How Harpy Got into Gaming Part I (and a few other things)

Before I get into retro mode, I need to make a quick announcement. All of you who are curious about "For Whom the Bell Tolls", worry no longer! I have a Fictionpress account now, and so by Sunday morning, I should have a little short starring Alex, Xavier, and Chuck. Okay, by short... I mean like 3,000 + words. Haaaa...

Anyway, onwards!

I'm a 90s girl, being born in good '93. I have to admit, I lived the high life. My parents would spoil my brother, my sister, and me with games of all kinds. The first system we had was a Super Nintendo. The Super Nintendo was pretty much my childhood. I would watch my brother play Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Final Fantasy II (IV), and all those other retro classics nobody could possibly forget. Delicious, delicious retro goodness.

Well, there's retro classics, and then there's Earthbound.

My elder brother, Elvin, had a friend. Said friend let him borrow Earthbound, and being the little curious 5 year old I was, I watched him. Holy shit, it was mind blowing for a kid like me. To beatting up runaway dogs to facing Giygas (oh boy, the nightmares it brought), it was pretty fun to watch AND play. No other game stuck out in my mind at the time, but.. Earthbound!

Elvin also had a Game Boy with Pokemon Blue, Tetris, Super Mario Land 2 (I think), and something else. I played the living hell out of Tetris, even if I sucked donkey balls at it. Pokemon Blue, on the other hand... well, I didn't play it often, but my bro showed me how to play. He had a Blastoise (yay!) and a relatively high leveled team. The last I remember of it, he was in Victory Road when we all went to a cousin's house in Florida. I put the Game Boy on my cousin's bed and went to go play with the others, then when I came back.. It was gone! I looked all over for it, but too late: the damage was done. I had lost my bro's precious GB AND his high level team of pokemon. I think he secretly hates me for it. Heh heh.... bluh.

I'd go into how I got into Emulation, but that happened during the GBA era! Or between the Super Nintendo and N64 eras, at any rate. For now, though, let me list and explain my list of favorites:

Harpy's Favorites: Super Nintendo

Super Mario World: I really love this game based on the difficulty balance and that goddamn Yoshi. Also because of the cape because CAAAPES. It was my first real Mario Game (unless All-Stars' remake of SMB3 counts), and boy was it exciting! With boatloads of secrets, it has a bit of replay value. With charming music, fun levels, and a goddamn YOSHI, this game was a blast to play through. Have I beaten it? Yes. Yes I have.

Super Mario All-Stars: What would happen if you revamped the graphics of the classic Mario games of NES lore, fixed up a few bits here and there,  add in a Japan-Only Mario Game, and, in one version, toss in SMW?

You get this package of undiluted AWESOME.

You get Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros 2 (based on Doki Doki Panic), Super Mario Bros 3, AND, on a special edition cartridge, SUPER MARIO WORLD. This is a Mario lover's wet dream, I can tell you that much. I can spend time to tell you what I think about each individual game, but the package in general... Its terrific. No kidding.

Super Mario Kart: DODODO DO DOOO DODODO DO DOOOO

Yep, its the very first Mario Kart in the series! The game was fun to play with two players, especially in battle mode (I WILL POP ALL YOUR BALLOONS, YA JERK). Computers whoop my ass in 150cc, though. The mechanics are a bit weird at times (Coins for speed? What?), but aside from thaaat... I usually play as Yoshi, since its-a Yoshi!

Earthbound

Kirby Super Star

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Harpy's Game Boy (Color) Favorites:

Pokemon Blue/Yellow
Pokemon Gold/Silver
Tetris
Super Mario Land 2
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land 2

If I left any of them blank, its because I didn't have the time to add a description. Be sure to check back later for more stuff!

Party, mothafuckahs

Rejoice, for Calculus class for this week has been canceled! We no longer have to worry about the fury of numbers and integration! MWAHAHAHAHA.

Also, I read Sweet Apple Massacre. Morbid curiousity. While it wasn't bad enough to, say, send chills down my spine, it was bad enough to make me say "What. the. fuck." And I don't even watch the show, really. I just know of the characters. Fluttershy is the best, though. So cuuuute.

And now, I must say.... holy shit I am addicted to having fucktons of characters. I mean, I already have to control about 12+ for FWtBT on my own, so why not toss in the Kirby Brigade? James is still being downgraded to occasional character, though. Unless there's a subplot.   Which he may or may not participate in.

Geezus I am bloody tired. Staying up 'til three only to get up at 8 will end poorly, guys. I'm going to bed earlier than usual, if only so I can stop falling asleep on the keyboard. and so I can catch breakfast <3

Maybe at specials, I can break the fucking fourth wall and chill with you guys. Me, as in Harpy the Black Mage. Fuck yeah.

Some Details on Things

Derp bland title but I can't even think of anything.

Well, end of the week, and what happens?

LORD FIGHT~

Then, if James kicks the bucket, I'll just introduce Kirby. Yeah, there's not much more of the tournament to go, but eeeh, might as well go all out. Besides, can you even imagine a battle over chocolate between Erebus and Kirby?

Or Alex and Sarah vs. Kirby

"DON'T TOUCH OUR SWEETS"

"Poyo! *nom*"

OH NO YOU DIDN'T

And then there was lolz to have.

While I'm at it, I might as well clear some things up.

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a probably long-as-fuck fiction I'm trying to plan and write alongside with RedSpy. This is where I'm pretty much basing Alex, Stella, and Garnet from, since they're all main characters from the work. Their Zoofights selves are just Alt Universe selves. Although you can't really tell with Alex...

As for the characters? In summary...

Alexander Triden- Timid, gullible knight/monk  who fights for freedom and justice.

Xavier Dean- A black mage that stuffers from pyromania and loves burning things a lot. He's the snarky asshole of the group, but he has a hidden side to him.

Chuck- A Red Mage-like Bard who pretty much lives for doing heroic deeds and looks up to Alex for a bit of inspiration. Has a tendency to be genre savvy.*

Stella Lockheart- Orator and Geomancer, working towards peace and, at the beginning, doesn't even fight that much. She actually *gasp* TRIES to avoid fighting and talk to people!

Kisha Lorelei- Short-tempered priestess that specializes in light and dark magic. She was exiled from her church for digging too deep into dark magic. Very protective of her friends and if your name starts with a "W" and ends with a "z", she fucking hates your guts.

Ray Rockwell- The white mage, probably one of the most pacifistic people of the group. A bit pessimistic and cynical about things, but does his best to heal others. Kisha and him go waaaay back. His magic staff has an orb that contains the spirit of his long-dead ancestor, Johnson Rockwell.*

'Splosion Wiz- Ray's half-brother. Pretty much treats Ray like a freaking mule and antagonizes everybody, even his own group. Cursed with his own brand of immortality, where whenever he dies, he gets revived... only a bit more degenerated every time. Pretty much hates Kisha and everything she stands for.*

Matilda (Garnet) - A barbarianness who got off of her tribe's island to become more civilized. Unfortunately, it's much harder than one thinks. Murderous, dangerous, but very curious. Also known as "THAT BOOBIE LADY".

Brianna- Chuck's younger sister who works as the group's enemy analyst. She studies enemies for a living, and is actually an inch shorter than Alex. She was the original love interest for our tiny knight, but NOPE. Sarah stole that one. Sorry! *

I'm not sure how Sarah's gonna fit in this. I don't like overlapping elements... I might actually make her a summoner. Then she can summon the goddess of all tractors, Lady Fortuna herself! BWAHAHAHAHA-*cough*

Really, though, I'm kinda stuck on that. And I can't work on it now because I left my factoid journal about Levia at home. D:

Oh, Harpy, you so crazy...

*This is actually RedSpy's contribution to the project, and so I can't remember all the details. If you want details, go bug him, haha.