblivious to the original Blue Falcon. This actually reminds me of one of the Ben 10 episodes, but I won't talk about that here. So anyway, the Mystery Inc gang investigates the mystery, and really... that's sort of what I remember, until ending anyway.

This film really just follows your usual Scooby-Doo film format, so much that I cannot really say much, other than I wish they could introduce something in which they have not yet. Though I know it's hard to get that new idea. In actual fact these new films seem to sort of follow a similar route. I don't know why, but the first few films up to the mid 00's seemed really good compared to these newer ones, I don't know what happened! Though when it came to unmasking the guy in the mask, you sort of don't have a clue on who it actually was. Every time I see a new Scooby-Doo episode or movie, I try to figure out who the culprit was, though most of the time, the evidence that they "collect" is a bit lacking.

Overall there's not much to talk about, it just follows your usual film routine. I'm not saying it's a bad film, but when you've seen most of the collection, the films can get a bit repetitive. My raiting would have to be a 6.5/10. Not bad at all. Well until my next investigation, bye!

The Man With The Iron Fists (Movie Review)

The Man with the Iron Fists is an American martial arts film directed by RZA and written by RZA and Eli Roth. The film is set in the more traditional period of China. Although you immediately assume this is just another martial arts film, you realise how different peoples film making techniques are.

Mid way through the film I have no idea what is going on, so I won't talk about any of the plot sorry! But anyway, from watching this film, I can feel that it has a very americanised vibe to it, and by that I mean it doesn't feel like your usual Chinese, martial arts sort of films. You have mostly rap sort of music, which is a no-no, especially in an ancient story setting. Also everyone speaks English so well, something I am not used to seeing, though not saying that's a bad thing, it gives the film a different feel to your usual sort of films.

Something about films filmed in partly more than one language is that sometimes they skip out some subs, but in this film, because I can some what understand Mandarin, I can understand what's not subbed  which is a bonus for me bahahah:P

In terms of action, there's actually not as much as I assumed for a martial arts film, though when there is, the scenes are quick and very bloody. uuuuummmm........ won't spoil it too much. My rating is a bit mixed as I'm not quite sure how I feel. Definitely very different to your usual martial arts film. I'd have to give this a 6/10. It's worth a look anyway, as I'm sure some people might really like a different style. Well until next time, bye!