In honorly tradition of the year, I did a final review for the year of 2009 by doing a review of the best game on the Nintendo DS to date: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. This game just plain rocked, for the longest time my favorite DS game was The World Ends With You. Now as of 2009, Nintendo has won back their spot as making the number one game on the DS. Do enjoy.

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/marioluigirpg3/player_review.html?id=700225&tag=all-about;review1

So as a parting gift for 2009, I decided to do a top ten list by composing a top ten list. For this one, it's a list of games to look forward to in 2010 on the Nintendo Wii. These are just the ones that have my interest at the moment and I'm most anticipating these titles, but I 'm sure other people have their own choices. Indeed there are other games that might be worth looking at in the future like Arc Rise Fantasia, Epic Mickey, Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, but these are the choices I made that I think will be worth checking out as soon as they finally get released.

10. Calling (Release Date: TBA 2010)

Hudson Soft's new survival horror for the Wii that will take place between two people with a heavy emphasis on calling one another in order to survive. Events will happen from the first-person perspective, and the Wii remote will serve as both a cell phone to talk to people from far away as well as scaring off ghosts to survive. This survival horror is showing some promise so far, and it will help serve as another argument about how the Wii is the place for survival horrors.

9. Gladiator A.D. (Release Date: TBA 2010)

Re-using the engine that helped develop The Conduit, High Voltage Software will be using the Quantum 3 Engine to create a fighting game described as a hybrid between games like Bushido Blade and Final Night. Online has yet to be announced, but this game along side The Grinder will mark another step towards gaming credibility for the aspiring developer.

8. Red Steel 2 (Release Date: February 16, 2010)

Obviously because of the financial success of Red Steel, Ubisoft would like to see if a franchise is possible with this upcoming sequel. Now taking up Wii MotionPlus and game refinements to address the complaints made in the first, if the game sells well, Ubisoft may have a new franchise on its hands after all. There's unfortunately no online multiplayer, but it's done to ensure that the game offers a strong single player experience.

7. The Grinder (Release Date: TBA 2010)

As mentioned earlier, High Voltage Software is planning to release The Grinder alongside Gladiator A.D. The Grinder will give you the option to play as four different characters who use different techniques to defeat certain foes, some of which can be dual wielded. Not to mention an online multiplayer that will also make use of the Wii Speak peripheral, and the goal to make sure the game has no loading times at all. With this, The Grinder shows promise as being a great FPS for the Wii.

6. Trauma Team (Release Date: April 20, 2010)

If I could say it in one sentence, I'd say, "WOOHOO! New Trauma Center game!" It's still called the Trauama Center series by Atlus despite the title. If you played any of the four prior games, you probably know about how these games play as an emphasis of curing patients in a certain time limit before they fall flat line, an anime version of E.R. if you will. Now featuring six new characters to the story and six fields of medicine, it's likely we're going to get a good amount of variety out of the game. Unfortunately not much else has been released on the details of the game itself be it how the game plays or what the story will be like, but if the first four games were an indication at all, it's possible to see this being another great addition to this new franchise.

5. Monster Hunter Tri (Release Date: Sometime after April 2010)

The third installment in the official Monster Hunter series was planned to be a Playstation 3 title, but due to budget costs was moved to the Wii. Supporting heavy online like Wii Speak and VolP capability, as well as some of the best graphics to be seen on the Wii yet, Monster Hunter Tri is likely to be a monster hunting experience that shouldn't be passed up on. Forget Valhalla Knights, this is where it's at.

4. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Release Date: January 26, 2010)

360 and PS3 owners will be getting a port of the original Wii game, but Wii owners will be treated to a sequel to the legendary foruth-wall breaking, stylish, intimidating in a Fist of the North Star kind of way fan favorite. Now armed with dual wield twin beam katanas, Wii MotionPlus, improved enemy A.I., and physics, Travis Touchdown will need them in order to face off against the 50 bosses the game will throw at him (Doesn't mean 50 encounters though). More varied and connected to the main story, Desperate Struggle is one that will give thrill seekers on the Wii another crazy trip with Travis.

3. Metroid Other M (Release Date: TBA 2010)

Probably the last team up we would have imagined to happen in a million years, the idea of Nintendo working with Team Ninja to create a Metroid game. Featuring both 2D and 3D gameplay in first person and third person perspectives, Other M will also be serving as a sequel to Super Metroid along with story progression in the same manner as Metroid Fusion. Other M is something that 95% of gamers everywhere would have likely assumed to happen if the Devil started offering free sleigh rides, but with the result finally out and scheduled for 2010, it's only one of Nintendo's 3 big projects to finish up for next year.

2. Sin & Punishment 2 (Release Date: Q1 2010)

Did you download Sin & Punishment on the Virtual Console? You probably might have played it and wondered, "Why doesn't Nintendo make a franchise out of this?" Well much in a manner like Punch-Out!! for the Wii in '09, Nintendo brings back another game with a sequel to the Virtual Console favorite. Now returning with the on-rails shooting that players enjoyed from the first, there will also be options to use four different controller methods. For sure Sin & Punishment 2 will satiate the needs for anyone who has been praying for this sequel since playing it.

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Release Date: TBA 2010)

One thing that makes Super Mario Galaxy 2 as significant of an announcement as it is, is that it is the first Mario game since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island to be a direct sequel to a main title platformer Mario game. In terms of gameplay, this sequel will offer similar platforming based on and around 3D planets but also with the return of old enemies like the paragoomba. The game will also mark the return of Yoshi with some similarities to his use in Super Mario Sunshine, but as less of a gimmick now that he has the ability to inflate like a balloon and use speed boosts. If you played the first and saw it as well as I did, it's easy to see how this is a contender for a must buy in 2010 and possibly not only one of the best games in 2010, but just maybe an improvement over the first if we're lucky enough.

And so there's my list for the top ten Wii games to look forward to in 2010. There's also going to be tons of other games coming out in 2010 be they exclusive or multi-plat. There's Bayonetta, Mass Effect 2, MAG, Bioshock 2, Final Fantasy XIII, Supreme Commander 2, Dante's Inferno, Dark Void, and this is just the first quarter of the year. There's even ones that don't have a release date yet like Nier, Front Mission: Evolved, Singularity, Fable III, Crackdown 2, Dead Space 2, God of War III, the list goes on and on and on and on… Get ready to be poor this upcoming year.

And so for my plans of this year, I actually might plan on buying a Playstation 3 if I manage to come across enough money over the year. As you may have seen, PS3s are now at a decent price of $299 and there's a selection of games that actually has my interest. Out right now are Demon's Souls and Folklore, but for future releases I'd want to buy God of War III, Last Rebellion, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and Yakuza 3. So hopefully I'll be able to accomplish that much, but other than that I don't plan on doing much over this year. I hope life just goes on like it usually does, maybe something will change but that's yet to be seen.

And so with that everybody, hope you enjoyed 2009. Enjoy the last few minutes if you liked this year that much, because these will be the last moments of the Gregorian year for 2009.Get ready to meet Mr. 2010!

That's the news from Myviewing as of December 31, 2009.

Hey everybody! Well if you were missing for the last few days, the Earth just celebrated Jesus' 2009th birthday on Christmas day of December 25! And if you're wondering how I in particular did so, I was visiting my grandparents down in South Carolina and me and my family spent time together. So as usual, we had a gathering around their Christmas tree and we exchanged gifts between one another.

I got a book called "The Charlemagne Pursuit" for my mom since she liked Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code," the back of the book said that anyone who likes that would most likely enjoy this as well. Can't say for myself how it is though. For my dad, I got him a coin jar that actually counts how much change is in the jar, it has this electric lid that takes in the coins and it shows the amount of change on top of the lid. For my sister, I got her a pair of slippers and a copy of Jim Henson's The Labyrinth on DVD, totally unrelated two gifts, but I got her the movie as a safety procedure in case she didn't care for the slippers. Thankfully she enjoyed both of them. And for my Grandma and Grandpa I got them a Christmas ornament and a glow stick in case they have trouble walking home in the dark, you never know when it could be useful.

As for what I got, my sister got me some pretty interesting books that she found in a thrift shop, one titled "The Wit & Wisdom of George Bush" (George Bush Sr.) which I could probably do a reading of one day if I feel like it, a random book of 20,000 words and Calvin Trillin's "Deciding the Next Decider" (A poetic version of the 2008 American election… Lulz worthy too I might add ) She also got me a Pacman dispenser that when you twist it, it gives out these power pellets that kind of taste like lemon but at the same time don't, it's artificial I can say that much. My parents gave both me and my sister new cell phones so we can now replace our falling apart ones, unlimited texting and minutes I might add. True pimp ahoy! XD. My grandparents gave me some money and some new pajama bottoms to replace my torn up ones.

My mom also got me some games as well, prior to our trip to South Carolina she bought me Cooking Mama for the DS. Yeah, I didn't get a chance to play this game before since I got my DS back in I think 2008. I played it between my mom, my sister, and me and it was a pretty fun game, I can see where its mass appeal came from. I wouldn't use it as a cooking simulator for sure, but it makes some entertaining use of DS hardware. Also for Christmas, she bought me James Cameron's Avatar the Video Game for the DS! =D Yeah, movie licensed game, but it's actually not that bad of a game I gotta say. If you want an idea of it, it's kinda like Phantom Hourglass with Chinatown Wars graphics. So it's a Zelda clone overall, but it's a pretty fun one that allows you to learn more about the back story to the actual film and Pandora itself. I think my only problem with it is that I was able to beat this game the day I got it, yeah it's pretty short. So it may not be the best Zelda clone of all time, but it's a pretty good one for a movie-licensed game.

Having returned yesterday, I did some Christmas shopping for myself and bought three new games today. Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the DS, Nostalgia for the DS, and… James Cameron's Avatar the Video Game for the Xbox 360… You may now commence laughing at me. Spirit Tracks I been meaning to get for Christmas and now I do, I was pleasantly surprised with Phantom Hourglass back in 2007 and now I can't wait to see how this new Zelda handheld is. Nostalgia, I enjoyed Matrix Software's rendition of Final Fantasy III and IV on the DS, now I have to play this and see how they handle making their own new IP. And in my defense of buying Avatar for the 360… I have none. I have Avatar Syndrome, that's all I gotta say. I did see some gameplay footage of the game though and it doesn't look too bad, and if the DS version was enjoyable I'm sure this version will be as well.

Ah yes, and for my thoughts on Avatar… (*&^ it. I need, and I don't mean want to I NEED, to see this movie a second time in theaters! If you want my current status on it, it blows everything else of 2009 in film out of the water it's that epic! And it's in my top 5 all time favorites I might add. I hope I'll be able to explain myself more professionally next time I see it. Meanwhile… Just go see it… NOW!!!

So there you go followers. My Christmas in a nutshell, here's to the next 2000 or so. For the future, I hope I'll be able to get out maybe another top 10 list or two before the year is done. So if you enjoyed 2009, enjoy it while you still can, because the human race has just proved itself capable of surviving one year more. In your face Earth!

That's the news from Myviewing as of December 27, 2009 and a Merry Christmas to you all!

MINE!!! News for the world, today I have at long last reached the adulthood age of 21! Yep, if you didn't keep track of my blogs for over a year, you'd probably know this.

So you might wonder, how did I celebrate today? Well it wasn't a very big day since I had to take my final exam today, so my classes for this semester are finally done. WOOT! Now I have a month of free time. From my folks, my sister made me a pretty unique cake, it was checkerboard on the inside of both vanilla and chocolate, and had peanut butter and raspberry frosting. As for what I got, well not much to speak of, my Grandma gave me some money and I got a GPS system from my parents, which is still a pretty cool contribution to my daily living and I wont have to get lost when I go driving anymore. That was my day overall, though I did have pizza for dinner which is always awesome. I begin to wonder if maybe this a foreshadowing of my life in the future? Well not all of it is done really, my parents actually have another gift for this weekend, IM'A GONNA SEE JAMES CAMARON'S AVATAR! Yeah, I can't wait to see this movie, it looks so awesome!

Well that's the beginning of my 21st year of existence, I'm sure you've read better, but oh well I felt like typing these 1s and 0s anyway. And with that, I hope you all have a happy rest of the December of 2009, If I'm away for a bit, it's probably because I'm visiting my grandparents in South Carolina this year for Christmas. Every year or so my family decides to visit them down there and I have to brave the allergies that will ensue. Those are the big updates in a nutshell, you all have a good night.

That's the news from Myviewing as of December 17, 2009.