Sonic Unleashed (Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review Sonic Unleashed for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. Unlike other Sonic the Hedgehog games, Sonic will have two forms consisting of his standard form during the daytime and his Werehog form during the nighttime.

 

In this game, Dr. Eggman unleashes an ancient evil known as Dark Gaia which in turn shatters the planet into seven pieces, transforms Sonic the Hedgehog into Sonic the Werehog and renders the seven Chaos Emeralds grey and powerless. In his Werehog form, Sonic’s speed is diminished and yet in turn gains both immense physical strength as well as stretchable limbs. Now Sonic must restore the seven Chaos Emeralds, fix the planet and defeat both Dr. Eggman and Dark Gaia to break the curse of the Werehog placed upon himself.

 

The nine locations you visit in this game are Apotos (based on Greek Mediterranean architecture-Greek island of Chora, Mykonos Greece/Greek city of Santorini),

Spagonia (based on western European architecture-Italian city of Siena),

Mazuri (based on Africa),

Holoska (based on Alaska),

Chun-nan (based on China’s architecture),

Shamar (based on a Middle Eastern desert-Petra, Jordan),

Empire City (based on New York City),

Adabat (based on Angkor, Maldivian, and Southeastern Asia),

Eggmanland and the Planet’s Core.

 

The cast of characters are Sonic the Hedgehog/Sonic the Werehog/Super Sonic,

Miles “Tails” Prower,

Amy Rose,

Dr. Eggman,

Professor Pickle,

Dark Gaia and Chip/Light Gaia.

 

In conclusion, I found this game to showcase the eternal conflict between light and darkness that takes place in the world as well in each and every one of us. But as long as we all stay true to ourselves, the light in us will illuminate our lives and the darkness in us will be in turn suppressed forevermore.

(Light Gaia)

(Dark Gaia)

(Dark Gaia-Perfect)

(Trailers)

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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the Nintendo GameCube and the Nintendo Wii. This game is the 13th installment in the Legend of Zelda game series.

 

The storyline of this game takes place hundreds of years after both Ocarina of time and Majora’s Mask and is set in an alternate timeline from The Wind Waker. In this game, Link tries to prevent the Kingdom of Hyrule from being engulfed by a corrupted, parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm.

 

The protagonists in this game are Link (main hero)(forms: Hylian/Wolf)(equipment: Sword/Shield/Boomerang/Bow & Arrows),

Princess Zelda (main heroine)(equipment: Magic),

Epona (heroine)(Link’s faithful steed) and Midna (heroine)(Princess of the Twilight Realm).

 

The antagonists in this game are Ganondorf (main villain)(forms: Gerudo/Boar-based Monster)(equipment: Sword/Magic), and Zant (main villain)(the Twilight Realm’s Lord of Shadows)(equipment: Magic).

 

In conclusion, I believe that this game is in fact one of the biggest RPGs in the entirety of the Legend of Zelda franchise.

 

Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame(Preview)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to preview the upcoming movie Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame. This is the 4th Avengers movie as well as the 22nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

This movie takes place following the aftermath of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War where the surviving avengers attempt to restore their vanquished allied for one, final clash with Thanos “the Mad Titan” for the fate of the entire universe.

 

The surviving protagonists in this movie are Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark aka Iron Man,

Chris Hemsworth as Thor,

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner aka the Incredible Hulk,

Chris Evans as Steve Rogers aka Captain America,

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff,

Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes aka War Machine,

Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon,

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton aka Hawkeye,

Paul Rudd as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man and Brie Larson as Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel.

 

This vanquished protagonists in this movie are Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Steven Strange,

Tom Holland as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man,

Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa aka the Black Panther,

Paul Bettany as Vision,

Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch,

Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka Falcon,

Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier,

Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer,

Zoe Saldana as Gamora,

Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne aka Wasp.

 

In conclusion, there is a 50/50 chance that this movie may or may not be the final chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But, I am however sure that this movie will be a climatic celebration to Stan Lee’s franchise. This movie is set to be released in theatres on April 26, 2019.

 

Spyro: Reignited Trilogy(Preview)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to talk about the upcoming game Spyro: Reignited Trilogy for the PlayStation 4.

This game is comprised of all three PlayStation 1 Spyro the Dragon games remastered exclusively for the PlayStation 4 which in fact are Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage and Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon.

 

Spyro the Dragon marks the beginning of Spyro’s adventures quests to free the dragon population from their Crystalised Prisons, liberate all six Dragon Homeworlds from enemy occupation, recover all of the stolen gems and vanquish the evil Gnasty Gnorc.

The Dragon Homeworlds are listed as Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers, Dream Weavers and Gnasty’s World.

 

Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage takes place after the events of Spyro the Dragon.

While on his way to Dragon Shores for a well deserved vacation, Spyro makes an unexpected detour to the mystical realm of Avalar which is under constant threat from the evil, imperial wizard Ripto as well as from from Ripto’s Lackeys Gulp and Crusher.

In this game, Spyro makes new friends here such as Elora (a Faun), Hunter (a Cheetah), the Professor (a Mole), Moneybags (a Bear) and Zoe (a Fairy).

Avalar’s HomeWorlds consist of three major areas that are known as the Summer Forest, the Autumn Plains and the Winter Tundra.

 

Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon takes place after the events of Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage.

In this game, Spyro and Hunter travel to the Forgotten Realms (the dragon’s original homelands from a thousand years ago) to recover all the dragon eggs which were stolen by the the Evil Sorceress (the Forgotten Realms’ dictatorial monarch) and her army of Rhynocs.

In this game, Spyro makes new friends/allies such as Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. James Byrd (a Flying, Military Penguin equipped with Twin Rocket Launchers), Bentley the Super-Intelligent Yeti and Agent 9 (a Space Monkey/Secret Agent).

The Forgotten Realms’ Homeworlds consist of 4 major areas that are known as Sunrise Spring, Midday Gardens, Evening Lake and Midnight Mountain.

 

In conclusion, I think it’s so cool that they’re bringing back spyro for a new and improved encore performance.

This game will be available for a heated purchase on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 so be sure to be ready for a fiery unveiling.

One Piece(Anime Series)(Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review the anime series One Piece. The series takes place following the World Government’s public execution of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger aka Gold Roger, but the Pirate King’s final words in turn usher in the Great Pirate Age (you want my treasured legacy then you can have it for everything that is mine has been gathered together in one place).

 

Most of the characters possess supernatural abilities which they acquired from eating Devil Fruits. The Devil Fruits in this series into 3 different categories consisting of Paramecia (supernatural abilities-mystical), Logia (supernatural abilities-physical & mystical) and Zoan (supernatural abilities thereby resulting in a physical transformation from Human to Animal).

 

The protagonists in this series are the StrawHat Pirates which are comprised of Monkey D. Luffy (the Straw Hat’s Captain whose dream is to be the next Pirate King)(Paramecia: Gum-Gum Fruit), Roronoa Zoro (a Pirate Hunter turned Pirate whose dream is to be the greatest swordsman in the world)(Zoro specializes in the 3 sword style which is where he wields three katanas in battle), Nami (the Straw Hat’s Navigator whose dream is to chart the entire world), Usopp (the Straw Hat’s Sharpshooter whose dream is to be a gallant warrior of the sea, just like his father Yasopp)(Usopp wields a giant slingshot in battle), Vinsmoke Sanji (the Straw Hat’s Cook (Sanji specializes in a kick-based fighting style), Tony Tony Chopper (the Straw Hat’s Doctor as well as a blue-nosed reindeer)(Zoan: Human-Human Fruit),Nico Robin (the Straw Hat’s Archaeologist)(Paramecia: Flower-Flower Fruit), Franky (the Straw Hat’s Shipwright)(Franky is a Cola-powered Cyborg with superhuman strength) and Humming Brook/Dead Bones Brook/Soul King Brook (the Straw Hat’s Musician)( Brook wields a Shikomizue/japanese cane sword in battle)(Paramecia: Revive-Revive Fruit).

 

In conclusion, I found this series to be equal in popularity to both Naruto and Dragon Ball in series length as well as series storyline.

Sonic the Hedgehog(2006)(Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review Sonic the Hedgehog for the PlayStation 3. In this game you play not only as Sonic The Hedgehog, but also as Shadow the Hedgehog as well as a new character called Silver the Hedgehog. This game’s storyline takes place throughout the Kingdom of Soleanna (the City of Water).

 

The protagonists in this game consist of Sonic the Hedgehog (the Blue Blur)(Main Hero), Shadow the Hedgehog (the Ultimate Lifeform)(Sonic’s Rival), Silver the Hedgehog (a PsychoKinetic)(Time-Traveling rebel), Miles “Tails” Prower (a Two-Tailed Fox)(Sonic’s best friend), Knuckles the Echidna (the Last of his Kind)(the Master Emerald’s lone Guardian), Rouge the Bat (a Jewel Thief/Secret Agent)(Shadow’s accomplice), E-123 Omega(a Robotic Soldier)(Shadow’s ally), Blaze the Cat (a PyroKinetic)(Silver’s best friend/partner) and Amy Rose (a PikoPiko Hammer wielding Battle-Maiden)(Sonic’s self-proclaimed Girlfriend). The antagonists in this game consist of Dr. EggMan (the Main Villain)(an Evil super-genius/Sonic’s arch-enemy), Mephiles the Dark (the Embodiment of Darkness), Iblis(the Flames of Disaster) and Solaris (the Sun God of Soleanna)(the Flame of Hope/Disaster).

 

In conclusion, I found this game to be extremely tense yet highly emotional. For instance, there was both intense sadness and incredible happiness when Sonic the Hedgehog was killed by Mephiles the Dark then Resurrected through the power of all seven Chaos Emeralds. In short, this game is without a doubt worthy of being the Sonic the Hedgehog franchises 15th anniversary.

 

The Legend of Spyro: Trilogy(Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review all three The Legend of Spyro games for the PlayStation 2. The Legend of Spyro games are a reboot of the entire Spyro the Dragon game series and are consisted numerically as The Legend of Spyro 1: A New Beginning, The Legend of Spyro 2: The Eternal Night and The Legend of Spyro 3: Dawn of the Dragon.

 

The Legend of Spyro: The New Beginning reintroduces us to the dragon named Spyro and his companion/friend/brother Sparx the Dragonfly as well as follow their adventures to save the four guardian dragons each in command of a different element from the black dragon Cynder. The guardians consist of Terrador (Earth), Cyril (Ice), Volteer (Electricity) and Ignitus (Fire).

 

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night follows the Continuing adventures of Spyro as he seeks out an ancient dragon of immeasurable wisdom known only as the Chronicler, tries to save his former enemy Cynder and foil the evil ambitions of Gaul: the Ape King. While doing so, Spyro not only regains the ability to utilize the elemental powers of the four guardian dragons but he also gains a new ability called Dragon Time which gives Spyro the power to temporarily slow down time.

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon concludes the adventures of Spyro, who along with both Sparx and Cynder as well as their new friend Hunter of Avalar (Cheetah) ventures forth towards a final confrontation with the Dark Master who is also known as the dragon called Malefor. While Sypro wields the elemental powers of Fire, Ice, Electricity and Earth, Cynder wields four dark powers consisting of Wind, Poison, Fear and Shadow.

 

 

In conclusion, I found these three games in total to be an extremely incredible improvement over the original storyline which of course is saying a lot.

 

Ruby Facts

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Ruby Facts

*“Rubies are made up of the mineral corundum. Corundum is aluminum oxide ( Al2O3). A ruby forms when there is a small impurity of chromic oxide in the corundum (an aluminium oxide in which some of the aluminum ions have been substituted by chromium). This substitution process is called an isomorphous replacement.”

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*Rubies are the Birthstone of July. (my birthstone)

*Rubies get there name from the Latin word for red “Ruber”.

*There are some rubies that have marks that branch out from the center called a star. For obvious reasons these varieties are called Star Rubies.

*There is a character on the TV show Steven Universe who is a Ruby.

*On a previous post I wrote about a character I created with my friends, who used an Amethyst “Powerstone” to gain superpowers, my sister also made a character for this game. Her character used a ruby.

Disney Magical World 2 (Review)

Hello, my name is Charles & I’m here to review the Nintendo 3DS game Disney Magical World 2.

 

This game is the 2016 sequel to the 2014 3DS game Disney Magical World with even more Disney worlds and characters to encounter, assist and spend time with.

 

The game takes place in a magical town called Castleton where you not only manage a cafe near favorable Disney characters such as Mickey, but you also can travel to six Disney worlds.

 

The six disney worlds are comprised of Disney’s Frozen, The Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs and Winnie the Pooh.

 

Throughout this game, you discover ghostly beings of unknown origins are invading Castleton as well as all six Disney worlds and you must use special magic wands to use Disney magic to deal with them.

 

In each of the six Disney worlds you can attend Anna & Elsa’s Snowman Festival, have adventures as a mermaid/merman under the sea with Ariel, mine for gems with the Seven Dwarfs, surf and hula with Lilo & Stitch, help tackle trouble in Wonderland and have fun both farming and hanging out with Winnie the Pooh & friends.

In conclusion, I find this game truly Enchanting and am certain of it to be one of the embodiments of disney’s greatest magics.

Larimar Facts

Larimar facts

*”Early theories suggested Larimar was produced by the Sea, later by the earth’s volcanic movements. … The stone is formed when hot gases push crystallized minerals up though volcanic ‘tubes’. In order to mine and excavate the stone miners must identify these tubes and dig deeper and deeper into old volcanoes.”

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*Larimar stones were named after the ocean and the daughter of the man( Miguel Mendez) who rediscovered it, Larissa and Mar which means sea in many languages.

*Larimar is a form of pectolite. But it is the only specific form of this crystalline.

*It  was rediscovered in 1974. It was originally discovered in 1916. Father Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren asked permission to mine the blue stone he had found, but his request was denied and no one else knew of it until it’s rediscovery.

*Larimar stones are only found in the Caribbean sea in the Dominican republic on the island of Hispaniola.