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Since this blog entry is going into every outlet I’m in (Facebook, Blogger, Deviantart), I’ll be very brief and cut to the chase: it’s been an awesome weekend with you guys and gals. I’ve only went Saturday, but the aftermath as I shared pics in Facebook and the thrill of thinking that I might end up joining in the cosplay hobby is just pure awesomeness. Thank you, especially those who not only let me capture on camera, but who were willing to start a new friendship with me.

This is not the end! I’m already looking forward towards future events, and it looks like Central Fan Fest might be the next place to go. Can’t say I’ll be going as someone there, though – any cosplay I might do may be for either next year or for Kaisen 9 this next Fall/Winter. So look out – The Jetman is blasting off to new heights, and not even the universe itself will stop him from reaching his goals! See ya around.

I was never fond of third-party controllers, and this guy was the culprit. It’s not a bad controller by any means – in fact, I like it because it has a very interesting design and includes features like turbo and slow motion – but the d-pad turned me off big time. Partially because I could remove it easily, and its rubber pads became loose (I changed them with an old Dualshock rubber that was no longer functional). Hell, these controllers were cheap – I remember my aunt buying these controllers for her kids only to be destroyed one week after. At least my SNES original pads were durable enough to resist any kind of damage.

NOTE: Yet another draft that I’m posting that’s about six months old. Sorry, but I’m just giving some love to my poor blog.

Because I’m bored…and I want to do something today (no classes because of the storm passing through), I think I’m going to review the controllers I own, little by little. Note that I’m not going to be brief, but it’s not going to be a full article for each controller.

NES CONTROLLER

I’ll start things off with the NES controller. Nice little piece of device, which pretty much established the standards of what we see in controllers today: a directional pad instead of a joystick, two face buttons, and two “navigation” buttons – Start and Select. This singular setup may sound dated nowadays, but don’t you notice how many games out there mostly use two buttons for their game only? It’s simple, effective, and most of all, it gives you what you want. The NES controller was a beauty all by itself, although you may laugh a bit at its square design compared to other controllers that comfort in your hands. Still, it’s the granddaddy of all controllers out there, and I think it deserves a good score. 8/10.

NOTE: I wrote this draft about six months ago, and today I have a little more respect towards the Wii Remote. Don’t get me wrong though; I still have issues with it and some of what I’ve said here is still in effect. Enjoy.

Hey, no disrespect to all of those Wiimote huggers out there – this my sole opinion about it, and it doesn’t change the fact that I still love Nintendo no matter what. With that said, I wanted to go deeper with my hatred towards this little device. Yeah, at first it’s pretty fun to swing it around and think it’s the coolest thing around, but once you figure out that the whole thing is an illusion that Nintendo created to make you flail like a fool with it…it doesn’t sound fun at all now, does it?

We all love Pokémon. How can we not capture over 600 critters in a vast open world all while trading with friends around the world? Or how about making an elite team and pwning the hell out of little kids at your school who don’t know a thing or two about the art of EV training? But I usually don’t care about all that.

Yup, we’re gonna talk about the music. Precisely, the battle themes. From the first wild Pokémon you found on the wild to that climatic encounter with the top Champion of the region, they are all punctuated with some awesome themes. So why don’t we celebrate them with a nice Top 10 of the best out there? A huge note to all of you – this is MY list, not yours; and most of all, we’re only gonna talk about themes from 1st to 4th generation. Sorry, Black and White fans!

So without further due, this JETZ.acx in the Top 10 Pokémon Battle Themes ‘Till the 4th Generation.